History 219 - Japan Since 1868

Institution:

Hiram College

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Description:

Japan's meteoric rise to prominence after the Meiji Restoration is examined against the backdrop of Japanese tradition and the Darwinian imperatives of foreign policy. From emperor to commoner, Japanese society underwent sharp changes in the twentieth century, necessitating our engagement with questions of social class and gender in analyzing the dislocations of Japanese modernity. Students will focus on how Japan embroiled itself in the Second World War, attempting to understand how the holocaust of war shaped, and perhaps twisted irrevocably, Asian views of Japan into the twenty-first century. Questions of war and memory thus form a core theme in the latter part of this course, but we will also deal in lively fashion with such topics as Japanese baseball and the explosion of Japanese popular culture onto the world stage.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

WWW.HIRAM.EDU

Phone Number:

(330) 569-3211

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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