This course surveys the main economic developments, social and political institutions, and historical movements of China from late 19th century to the present. Topics to be examined include: the family in late traditional Chinese society, Western contacts and imperialist penetration, 1911 Revolution and the founding of republican China, May-Fourth Movement and Chinese cultural renaissance, peasant rebellions and Communist revolution, and China’s rising economic and political power in contemporary world.
Cross Listed Courses
Same as
IS 238