The course looks at one specific country that was subject to British Empire colonialisation - Belize, or British Honduras as it then was. Commencing with the original inhabitants (Mayas) the course will discuss subsequent incomers (buccaneers, British, Mestizos, Garifuna, Mennonites, Lebanese, and more, over the last 300 years). There will be a focus on changes in land use and land ownership, on social, cultural and economic development, politics and regional relations. This will be finalised with the question of what the legacy of the colonial experience might be.