Modern
East Asia (History 162)
1:50 MWF, 234 Hollenbeck, Jim Huffman, professor
Fall
2001
Complexity
compounded by complexity! That, in a
phrase, is the way many people regard East Asia. In some ways they are right.
No part of the earth is more populous; few regions have a more varied history;
few people’s core value system differs more from that of Europeans and North
Americans. In truth, however, the East Asians are neither more complex nor more
unified than Westerners are. Our goal this semester will be to understand that
fact, by looking at the events and forces that have shaped China, Korea, and
Japan during the last four centuries.
The
Instructor. The course is taught by
Jim Huffman, who resides (on campus) in 310 Hollenbeck and has the following
office hours:
M-W-F 9:30 to 11:00
T-Th 1:00 to
2:30
Other By
appointment
His
phone numbers are 327-7845 (office) and 399-9684 (home), and his e-mail is jhuffman@wittenberg.edu. He urges you to come in to talk
about matters of any kind, or to call him (prior to 9 p.m.).
Class
Goals. The goals of the course are
to:
1. Learn the major facts and developments of
East Asia’s history, from 1600 to the present.
2. Come to grips with the idea of interpretation
in history.
3. Learn to think systematically and to communicate
clearly.
4. Enjoy learning about the past.
Requirements. The following are required.
1.
Attendance and discussion. Each unexcused absence, beyond two misses of
any kind, will result in a one percent reduction in the final average. (Note:
This also will include attendance at a set of required colloquia.)
2.
Six identification quizzes and one map quiz.
3.
Two tests.
4. A
250-word, double spaced paper on each of the assigned books (except
Schirokauer). Each paper should identify one central theme of the book,
then show as fully as space allows how the author develops that theme. Papers
must include a bibliographic citation and a word count. A sample of a good
paper is appended to this syllabus.
5. A
four-page, double spaced (paginated and stapled, in 12 point, with a
bibliography at the end!), narrative essay, using newspaper accounts and
secondary sources to reconstruct a significant event in modern China, Japan, or
Korea. Three pages should tell the story of the event, with all quotations
footnoted; a one-page addendum should follow, discussing the use of newspapers
as a means of understanding the past. You are to use actual newspapers or
microfilm of newspapers, not the internet, and you are to turn in two copies.
You may choose from one of the following events:
China: Korea Japan
Collapse, Boxer Rebellion (00) Assassination of Queen Min (95)
Triple Intervention (1895)
May 4th Incident (1919) March
1 (1919) incident Rice riots (1918)
Chiang Kaishek kidnaping (36) Murder of Park Chunghee (79)
Manchurian Incident (1931)
Cultural revolution (an aspect) 1986 constitutional demons Security treaty crisis (1960)
Death of Mao Zedong (1976) 1988 Olympics Textbook crisis (1982-83)
6. A
take-home final, typed in 12-point font, on the following:
Imperialism struck all three East Asian nations with
gale force in the 1800s. Type a 4- or 5-page, double spaced essay discussing:
1) the different way each nation responded; 2) one factor in that nation’s
pre-1800 tradition that helps account for the response; and 3) the impact of
that response on the nation’s 20th century history.
The
essay should be packed as fully as possible with concrete support for your
points. It will be due at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 19.
Grading. Grades will be based on the following scale.
Attendance/discussion credit
Quizzes 70
(10 each)
Tests 100
(50 each)
Central point papers 100
(20 each)
Newspaper Narrative paper 50
Final exam
80
NOTES. 1. A bibliography must accompany all papers
(except the final exam). Note the proofreading symbols and sample bibliographic
styles at the end of this syllabus.
2. Deadlines are absolute. If a paper is a day late,
its score will be reduced by 10 percent; each subsequent day will result in an
additional 2 percent off. No work will be accepted after the final exam.
3. There will be no makeups for tests or quizzes
(except in highly unusual cases). If the absence is excused, the score for that
test or quiz simply will not be figured into the final average; if it is not
excused, a zero will be given.
4. Dishonesty, including cheating and plagiarism,
will be treated severely, according to the Wittenberg academic honesty policy.
Required
Reading. The following books are
required.
Schirokauer, Conrad. Modern China and Japan.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.
Spence, Jonathan. The Death of Woman Wang.
Penguin, 1978.
House, Edward H. Yone Santo, A Child of Japan.
Belford, Clark, 1888.
White, Theodore and Analee Jacoby. Thunder Out of
China. Da Capo Paperback, 1980.
Kim, Richard E. Lost Names. University of
California, 1998.
Greenfeld, Karl Taro. Speed Tribes. Harper
Perennial, 1995.
Schedule. Lecture dates are rough. Assignments are absolute,
unless changes are announced.
