MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
HSY2120
Modern China
Lincoln Li
8 points + Two lectures and one tutorial per week + First semester + Clayton
+ Prohibitions: HY221, HY321
Synopsis Since the nineteenth century, the Chinese have been searching
for an alternative world view and new political forms. The subject will focus
on how different social groups responded and how each contributed to the
development of a new national order and identity. Some of the issues covered
are how nationalism related to historians, merchants, peasants, soldiers,
students, feminists, and writers of social protest.
Assessment Short essay (1500 words), long essay (2500 words): 60% +
Examination (2 hours): 40%
Prescribed texts
- Bianco L Origins of the Chinese revolution 1971
Recommended texts
- Johnson C A Peasant nationalism and communist power 1963
- Schiffren H Z Sun Yat-sen and the origins of the Chinese revolution
- Schwartz B I Reflections of the May Fourth Movement 1972
- Schwartz B I Chinese communism and the rise of Mao 1967
- Wilbur C M The Nationalist Revolution in China 1923-1928 1984
- Wright M C China in revolution: The first phase 1900-1913 1968
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