HIST 345 - Social Movements in China, Late Imperial Times to the Present

3-4 SS, CD, WR
Social movements from the Qing Dynasty to the present will be analyzed using social science theories about social movements, while interrogating them in the Chinese context. Cases may include: the White Lotus Rebellion, the Taiping Revolt, the Boxer Uprising, the Communist-led Revolution, strike waves of the 1930s and 1957, the Cultural Revolution, the 1989 protests, and the Falungong protests of 1999-2000. Students will write a theoretically-informed research paper on a social movement of their choice. Counts toward the East Asian Studies Major.

Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Kelley
Next offered 2007-08.

Credits: 3 to 4 hours