For The Past Century, China Has Sought To Establish Itself As A Strong, Independent, And Modern Nation. This Course Examines What That Means In Terms Of Chinese History From The Late-Qing To Present Day. We Will Examine Political, Social, Economic, And Intellectual Trends Using A Variety Of Media Including Textbook Readings, Monographs, Articles, Novels, Short Stories, Biographies, Films, Primary Sources, To Gain A Better Understanding Of China Through Its Modern History. One Of The Major Themes Of This Course Is How The Past Is Remembered And To That End, Many Of Our Readings Will Be In The Form Of Memoirs, Oral Histories, Interviews, And Novels/Stories Based On The Authors&Rsquo; Experiences.
Prerequisites:
None
Additional requirements:
Additional student cost:
Attendance policy:
Ies Has A Strict Attendance Policy For Area Studies Classes And It Will Be Enforced In This Class. Each Unexcused Absence Will Lower Your Overall Grade By A Step (E.G. A B Becomes A B-). Please See The Ies Handbook For Further Guidelines On Documenting Absences. Please Show Up To Class On Time, Three Times Being Tardy Without A Proper Excuse Will Count As An Unexcused Absence.
Learning outcomes:
By The End Of The Semester, Students Will Be Able To:
&Bull; Demonstrate A Thorough Understanding Of 20Th Century Chinese History Through The Use Of Secondary And Primary Sources.
&Bull; Analyze And Use Primary Documents In Speaking And Writing About Chinese History.
&Bull; Understand The Deep Connections Between China&Rsquo;S Past And Contemporary Political And Social Issues In The P.R.C.
&Bull; Evaluate The Way History Is Remembered And Recounted Through Memoir, Oral History, Interview, And Fictional Accounts Of Personal Experience And To Explore The Advantages And Limitations Of These Types Of Sources.
&Bull;&Nbsp; Demonstrate The&Nbsp; Way&Nbsp; In&Nbsp; Which History And&Nbsp; Narrative Is&Nbsp; Produced, Deployed, Reproduced, And Understood In Contemporary China.
Method of presentation:
Lecture And Discussion
Field study:
Occasional Field Trips And Site Visits
Required work and form of assessment:
Class Participation 15%
Quizzes 5% - Map Quiz February 1
Reading Questions 20%
Final Project 20% - Due April 29
Midterm Exam 20% - March 10
Final Exam 20% - April 18
All Assignments Must Be Completed In Order To Receive A Passing Grade.
Grades Are Assigned According To The Following Point System:
A 93-100
A- 90-92
B+ 87-89
B 83-86
B- 80-82
C+ 77-79
C 73-76
C- 70-72
D+ 67-69
D 63-66
F 62 Or Below
Grading Criteria:
C Work Means Adequate And Satisfactory Completion Of Assignments. It Indicates You Were Able To Recall The Basic Subject Matter Of The Course, Apply That Knowledge In Discussions And Written Assignments, And Express Your Ideas And Arguments In An Intelligible But Otherwise Undistinguished Manner.
B Work Is Good. It Means You Recall More Than Just The Basic Facts And That You Can Apply That Knowledge In A Way That Makes Connections With Your Own Ideas And Observations. You Express Your Ideas And Arguments With Great Clarity And Concision.
A Work Is Excellent. It Means That You Have An Absolute Mastery Of The Subject Matter. You Can Apply Your Knowledge In Critical And Original Ways, And Express Your Ideas In A Very Clear And Persuasive Manner While Drawing On A Variety Of Sources To Support Your Arguments.
Class Participation &Amp; Attendance 15%. Woody Allen Once Said 90% Of Success In Life Is Just Showing Up. Well, The Sentiment Is Right Even If The Percentage Is A Bit Off. Ies Has A Strict Attendance Policy For Area Studies Classes And It Will Be Enforced In This Class. Each Unexcused Absence Will Lower Your Overall Grade By A Step (E.G. A B Becomes A B-). Please See The Ies Handbook For Further Guidelines On Documenting Absences. Please Show Up To Class On Time, Three Times Being Tardy Without A Proper Excuse Will Count As An Unexcused Absence (See Above).
Preparation Is Essential To Participation. There Is A Lot Of Reading In This Class (Most Weeks As Much As 100 Or More Pages) And It Must Be Done Before The Session Begins. Homework Assignments And The Occasional Pop Quiz Will No Doubt Contribute To Your Motivation To Plow Through It, But I Also Feel That To Truly Get Something Out Of This Course And To Promote An Atmosphere Of Lively Discussion And Debate In
The Class, It Is Imperative That You Have Done The Day&Rsquo;S Reading And Carefully Considered The Information In The Overall Context Of That Day&Rsquo;S Class And The Course In General.
Quizzes 5%: Students Should Be Prepared For The Occasional Unannounced Quiz On The Readings. These Will Be Done At The Very Beginning Of Class; Students Who Are Late Without Documentation Will Not Be Allowed To Make Up Quizzes. The First Quiz Is A Map Quiz Of China On February 1.
Reading Questions/Class Responses 20%: These Are Short Assignments To Get You Thinking About The Readings And Site Visits For That Class. Your Total Answers Need Not Be Extensive (500-750 Words Total) But Should Show Careful Thought And Consideration Of The Readings And The Questions Asked. Questions Will Be Sent Out Following Each Class And Are Due By Email (To&Nbsp; Jjenne@Iesabroad.Org) By The Start Of The Next Class.
Exams 20%/20%: There Will Be Two Exams. Each Examination Will Be Given Once And There Will Be No Make-Up Examinations Given. The Examinations Will Consist Of Short-Identification And Textual Analysis. Short Identification Questions Will Ask You First To Briefly Define Or Identify Some Terms Taken From The Readings And Lectures And Then Point Out Their Historical Significance. Textual Analysis Will Ask You To Identify And Explain A Passage From Your Readings Within The Larger Contextual Framework Of The Class, Based On Your Take On The Readings And Class Discussion.
