HHS 420 Modern East Asian Studies

This course explores the modern economic and political development of China, Korea, and Japan from the late nineteenth century to the present and responses to Western imperialism. The rise of Chinese and Korean communism and Japanese fascism during the twentieth century are especially emphasized. There is also a close examination and comparison of development in additional Asian countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam.

Credits

3

Distribution

Humanities and Social Sciences Program

Offered

Summer Session 2