Geology-Physics 346 - China in the Modern World System

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St Lawrence University

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This seminar situates contemporary transformations in "Greater China" - Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan - in a worlhistorical perspective as well as within East Asian regional perspectives. It examines theses on the geographical centrality of China as a "Middle Kingdom" in a "maritime Asia" connected networks of tribute and long-distance trading relations, reviews developments in modern China since 1949, and critically examines the postmodern reforms that have spilt over into 21st-century political economy. What is China's contemporary trajectory? The seminar will seek possible futures for some of the most urgent problems confronting global political economy.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stlawu.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 229-5011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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