History 331fs - Asian History

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Mount Holyoke College

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Fall 2008 331f(01) China's Tumultuous Twentieth Century (Same as Asian Studies 331) A research seminar on the socioeconomic transformation of China from the advent of nineteenth-century imperialism to the Cultural Revolution. Topics include reform programs of the late Qing, the chaos and experimentation of the Republican period, and the centralizing totalitarianism of the People's Republic. Requirements include reviews of primary and secondary literature, definition and presentation of a research topic, and a final essay based on intensive research. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Humanities I-B requirement J. Lipman Prereq. permission of instructor; 8 credits in history; written application prior to academic advising period (http://www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/hist/application.shtml) is required; 4 credits Spring 2009 331s(01) Imperial Japan, 1868-1945 (Same as Asian Studies 331) A research seminar on Japan's imperial venture from its inception in the 1870s to its rapid expansion and calamitous defeat in the 1940s. The enormous size of the Japanese empire at its height demands that we study a wide variety of local situations, indigenous peoples, and specific adaptations of and to Japan's imperial style and organization. A?er initial secondary readings, each student will identify a re- search question then discover her own sources to answer it in a 20-page final essay. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Humanities I-B requirement J. Lipman Prereq. permission of instructor; 8 credits in history; written application prior to academic advising period (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/ acad/hist/application.shtml) is required; 4 credits

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

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(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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