HIST-4758 (3) The History of Postwar Japan, 1945 to Present

Explores political, economic, social and cultural factors in postwar Japan. Although the defeat in 1945 is often seen as "zero hour", a moment of near total disjunction, the outlines of postwar Japan emerged during World War II. Beginning with the 1930s, traces growth and development, social change, globalization, the quest for collective identity and other themes in the evolving Japanese nation-state. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.