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HIST.5510 Reading Seminar on Modern China (Formerly 43.551)

Id: 039384 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3

Description

The course explores the intersection of tradition and revolution in modern Chinese history. It is a seminar where students do assigned readings and come to class prepared to discuss the readings. The objective of the course is to gain a critical understanding of China's modernization process - the traditional and radical forces that shaped the process, the impact of the process on everyday life, and the blending of what is traditionally Chinese and what is modern or borrowed from the outside.

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