Japan and the Making of Modern Asia

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from HIST at the 2000 level; 3 credits from HIST 2731, 2741 recommended; or permission of the Department This course examines the modern history of Asia, centering on Japan and its interactions with China, Korea, and the Euro-American powers. It considers particularly how the peoples of this region initiated and responded to radical social, political, and economic change. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)(Exclusion: HIST/POLS 3731, HIST 3751; any version of HIST 3761 previously offered with a different title)