HIST 2041 - Modern China

Credits: 3
Max Credit 3

Surveys China’s social, intellectual, political, cultural, and ethnohistory from mid-1800s to the present. Themes include colonialism, emergence of nation-state, Communist party, Mao’s socio-political agenda, post-Mao reforms, and China’s role in Asia. Background for other Asia-related courses and part of year-long series; see HIST 2040.