History 495 sec. 2        20th Century China       Fall 2007          Dr. C. W. Reigel

Longwood University                Ruffner 250      10:00-10:50 M, W, F

Ruffner 239 Office Hours 11-Noon M, W, F &10-11 T & Th. (& by appt)     395-2424

reigelcw@longwood.edu

Required: Red Sorghum, Mo Yan; The Rape of Nanking, Iris Chang; Mao Zedong, Jonathan Spence.

 

Course Objectives:  Upon the completion of the course students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the historical and contemporary issues China confronted in the 20th century.
  2. Identify common themes found in historical and contemporary China.
  3. Demonstrate an ability to link influences foreign and domestic, political, economic and cultural, and how they are intensively interdependent.
  4. Analyze the nature of change from a Chinese perspective.

 

Dates and Topics are subject to Change.

Aug. 27,  Introduction.

Aug. 29,  Aug. 31,  Sept.  5,  Ancient dynasties.

Sept.  7,  Term paper topic due, 1-2 pages, of  topic, argument, sources.

Sept. 10,  How to do a term paper.

Sept. 12,  The Mongols.

Sept. 14, Sept. 17,  Ming & Manchu.

Sept. 19,  Europeans.

Sept. 21,  Reformers & Reactionaries.

Sept. 24,   The Boxer Rebellion.

Sept. 26,  Ci-xi.

Sept. 28,  The 1911 Revolution.

Oct.   1,   Prepare for Exam.

Oct.   3,   1st Exam.

Oct.   5,  Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

Oct.   8,  Nationalism.

Oct. 10,  May 4, 1919.

Oct. 12,  Oct. 17,  Warlords.

Oct. 19,  Communism.

Oct. 22,  Oct. 24,  World War II.

Oct. 26,  Discuss Mo and Chang.  Prepare for Exam.

Oct. 29,  2nd Exam

Oct. 31,  Chiang Kai-shek vs. Mao Zedong.

Nov.  2,  Sign up for reviews of term paper rough drafts.

Nov.  5,  Formosa.

Nov.  7,  1949, The New Era.

Nov.  9,  The Korean War.

Nov. 12,  Nov. 14,  Nov. 16,  The Great Leap Forward.

Nov. 19,  Taiwan, Hong Kong.

Nov. 26,  The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

Nov. 28,  Moa, Hua, Deng.

Nov. 30,  Dec. 3,  Tiananmen Square.

Dec.   5,  Term papers due.  Late papers are penalized one full letter grade per day!

Dec.   7,  Discuss Spencer. Prepare for the final exam.

Final Exam Monday Dec. 10, 3-5:30pm

 

 

Grading:  1st exam 15%;  2nd exam 15%; final exam in two portions (since 2nd & comprehensive) worth 15% each portion;  Term paper 10-12 pages (penalty of one full letter grade per page, under or over 10-12 pages) 40%.  The term paper topic must have the approval of the instructor and cannot be changed without permission, or the result will be an F assigned as the term paper grade.  No extra credit.

Scale: A+=100-97, A=96-94, A-=93-90; B+=89-87, B=86-84, B-=83-80, C+=79-77, C=76-74, C-=73-70, D+=69-67, D=66-60, F=59 or less.

 

Attendance is taken at the start of each meeting.  If you do no attend you are still responsible for all materials and exams.

 

The Honor Code is based on the need for trust in an academic community.  Longwood’s Honor Code was instituted by its students and is administered by its students.  All students are responsible for reading and understanding its provision, as found in the college catalog and student handbook.  All graded written work completed for this course will be considered pledged.