East Asia in World History, 1500 to the Present (History 295-05)

T-TH 12:452:05 | Alumni Recitation Hall, Room 315 Christopher M. Mayo | Grinnell College | Fall 2013 Syllabus CONTACT INFORMATION Oce: 318 Mears Cottage (Oce hours: M 2:153:15, T 2:153:15, and by appointment); Campus Phone: (641) 269-4477; Fax: (641) 269-4733; Email: mayochris@grinnell.edu (I will respond within 24 hours on weekdays); Website: www.christopher-mayo.com COURSE DESCRIPTION The 15th and 16th centuries saw Europeans arrive not only on the shores of the Americas but also on the shores of East Asia. In an age of increasing interactions across seas and continents, how have China, Japan, and Korea transformed into modern nations? In this course we will explore social, cultural, political, and economic interactions within East Asia from around 1500 to the present. Through primary and secondary sources, we will consider interpretations of the past that continue to dramatically impact how people today perceive themselves, their countries, and international relations. Some of the topics covered will include imperialism, revolutions, the dynamic growth of modern economic markets, the collapse of the traditional trade system, and the interconnected experiences of modernity. COURSE OBJECTIVES This course will equip you with the the skills and knowledge needed to understand and critically think about international interactions within East Asia from 1500 to the present. It will prepare you for further in-depth study of East Asian history and enable you to understand the complex relationships among these countries that are shaping our future. Through classroom discussions and short response papers, we will analyze the historical claims and interpretations made in secondary sources. We will also draw upon English translations of selected primary sources to develop reasoned arguments of our own about the past. Only from a thorough understanding of historical antecedents can we understand today's problems and possibilities in the region, and the exams will oer you an opportunity to synthesize what you have learned from the readings and discussions to address some of these relevant historical issues. GRADING In this course, "C" work is satisfactory: it fullls the requirements in a manner that demonstrates competency and adequate understanding of the material. "B" work is good: it shows some insight into the material and develops a clear argument. "A" work is excellent: it demonstrates originality, well-developed analyses, and skillful articulation of your thoughts. Your grade in this class will be based on the following requirements:

30% Participation and Attendance Classes will consist primarily of discussions. Each student will lead one week of discussion and prepare a summary and review of the readings in advance of the class meeting. Please let me know before the class if you would like to use a projector or need to print handouts. See Blackboard (PWeb) or the Evernote shared notebook (to be explained in class) for questions to keep in mind while reading and preparing for discussions. 40% Short Papers In each of the four papers (34 pages | 10% each), students will use both primary and secondary sources to address a major theme or specic historical issue from the course. This work is to be done individually. Please see PWeb for a list of suggested paper topics. 10% Midterm Exam The take-home exam will ask you to synthesize primary and secondary sources in order to answer two essay questions related to the main themes of the course. You will be expected to cite the sources that you draw upon in support of your arguments. This work is to be done individually. 20% Final Exam The nal exam is divided into three sections. The rst section will ask you to identify people, places, and concepts. In the second section, you will explain the signicance of primary source readings. In the third section, you will synthesize primary and secondary sources in order to answer an essay question related to the main themes of the course. CLASSROOM DEPORTMENT Discussions This course is structured around discussions. It is my job to make classes worth attending. However, your careful and reective reading of the assignments, as well as active engagement in each class, is crucial for creating a rich environment of challenging intellectual exchange with your fellow students. Even when debates become heated, I expect students to conduct themselves with civility as Grinnellians. Attendance The percentage of your grade devoted to participation reects the course emphasis on participation. Any absence diminishes the experience not only for you but also for your classmates. You should plan to arrive on time for every class, having completed the readings for the day, and be prepared to stay for the entire period. I encourage students who plan to observe holy days that coincide with class meetings or assignment due dates to consult with me in the rst three weeks of classes so that we may reach a mutual understanding of how you can meet the terms of your religious
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observance and also the requirements for this course. If there are absences for family, school, or sports events that you have planned for the semester, please let me know in advance so that we can make arrangements. For any excused absence (an absence with prior notication) an additional short paper (see below) may be submitted in order to receive the participation points for that day. Except in the cases of emergencies, unexcused absences (no prior notication) will receive no credit for that day. Creating a Shared Knowledge Base Each day I will ask for a volunteer to take notes on the discussion and post them to our Evernote shared notebook. I will post my reading notes for each class, and I also encourage students to post their reading notes in the notebook. By the end of the semester, we will have created a rich resource that you can take with you for future use. Extensions Regarding the short papers, you can elect to request one 48-hour deadline extension during the semester for any of them. I would recommend that you avoid doing this unless absolutely necessary, because you can do it only once. Important Notes Grinnell College makes reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Please provide documentation identifying any special needs to the Dean for Student Academic Support and Advising (Joyce Stern) and notify me within the rst few days of the course. See the relevant section of the Student Handbook for policies on academic honesty. In particular, plagiarism will not be tolerated in this course. REQUIRED TEXTS Required texts are available in the Grinnell College Bookstore for purchase, and they are on reserve at Burling Library. I strongly recommend that you bring a copy of the texts to each class meeting for which they are assigned, because we will refer to them often in discussions. De Bary, William Theodore, ed. Sources of East Asian Tradition. Vol. 2, The Modern Period. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0231143233. Holcombe, Charles. A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN-13: 978-0521731645. Iriye, Akira. China and Japan in the Global Setting. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. ISBN-13: 978-0674118393. Watson, James L., ed. Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997. ISBN-13: 978-0804732079.

