Readings

All books for this course are on Open Reserve in the Library (except for Orientalism, which we are still waiting for).

All books for this course are available for purchase at the Campus Bookstore.

Books

Césaire, Aimé, Discourse on Colonialism (1955).
Chomsky, Noam, Failed States (2006).
Conrad, Joseph, Heart of Darkness (1903).
Fanon, Frantz, The Wretched of the Earth (1965).
Ferguson, Niall, Empire (2003).
Galeano, Eduardo. The Open Veins of Latin America (1973).
Rodney, Walter, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972).
Said, Edward, Orientalism (1978).
Stannard, David E, American Holocaust (1993).

Articles

Achebe, Chinua (2006). An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness. In Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (pp. 336-349). Paul B. Armstrong (ed.), Norton Critical Editions. 4th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. (Revised version originally published in 1988) .

Said, Edward (2006). Two Visions in Heart of Darkness. Ibid (pp. 422-429). (Abridged, originally published in 1993).

Week 9 Article:

Venezuela's Revolution and the Oil Company Inside. [1] by Christian Parenti, NACLA Report on the Americas; Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p8-13.