HIST 124 East Asia before 1800
Description
China, Japan, and Korea from earliest times to 1800. Topics include Chinese Confucian and Buddhist philosophy; the Japanese samurai; Korean family and social hierarchies; and developments in East Asian literature and art. 4 credits (VP or GP)
Major Assignments
Class Participation
Essay 1
Essay 2
5-7 page research paper
Final exam
Textbooks
Sagers, John, et al. East Asia: A Documentary History, (San Diego: Cognella, 2015)
HIST 125 East Asia since 1800
Description
China, Japan, and Korea from 1800 to the present. Topics include Western imperialism, nationalist and communist revolutions; the Second World War in the Pacific; rapid economic development and contemporary Asian popular culture. 4 credits (VP or GP)
Major Assignments
Class Participation
Essay 1
Essay 2
5-7 page research paper
Final
Textbooks
Sagers, John, et al. East Asia: A Documentary History, (San Diego: Cognella, 2015)
HIST 200 Modern China
Description
Analysis of Modern Japanese history in the late Tokugawa (1800-1868), Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), and early Showa (1926-1945) periods. Chief focus on political, economic, socio-cultural developments, and foreign relations. 4 credits. (VP or GP)
Major Assignments
Class Participation
Essay 1
Essay 2
5-7 page research paper
Final
Textbooks
R Schoppa, Revolution and its past : identities and change in modern Chinese history, 3rd ed. (Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall/Pearson, 2011).
Pei-kai Cheng, The search for modern China : a documentary collection, 1st ed. (New York: Norton, 1999).
Jung Chang, Wild swans : three daughters of China, 1st ed. (New York: Touchstone, 2003).
HIST 210 Modern Japan
Description
Analysis of Modern Japanese history in the late Tokugawa (1800-1868), Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), and early Showa (1926-1945) periods. Chief focus on political, economic, socio-cultural developments, and foreign relations. 4 credits. (VP or GP)
Major Assignments
Class Participation
Essay 1
Essay 2
5-7 page research paper
Final
Textbooks
McClain, James. Japan, a Modern History. 1st ed. New York N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Co., 2002.
Lu, David. Japan: A Documentary History. Vol. 2. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1997.
Fukuzawa, Yukichi. The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007.
Yamashita, Samuel Hideo, ed. Leaves From An Autumn Of Emergencies: Selections From The Wartime Diaries Of Ordinary Japanese. Univ of Hawaii Press, 2005.
