EAS2023   Modern Chinese History: Beyond Revolution   (20 credits)

Description

This module will examine key themes in the histories of China¿s short twentieth century, with a primary focus on interpretations of `modernity¿ and `progress¿, explanations of revolution, and the ways in which new approaches in scholarship have influenced our understanding of China¿s recent past. While the structure of the module is loosely chronological, the emphasis is not on the detail of events but on the critical analysis of broad social and political changes, and we will examine these through recent historical writing on China and a range of primary textual and visual sources.

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