WGSS 228: Modern East Asia

Cross Listed
Credits 3
Attributes
Appropriate for First-year Students,
Writing Intensive,
Diversity International,
Colonialism& Imperialism=Theme,
Thought & Culture=Thematic,
Alternate Year

A survey of East Asia since about 1800, with emphasis on Japan, China and Korea, and on East Asia as an international system. Attention to the historical development of politics, economics, society and social institutions, gender, thought, and international relations. Special attention to women's rights and social position in the modern period.