History 182MN - Topics in History: 'Mao to Now: History of the People's Republic of China'

This course explores the last seventy years of Chinese history since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949. It focuses on the course of socialist campaigns from the 1950s to the 1970s, and the evolution and consequences of economic reform since the early 1980s. Class meetings comprise lectures, discussion, and presentations. We will draw upon historical writing, memoirs, news reports, films, and fiction, as well as translations of original documents.