GSC3501

East Asian history

(ART)

Proposed to be offered next in 2001

Keith Wilson

8 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Gippsland, distance + Prerequisites: GSC1503, GSC1504 or equivalent

Synopsis: China and Japan from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present, comparing their historical development within the general themes of modernisation and sociopolitical continuity and change. Themes include the problems of foreign intrusion, economic exploitation and development; the social transition from feudalism to capitalism and beyond, and revolution and reaction.

Assessment: Mapping exercise: 20% + Tutorial paper (oral presentation, 500 words; written presentation, 1500 words): 30% + Essay (3000 words): 50%