HIST‐113‐01


Contact
Information

History
of
East
Asia,
1600‐Present

Tuesday/Thursday

Aaron
Gulyas
 9:30‐10:55
AM

e‐Mail/Googletalk:
 MMB
2022

[email protected]
 


 Course
Description

Phone:
810‐232‐2993
 This
course
will
cover
the
political,
social,
and
cultural
history
of

China,
Japan,
and
Korea
from
1600
CE
to
the
present.
This
course

Office:

MMB2120D
 will
emphasize
the
relationship
of
human
creativity
to
needs,
beliefs

and
values
showing
how
others
have
understood
themselves
and

Social
Science
Division
 how
this
understanding
has
shaped
our
views
and
conditions
today.

Office:
810‐762‐0332
 


 Course
Objectives

Office
Hours:

 1. Evaluate
the
late
imperial
period
in
China

MW
1:00‐3:00
PM

2. Evaluate
the
late
imperial
period
in
Japan
and
Korea

T:
1:00‐3:00
PM;
5:00‐6:00
PM

R:
1:00‐3:00
PM
 3. Assess
the
fall
of
the
Qing
dynasty
and
the
development

Other
times
by
 of
Nationalist
China

Appointment
 4. Analyze
the
growth
and
development
of
communism
in


 China

Be
sure
that
in
any

5. Evaluate
the
development
of
Japanese
militarism
and

correspondence
you

East
Asia
during
World
War
II

include
your
name,
phone

number
(if
you
want
a
 6. Assess
the
development
of
China
since
the
Communist

phone
response)
or
email
 victory

address
and
the
best
time
 7. Assess
the
development
of
Japan
since
World
War
II

to
reach
you.



8. Assess
the
role
of
East
Asia
in
the
Cold
War



The
best
way
to
contact
 9. Analyze
historical
evidence

me
is
via
email
as
I
 

check
this
several
times
 Textbooks

each
day
during
the
 Required:

week
(less
on
 Schoppa,
R.
Keith.

East
Asia:
Identities
and
Change
in
the
Modern

weekends).

 World.

Pearson
Prentice
Hall,
2008.

ISBN:
0‐13‐243146‐7.


 

If
you
wish
to
talk
with
me
 Either

the
best
time
to
call
or
 Iris
Chang.
The
Rape
of
Nanking.
Penguin.
1997.

drop
by
is
during
my
 
ISBN:
0‐14‐027744‐7.


office
hours.
If
you
call
 Or

and
I
am
not
available
to
 Jonathan
D.
Spence.
The
Death
of
Woman
Wang.
Penguin.
1998.


take
your
call,
I
 ISBN:
0‐14005121‐X.

recommend
that
you
leave
 

a
message
on
my
voice
 

mail
(which
I
check
 

during
the
week)
and
I
 

will
return
your
call
as
 

soon
as
possible
 


 

Assessment

I
will
assess
your
performance
in
this
course
in
a
variety
of
ways.

By
successfully
completing
these
tasks

you
will
demonstrate
competency
and
earn
a
grade
in
the
course.

1. 4
exams,
given
in
class.

Exams
will
cover
class
lectures
and
all
the
readings
assigned
during
that

period
of
the
course.

Each
will
contain
(a)
a
number
of
identifications
asking
you
to
link
a
specific

person,
event,
or
idea
to
its
historical
context
and
significance,
(b)
a
number
of
questions
on
the

primary
sources
in
the
textbook
or
discussed
in
class
and
(c)
an
essay
question
asking
you
to

incorporate
course
material
into
larger
themes.

We
will
compile
a
list
of
identification
terms
from

each
topic
we
discuss
and
I
will
distribute
potential
essay
questions
at
least
one
week
before
the

exam.





Each
exam
will
be
worth
100
points.



2. 1
Critical
review
essay.

This
essay
concerns
either
the
Chang
or
Spence
texts.

Details
are
later
in

this
syllabus.

The
essay
is
worth
50
points



3. 4
primary
source
quizzes.

Dates
for
these
quizzes
are
listed
on
the
schedule.





I
will
record
grades
on
the
course’s
Blackboard
site
and
you
are
encouraged
to
keep
track
of
your
grades.