A
Stable World (1600-1800)
8-27 Introduction
8-29 Traditional East Asia: China at the
Center S:
preface, introduction
(11:00: Opening
Convocation)
8-31 Traditional East Asia: Regional
Variations map
quiz; S: 3-16
9-3 C: The Vital World of Kangxi
9-5 C: The Complacent World of Qianlong S:
16-27, 70-77
9-7 Traditional Korea: In China’s Shadow
9-10 K: A Bifurcated Society Spence
due
9-12 Disc: Law and Values in Early Modern China
9-14 Traditional Japan: Shifting Centers S: 20-34
9-17 J: Centralized Feudalism S:
35-59
9-19 Doing Newspaper Research S: 61-70
9-21 Work on papers, outside of class
9-24 J: Life in Secluded Japan newspaper
narrative due
9-26 Disc: Newspapers as a Way of Knowing quiz
8 p.m., May-lee and Winberg Chai, Weaver Chapel
9-28 no class
Confronted
by Modernity (1800-1912)
10-1 C: The Collapse of the Guangzhou System S:
81-94
10-2 8 p.m., Tonda Pupeteers
10-3 C: Reformers and Revolutionaries: Many
Types S: 94-103, 147-65
10-5 C: The End of Imperial China S: 167-76
10-8 K: Twixt China and Japan
10-10 J: The Tokugawa Fall S:
105-25; quiz
10-12 J: The Rush to Modernity House
due
10-15 Discussion: Class, Gender and Nationality
in Meiji S:
127-45
10-17 J: Onto the International Scene S:
193-204
10-17 6 p.m., ASandakan No. 8" at Huffman’s (half the class)
10-18 6 p.m., ASandakan No. 8" at Huffman’s (half the class)
10-19 no class
10-24 Review
10-26 Test
A
Time of Tumult (1912-45)
10-29 Video: Last Emperor
10-31 C: The Aftermath of Revolution S:
176-86
11-2 C: Under the Nationalist Banner S:
1886-91, 224-32
11-5 C: War Within and Without White/Jacoby due
11-7 Discussion: China at War
11-9 K: The Colonial Experience quiz
11-12 J: TaishÇ: The Ambivalent Years S:
204-24
11-14 J: Descent into Chauvinism Kim due
11-16 Discussion: Japan in Korea
11-19 J: Fighting the World S:
232-41
The
Emergent Giants (1945- )
11-26 C: Liberation and the Gilded 50s S:
245-49, 290-95; quiz
11-28 C: Mao’s Tainted Twilight S: 295-305
11-30 C: Pragmatism Victorious S: 305-16
12-3 K: A Land Divided S: 256-58
12-5 J: Embracing Defeat S:
249-56
12-7 J: Resurgent Power S: 267-87; quiz
12-10 J: Rich: But Feeble? Greenfeld
due
12-12 Discussion (Greenfeld) and review
12-14 Test
12-19 2:30 p.m., final exam due in Huffman’s office
Map
Locations To Know
China Korea Japan
Manchuria Seoul HokkaidÇ
Mukden Pyongyang Honshă
Beijing Yalu River Shikoku
Yellow River Kwangju Kyăshă
Yellow Sea Tokyo
Yangzi River Yokohama
Chongqing Mt.
Fuji
Nanjing Kyoto
Shanghai Osaka
Guangzhou Kobe
Hong Kong Hiroshima
Taiwan Nagasaki
Tibet Inland
Sea
A
Few of Huffman=s Proofreading Symbols
abbrev abbreviation:
avoid in a formal paper
awk awkward
bib bibliography
bib cit bibliographic citation
blky bulky phrase
cf compare to
cite cite the source,
including page number
colloq avoid colloquialism
contract avoid
contractions in a formal paper
c.s. comma splice
d.m. dangling modifier
fl nm use full name (on first
reference to anyone)
ID identify (always necessary on first
reference)
i.s. incomplete sentence
p/a pronoun/antecedent problem (e.g., Korea .
. . their)
pgn page numbers needed
redun redundant
r.o. run-on sentence
sop statement of purpose (weak or absent)
ss single space and indent (quotes of 6 or
more lines)
sp misspelling
stet Ok as you originally
had it
s/v subject and verb do not agree in number
trans weak transition to new
topic
/ divide word or leave a space
Sample
Citations
Bibliography
Schirokauer,
Conrad. Modern China and Japan: A Brief History. San Diego: Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich,
Publishers, 1982.
Foot/endnote
Conrad Schirohauer, Modern China and Japan: A Brief
History. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1982.
Sample
summary of the book, Dragon’s Village [1]
One
major theme of the book is the women’s role in China. Women were looked down
upon traditionally, but with the coming of the new government and new ideas,
women received more status and rights.
Ling-ling,
a girl from a rich family in Shanghai, hears that her aunt would be happier if
she were a boy, and a that “a son can bring glory to his parents.” (5) Rich
girls are “trained to be manhunters,” and their goal in life is to “[make] a
good marriage.” (26) Ling-ling’s uncle “made the big decision” and her aunt and
she “simply waited to be told what to do.” (17)
In
the poor village of Longxian, baby girls are disposed of, because they are
viewed as “useless baggage.” (193) . . . (Note: This paragraph contains three
more concrete references, from pp. 174, 79, and 88.)
Women’s
roles changed with new teaching. Ling-ling disregarded her guardians’ plan and
decided her own fate, to stay in China and work. Xiu-ying joined the literacy
class and was elected to be an official. Siu-ying killed the hen though her
husband “vehemently disapproved.” (203) Women now learned that they had the “right
to share half of the family’s joint property” and ‘girls had equal rights with
boys” in the land reform (199-200). Even the virgin widow was thinking of
remarrying and knew that she could “complain to the Women’s Association” if she
were beaten. (283)
[1]Note: The summary simply shows an example of good content; it would need to contain a bibliographic citation, to be double spaced, etc.