HIST394 - US AND CHINA 1912-2012

Status
C
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
HIST394 - US AND CHINA 1912-2012
Term
2013A
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST394401
Meeting times
TR 1200PM-0130PM
Meeting location
ANNENBERG SCHOOL 111
Instructors
WALDRON, ARTHUR N.
Description
History 394 surveys relations between the United States and China from their beginnings in the clipper ship and gunboat days of the nineteenth century to the present, which finds China a major player in every respect. Among other topics, the first part of the course addresses Chinese and Western world views; the rise of Chinese nationalism after World War I; the Washington Conference of 1921-22; the Pacific War; the Asia policy of the Roosevelt administration; and the rise of Chinese communism. The second part of the course treats Maoism; China's approaches to the Third World; the Cold War in Asia; path to relations between Washington and Beijing in 1979; the Tiananmen Massacre of 1989 and issues of human rights, followed by the dramatic economic and military rise of China in the last two decades, as well as the current situation. In addition to China and the United States, substantial attention is also paid to Hong Kong and Taiwan. The course has no prerequisites and all are welcome.
Course number only
394
Cross listings
EALC044401
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false