Final Project (20%): This Assignment Asks You To Conduct A Series Of Interviews/Oral Histories Based Upon Examples Found In Our Readings From Liao Yiwu, John Pomfret, Sang Ye And Others. The Final Product Will Be About 5-7 Pages In Length And Will Interpolate Oral Histories With Information From Class And Readings.
Deadline Extensions Must Be Requested In Advance, And Will Be Granted Only In Exceptional Cases. If You Are Not Granted An Extension In Advance, Your Grade Will Be Lowered By One Step For Every 24 Hour Period After The Due Date. Homework Assignments Lose One Step (Check Plus Becomes Check, Etc.) For Every 24-Hour Period Late With A Maximum Of Three Days. Homework Overdue By More Than 72 Hours Will Not Be Accepted For Credit.
Academic Integrity All Students Are Expected To Adhere To The Highest Standards Of Academic Honesty. Cheating Or Plagiarism Of Any Kind Will Not Be Tolerated And Will Result In Substantial Penalty To Your Course Grade As Well As Lead To Further Administrative Sanctions. If You Are Unsure What Constitutes Plagiarism, Check With Me Before You Submit Your Work.
content:
Session 1: January 20
The New Republic
Textbook: Spence, Search For Modern China, Pp. 265-289
&Ldquo;Kuomintang Legacy&Rdquo; In John E. Wills, Jr. Mountain Of Fame: Portraits In Chinese History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. Pp. 301-321
Sun Yat-Sen, &Ldquo;The Three People&Rsquo;S Principles&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 320-330
Jiang Tingfu &Ldquo;Revolution And Absolutism&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 334-336
Hu Shi, &Ldquo;National Reconstruction And Absolutism&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 336-337
Zhou Nailing (Naelene Chou-Wiest) &Ldquo;The Revolution Of 1911&Rdquo; Caixin Online. December 21, 2010
Session 2: January 24
A Road Is Made
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 290-313
Julia Lovell, &Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Conscience&Rdquo; The Guardian, June 12, 2010
Lu Xun, &Ldquo;My Old Home,&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 354-359
Chen Duxiu, &Ldquo;An Attack On Confucianism,&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 352-356
Li Dazhao, &Ldquo;Victory Of Bolshevism&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 238-241
Xu Jilin, &Ldquo;Historical Memories Of May Fourth: Patriotism, But Of What Kind&Rdquo; China Heritage Quarterly, March 2009
Session 3: January 27
The Fractured Alliance
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 314-341
David Strand, &Ldquo;Feuds, Fights, And Factions: Group Politics In 1920S Beijing Feuds, Fights, And Factions: Group Politics In 1920S Beijing,&Rdquo; Modern China, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct., 1985), Pp. 411-435
&Ldquo;Sun Yat-Sen Opens The Whampoa Academy, 1924&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 252-255 &Ldquo;The General Strike&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 378-385
&Ldquo;Purging The Ccp: Three Documents&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 263-266
Session 4: February 1 Map Quiz
So&Hellip;You Want To Go To Yunnan?
Yunnan: China South Of The Clouds, Pp. 11-37
New York Times, &Ldquo;A County In China Sees Its Fortunes In Tea Leaves Until A Bubble Bursts&Rdquo; (January 16, 2009)
Christian Science Monitor, &Ldquo;It'S Paradise Lost As Tourists Flock To Shangri-La,&Rdquo; (November 10, 2007)
&Ldquo;Kuomintang Legacy&Rdquo; In John E. Wills, Jr. Mountain Of Fame: Portraits In Chinese History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. Pp. 321-334
Merle Goldman, &Ldquo;Restarting Chinese History&Rdquo; The American Historical Review, Vol. 105, No. 1. (Feb., 2000), Pp. 153-164.
&Ldquo;Law In The Nanjing Decade&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 270-277
&Ldquo;Generalissimo Jiang On National Identity&Rdquo; In In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 401-406
&Ldquo;The Life Of Beggars&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 396-401
Session 7: February 28
Communist Survival
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 375-410
&Ldquo;Mao Zedong&Rdquo; In John E. Wills, Jr. Mountain Of Fame: Portraits In Chinese History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. Pp. 335-359
Mao Zedong, &Ldquo;Report On An Investigation Of The Hunan Peasant Movement,&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 406&Mdash;411
Peng Pai, &Ldquo;The Haifeng Peasant Association&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 364-372
&Ldquo;The Tale Of Luding Bridge, 1935&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 290-291
Liu Shaoqi, &Ldquo;The Communist Party&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 411-415
Session 8: March 3
World War Ii
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 411-458
&Ldquo;The Rape Of Nanjing&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 324-330
William A. Callahan, &Ldquo;Who Is China?: Trauma, Communit, And Gender In Sino-Japanese Relations&Rdquo; In China: The Pessoptimist Nation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), Pp. 161-190
&Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Angry Young Focus Their Hatred On An Old Enemy&Rdquo; Guardian, December 30, 2004
Session 9: March 7
The Fall Of The Guomindang State
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 459-488
Lloyd E. Eastman, &Ldquo;New Perspectives On The History Of Nationalist China,&Rdquo; In The History Teacher Vol. 19, No. 4 (August, 1986), Pp. 545-557
&Ldquo;Wen Yiduo: The Poet&Rsquo;S Farewell, 1946&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 336-338
&Ldquo;General Marshall: The Mediator&Rsquo;S View, 1947&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 336-342
Mao Zedong, &Ldquo;On The People&Rsquo;S Democratic Dictatorship&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 350-357
&Ldquo;What If Mao Had Lost&Hellip;?&Rdquo; Al-Jazeera, October 1, 2009
Session 10: March 10
Midterm
Begin Reading Yuan-Tseng Chen. The Dragon&Rsquo;S Village: A Novel Of Revolutionary China. (Penguin, 1981)
Session 11: March 14
The Birth Of The People&Rsquo;S Republic
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 489-513
Finish Reading Yuan-Tseng Chen. The Dragon&Rsquo;S Village: A Novel Of Revolutionary China. (Penguin, 1981) &Ldquo;New Laws: Marriage And Divorce May, 1950&Rdquo; In In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 360-366
