ClassInfo - Fall 2019 History Classes

Fall 2019 | HIST 3478 Section 001: Tigers and Dragons: The Rise of the East Asian Economies, 1930-Present (33457)

Instructor(s): Christopher Isett
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Meets With:: GLOS 3278 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019

Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM

UMTC, West Bank

Walter W Heller Hall 1210BC
Enrollment Status:: Open (18 of 40 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2023

Course Catalog Description:: Rise of East Asian Economies, 1930-Present.
Class Description:: With a third of global Gross Domestic Production, and the world's fastest growing economies, East Asia is arguable the most vital economic region today. In the 1950s, internal transformations set the economies of this region on a new path. Turning on state guidance, they abandoned import substitution and sought to move up the manufacturing chain through export-led development. The results were historically unprecedented rates of growth. This course examines how this was achieved and what it means for us today. We look to social and political actions to understand these economic outcomes. We look at Japan from the 1930s on; South Korea and Taiwan from their time as Japanese colonies to the present; and we look at China since 1978. Topics covered will include the legacy of colonial past, problems of late development, post-war development strategies, statism, the rise of finance, the emergence of regional manufacturing networks, regional labor markets, import substitution, export-led growth, political economy of the NICS. We will also examine framing global developments and shocks from Bretton-Woods to the 1973 oil shock, to Plaza Accord (1985) and Reverse Plaza (1995), to the 1997 Asia financial crisis and the 2008 financial meltdown.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33457/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 21 November 2013

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