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Semester 1
13463 - His 214 (16)
Key Processes in the making of Western History (3L,1T)
State formation, the Renaissance and revolutions
Origins of the modern state
The Renaissance as cultural phenomenon
Origins, dynamics and impact of historical revolutions
Wealth and poverty in Western history
Changing views and attitudes
Perspectives on systems such as socialism, capitalism and communism
Dimensions of the culture of wealth and poverty
Semester 2
13463 - His 244 (16)
Africa and South Africa: Colonisation and the Rearrangement of Societies (3L,1T)
Africa and the West in the 19th century
Colonial policies in Africa
The political, cultural and economic impact of the colonisation of Africa in the 19th century
South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries
The political and cultural dynamics of 18th- and 19th-century Cape societies
The establishment of new black empires and white republics in the interior in the 19th century
The mineral revolution: the making of a new political and cultural social order