HIST 0430 - JAPAN AND THE WEST, 1600 - PRESENT

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course considers the historical development of two very distinctive societies at opposite ends of the EurAsian continent: Japan and Western Europe. It focuses on the contrasting development of the early modern period-Europe's age of expansion and Japan's age of isolation, the course compares systems of thought, social and political institutions, and the importance of foreign influences in the two societies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.

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