EAST 132 - Modern Japan

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS, CD
This course surveys Japan’s modern transformation from the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to the present. It examines how political, social, and economic modernization were simultaneous projects while considering their impact on the lives of citizens at home and imperial subjects abroad. We focus on how economic volatility, popular struggles for representative democracy, war, and colonization represent aspects of Japan’s twentieth century experience as well as widely shared dilemmas of modernity.
Enrollment Limit: 40
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 160.