Land Reform Game
Session 12: March 17
Planning The New Society
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 514-543
&Ldquo;A Bombs And Paper Tigers&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 381-385
&Ldquo;A New Young Man Arrives At The Organization Department,&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 429-434
Mao Zedong, &Ldquo;On The Correct Handling Of Contradictions Among The People&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 459-464
Liu Binyan, &Ldquo;A Higher Kind Of Loyalty&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 464-465
&Ldquo;The Rightist&Rdquo; In Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009), Pp. 111-120
Session 13: March 21
Deepening The Revolution
Spence, Pp. 544-564
&Ldquo;The Great Leap Forward And The Sino-Soviet Split,&Rdquo; And &Ldquo;Decision Approving Comrade Mao Zedong&Rsquo;S Proposal To Step Down,&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 400-413
&Ldquo;Peng Dehuai&Rsquo;S Critique Of The Great Leap Forward&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 435-440
&Ldquo;The Retired Official&Rdquo; In Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009), Pp. 121-134
Frank Dik?Tter, &Ldquo;Mao&Rsquo;S Great Leap To Famine&Rdquo; New York Times, December 15, 2010
Ian Johnson, &Ldquo;Finding The Facts About Mao&Rsquo;S Victims&Rdquo; New York Times Review Of Books, December 20, 2010
Session 14: March 24
Cultural Revolution
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 565-586
&Ldquo;Lei Feng, Chairman Mao&Rsquo;S Good Fighter&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 442-447. &Ldquo;Red Guards&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 449-457
&Ldquo;The Former Red Guard&Rdquo; In Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009), Pp. 193-202
John Pomfret, Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates And The Story Of New China, (New York: Henry Holt And Company, 2007), Pp. 17-59
Zi Zhongyun, &Ldquo;Only A Nation That Can Reflects On Its Past Can Have A Great Future&Rdquo; Yanhuang Chunqiu, February 2, 2009
Session 15: March 25 (Special Friday Film Screening) Film: Morning Sun
Session 16: March 28
Reopening The Doors
Textbook: Spence, 587-617
&Ldquo;Lin Biao&Rsquo;S Fall&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary
Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 432-434
&Ldquo;Shanghai Communique&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 435-440
&Ldquo;Central Committee &Lsquo;Obituary&Rsquo; On The Death Of Mao Zedong, October 1976&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael
Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 443-446
&Ldquo;The Neighborhood Committee Director&Rdquo; In Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009), Pp. 182-192
Rachel Beitarie, &Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Other Billion: Children Of The Revolution&Rdquo; China Digital Times, October, 2010
Session 17: March 31
Redefining Revolution
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 618-646
&Ldquo;Victims&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 458-469
&Ldquo;Communique Of The Third Plenary Session Of The Eleventh Central Committee Of The Communist Party Of China, December 22, 1978&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 488-491
Bao Tong, &Ldquo;A Pivotal Moment For China&Rdquo; Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2008
&Ldquo;Wei Jingsheng: The Fifth Modernization&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 497-500
Wei Jingsheng, The Courage To Stand Alone: Letters From Prison And Other Writings (Penguin Books, 1997), Pp. 68-83
He Shiguang, &Ldquo;On A Village Market Street, August 1980&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 452-456
&Ldquo;Celebrating The 30Th Birthday Of China&Rsquo;S Economic Reforms&Rdquo; China Media Project, December, 2008
Deng Nan, &Ldquo;Learn From The Past, Look To The Future,&Rdquo; China Today, January 14, 2009
Session 18: April 7
Levels Of Power
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 647-676
&Ldquo;The One Child Family&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 478-481
Deng Xiaoping, &Ldquo;Build Socialism With Chinese Characteristics&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 507-510
Fang Lizhi, &Ldquo;Democracy, Reform, And Modernization&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 512-515
&Ldquo;Deng Liqun On Propaganda&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 467-470
Zhao Ziyang, Prisoner Of The State: The Secret Journal Of Premier Zhao Ziyang, (New York: Simon And Schuster, 2009), Pp. 161-182
Session 19: April 11
Testing The Limits
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 677-704
&Ldquo;Open Declaration Of A Hunger Strike, May 1989&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 493-495
&Ldquo;Posters Calling For Democracy,&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 496-500
&Ldquo;Li Peng&Rsquo;S Annoucement Of Martial Law, May 20 1989&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 495-500
&Ldquo;Deng Xiaoping&Rsquo;S Explanation Of The Crackdown, June 9, 1989&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 500-506
&Ldquo;Tiananmen Father&Rdquo; In Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009), Pp. 214-230
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, &Ldquo;Tiananmen At 20&Rdquo; Huffington Post, June 4, 2009
Robin Munro, &Ldquo;Remembering Tiananmen Square&Rdquo; The Nation, June 2, 2009
Session 20: April 14
Century&Rsquo;S End
Textbook, Pp. 705-728
&Ldquo;Defending China&Rsquo;S Socialist Democracy&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 501-504
&Ldquo;A Hero For The Times: A Winner In The Economic Reforms&Rdquo; And &Ldquo;The Non-Dissident: A Party Man Betrayed&Rdquo; In Sang Ye, China Candid, Geremie R. Barme And Miriam Lang, Eds. (Berkeley: University Of California Press, 2006), Pp. 13-27, 40-58
&Ldquo;Jokes From Post-Reform China&Rdquo; The China Beat, April 24, 2009
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, &Ldquo;What Would Mao Think Of The Olympic Games?&Rdquo; The Nation, August 22, 2008
Session 21: April 18
Final Exam
&Nbsp;
Required readings:
Reserves: All Books Used In This Class Are Also On Reserve In The Library.
