Fall 2018  |  HIST 3468 Section 001: Social Change in Modern China (18778)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
EAS 3468 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 135
Enrollment Status:
Open (19 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Opium War and opening of Treaty Ports in 19th century. Missionary activity and cultural influence. Changes in education system. Women's movement. Early industrialization. Socialism/collectivization after 1949. Industrialization of Taiwan. PRC's entry into world trading system.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?lipin003+HIST3468+Fall2016
Class Description:
This course explores major issues in modern Chinese society. It begins with the Opium War in 1840 and traces the relationship between anti-drug effort and state building to the 1990s. It examines the New Culture Movement in the 1920s and links it to the emergence of cosmopolitan culture, new women, and popular nationalism. It retells the story of the Great Leap Forward in the 1950s and uses it to analyze the increasing urban/rural gaps under the PRC. It also devotes considerable time to the importance of gender and ethnicity since the early 20th century. Students will achieve a good understanding of modern China through reading and discussing up-to-date scholarship on these above themes and issues. This course is for undergraduate students, both majors and non-majors.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Discussion
Workload:
100 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18778/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

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