Course Catalog - 2004-2005

     

HIST 387 - LIFE ON THE NILE

Long Title:
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: LIFE ON THE NILE ***** Egyptian society, culture, and religion from the 18th to 20th centuries. Course will use travel accounts, ethnographies, novels, historical chronicles, and movies, to examine the position of Egypt in the Ottoman and British Empires. Focus will be the long-term Egyptian cultural and social structures and their transformation in different political contexts. ***** Instructor(s): Sanders