CSP 40100 Modern China: From the Opium Wars to National Revolution, 1839-1911
This course will examine the history of China from its first substantial interaction with the West until its first major national revolution. It will cover aspects of China's traditional system of international relations and the demise of that system, its struggle to maintain an authoritarian political system, and the significant social changes brought about through outside contact and reform. Topics in this course include the Opium Wars and the unequal treaty system, the Taiping Rebellion and the Self-Strengthening Movement, the Hundred Days Reforms and the Boxer Rebellion, and the efforts at social reform.
Credits
3
Offered
Fall semester only.