Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic discipline
SPS/14 (HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS OF ASIA)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
AFRICAN AND ASIAN STUDIES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (01/10/2018 - 14/12/2018)
Lesson hours
40 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
The course analyses China's contemporary history from the Opium Wars in the 19th century until the present.
Course contents
The first part of the course (20 hours) analyses Chinese history from the mid-19th century until the foundation of the People's Republic of China (PRC ) in 1949. The second part of the course analyses contemporary Chinese history from the end of World War II until the present.
Teaching methods
Students will be asked to participate actively and will asked to prepare and present a presentation (alone or in group work).
Reccomended or required readings
1. Callahan, William, China: the Pessoptimist Nation
2. Spence,
Jonathan D., The Search for Modern China
3. Westad, Odd Arne, Restless Empire
4. Schell, Orville, DeLury, John, Wealth and Power-China's Long March to the Twenty-First Century
Assessment methods
Written Exam
Further information
Various chapters from the above-cited books will be used during the course.
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
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