CLASS MEETINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS

WEEK 1. Modern Empires, Colonies, and Nations Aug 29 ( Thu): Territorial Disputes and the Legacies of Empire Video: "Senkaku /China attack/ Japan Coast Guard." www.youtube.com/watch? v=ioLzxP2hRKk (3:33). Leaked video of confrontation between the Japanese Coast Guard and a Chinese vessel near the Senkaku islands. Watch in class to 1:33. Discuss "Perspectives on History," "How to Read a Primary Source," and "How to Read a Secondary Source." WEEK 2. Maps and Historical Perspectives Sep 3 ( Tue): The Cartographical Imagination in the Past and Present Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia, "Introduction: Transnationalism, Localization, and Fast Foods in East Asia," 138. Kaplan, Robert D. "The Revenge of Geography." In The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Te$s Us About Coming Conicts and the Battle Against Fate, 2337. New York: Random House, 2012. (Available on PWeb) Yonemoto, Marcia. "Maps and Metaphors of the 'Small Eastern Sea' in Tokugawa Japan (16031868)." Geographical Review 89, no. 2, Oceans Connect (April 1999): 169187. (Available on PWeb) Sep 5 ( Thu): State Formations, Modernity, and Westernization in East Asia Frank, Andre Gunder. "Introduction," ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age, 151. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. (Available on PWeb) SHORT PAPER #1 DUE BY 5:00 PM WEEK 3. CHINA: The Ming (13681644) and Qing Dynasties (16441912) Sep 10 ( Tue): Foreigners during the Ming and Qing Periods Sources of East Asian Tradition, "Chinese Responses to Early Christian Contacts," 6476. A History of East Asia, "Mature Independent Trajectories (TenthSixteenth Centuries)," 126159. Sep 12 ( Thu): A W ar on Drugs Sources of East Asian Tradition, "Chinese Statecraft and the Opening of China to the West," 77105; and "The Heavenly Kingdom of the Taipings," 106120. Fogel, Joshua A. "Opium and China Revisited: How Sophisticated Was Qing Thinking in Matters of Drug Control?" China Review International 13, no. 1 (Spring 2006): 4351. (Available on PWeb) WEEK 4. JAPAN: The Warring States (14671568) and Edo Periods (16001867) Sep 17 ( Tue): Christianity in Japan Sources of East Asian Tradition, "The Evangelic Furnace: Japan's First Encounter with the West," 173185; and "Dutch Learning," 246253. A History of East Asia, "Early Modern East Asia (SixteenthEighteenth Centuries)," 160189.
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Sep 19 ( Thu): Giving up Foreign Arms, Christianity, and Trade? Sources of East Asian Tradition, "The Debate over Seclusion and Restoration," 340371. Suter, Rebecca. "Grand Demons and Little Devils: Akutagawa's Kirishitan mono as a Mirror of Modernity." The Journal of Japanese Studies 39, no. 1 (Winter 2013): 3966. WEEK 5. KOREA: Chosn (15981910) Sep 24 ( Tue): The Co$apse of the East Asian World Order Sources of East Asian Tradition, "Reform Proposals," 403422; and "The Encounter with the West," 423435. A History of East Asia, "The NineteenthCentury Encounter of Civilizations," 190229. Sep 26 ( Thu): Modernization on Korea's Own Terms Sources of East Asian Tradition, "Domestic Disquiet and Foreign Threats," 973979; "Negative Responses to Western Civilization," 980998; and "The Tonghak Uprisings and the Kabo Reforms," 9991007. Kim, Christine. "Politics and Pageantry in Protectorate Korea (190510): The Imperial Progresses of Sunjong." The Journal of Asian Studies 68, no. 3 (August 2009): 835859. (Available on PWeb) SHORT PAPER #2 DUE BY 5:00 PM SEP 27 (FRI) WEEK 6. JAPAN: The Meiji State (18681900) Oct 1 ( Tue): The Fa$ of the Tokugawa and the Meiji Transformation in Asia Sources of East Asian Tradition, "The Meiji Restoration," 471484; and "Civilization and Enlightenment," 485514. Huh Donghyun and Vladimir Tikhonov. "The Korean Courtiers' Observation Mission's Views on Meiji Japan and Projects of Modern State Building." Asian and Pacic Studies 29 (2005): 3054. (Available on PWeb) Mayo, Marlene J. "The Korean Crisis of 1873 and Early Meiji Foreign Policy." The Journal of Asian Studies 31, no. 4 (1972): 793819. (Available on PWeb) Oct 3 ( Thu): Power and Two Neighboring Empires China and Japan in the Global Setting, "Power," 138. Fung, Allen. "Testing the Self-Strengthening: The Chinese Army in the Sino-Japanese War of 18941895." Modern Asian Studies 30, no. 4 (October 1996): 10071031. (Available on PWeb) WEEK 7. CHINA: Reforms, Revolution, and Warlords (19001927) Oct 8 ( Tue): Grappling with Westernization Sources of East Asian Tradition, "Radical Reform at the End of the Qing," 641677. History of East Asia, "The Age of Westernization," 230254. Oct 10 ( Thu): Unifying the Modern Nation a%er May Fourth Sources of East Asian Tradition, "The Nationalist Revolution," 678701. China and Japan in the Global Setting, "Culture," 3988.