Main Text:
Jonathan Spence, The Search For Modern China. 2Nd Edition. (New York: W.W. Norton &Amp; Company, 1999)
Documentary Collections
The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. Pei-Kai Cheng &Amp; Michael Lestz With Jonathan Spence, Eds. (New York: W.W. Norton, 1999)
Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook. 2Nd Edition. Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Ed. (New York: The Free Press, 1993)
Sources Of Chinese Tradition, Volume Ii: From 1600 Through The Twentieth Century. 2Nd Edition. Wm. Theodore De Bary &Amp; Richard Lufrano, Eds. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000)
Book Selections:
Ba Jin, Family
Jim Goodman, Yunnan: China South Of The Clouds (Hong Kong: Odyssey Books, 2009)
Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009)
John E. Wills, Jr. Mountain Of Fame: Portraits In Chinese History. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994)
Yuan-Tseng Chen. The Dragon&Rsquo;S Village: A Novel Of Revolutionary China. (New York: Penguin, 1981)
Other Readings:
Bao Tong, &Ldquo;A Pivotal Moment For China&Rdquo; Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2008
Rachel Beitarie, &Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Other Billion: Children Of The Revolution&Rdquo; China Digital Times, October, 2010
William A. Callahan, &Ldquo;Who Is China?: Trauma, Communit, And Gender In Sino-Japanese Relations&Rdquo; In China: The Pessoptimist Nation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), Pp. 161-190
Deng Nan, &Ldquo;Learn From The Past, Look To The Future,&Rdquo; China Today, January 14, 2009
Frank Dik?Tter, &Ldquo;Mao&Rsquo;S Great Leap To Famine&Rdquo; New York Times, December 15, 2010
Lloyd E. Eastman, &Ldquo;New Perspectives On The History Of Nationalist China,&Rdquo; In The History Teacher Vol. 19, No. 4 (August, 1986), Pp. 545-557
Ian Johnson, &Ldquo;Finding The Facts About Mao&Rsquo;S Victims&Rdquo; New York Times Review Of Books, December 20, 2010
Merle Goldman, &Ldquo;Restarting Chinese History&Rdquo; The American Historical Review, Vol. 105, No. 1. (Feb., 2000), Pp. 153-164.
Julia Lovell, &Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Conscience&Rdquo; The Guardian, June 12, 2010
Robin Munro, &Ldquo;Remembering Tiananmen Square&Rdquo; The Nation, June 2, 2009
John Pomfret, Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates And The Story Of New China, (New York: Henry Holt And Company, 2007), Pp. 17-59
&Ldquo;A Hero For The Times: A Winner In The Economic Reforms&Rdquo; And &Ldquo;The Non-Dissident: A Party Man Betrayed&Rdquo; In Sang Ye, China Candid, Geremie R. Barme And Miriam Lang, Eds. (Berkeley: University Of California Press, 2006), Pp. 13-27, 40-58
David Strand, &Ldquo;Feuds, Fights, And Factions: Group Politics In 1920S Beijing Feuds, Fights, And Factions: Group Politics In 1920S Beijing,&Rdquo; Modern China, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct., 1985), Pp. 411-435
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, &Ldquo;Tiananmen At 20&Rdquo; The Nation, May 27, 2009
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, &Ldquo;What Would Mao Think Of The Olympic Games?&Rdquo; The Nation, August 22, 2008
Wei Jingsheng, The Courage To Stand Alone: Letters From Prison And Other Writings (Penguin Books, 1997), Pp. 68-83
Xu Jilin, &Ldquo;Historical Memories Of May Fourth: Patriotism, But Of What Kind&Rdquo; China Heritage Quarterly, March 2009
Zhao Ziyang, Prisoner Of The State: The Secret Journal Of Premier Zhao Ziyang, (New York: Simon And Schuster, 2009), Pp. 161-182
Zhou Nailing (Naelene Chou-Wiest) &Ldquo;The Revolution Of 1911&Rdquo; Caixin Online. December 21, 2010
Zi Zhongyuan, &Ldquo;Only A Nation That Can Reflects On Its Past Can Have A Great Future&Rdquo; Yanhuang Chunqiu, February 2, 2009
&Ldquo;A County In China Sees Its Fortunes In Tea Leaves Until A Bubble Bursts&Rdquo; New York Times (January 16, 2009)
&Ldquo;It'S Paradise Lost As Tourists Flock To Shangri-La,&Rdquo; Christian Science Monitor (November 10, 2007) &Ldquo;Corruption Threatens China&Rsquo;S Rainforest,&Rdquo; Bbc (August 21, 2008)
&Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Angry Young Focus Their Hatred On An Old Enemy&Rdquo; Guardian, December 30, 2004
&Ldquo;What If Mao Had Lost&Hellip;?&Rdquo; Al-Jazeera, October 1, 2009
&Ldquo;Celebrating The 30Th Birthday Of China&Rsquo;S Economic Reforms&Rdquo; China Media Project, December, 2008
&Ldquo;Ming Pao Interviews Huanfu Ping&Rdquo; Ming Pao, Tr. By Roland Soong, Eastsouthwestnorth, January 25, 2007
&Ldquo;Jokes From Post-Reform China&Rdquo; The China Beat, April 24, 2009
Recommended readings:
Notes:
Responsibilities Of The Instructor: My Job Is To Be Your Guide Through Chinese History And To Grade Your Papers And Exams. I Will Conduct Class As A Mixture Of Both Lecture And Discussion And Work To Foster An Environment For Discussion, Debate, And Questioning. I Am Always Available To Answer Any Questions And To Work With You On Your Written Assignments. Instruction On How To Lead A Permanent Revolution And/Or Plan A Dinner Party Are Also Available For A Small Surcharge..
Responsibilities Of The Student: Students Will Be Required To Attend Every Class And To Be Prepared To Participate In Discussions. Participation Means That You Have Not Only Read The Material And Brought The Readings With You, But Will Also Have Thought About The Readings Within The Broader Context Of The Course. Having The Insight And Political Skill Of Zhou Enlai, While Useful, Is Not A Course Prerequisite.
