LECTURE SCHEDULE

 

PART ONE: "TRADITIONAL" CHINA

 

WEEK #1 (1/14-1/16): Introduction to the course.  Geographical features of China.  Cultural Characteristics of Chinese society.

 

Film: MANDATE OF HEAVEN

 

WEEK #2(1/21-1/23): The Chinese State and Society through the High Qing Period.

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 3-116.

Discussion reading: Weston & Jenson, pp. xiii-9, 13-35 (Group A).

 

Tuesday, January 21st SKILLS QUIZ IN CLASS

 

PART TWO: THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM

 

WEEK #3 (1/28-1/30): China in Early Encounters with Western Powers.

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 117-137.

Discussion reading: Weston & Jenson, pp. 69-95, 195-215 (Group B).

 

WEEK #4 (2/4-2/6): Struggling to Maintain the Emperor's World Order.  Clash with the West.  The Opium Wars.

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 141-66.

Film: TWO COASTS OF CHINA: ASIA AND THE CHALLENGE OF THE WEST

 

WEEK #5 (2/11-2/13): Domestic Unrest. The Taiping Rebellion. The Tongzhi Restoration: Efforts to Make Adjustments at "Mid-Dynasty."  Students Abroad.

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 167-214.

Discussion reading: Weston & Jenson, pp. 37-67, 121-145 (Group C).

 

GRADED QUIZ #1 (TUESDAY 2/11)

 

WEEK #6 (2/18-2/20): Self -Strengthening Movement. One Hundred Days of Reform. The Boxer Rebellion.

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 215-242.

Discussion reading: Weston & Jenson, pp. 217-244, 245-271(Group D).

 

PART THREE: THE AGE OF NATIONALISM

 

WEEK #7 (2/25-2/27): The Road to Revolution. Sun Yat-sen and the Tongmenhui. 1911: What happened?

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 243-63.

Discussion reading: Weston & Jenson, pp. 147-170, 171-192 (Group A).

 

WEEK #8 (3/4-3/6): The Warlord Period. Testing Ground of Chinese Marxism.  The May Fourth Movement. The Rise of Chiang Kai-shek.  The Nanjing Decade.

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 267-374.

Discussion reading: Weston & Jenson, pp. 273-294,327-346 (Group B).

 

QUIZ #2 (TUESDAY 3/4)

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH - FIRST “THINK PIECE” PAPER DUE IN CLASS

 

SPRING BREAK (SATURDAY, MARCH 8TH - SUNDAY, MARCH 16TH)                      

 

WEEK #9 (3/18-3/20): World War Two: Crisis and Opportunity.  The Long March. 

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 375-458.

FILM: CHINA IN REVOLUTION (PART 2)

 

QUIZ #3 (TUESDAY 3/18)

 

PART FOUR: THE AGE OF IDEALISM

 

WEEK #10 (3/25-3/27): The KMT Defeat.  The Cold War. Communist China and Nationalist Taiwan.

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 459-513.

Discussion reading: Weston & Jenson, pp. 295-326, 347-354 (Group C).

Special class visit from Sterling Whitener.

 

WEEK #11 (4/1-4/3): The PRC Struggle for Domestic Reconstruction and International Prestige.

The Anti-Rightist Campaign. Red or Expert? The Great Leap Forward and its Aftermath. 

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 514-564.

FILM: THE MAO YEARS (PART 1)

 

WEEK #12 (4/8-4/10): Mao’s Increasing Political Utopianism. The Cultural Revolution.  The Gang of Four.

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 565-86.

FILM: THE MAO YEARS (PART 2)

 

QUIZ #4 (TUESDAY 4/8)

 

PART FIVE: THE AGE OF REFORM

 

WEEK #13 (4/15-4/17): Nixon's China Visit.  The Age of Deng Xiaoping.  Wei Jingsheng and the Democracy Wall Movement. The Trials of Reform and Growth.

 

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 589-676.

Film: BORN UNDER THE RED FLAG (PART 1)

 

WEEK #14 (4/22-4/24): China’s “June Fourth” Crisis.

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 677-704.

Discussion reading: Weston & Jenson, pp. 97-112, 113-120 (Group D).

 

QUIZ #5 (TUESDAY 4/22)

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH - SECOND “THINK PIECE” PAPER DUE IN CLASS

 

WEEK #15 (4/29-5/1): Jiang Zemin's China. The Road to Democratic Reform in Taiwan.  Hong Kong in 1997. Summary and Review.  Pick up Examination Questions.

Lecture reading: Spence, pp. 705-728.

Film: BORN UNDER THE RED FLAG (PART 2)

 

MAY 8 FINAL EXAM DUE IN MCIVER 242 BY 3PM