Percentage
wise,
this
is
how
grades
will
break
down:



4.0 90%
and
higher

3.5 85%
‐
89%

3.0 80%
‐
84%

2.5 75%
‐
79%

2.0 70%
‐
74%

1.5 65%
‐
69%

1.0 60%
‐
64%

0.0
 59%
and
lower



Attendance


Regular
attendance
is
vital
to
your
success
in
this
course
and
is
required.

You
are
responsible
for
any

material
missed.

If
you
maintain
a
perfect
or
near
perfect
attendance
(no
more
than
two
absences)
I
will

add
5
points
to
your
final
point
total.



Federal
guidelines
require
the
college
to
keep
attendance
records
in
order
for
students
to

maintain
their
Title
IV
fund
eligibility.
Excessive
absences
may
affect
that
eligibility.




Course
Policies

BlackBoard

I
will
make
course
materials
and
grades
available
through
BlackBoard.

This
is
an
excellent
resource,
but

do
not
think
that
it
is
a
substitute
for
attendance
in
class.

This
is
not
a
distance
learning
situation.


Continued
absences
will
have
a
very
negative
effect
on
your
grade.

If
you
do
not
have
a
BlackBoard

account
I
urge
you
to
set
one
up.

For
details,
visit
http://blackboard.mcc.edu.




Makeups
and
late
work


Exams:
Makeup
exams
are
strongly
discouraged,
but
I
acknowledge
that
sometimes
they
are
necessary.


These
are
my
guidelines
for
makeup
exams:


1. You
are
limited
to
one
makeup
exam.


 2. You
must
make
up
the
makeup
exam
during
my
office
hours,
or
at
some
other
arranged
time,

in
my
office.


3. I
reserve
the
right
to
create
an
all
essay
makeup
exam,
rather
than
the
mixed
format
test
given

in
class.

It
will
cover
the
same
material
as
the
in‐class
test.


4. Makeup
must
be
completed
within
one
week
of
the
original
exam.




Homework
and
writing
assignments:
There
is
a
one
week
grace
period
for
turning
in
homework
and

written
assignments.

I
will
need
documentation
of
actual
emergencies
to
accept
work
past
this
one
week

grace
period.



In­Class
assignments
cannot
be
made
up.

Please
do
not
ask
to
do
so.



Incompletes


“A
student
must
initiate
a
request
for
an
I
(incomplete)
from
an
instructor.

The
‘I’
will
be
given
at
the
sole

discretion
of
the
instructor.

Typically
an
I
will
be
given
only
when
the
student
(a)
has
completed
at
least

75%
of
the
class
(excluding
the
final
exam)
but
is
unable
to
complete
the
class
work
because
of

extraordinarily
unusual
or
unforeseen
circumstances
or
other
compelling
reasons,
(b)
has
done
passing

work
in
the
course,
and
(c)
in
the
instructor’s
judgment,
can
complete
the
required
work
without

repeating
the
course.




NS


Instructors
may
assign
an
“NS”
grade
which
indicates
that
the
faculty
member
has
had,
in
their
judgment,

insufficient
instructional
contact
with
the
student.
“NS”
grades
are
given
at
the
instructor’s
discretion
and

are
only
assigned
at
the
end
of
the
semester.
“NS”
grades
are
not
given
because
a
student
request
one

(therefore
don’t
even
ask)
and
are
not
given
because
you
do
not
meet
the
criteria
for
an
Incomplete

grade.






W/Withdrawals



A
“w”
is
a
student‐initiated
withdrawal
and
can
be
initiated
up
to
the
90%
point
in
the
course.

As
the

instructor,
I
CANNOT
WITHDRAW
YOU
FROM
THE
COURSE!

If
you
choose
not
to
complete
course

requirements,
you
must
withdrawal
yourself
or
risk
a


failing
grade
in
this
course.






Plagiarism/cheating

Below
is
MCC’s
policy
on
Academic
Integrity.

Based
on
that
definition
of
plagiarism
and
cheating,
this
is

my
policy:




If
I
find
that
you
have
cheated
or
plagiarized,
you
will
receive
a
zero
for
that
assignment/exam.

If
you
do

so
again,
you
will
receive
a
zero
for
the
course
and
I
will
report
you
to
the
registrar’s
office.

DO
NOT

CHEAT!

DO
NOT
PLAGIARIZE!