20Th Century China: A Century Of Revolution
For The Past Century, China Has Sought To Establish Itself As A Strong, Independent, And Modern Nation. This Course Examines What That Means In Terms Of Chinese History From The Late-Qing To Present Day. We Will Examine Political, Social, Economic, And Intellectual Trends Using A Variety Of Media Including Textbook Readings, Monographs, Articles, Novels, Short Stories, Biographies, Films, Primary Sources, To Gain A Better Understanding Of China Through Its Modern History. One Of The Major Themes Of This Course Is How The Past Is Remembered And To That End, Many Of Our Readings Will Be In The Form Of Memoirs, Oral Histories, Interviews, And Novels/Stories Based On The Authors&Rsquo; Experiences.
None
Ies Has A Strict Attendance Policy For Area Studies Classes And It Will Be Enforced In This Class. Each Unexcused Absence Will Lower Your Overall Grade By A Step (E.G. A B Becomes A B-). Please See The Ies Handbook For Further Guidelines On Documenting Absences. Please Show Up To Class On Time, Three Times Being Tardy Without A Proper Excuse Will Count As An Unexcused Absence.
By The End Of The Semester, Students Will Be Able To:
&Bull; Demonstrate A Thorough Understanding Of 20Th Century Chinese History Through The Use Of Secondary And Primary Sources.
&Bull; Analyze And Use Primary Documents In Speaking And Writing About Chinese History.
&Bull; Understand The Deep Connections Between China&Rsquo;S Past And Contemporary Political And Social Issues In The P.R.C.
&Bull; Evaluate The Way History Is Remembered And Recounted Through Memoir, Oral History, Interview, And Fictional Accounts Of Personal Experience And To Explore The Advantages And Limitations Of These Types Of Sources.
&Bull;&Nbsp; Demonstrate The&Nbsp; Way&Nbsp; In&Nbsp; Which History And&Nbsp; Narrative Is&Nbsp; Produced, Deployed, Reproduced, And Understood In Contemporary China.
Lecture And Discussion
Occasional Field Trips And Site Visits
Class Participation 15%
Quizzes 5% - Map Quiz February 1
Reading Questions 20%
Final Project 20% - Due April 29
Midterm Exam 20% - March 10
Final Exam 20% - April 18
All Assignments Must Be Completed In Order To Receive A Passing Grade.
Grades Are Assigned According To The Following Point System:
A 93-100
A- 90-92
B+ 87-89
B 83-86
B- 80-82
C+ 77-79
C 73-76
C- 70-72
D+ 67-69
D 63-66
F 62 Or Below
Grading Criteria:
C Work Means Adequate And Satisfactory Completion Of Assignments. It Indicates You Were Able To Recall The Basic Subject Matter Of The Course, Apply That Knowledge In Discussions And Written Assignments, And Express Your Ideas And Arguments In An Intelligible But Otherwise Undistinguished Manner.
B Work Is Good. It Means You Recall More Than Just The Basic Facts And That You Can Apply That Knowledge In A Way That Makes Connections With Your Own Ideas And Observations. You Express Your Ideas And Arguments With Great Clarity And Concision.
A Work Is Excellent. It Means That You Have An Absolute Mastery Of The Subject Matter. You Can Apply Your Knowledge In Critical And Original Ways, And Express Your Ideas In A Very Clear And Persuasive Manner While Drawing On A Variety Of Sources To Support Your Arguments.
Class Participation &Amp; Attendance 15%. Woody Allen Once Said 90% Of Success In Life Is Just Showing Up. Well, The Sentiment Is Right Even If The Percentage Is A Bit Off. Ies Has A Strict Attendance Policy For Area Studies Classes And It Will Be Enforced In This Class. Each Unexcused Absence Will Lower Your Overall Grade By A Step (E.G. A B Becomes A B-). Please See The Ies Handbook For Further Guidelines On Documenting Absences. Please Show Up To Class On Time, Three Times Being Tardy Without A Proper Excuse Will Count As An Unexcused Absence (See Above).
Preparation Is Essential To Participation. There Is A Lot Of Reading In This Class (Most Weeks As Much As 100 Or More Pages) And It Must Be Done Before The Session Begins. Homework Assignments And The Occasional Pop Quiz Will No Doubt Contribute To Your Motivation To Plow Through It, But I Also Feel That To Truly Get Something Out Of This Course And To Promote An Atmosphere Of Lively Discussion And Debate In
The Class, It Is Imperative That You Have Done The Day&Rsquo;S Reading And Carefully Considered The Information In The Overall Context Of That Day&Rsquo;S Class And The Course In General.
Quizzes 5%: Students Should Be Prepared For The Occasional Unannounced Quiz On The Readings. These Will Be Done At The Very Beginning Of Class; Students Who Are Late Without Documentation Will Not Be Allowed To Make Up Quizzes. The First Quiz Is A Map Quiz Of China On February 1.
Reading Questions/Class Responses 20%: These Are Short Assignments To Get You Thinking About The Readings And Site Visits For That Class. Your Total Answers Need Not Be Extensive (500-750 Words Total) But Should Show Careful Thought And Consideration Of The Readings And The Questions Asked. Questions Will Be Sent Out Following Each Class And Are Due By Email (To&Nbsp; Jjenne@Iesabroad.Org) By The Start Of The Next Class.
Exams 20%/20%: There Will Be Two Exams. Each Examination Will Be Given Once And There Will Be No Make-Up Examinations Given. The Examinations Will Consist Of Short-Identification And Textual Analysis. Short Identification Questions Will Ask You First To Briefly Define Or Identify Some Terms Taken From The Readings And Lectures And Then Point Out Their Historical Significance. Textual Analysis Will Ask You To Identify And Explain A Passage From Your Readings Within The Larger Contextual Framework Of The Class, Based On Your Take On The Readings And Class Discussion.
Final Project (20%): This Assignment Asks You To Conduct A Series Of Interviews/Oral Histories Based Upon Examples Found In Our Readings From Liao Yiwu, John Pomfret, Sang Ye And Others. The Final Product Will Be About 5-7 Pages In Length And Will Interpolate Oral Histories With Information From Class And Readings.
