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1.50 Credits
Park Examination of the evolution of modern Korean culture and society within the context of political and institutional history. Consideration of such topics as the opening of Korea, Korean reactions to imperialism, the colonial experience, national division and civil war, and contemporary Korea. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Rosenbaum This course examines the various processes that define China's struggle for a modern identity and state. It begins by evaluating the changes in 18th-century Chinese society and the economy resulting from population growth, increased commercialization, and environmental problems. It then traces the decline and collapse of the 19th-century state due to popular rebellion and foreign imperialism. The course then focuses on 20th-century revolutionary movements, efforts at state building, and currents of cultural change culminating in the Maoist revolution, and concludes with the dramatic changes in the reform era following Mao's death. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Rosenbaum This course explores the life, ideas, policies, and leadership style of Mao Zedong, one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. Even today Mao remains a national hero to many Chinese, although others view Mao as the archetype of tyranny and despotism. This course uses Mao's biography to illuminate a variety of issues about Mao the man, Mao the leader, the Chinese revolution, and the meaning of the Maoist party-state. Each week's assignment covers a chronological period while introducing thematic materials on topics such as child raising, peasant behavior, the cult of the leader, mass mobilization, and reactions to totalitarianism. The course also explores the nature of charismatic leadership and the role of the individual as an agent of historical change. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Rosenbaum The final phase of imperial China began in the late 14th century with the establishment of the Ming dynasty and the expulsion of the Mongols, and ended with the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911. During these centuries, China experienced economic growth and social change as it became linked to the global economy. Topics include the rise and fall of dynasties, population growth and environmental problems, patterns of political governance, changing patterns of family and gender, the rise of popular culture, intellectual and artistic life, popular rebellions, early contacts with the west, and family life. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Kumar This seminar looks at the way gender is constituted with a case study of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh). The course uses feminist approaches to discuss how "women" and femininity,and "men" and masculinity are produced. After a quicksurvey of South Asian history to locate gender, the course will look at three specific problem areas: how the state and its legal system apportion power to women and men; how education works to produce different gender identities; and how in the arts the human body is differently used and interpreted, and experiences and emotions become gendered. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Staff Topics in the Middle East (169a), South Asia (169b), or East Asia (169c). Offered occasionally. In 2008-2009 the following course will be taught: Topics in East Asian History: Colonialism
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1.50 Credits
Kirkland This course offers an introduction to the history of political, economic, military, and cultural relations between Latin America and the United States from the early 19th century to the present. The course will approach "Latin America" not as a homogeneous entity,but as a diverse, heterogeneous community of nations that interacted with the United States in different ways throughout time. The course will review the general historical evolution of U.S. - Latin American relations from the 1820s to the 1990s. The last part of the course will review the present situation and explore the perspectives for the future. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
(seminar). Kirkland This seminar course deals with the nature of military systems and their relationships with the societies they serve (or dominate). Each week the course will consider a different aspect of "things military" in a comparativecontext. The literature and issues the course will consider concern: the social origins of military personnel, their recruitment, their training, and the process of value inculcation; inter-and intra-service rivalries; the nature of combat; mutinies; civil-military relations; coups d'etat; the role of the military in "nation-building;" and the lawsof warfare. Also listed as Military Science and Leadership 130. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Selig This seminar will analyze the history of American women in political life, broadly defined, from the mid-19th century to the present. Following a historical chronology, we will consider the debate over the 15th amendment, the movement for female suffrage; reforms of the Progressive era; activism through church and community groups; the New Deal; the Civil Rights movement; the women's movement; and women officeholders today. Throughout we will consider women's political work as legislators, public policy makers, reformers, and activists. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Selig This seminar will explore the history of American families in the 20th century. The course examines the changing structure and functions of the family and analyzes how the family reflects and shapes larger social, political, and economic developments in American life. Readings an discussions will consider the family in relation to gender, sexuality, childhood, immigration, race, social welfare, and the state. Offered every other year.
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