If
you
aren’t
sure
what
you
are
doing
is
plagiarism,
come
see
me
and
I’ll

let
you
know.




(from
http://www.mcc.edu/18_policies/student_acad_integrity.shtml)



“A.
Cheating:
Cheating
includes,
but
is
not
limited
to,
(1)
use
of
any
unauthorized
assistance
in
taking

quizzes,
tests
or
examinations;
(2)
dependence
upon
the
aid
of
sources
beyond
those
authorized

by
the
instructor
in
writing
papers,
preparing
reports,
solving
problems
or
carrying
out
other

assignments;
or
(3)
the
acquisition,
without
permission,
of
tests
or
other
academic
material

belonging
to
a
member
of
the
college
faculty
or
staff.



B.
Fabrication:
Fabrication
is
the
falsification
or
invention
of
any
information
or
citation
in
academic

exercise
without
authorization
from
the
instructor.
For
example,
it
is
improper
to
analyze
one
sample
in

an
experiment
and
covertly
invent
data
based
on
that
single
experiment
for
several
more
required

analysis.





C.
Facilitating
Academic
Dishonesty:
Students
who
knowingly
or
negligently
allow
their
work
to
be
used

by
other
students
or
who
otherwise
aid
others
in
academic
dishonesty
are
violating
academic
integrity.





D.
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism
is
the
representation
of
the
words
or
ideas
of
another
as
one’s
own
in
any

academic
exercise.
To
avoid
plagiarism,
every
direct
quotation
must
be
identified
by
quotation
marks
or

by
appropriate
indentation
and
must
be
promptly
cited
in
the
text
or
in
a
footnote.
Acknowledgment
is

required
when
material
from
another
source
is
paraphrased
or
summarized
in
whole
or
in
part
in
one’s

own
work.
The
correct
form
for
documenting
direct
quotations
and
for
acknowledging
paraphrased

material
may
be
found
in
numerous
writing
manuals
or
handbooks.
The
faculty
in
English
at
Mott

Community
College
endorse
the
MLA
style
which
is
incorporated
into
and
explained
in
several
texts

available
in
the
bookstore
or
the
college
library.
Other
styles
include
the
Kate
L.
Turabian
Students’
Guide

for
Writing
College
Papers
and
the
Publication
Manual
of
the
American
Psychological
Association.
Please

ask
your
instructor
for
guidance
in
selecting
a
style
for
documenting
the
words
or
ideas
of
another

person.





E.
Denying
others
access
to
information
or
material:
It
is
a
violation
of
academic
integrity
to
deny
others

access
to
scholarly
resources
or
to
deliberately
impede
the
progress
of
another
student.
Examples
of

offenses
of
this
type
include
giving
other
students
false
or
misleading
information,
making
library

material
unavailable
to
others
by
stealing
or
defacing
books
or
journals
or
by
deliberately
misplacing
or

destroying
reserved
materials,
stealing
another’s
paper
or
project,
or
altering
computer
files
that
belong

to
another.”


 


Course
Schedule
and

Readings

This
part
of
the
syllabus
is
intended

to
help
you
structure
your
studying

and
 organize
 your
 learning
 in
 this

course.
 
 It
 also
 contains
 key
 terms

that
 may
 appear
 on
 exams
 and

primary
 source
 readings
 that
 will

be
the
focus
of
your
primary
source

quizzes.

It
will
be
useful
for
you
to

bring
this
booklet
with
you
to
class.


Key
Dates

(Subject
to
change)




Course
Structure
 September
22:
Primary
Source
Quiz
1


October
1:
Exam
1
(Chapters
1‐4)

Part
One

October
3:
Death
of
Woman
Wang
critical

China
and
Vietnam
through
the
19th
Century

review
due

(Chapters
1‐4)

October
15:
Primary
Source
Quiz
2

Part
Two

Japan
and
Korea
through
the
19th
Century
 October
22:
Exam
2
(Chapters
5‐8)

(Chapters
5‐8)
 November
5:
Primary
Source
Quiz
3

Part
Three
 November
24:
Exam
3
(Chapters
9‐12)

The
early
20th
Century
(Chapters
9‐12)
 November
26:
Rape
of
Nanking
critical
review

Part
Four
 due


Post
War
Asia
(Chapters
13‐20)
 December
15:
Primary
Source
Quiz
4


December
22:
Exam
4
(Chapters
13‐20)


