Syllabus
Submitted by Jerry P. Dennerline
on Thursday, 1/17/2013, at 12:16 PM
Listed in: Asian Languages and Civilizations, as ASLC-146 | History, as HIST-172
Formerly listed as: ASLC-46 | HIST-16
Jerry P. Dennerline (Section 01)
(Offered as HIST 172 [AS] and ASLC 146 [C].) A survey of Chinese history from the Manchu conquest of 1644 to the present. Beginning with the successes and failures of the imperial state as it faced global economic development, expanding European empires, and internal social change, we will study the Opium War, massive nineteenth-century religious rebellions, Republican revolution and state-building, the “New Culture” movement, Communist revolution, the anti-Japanese war, Mao’s Cultural Revolution, and the problems of post-Mao reform, all with comparative reference to current events. Readings, which include a wide variety of documents such as religious and revolutionary tracts, eye-witness accounts, memoirs, and letters, are supplemented by interpretive essays and videos. Two class meetings per week.
Spring semester. Professor Dennerline.
If Overenrolled: Priority given to HIST and ASLC majors, by class level if necessary
Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 201
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 201