Deadline Extensions Must Be Requested In Advance, And Will Be Granted Only In Exceptional Cases. If You Are Not Granted An Extension In Advance, Your Grade Will Be Lowered By One Step For Every 24 Hour Period After The Due Date. Homework Assignments Lose One Step (Check Plus Becomes Check, Etc.) For Every 24-Hour Period Late With A Maximum Of Three Days. Homework Overdue By More Than 72 Hours Will Not Be Accepted For Credit.
Academic Integrity All Students Are Expected To Adhere To The Highest Standards Of Academic Honesty. Cheating Or Plagiarism Of Any Kind Will Not Be Tolerated And Will Result In Substantial Penalty To Your Course Grade As Well As Lead To Further Administrative Sanctions. If You Are Unsure What Constitutes Plagiarism, Check With Me Before You Submit Your Work.
Session 1: January 20
The New Republic
Textbook: Spence, Search For Modern China, Pp. 265-289
&Ldquo;Kuomintang Legacy&Rdquo; In John E. Wills, Jr. Mountain Of Fame: Portraits In Chinese History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. Pp. 301-321
Sun Yat-Sen, &Ldquo;The Three People&Rsquo;S Principles&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 320-330
Jiang Tingfu &Ldquo;Revolution And Absolutism&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 334-336
Hu Shi, &Ldquo;National Reconstruction And Absolutism&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 336-337
Zhou Nailing (Naelene Chou-Wiest) &Ldquo;The Revolution Of 1911&Rdquo; Caixin Online. December 21, 2010
Session 2: January 24
A Road Is Made
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 290-313
Julia Lovell, &Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Conscience&Rdquo; The Guardian, June 12, 2010
Lu Xun, &Ldquo;My Old Home,&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 354-359
Chen Duxiu, &Ldquo;An Attack On Confucianism,&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 352-356
Li Dazhao, &Ldquo;Victory Of Bolshevism&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 238-241
Xu Jilin, &Ldquo;Historical Memories Of May Fourth: Patriotism, But Of What Kind&Rdquo; China Heritage Quarterly, March 2009
Session 3: January 27
The Fractured Alliance
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 314-341
David Strand, &Ldquo;Feuds, Fights, And Factions: Group Politics In 1920S Beijing Feuds, Fights, And Factions: Group Politics In 1920S Beijing,&Rdquo; Modern China, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct., 1985), Pp. 411-435
&Ldquo;Sun Yat-Sen Opens The Whampoa Academy, 1924&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 252-255 &Ldquo;The General Strike&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 378-385
&Ldquo;Purging The Ccp: Three Documents&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 263-266
Session 4: February 1 Map Quiz
So&Hellip;You Want To Go To Yunnan?
Yunnan: China South Of The Clouds, Pp. 11-37
New York Times, &Ldquo;A County In China Sees Its Fortunes In Tea Leaves Until A Bubble Bursts&Rdquo; (January 16, 2009)
Christian Science Monitor, &Ldquo;It'S Paradise Lost As Tourists Flock To Shangri-La,&Rdquo; (November 10, 2007)
Bbc, &Ldquo;Corruption Threatens China&Rsquo;S Rainforest,&Rdquo; (August 21, 2008)
Session 5: February 21
Family
Ba Jin, Family
Session 6: February 24
Guomindang In Power
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 342-374
&Ldquo;Kuomintang Legacy&Rdquo; In John E. Wills, Jr. Mountain Of Fame: Portraits In Chinese History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. Pp. 321-334
Merle Goldman, &Ldquo;Restarting Chinese History&Rdquo; The American Historical Review, Vol. 105, No. 1. (Feb., 2000), Pp. 153-164.
&Ldquo;Law In The Nanjing Decade&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 270-277
&Ldquo;Generalissimo Jiang On National Identity&Rdquo; In In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 401-406
&Ldquo;The Life Of Beggars&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 396-401
Session 7: February 28
Communist Survival
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 375-410
&Ldquo;Mao Zedong&Rdquo; In John E. Wills, Jr. Mountain Of Fame: Portraits In Chinese History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. Pp. 335-359
Mao Zedong, &Ldquo;Report On An Investigation Of The Hunan Peasant Movement,&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 406&Mdash;411
Peng Pai, &Ldquo;The Haifeng Peasant Association&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 364-372
&Ldquo;The Tale Of Luding Bridge, 1935&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 290-291
Liu Shaoqi, &Ldquo;The Communist Party&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 411-415
Session 8: March 3
World War Ii
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 411-458
&Ldquo;The Rape Of Nanjing&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 324-330
William A. Callahan, &Ldquo;Who Is China?: Trauma, Communit, And Gender In Sino-Japanese Relations&Rdquo; In China: The Pessoptimist Nation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), Pp. 161-190
&Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Angry Young Focus Their Hatred On An Old Enemy&Rdquo; Guardian, December 30, 2004
Session 9: March 7
The Fall Of The Guomindang State
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 459-488
Lloyd E. Eastman, &Ldquo;New Perspectives On The History Of Nationalist China,&Rdquo; In The History Teacher Vol. 19, No. 4 (August, 1986), Pp. 545-557
&Ldquo;Wen Yiduo: The Poet&Rsquo;S Farewell, 1946&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 336-338
&Ldquo;General Marshall: The Mediator&Rsquo;S View, 1947&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 336-342
Mao Zedong, &Ldquo;On The People&Rsquo;S Democratic Dictatorship&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 350-357
&Ldquo;What If Mao Had Lost&Hellip;?&Rdquo; Al-Jazeera, October 1, 2009
Session 10: March 10
Midterm
Begin Reading Yuan-Tseng Chen. The Dragon&Rsquo;S Village: A Novel Of Revolutionary China. (Penguin, 1981)
Session 11: March 14
The Birth Of The People&Rsquo;S Republic
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 489-513
Finish Reading Yuan-Tseng Chen. The Dragon&Rsquo;S Village: A Novel Of Revolutionary China. (Penguin, 1981) &Ldquo;New Laws: Marriage And Divorce May, 1950&Rdquo; In In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 360-366
Land Reform Game
