HSTY2640 - Twentieth-Century China

Semester 1, 2013  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Helen Dunstan
Phone: +61 2 9351 5516
Email: helen.dunstan@sydney.edu.au

Description

In the 1920s, China was likened to a sleeping lion - one whose roar would shake the world when it awoke. This prediction has already proved true more than once. Why was China ever said to be "asleep"? How did a whole nation awaken, to what, and with what results? This unit of study traces the forces of nationalism and revolution through China's tumultuous twentieth century. We focus upon making sense, in Chinese terms, of events that outsiders have found baffling.

Assessments

1x1750wd essay (35%), 1x2250wd essay (35%), 1x individual or group oral presentation (equivalent to 500wds) (15%), tutorial participation (15%)

Classes

2x1-hr lectures/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week

Prerequisites

12 junior credit points of History, Ancient History or Asian Studies

Prohibitions

HSTY3071, HSTY3072

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