HIST-4628 (3) Modern China: Collapse of Imperial Brilliance, 1644-1949

Examines the brilliance of the Qing dynasty, its collapse in 1911, and the bloody and chaotic several decades that followed, up to the 1949 Communist Revolution. Focuses on such topics a Qing imperialism in Central Asia, global capitalism and Western imperialism in China, the opium trade, domestic violence, nationalism, concepts of modernity, competing revolutionary movements, and WW II in Asia. Same as HIST 5628. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.