HIST 279 - China in 20th Century & Beyond

3 cr.

A survey of the history, economy, culture, gender/ethnicity, and foreign relations of contemporary China from the early twentieth century to the present. The course explores China’s extraordinary transformations in these various aspects during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the driving forces (both internal and external) and individuals that shaped the changes, and the consequences.

(Offered alternate years)