HIS 279 - Modern Japan

Three Credits
Not Offered 2015-2016

From shogun to skinkansen - a survey of Japan from the seventeenth century to the present, examining the political, social and economic changes that accompanied its transformation from feudal shogunate to modern nation-state. Topics covered include the Meiji Revolution, modernization, the rise of nationalism, and Japan’s relations with Western and Asian powers.

Considered a World History.

Course may be applied to the Asian Studies and Anthropology minors.