HST 321U Modern East Asian Civilization Winter, 1999

Instructor: Dr. Antonia Levi

Office Hours: Cramer 441S; Tuesday and Thursday, 2:00-4:00 and by appointment

Voicemail: 725-3991; E-mail: levi@ch2.ch.pdx.edu

Graduate Assistant: Aaron Meyer

TEXTS: [Available at the PSU Bookstore]

Conrad Schirokauer, Modern China and Japan

Patricia Ebrey, Ed., Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook

Van C. Gessel and Tomone Matsumoto, The Showa Anthology

GRADING: I assign percentage points rather than letter grades. For those who have never used this system, here is a general way to interpret them:

A: 100-90

B: 90-80

C: 80-70

D: 70-60

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Class attendance is mandatory and will be considered in the evaluation of the final grade. Discussion is part of regular class time and participation at some level is expected of all students.

Written work is due on the dates indicated; late work will be accepted only with documentation of medical or some other serious emergency. I will allow one rewrite on the first paper for students who are unhappy with their grade. No other rewrites will be allowed. Each paper is worth 25% of your grade with some leeway allowed for attendance and participation.

All papers must be typed, double-spaced, use a 12" font and have a 1" margin on all sides. Students are expected to use their texts and at least 2 additional sources in writing all papers except the first where the texts may not apply. All sources must be cited using an approved format.

First Paper: Write a 3-5 page paper discussing at least three ways in which the study of the past helps us to understand the present or in which our understanding of the present affects how we view the past. Use specific examples [they need not be drawn from East Asian history] to support your contentions and cite your sources where necessary using an approved format.

Second Paper: Write a 3-5 page paper discussing the differences and/or similarities in the way[s] in which Japan and China dealt with Western imperialism. Use specific examples to support your contentions and cite your sources where necessary using an approved format.

Third Paper: Write a 3-5 page paper discussing how Japanese imperialism in China and/or Korea affected the way[s] in which these countries saw each other. Use specific examples to support your contentions and cite your sources where necessary using an approved format.

Fourth Paper: Write a 3-5 page paper discussing how the postwar development of China, Japan, and/or Korea was affected by the Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s. Use specific examples to support your contentions and cite your sources where necessary using an approved format.

Final Paper: OPTIONAL. This is really a take-home final in the form of a 3-5 page paper on a topic to be handed out during the last week. If you are happy with your grades on your first 4 papers, skip it. If you are not, you may write the final paper and your final paper grade will replace your lowest paper grade if that improves your overall grade. On no account will writing the final paper lower your grade.

LECTURE AND READING SCHEDULE

WEEK 1:

Jan. 5: Introduction

Jan. 7: Orientalism and the Study of East Asia

WEEK 2: Schirokauer, Pt. I.

Jan. 12: Jesuits, Mandarins, Samurai, and a few Turtle Boats

Jan. 14: China, Korea and Japan in the 19^th Century

WEEK 3: Ebrey, Pt. VI.

Jan. 19: God, Gold, Glory and Opium

Jan. 21: Treaties of Trade and Friendship

WEEK 4: Schirokauer, Chaps. 5-7.

Jan. 26: The Meiji Miracle

Jan. 28: Early Japanese Imperialism

WEEK 5: Schirokauer, Chaps. 8-9; Ebrey, Pt. VII;

Feb. 2: Warlords and Republicans

Feb. 4: The Chinese Civil War

WEEK 6: Schirokauer, Chaps. 10-11; Gessel, pp. 1-144.

Feb. 9: The Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere

Feb. 11: The American War in the Pacific

WEEK 7: Schirokauer, Chaps. 11-12; Ebrey, Pt. VIII.

Feb. 16: Occupied Japan

Feb. 18: The Peoples Republic of China

WEEK 8: Gessel, pp. 145-310.

Feb. 23: The Korean War

Feb. 25: Japan's Second Miracle

WEEK 9: Schirokauer, Chap. 13.

Mar. 2: The Cultural Revolution

Mar. 4: Chinese Capitalism

WEEK 10: Gessel, 311-442.

Mar. 9: Japan in Asia and Beyond

Mar. 11: Asia: The Next Generation