British India

For Monday's class please read Murphey, chapter 14, to page 281 (15 pages), and for Wednesday's class read the remainder of the chapter (16 pages). The topic is British ascendancy and rule in India. Please be prepared to answer the review questions at the end of the chapter.

Movie suggestions:

• Ilo Ilo (Singapore, 2013) [Asian Financial Crisis, Family Life]
• Laksar Pelangi (Indonesia, 2008) [School Kids in the 70s]
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand, 2010) [1960-present, reincarnation] 
• The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Vietnam, 2001) [Women in modern Hanoi]
• Throne of Blood (Japan, 1957) [Samurai Macbeth]
• Kano (Taiwan, 2014) [Baseball in Japanese occupied Taiwan]
• Monsoon Wedding (India, 2001) [Modern India]
• Earth (India, 1998) [India/Pakistan Partition]
• To Live (China, 1994) [Communist China]
• Jodha Akbar (India, 2008) [Mughal India]