ASST 213
Modern China, 1600-Present
Last Offered Spring 2018
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed
HIST 213
This course is not offered in the current catalog
Class Details
China’s presence continues to grow in our world today, but contemporary China also evinces complex contradictions: a market economy promoted by a nominally Communist government, extremes of urban wealth and rural poverty, increasing participation in the international community and intensifying nationalist rhetoric. This course examines China’s historical engagement with the modern world to offer perspective on its current conditions. We will begin with the Qing (1644-1911) conquest of China and consolidation of a multi-ethnic empire, and investigate China’s encounters with Western and Japanese imperialism, the rise of Chinese nationalism, Republican and Communist revolutions, and the often turbulent history of the People’s Republic. Throughout, we will examine themes of social, economic, intellectual, and cultural change through predominantly primary source reading and analysis.
The Class:
Format: lecture/discussion
Limit: 40
Expected: 35-40
Class#: 3447
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 40
Expected: 35-40
Class#: 3447
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
evaluation will be based on class participation, two short papers, a midterm, and a self-scheduled final exam
Prerequisites:
none; open to all
Distributions:
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ASST 213 Division II HIST 213 Division II
ASST 213 Division II HIST 213 Division II
Attributes:
GBST East Asian Studies
HIST Group B Electives - Asia
HIST Group B Electives - Asia
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ASST 213 - LEC Modern China,1600-Present
ASST 213 LEC Modern China,1600-PresentDivision II Exploring Diversity InitiativeNot offered
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