History 115 - China: 1600 to Present

The history and culture behind China's emergence as a modern power. Topics include: heritage of the Ming and Qing dynasties; Western maritime trade and naval power; Christian missionaries and Western educators; peasant rebellion and overthrow of imperial rule; Chinese nationalism, the Marxist-Maoist order; China as contender for superpower status. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

This course is open to first-year students in the Cultural Explorations RAP in Thoreau. See https://www.umass.edu/rap/cultural-explorations-rap