Fall 2012

China in the World, 1895-1919

Listed in: Asian Languages and Civilizations, as ASLC-249  |  History, as HIST-275

Formerly listed as: ASLC-49  |  HIST-57

Faculty

Jerry P. Dennerline (Section 01)

Description

(Offered as HIST 275 [AS] and ASLC 249 [C].)  In 1895 the emergent Japanese empire imposed a humiliating defeat on the declining Qing empire in China, began the colonization of Korea and Taiwan, and set in motion the reformist and revolutionary trends that would shape the political culture of the Chinese nation in later times. In 1919, concessions by the Chinese warlord regime in Beijing to Japan at Versailles sparked the student movement that would further radicalize the political culture and ultimately divide the nation politically between Nationalist and Communist regimes. This course focuses on the intellectual, cultural, political, and economic issues of the era in between, when, despite the weakness of the state, the creative visions and efforts of all informed people were in line with those of progressives throughout the world. We will explore these visions and efforts, with special reference to national identities, civil society, and global integration, and we will consider their fate in wartime, Cold War, and post-Cold War Asia. Two class meetings per week.

Fall semester. Professor Dennerline.

HIST 275 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 201
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 201

ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
Daughter of Han: The Autobiograhpy of a Chinese Working Woman Pruitt, Ida Amherst Books TBD
History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience and Myth Cohen, Paul Amherst Books TBD
Sun Yetsen: Seeking a Newer China Prentice-Hall, 2010 Gordon, David B. Amherst Books TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013