- HIST 4628 Modern China: Collapse of Imperial Brilliance, 1644-1949

  • Asian Studies Major/Minor Course
  • Asian Studies Graduate Certificate
  • HISTORY

Course Credits: 3
Asian Studies Major/Minor Course
Asian Studies Graduate Certificate


Semester(s) Offered

  • Fall 2024
  • Spring 2023
  • Fall 2019
  • Fall 2018
  • Fall 2016
  • Fall 2015
  • Fall 2014
  • Spring 2013
  • Fall 2012

Catalog Description

Examines the brilliance of the Qing dynasty, its collapse in 1911, and the bloody and chaotic several decades that followed, up to the 1949 Communist Revolution. Focuses on such topics a Qing imperialism in Central Asia, global capitalism and Western imperialism in China, the opium trade, domestic violence, nationalism, concepts of modernity, competing revolutionary movements, and WW II in Asia. Same as HIST 5628. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.


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