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1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p104) : Next:131-276 | Prev:131-274
2. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:131-282 | Prev:131-271
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr A Finnane.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.
Contact: 3 hours of lectures and tutorials and/or workshops.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
The objectives of this subject are to provide students with a firm foundation in the recent history and historiography of China and to help students develop a critical perspective both on historical processes in China and on the terms within which these processes are analysed. On completion of the subject, students should be able to: identify and theorise the major features of political, economic and cultural organisation in Chinese society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; demonstrate familiarity with the key concepts used in popular and scholarly analyses of Chinese society (Confucianism, family, state, communism, imperialism, nationalism, modernisation); demonstrate skills in the location and use of a range of historical documents and other resources for Chinese history; write a competent essay on a given issue in recent Chinese history.
Content:
The nature of and changes to Chinese society during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics covered will include: Confucianism, Communism and their alternatives; European colonialism and its effects; gender and class relations; city and countryside; rickshaws, revolutions and racism. Insight into the Chinese experience will be sought through literature and film.
Assessment:
Tutorial work (25%), research essay (45%), review essay or examination (30%), totalling not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p104) : Next:131-276 | Prev:131-274
2. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:131-282 | Prev:131-271
3. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p130) : Next:131-276 | Prev:131-274
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr A Finnane.
Contact: 3 hours of lectures and tutorials and/or workshops each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
The objectives of this subject are to provide students with a firm foundation in the recent history and historiography of China and to help students develop a critical perspective both on historical processes in China and on the terms within which these processes are analysed. On completion of the subject, students should be able to: identify and theorise the major features of political, economic and cultural organisation in Chinese society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; demonstrate familiarity with the key concepts used in popular and scholarly analyses of Chinese society (Confucianism, family, state, communism, imperialism, nationalism, modernisation); demonstrate skills in the location and use of a range of historical documents and other resources for Chinese history; write a competent essay on a given issue in recent Chinese history.
Content:
The nature of and changes to Chinese society during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics covered will include: Confucianism, Communism and their alternatives; European colonialism and its effects; gender and class relations; city and countryside; rickshaws, revolutions and racism. Insight into the Chinese experience will be sought through literature and film.
Assessment:
Tutorial work (25 per cent); research essay (45 per cent); review essay or examination (30 per cent); totalling not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p130) : Next:131-276 | Prev:131-274
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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