HIST 004 Asia in the Wider World
Waldron
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
An integrative presentation of Asian history from the end of the seventeenth century to the mid twentieth century. The course will look at the Near East, with emphasis on the Ottoman Empire and its successors; South Asia, with India stressed; Russia, with emphasis on her expansion to the Pacific and role in Asia, as well as China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. Most of the narrative will begin toward the end of the nineteenth century, with close attention to World Wars I and II outside of Europe. Themes will include economic development, the emergence of nationalism, and the rise and fall of international communism. Integrative history attempts to show how countries actually affect one another, by mutual trade, the spread of religion, ideas and technologies, and not least by conquest, colonization, and warfare. Midterm and final examinations. This course has no prerequisites and is suitable for freshmen and others having little background, as well as for advanced students who may take it at a higher level with a different course number (consult instructor).
Course Syllabus (PDF)
