HIST 284 - Tokyo, 1600-2000

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
East Asian Studies
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD

This course charts the history of one of the world’s first metropolises. From shogunal capital in the early seventeenth century to global commerce center in the twenty-first, Edo/Tokyo will be examined from political, economic, social, and cultural angles to question familiar assumptions about the course and nature of modernity.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: E. O’Dwyer