JAPN0236Y-S12
History of Modern Japan
Please register via HIST 0236Y
The History of Modern Japan
In this course we will review the major themes and events of modern Japanese history from the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present. Through reading a variety of primary texts, historical analyses, and literature, as well as watching films, we will explore the formation of the modern Japanese nation-state, Japan’s colonial project in East Asia, 1920s mass culture, the question of Showa fascism, and Japan’s unique postwar experience, from occupation to high-growth and the “lost decade” of the 1990s. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between changes within Japan and larger global trends. 3 hrs. lect./disc.
In this course we will review the major themes and events of modern Japanese history from the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present. Through reading a variety of primary texts, historical analyses, and literature, as well as watching films, we will explore the formation of the modern Japanese nation-state, Japan’s colonial project in East Asia, 1920s mass culture, the question of Showa fascism, and Japan’s unique postwar experience, from occupation to high-growth and the “lost decade” of the 1990s. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between changes within Japan and larger global trends. 3 hrs. lect./disc.
- Term:
- Spring 2012
- Location:
- Freeman FR2(FIC FR2)
- Schedule:
- 1:30pm-2:20pm on Thursday (Feb 13, 2012 to May 14, 2012)
- Type:
- Discussion
- Instructors:
- Max Ward
- Subject:
- Japanese
- Department:
- Japanese Studies
- Division:
- Languages
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- HIST0236Y-S12 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 22018
- Subject Code:
- JAPN
- Course Number:
- 0236
- Section Identifier:
- Y