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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : History

Undergraduate Course: Japan: Politics, Culture and Social Change 1868-1952 (HIST10049)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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.
Course description This one semester option course explores the political, social and cultural changes that occurred in Japan from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the end of the American occupation in 1952. It particularly focuses on such issues as the evolution and nature of popular protest, the status of 'minorities', the formation of national and cultural identities, Japanese 'fascism', and the impact of the American occupation after World War Two.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements A pass or passes in 40 credits of first level historical courses or equivalent and a pass or passes in 40 credits of second level historical courses or equivalent.
Before enrolling students on this course, Personal Tutors are asked to contact the History Honours Admission Administrator to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 50 3780).
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least 3 History courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. Applicants should note that, as with other popular courses, meeting the minimum does NOT guarantee admission.

** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course **
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. A general understanding of key events and processes in modern Japanese history.
  2. 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.
Reading List
. M. Jansen, "The Meiji Restoration", in The Cambridge History of Japan vol. 5 (Cambridge, 1989).
. M. Jansen, G. Rozman (eds), Japan In Transition: From Tokugawa to Meiji (Princeton, 1986).
. D.Stegewerns (ed.), Nationalism and Internationalism in Imperial Japan (London, 2003).
. E. Ohnuki-Tierney, Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms and Nationalisms (Chicago, 2002).
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsJapan
Contacts
Course organiserDr Christopher Harding
Tel: (0131 6)50 9960
Email: Christopher.Harding@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Lorna Berridge
Tel:
Email: Lorna.Berridge@ed.ac.uk
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