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Japan: Politics, Culture and Social Change 1868-1952 (HI0152)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCL-3-JPCSC

This course explores the political, social and cultural changes that occurred in Japan from 1868, when the old feudal order began to be dismantled and replaced by a centralized state, to the American occupation of Japan following its defeat in World War Two.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course and any second level historical course or equivalent. Visiting students should normally have 3 to 4 History courses at grade B or above. Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admissions Secretary to ensure that a place is available (tel. 503783).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

History, (School of History and Classics, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
12/01/2006	14:00	15:50	Room 1.139, William Robertson Building	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The student will not only acquire a general understanding of key events and processes in modern Japanese history, but also an insight into new scholarship and historiographical debate focusing on such key issues as the evolution and nature of popular protest, discourses of cultural and national identities, the significance of constitutional and political change, the origins of modern Japanese feminism, the nature of the Japanese wartime state, and the ambivalent impact of the American occupation after World War Two.