Schedule,
Readings,
and
Notes

September
8

Introduction
to
the
course



September
10

East
Asian
commonalities,
China
at
the
End
of
the
Ming

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
1

• Kangxi,
The
Sacred
Edicts

ID
Terms:

• Confucius

• The
Kangxi
Emperor



September
15

The
Qing
Dynasty,
1750­1870
(Part
One)

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
2

ID
Terms

• The
Qianlong
Emperor

• Heshan

• Lord
McCartney

• Lord
Amhearst



September
17

The
Qing
Dynasty,
1750­1870
(Part
Two)

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
2

ID
Terms:

• Treaty
of
Nanjing

• Lin
Zexu

• Tianjin
Massacre



September
22

Decline
of
the
Qing
State,
1850­1901
(Part
One)

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
3

ID
Terms:

• Hong
Xiuquan

• Nian
Rebellion

• Self‐strengthening
movement















September
24

Decline
of
the
Qing
State,
1850­1901
(Part
Two)

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
3

Film:

• The
Boxer
Rebellion

ID
Terms:

• The
Boxers

• Li
Hongzhang

• Cixi

• The
Red
Lanterns



September
29

Vietnam
to
1925

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
4

ID
Terms:

• Tay
Son
Rebellion



October
1

EXAM
ONE
(Chapter
1­4)



October
6

Tokugawa
Japan,
1603­1830

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
5

ID
Terms:

• Daimyo

• Samurai

• “Dutch
Learning”



October
8

The
End
of
Feudal
Japan,
1830­1868

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
6

ID
Terms:

• Satsuma

• Matthew
Perry

• Ansei
purge



October
13

The
Meiji
Restoration


Readings

• Schoppa,
chapter
7

ID
Terms

• Charter
Oath

• People’s
Rights
Movement











October
15

Japan
and
the
World
at
the
turn
of
the
Century

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
7

ID
Terms

• The
Triple
Intervention

• Sino‐Japanese
War

• Treaty
of
Portsmouth



October
20

Korea:
1724­1905

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
8

ID
Terms:

• King
Sejong

• Tonghak
Movement

• Queen
Min



October
22

EXAM
TWO
(Chapters
5­8)



October
27

China:
1901­1937
(Part
1)

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
9

ID
Terms:

• Yuan
Shikai

• The
May
Fourth
Incident

• The
Guomindang



October
29

China:
1901­1937
(Part
2)

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
9

ID
Terms:

• The
White
Terror

• Jiang
Jieshi

• Land
Law
of
1930



November
3

Japan:
1912­1937

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
10

ID
Terms:

• Kanto
Earthquake

• Zaibatsu









November
5

Japan:
1912­1937,
continued

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
10

ID
Terms:

• Kita
Ikki

• Marco
Polo
Bridge
incident



November
10

Colonial
Asia:
Vietnam,
Korea,
Taiwan

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
11

ID
Terms:

• Ho
Chi
Minh

• VNQDD

• Syngman
Rhee



November
12,
November
17,
November
19

World
War
II
in
East
Asia

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
12

ID
Terms:

• Ichigo
offensive

• Wang
Jingwei

• Battle
of
Midway

• Tojo
Hideki



November
24

EXAM
THREE
(Chapters
9­12)



December
1,
3

Communist
China
to
1976

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
13

ID
Terms:

• Yan’an

• “Mao
Zedong
Thought”

• Mutual
Aid
Teams

• Hundred
Flowers
Movement



















December
8

Japan
to
1973

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapter
14

ID
Terms:

• SCAP

• Enterprise
unions

• Yoshida
Shigeru



December
10

Korea
and
Vietnam

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapters
15
&
16

ID
Terms:

• Inchon
Landing

• Kim
Il‐Sung

• Ngo
Dinh
Diem

• Dienbienphu

• Viet
Cong



December
15

Modern
Asian
Communism
and
Capitalism

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapters
17
&
18

ID
Terms:

• Deng
Xiaoping

• SEZ

• Beijing
Spring

• Doi
moi



December
17

Korea
and
Conclusions

Readings:

• Schoppa,
chapters
19
&
20

ID
Terms:

• Sarari‐man

• LDP

• Nakasone



December
22

EXAM
FOUR
(Chapters
13­20)