Modern China: States, Transnations, Individuals, and Worlds
HIST 224
Spring 2015
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| Crosslisting:
CEAS 224 |
| Certificates: International Relations |
This course explores the forces that have shaped the meanings of "China" and "Chinese" in the 20th and early 21st centuries. Our examination of modern China will focus on state formation in its republican and communist forms, individual experience, popular culture, Chinese imperialism in Tibet, the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia, China's economic development, and the looming environmental crisis. We will read historical documents, memoirs, scholarly monographs, novels, and short stories, as well as watch documentaries (e.g., PBS "China from the Inside") and films directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien and others. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(CEAS-Arcp/Hist)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Goldstein, Melvyn C. THE SNOW LION AND THE DRAGON: CHINA, TIBET, AND THE DALAI LAMA. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999)
Harrison, Henrietta. THE MAN AWAKENED FROM DREAMS: ONE MAN¿S LIFE IN A NORTH CHINA VILLAGE, 1857-1942. (Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2005)
Kang, Zhengguo., and Susan. WILF. CONFESSIONS: AN INNOCENT LIFE IN COMMUNIST CHINA. (New York; London: W. W. Norton, 2008)
Khu, Josephine M. T., ed. CULTURAL CURIOSITY: THIRTEEN STORIES ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR CHINESE ROOTS. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001)
Liu, Binyan. TWO KINDS OF TRUTH: STORIES AND REPORTAGE FROM CHINA. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006)
Spence, Jonathan D. THE SEARCH FOR MODERN CHINA. Third Edition. (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2013)
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Examinations and Assignments:
There will be two in-class tests, one short paper, and one long research paper. |
| Instructor(s): Luo,Weiwei Times: .....F. 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC125; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 9 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 24 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 9 | FR: 9 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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