HIS 368 - Modern Japan

1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity

An in-depth exploration of the history of Japan from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Topics include: the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Meiji Restoration and Japan’s subsequent transformation into a modern-nation state, Japan’s imperial expansion into East Asia, the Second World War, and Japan’s postwar recovery and growth. Students become familiar with major debates in the field, significant primary sources, and secondary sources of the era. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor.

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HIS 368 - Modern Japan