Fall 2007
HIS 340M • Modern China
| Unique | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 40855 |
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- |
|
Li |
Course Description
This course surveys the emergence of modern China from the nineteenth century to the present, covering the decline of the Qing dynasty, the Republic (1912-49), and the People's Republic (since 1949). It traces the themes of political decline, chaos, and regeneration; economic growth and development; the family and society; Mao and Maoism; and Chinas ongoing integration into the global system during the reform era.
Texts
June Grasso, et al, Modernization And Revolution In China: From the Opium Wars to World Power Jonathan Spence, Treason by the Book Travis Hanes III and Frank Sanello, The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China Daiyun Yue, To the Storm: The Odyssey of a Revolutionary Chinese Woman Fred Bergsten, et al, China The Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know Now About the Emerging Superpower
