HIST 353 - Transnational History in Northeast Asia

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
East Asian Studies
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS, CD

This course explores the history of China’s Northeast (‘Manchuria’) as a site for challenging the boundaries imposed by histories of the nation-state. The histories of Japan, the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia will be interwoven to examine the region’s transformation from sparsely populated Manchu homeland, to staging ground for Japanese imperialism, to scene of Mao Zedong’s triumph over the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War of 1945-49. Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer