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HIST223
History of Traditional China
HIST223 FA
Crosslistings: EAST223
Photo Caption and Credits
Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 40 0 40
This course will trace the evolution of the defining
characteristic 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.
MAJOR READINGS
CHINA'S IMPERIAL PAST
Fingarette, THE SECULAR AS SACRED
Wright, BUDDHISM IN CHINESE HISTORY
Van Gulik, CELEBRATED CASES OF JUDGE DEE
Gernet, DAILY LIFE IN CHINA
Ebrey, CHINESE SOCIETY AND CIVILIZATION
Spence, EMPEROR OF CHINA
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three essays, midterm and
final exams.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Wheeler, K
- Times: .T.T... 1:10PM;
- Grading Mode: Mixed
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 4, Jr: 3, So: 1, Fr: 2
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
Reference:
Roberts, John. CIVILIZATION, VOLUME II: JOURNEY
TO THE MODERN WORLD. Del Mar, California: CRM
Books, 1973
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