LECTURE
SCHEDULE
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
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).
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)
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)
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).
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)
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