Session 12: March 17
Planning The New Society
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 514-543
&Ldquo;A Bombs And Paper Tigers&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 381-385
&Ldquo;A New Young Man Arrives At The Organization Department,&Rdquo; In Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 429-434
Mao Zedong, &Ldquo;On The Correct Handling Of Contradictions Among The People&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 459-464
Liu Binyan, &Ldquo;A Higher Kind Of Loyalty&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 464-465
&Ldquo;The Rightist&Rdquo; In Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009), Pp. 111-120
Session 13: March 21
Deepening The Revolution
Spence, Pp. 544-564
&Ldquo;The Great Leap Forward And The Sino-Soviet Split,&Rdquo; And &Ldquo;Decision Approving Comrade Mao Zedong&Rsquo;S Proposal To Step Down,&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 400-413
&Ldquo;Peng Dehuai&Rsquo;S Critique Of The Great Leap Forward&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 435-440
&Ldquo;The Retired Official&Rdquo; In Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009), Pp. 121-134
Frank Dik?Tter, &Ldquo;Mao&Rsquo;S Great Leap To Famine&Rdquo; New York Times, December 15, 2010
Ian Johnson, &Ldquo;Finding The Facts About Mao&Rsquo;S Victims&Rdquo; New York Times Review Of Books, December 20, 2010
Session 14: March 24
Cultural Revolution
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 565-586
&Ldquo;Lei Feng, Chairman Mao&Rsquo;S Good Fighter&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 442-447. &Ldquo;Red Guards&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 449-457
&Ldquo;The Former Red Guard&Rdquo; In Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009), Pp. 193-202
John Pomfret, Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates And The Story Of New China, (New York: Henry Holt And Company, 2007), Pp. 17-59
Zi Zhongyun, &Ldquo;Only A Nation That Can Reflects On Its Past Can Have A Great Future&Rdquo; Yanhuang Chunqiu, February 2, 2009
Session 15: March 25 (Special Friday Film Screening) Film: Morning Sun
Session 16: March 28
Reopening The Doors
Textbook: Spence, 587-617
&Ldquo;Lin Biao&Rsquo;S Fall&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary
Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 432-434
&Ldquo;Shanghai Communique&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 435-440
&Ldquo;Central Committee &Lsquo;Obituary&Rsquo; On The Death Of Mao Zedong, October 1976&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael
Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 443-446
&Ldquo;The Neighborhood Committee Director&Rdquo; In Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009), Pp. 182-192
Rachel Beitarie, &Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Other Billion: Children Of The Revolution&Rdquo; China Digital Times, October, 2010
Session 17: March 31
Redefining Revolution
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 618-646
&Ldquo;Victims&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 458-469
&Ldquo;Communique Of The Third Plenary Session Of The Eleventh Central Committee Of The Communist Party Of China, December 22, 1978&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 488-491
Bao Tong, &Ldquo;A Pivotal Moment For China&Rdquo; Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2008
&Ldquo;Wei Jingsheng: The Fifth Modernization&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 497-500
Wei Jingsheng, The Courage To Stand Alone: Letters From Prison And Other Writings (Penguin Books, 1997), Pp. 68-83
He Shiguang, &Ldquo;On A Village Market Street, August 1980&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 452-456
&Ldquo;Celebrating The 30Th Birthday Of China&Rsquo;S Economic Reforms&Rdquo; China Media Project, December, 2008
Deng Nan, &Ldquo;Learn From The Past, Look To The Future,&Rdquo; China Today, January 14, 2009
Session 18: April 7
Levels Of Power
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 647-676
&Ldquo;The One Child Family&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 478-481
Deng Xiaoping, &Ldquo;Build Socialism With Chinese Characteristics&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 507-510
Fang Lizhi, &Ldquo;Democracy, Reform, And Modernization&Rdquo; In Wm. Theodore Debary, Et Al., Sources Of Chinese Tradition. 2Nd Ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000, Pp. 512-515
&Ldquo;Deng Liqun On Propaganda&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 467-470
Zhao Ziyang, Prisoner Of The State: The Secret Journal Of Premier Zhao Ziyang, (New York: Simon And Schuster, 2009), Pp. 161-182
Session 19: April 11
Testing The Limits
Textbook: Spence, Pp. 677-704
&Ldquo;Open Declaration Of A Hunger Strike, May 1989&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 493-495
&Ldquo;Posters Calling For Democracy,&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 496-500
&Ldquo;Li Peng&Rsquo;S Annoucement Of Martial Law, May 20 1989&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 495-500
&Ldquo;Deng Xiaoping&Rsquo;S Explanation Of The Crackdown, June 9, 1989&Rdquo; In Pei-Kai Cheng And Michael Lestz. The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. New York: Norton, Pp. 500-506
&Ldquo;Tiananmen Father&Rdquo; In Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009), Pp. 214-230
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, &Ldquo;Tiananmen At 20&Rdquo; Huffington Post, June 4, 2009
Robin Munro, &Ldquo;Remembering Tiananmen Square&Rdquo; The Nation, June 2, 2009
Session 20: April 14
Century&Rsquo;S End
Textbook, Pp. 705-728
&Ldquo;Defending China&Rsquo;S Socialist Democracy&Rdquo; In Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, Pp. 501-504
&Ldquo;A Hero For The Times: A Winner In The Economic Reforms&Rdquo; And &Ldquo;The Non-Dissident: A Party Man Betrayed&Rdquo; In Sang Ye, China Candid, Geremie R. Barme And Miriam Lang, Eds. (Berkeley: University Of California Press, 2006), Pp. 13-27, 40-58
&Ldquo;Jokes From Post-Reform China&Rdquo; The China Beat, April 24, 2009
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, &Ldquo;What Would Mao Think Of The Olympic Games?&Rdquo; The Nation, August 22, 2008
Session 21: April 18
Final Exam
&Nbsp;
Reserves: All Books Used In This Class Are Also On Reserve In The Library.
