HIST 434 - Modern China 1800-present

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing, 3cr of college history
China’s modern transformation from the crisis of the Late Qing through the various revolutionary governments of the 20th century to the rise of China as a world power. Looks at both Chinese elites’ quest for wealth and power and the impact this quest has had on ordinary people. (Titled History of Modern China: From the Opium Wars to the Present before 2016-17.)