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Academic Year 2000/2001

History of Traditional China
HIST 223 FA

Crosslistings: EAST 223

This course will trace the evolution of the defining characteristics of traditional Chinese culture: the family system, the imperial ideal, Confucianism, the creative tension between monarch and bureaucracy. The focus will be on the unique adaptability of the Confucian world view to various social and ideological challenges from B.C. 500 through the coming of the West in the early 19th century. Throughout, the emphasis will be upon those aspects of Chinese civilization that present a significant contrast to ways of thinking most familiar to students in the class, that is to say, Western, and, more precisely, American ways of thought. COL students must take this course for CR/U grade.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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