Modern Chinese History - INTS210
This unit is a survey of political and intellectual developments in China set against the first modern contacts with the West to the end of the twentieth century. Themes and subjects covered include: first contacts with the West; the Confucian response to the challenge of modernity; the collapse of imperial China; the rise of nationalism; the introduction of Communism; the Sino-Japanese War; the Great Leap Forward; the Cultural Revolution; the death of Mao Zedong; the post-Mao period; and the political and intellectual crisis of 1989.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Kathleen Poling |
| Prerequisites: |
12cp at 100 level or above |
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| NCCW(s): | HIST250 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of International Studies Faculty of Arts |
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