SOC 1354 - JAPAN AND THE USA

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The relationship between Japan and the U.S.A. is one of the most important and debated issues of our time. This course will trace the history of that relationship since its beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, with particular reference to the role of the U.S.A. in opening Japan to the wider world, the basis and impact of American immigration laws restricting Japanese migration to the U.S.A., the tensions of the 1930s leading to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the American dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 and other events.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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