Syllabus


Aug 19 Introduction

Aug 26 Changing China under the Mongols
            Handout
            
Sept 2   The Founding of the Ming - Its "Traditional" Culture
             In Class Discussion: A Tale of Two Melons: Emperor and Subject in Ming China
            Handout

Sept 9   Ming China in the World
            Handout

Sept 16 The Ming-Qing Transition
             In Class Discussion: Voices from the Ming-Qing Cataclysm
             Handout

Sept 23  Qing Imperialism
             Handout

Sept 30   An Age of Grandeur: China in the 18th Century
               In Class Discussion: Treason by the Book
               Handout             

Oct 7    Midterm Exam
               
Oct 14  The Great Divergence: From the Macartney Mission to the Opium Wars
             Handout              
  
Oct 28  Crisis of Empire: the Taiping War
             Handout
                
Nov 4  Qing Reform in an Age of Imperialism
             In Class Discussion: History in Three Keys
             Handout            
    
Nov 11 The End of the Empire - The Republic and the War Lords
             In Class Discussion: Spring Silkworms
             Handout

Nov 18 The Communist Road to Victory - Mao's China: Making the Revolution Work
             Handout

Dec 2  Final Exam