HIST 221
Modern China

Credit:  3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Non-Western Cultures course.

General introduction to the major themes of the Chinese Revolution from 1840 to the present, emphasizing the interplay between politics, ideas, and culture. Themes include the tension between cultural integrity and western ideologies, between democratic participation and the tradition of centralized control, and the representation of cultural identity in high and mass cultures. Same as EALC 221.