History of the Marshall Islands

Prerequisite:
ENG 090s or Placement in Credit English

Explore the history of the Marshall Islands before its written history to the present day. Learn about the life of the Marshallese before the arrival of the Europeans, the contact with the early European explorers, the copra trade and its impact on the Islands, the missionaries and the spread of Christianity, the occupation of the Germans and the Japanese, the Trust Territory Era and the nuclear weapons testing, and finish with the establishment and development of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.