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HIST 312. Japan Since 1600


Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 013816

A survey of Japanese history from the end of the Warring States Period to the present. It first introduces Tokugawa society in the 17th and 18th centuries and then examines the Meiji period in detail, focusing on political and cultural changes, the rise of ultra-nationalism, the military expansion before WWII, and the course of the war. The last part of the course will discuss the American occupation, postwar developments, and the last two decades in Japan.