POLI 322 Lecture Notes - Culture Of Asia, Ayesha Jalal, Authoritarianism
11 Mar 2014
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Includes 7 countries: india, pakistan, bangladesh (these 3 countries constitute 97% of the population of the region), nepal, bhutan, sri lanka, maldives. Of these countries, india is the largest (75% of the population of the region) and 17% of the world"s population. We will spend most of the course talking about india, some talking about pakistan, and discuss changes in bangladesh and sri lanka. Area is separated from other parts of the world by seas surrounding the region in 3 regions. In much of the north/northwest there are mountains. This kind of geography results in limited contact with other regions of the world until recently: history. The ancestry is mixed between indigenous peoples and more recent settlers from the northwest. More recently, the region was ruled by the british (late 18th century for north eastern, 19th century for southern) The experience of british rule shaped south asian society, economy, state, and culture (at least had some significant influence)