Main Text:
Jonathan Spence, The Search For Modern China. 2Nd Edition. (New York: W.W. Norton &Amp; Company, 1999)
Documentary Collections
The Search For Modern China: A Documentary Collection. Pei-Kai Cheng &Amp; Michael Lestz With Jonathan Spence, Eds. (New York: W.W. Norton, 1999)
Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook. 2Nd Edition. Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Ed. (New York: The Free Press, 1993)
Sources Of Chinese Tradition, Volume Ii: From 1600 Through The Twentieth Century. 2Nd Edition. Wm. Theodore De Bary &Amp; Richard Lufrano, Eds. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000)
Book Selections:
Ba Jin, Family
Jim Goodman, Yunnan: China South Of The Clouds (Hong Kong: Odyssey Books, 2009)
Liao Yiwu, The Corpsewalker: Real Life Stories, China From The Bottom Up (New York: Anchor Books, 2009)
John E. Wills, Jr. Mountain Of Fame: Portraits In Chinese History. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994)
Yuan-Tseng Chen. The Dragon&Rsquo;S Village: A Novel Of Revolutionary China. (New York: Penguin, 1981)
Other Readings:
Bao Tong, &Ldquo;A Pivotal Moment For China&Rdquo; Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2008
Rachel Beitarie, &Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Other Billion: Children Of The Revolution&Rdquo; China Digital Times, October, 2010
William A. Callahan, &Ldquo;Who Is China?: Trauma, Communit, And Gender In Sino-Japanese Relations&Rdquo; In China: The Pessoptimist Nation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), Pp. 161-190
Deng Nan, &Ldquo;Learn From The Past, Look To The Future,&Rdquo; China Today, January 14, 2009
Frank Dik?Tter, &Ldquo;Mao&Rsquo;S Great Leap To Famine&Rdquo; New York Times, December 15, 2010
Lloyd E. Eastman, &Ldquo;New Perspectives On The History Of Nationalist China,&Rdquo; In The History Teacher Vol. 19, No. 4 (August, 1986), Pp. 545-557
Ian Johnson, &Ldquo;Finding The Facts About Mao&Rsquo;S Victims&Rdquo; New York Times Review Of Books, December 20, 2010
Merle Goldman, &Ldquo;Restarting Chinese History&Rdquo; The American Historical Review, Vol. 105, No. 1. (Feb., 2000), Pp. 153-164.
Julia Lovell, &Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Conscience&Rdquo; The Guardian, June 12, 2010
Robin Munro, &Ldquo;Remembering Tiananmen Square&Rdquo; The Nation, June 2, 2009
John Pomfret, Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates And The Story Of New China, (New York: Henry Holt And Company, 2007), Pp. 17-59
&Ldquo;A Hero For The Times: A Winner In The Economic Reforms&Rdquo; And &Ldquo;The Non-Dissident: A Party Man Betrayed&Rdquo; In Sang Ye, China Candid, Geremie R. Barme And Miriam Lang, Eds. (Berkeley: University Of California Press, 2006), Pp. 13-27, 40-58
David Strand, &Ldquo;Feuds, Fights, And Factions: Group Politics In 1920S Beijing Feuds, Fights, And Factions: Group Politics In 1920S Beijing,&Rdquo; Modern China, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct., 1985), Pp. 411-435
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, &Ldquo;Tiananmen At 20&Rdquo; The Nation, May 27, 2009
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, &Ldquo;What Would Mao Think Of The Olympic Games?&Rdquo; The Nation, August 22, 2008
Wei Jingsheng, The Courage To Stand Alone: Letters From Prison And Other Writings (Penguin Books, 1997), Pp. 68-83
Xu Jilin, &Ldquo;Historical Memories Of May Fourth: Patriotism, But Of What Kind&Rdquo; China Heritage Quarterly, March 2009
Zhao Ziyang, Prisoner Of The State: The Secret Journal Of Premier Zhao Ziyang, (New York: Simon And Schuster, 2009), Pp. 161-182
Zhou Nailing (Naelene Chou-Wiest) &Ldquo;The Revolution Of 1911&Rdquo; Caixin Online. December 21, 2010
Zi Zhongyuan, &Ldquo;Only A Nation That Can Reflects On Its Past Can Have A Great Future&Rdquo; Yanhuang Chunqiu, February 2, 2009
&Ldquo;A County In China Sees Its Fortunes In Tea Leaves Until A Bubble Bursts&Rdquo; New York Times (January 16, 2009)
&Ldquo;It'S Paradise Lost As Tourists Flock To Shangri-La,&Rdquo; Christian Science Monitor (November 10, 2007) &Ldquo;Corruption Threatens China&Rsquo;S Rainforest,&Rdquo; Bbc (August 21, 2008)
&Ldquo;China&Rsquo;S Angry Young Focus Their Hatred On An Old Enemy&Rdquo; Guardian, December 30, 2004
&Ldquo;What If Mao Had Lost&Hellip;?&Rdquo; Al-Jazeera, October 1, 2009
&Ldquo;Celebrating The 30Th Birthday Of China&Rsquo;S Economic Reforms&Rdquo; China Media Project, December, 2008
&Ldquo;Ming Pao Interviews Huanfu Ping&Rdquo; Ming Pao, Tr. By Roland Soong, Eastsouthwestnorth, January 25, 2007
&Ldquo;Jokes From Post-Reform China&Rdquo; The China Beat, April 24, 2009
Responsibilities Of The Instructor: My Job Is To Be Your Guide Through Chinese History And To Grade Your Papers And Exams. I Will Conduct Class As A Mixture Of Both Lecture And Discussion And Work To Foster An Environment For Discussion, Debate, And Questioning. I Am Always Available To Answer Any Questions And To Work With You On Your Written Assignments. Instruction On How To Lead A Permanent Revolution And/Or Plan A Dinner Party Are Also Available For A Small Surcharge..
Responsibilities Of The Student: Students Will Be Required To Attend Every Class And To Be Prepared To Participate In Discussions. Participation Means That You Have Not Only Read The Material And Brought The Readings With You, But Will Also Have Thought About The Readings Within The Broader Context Of The Course. Having The Insight And Political Skill Of Zhou Enlai, While Useful, Is Not A Course Prerequisite.