HISTORY OF ASIAN CIVILIZATION II
HISTORY 254

 

Syllabus:

 

 

TEXTBOOKS:

  • Rhoads Murphey, A History of Asia, Longman, Latest Edition, paperback

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Instructor:  Jean H. Braden
Room 252, Bisdorf Building

Telephone:   703-845-6357
email: jebraden@nvcc.edu

   
Date Lecture Topic Reading Assignment  

Activity

 
First Week
January 13-15, 2004

Study Guide 1

 Introduction 

Background for Tokugawa Japan

 Chapters 9-10-11 "Highlights"
tours , Freer
and Sackler,
Daily 11:30 p.m.
No tour on
Wednesdays
Second Week
January 20-22, 2004

Study Guide 2 		Tokugawa Japan
The Era of the Warlords
Tokugawa Rule
The Expulsion of Foreigners
Culture
 Chapter 11
http://asia.si.edu
Third Week
January 27-29, 2004

Study Guide 3
 Background for Manchu China Chapter 11 Library Assignment
for Research and Cultural Paper
February 3, 2004
Fourth Week
February 3-5, 2004

Study Guide 3

Manchu China
Prosperity and Population Pressures
The Decline 		Chapter 11 Chinese Restaurant
Fifth Week
February 10-12, 2004

Study Guide 4
The Rise of British Power in India
The Moghuls
The Decline of the Moghuls
Westerners in India
 		Chapter 12  
Sixth Week
February 17-19, 2004

Study Guide 4


Anglo-French Rivalry and the conquest of Bengal
The Establishment of British Rule
Trading Company to Government 		Chapter 12  
Seventh Week
February 24-26, 2004


The Triumph of Imperialism in Asia
The Rise of Indian Nationalism 		Chapter 13 British Rule in India, Part II

 

British Rule in Indian, Part III
Eighth Week
March 2-4, 2004

Study Guide 5

China Besieged
Traders and Missionaries
Taiping Rebellion
Treaty Ports and Mission Schools
The Boxer Rebellion
 Chapter 13 First Examination
March 4, 2004
Chapters 9-10-11, 12

 
Ninth Week
March 15-17, 2004

 		Japan Among the Powers
Direct Change
Economy and Government
Japanese Imperialism 		Chapter 13 Saturday Study Trip to Freer and Sackler Gallery
Tenth Week
March 23-25, 2004

Study Guide 5



Subjugation, Nationalism and Revolution in China
China in Decay
Self-Strengthening and Restoration
Chaos and Warlordism
Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shih-Kai
The May Fourth Movement 		Chapter 14 Field Trip to New York's Metropolitan Museum
Leave AL at 7:00 A.M.
Eleventh Week
March 30-April 1, 2004


Subjugation, nationalism and Revolution in India
The Beginnings of Indian Nationalism
World War I
Gandhi
 Chapter 14  

Twelfth Week
April 6-8, 2004

 		The Struggle for Asia
China in the 1920s and 1930s 		Chapter 15 Cultural Paper Due April 1, 2004
Thirteenth Week
April 13-15, 2004
 Japan from 1920 to 1941
Growing Influence of the Military
The War in China
Mao's Guerrilla Strategy
 		Chapter 15 Field Projects Due April 15, 2004
Fourteenth Week
April 20-22, 2004 		Revival and Revolution in Japan and China
Student Reports
(Paper Due at time of Report) 		Chapter 16 Second Examination
Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16
Fifteenth Week
April 27-29, 2004

 		Korea and southeast Asia in the Modern World
Student Reports
(Paper Due at time of Report)		 Chapters 17-18-19 Field Trip to the Islamic Center
April 25, 2004
Sixteenth Week
May 4-6, 2004
 		Student Reports
(Paper Due at time of Report)		   Final Examination Week
Meeting May 6, 2004
Thursday
11:00 A.M.-1:45 P.M.