WEEK 8. JAPAN: A Qualied Democracy (19001931) Oct 15 ( Tue): An Asian Constitutional Monarchy Sources of East Asian Tradition, "Nationalism and Pan-Asianism," 536553; "The High Tide of Prewar Liberalism," 554571; and "The Rise of Revolutionary Nationalism," 595613. Han, Jung -Sun N. "Envisioning a Liberal Empire in East Asia: Yoshino Sakuz in Taisho Japan." Journal of Japanese Studies 33, no. 2 (Summer 2007): 357-382. (Available on PWeb) Oct 17 ( Thu): Imperial Democracy China and Japan in the Global Setting, "Economics" and "Epilogue," 91144. MIDTERM TAKE-HOME EXAM DUE BY 5:00 PM OCT 18 (FRI). ---------- FALL BREAK (Oct 19 Oct 27) ---------WEEK 9. KOREA: Colonial Rule (19101945) Oct 29 ( Tue): Reforms and Korean-ness under Japanese Rule Sources of East Asian Tradition, "The Independence Club and the People's Assembly," 10081013; "Patriotic Movements," 10141024; "National Culture during the Colonial Period," 10251028; and "The Nationalist Movement," 10291037. Kim, Susie Jie Young. "What (Not) to Wear: Refashioning Civilization in Print Media in Turn-of-the-Century Korea." positions: east asia cultures critique 15, no. 3 (2007): 609 636. (Available on PWeb) Oct 31 ( Thu): Japanese "Settlers" and Korean "Co$aborators" in a Colonial Context Kwon, Insook. "Feminists Navigating the Shoals of Nationalism and Collaboration: The Post-Colonial Korean Debate over How to Remember Kim Hwallan." Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 27, no. 1 (2006): 3966. (Available on PWeb) Lee, Helen J.S. "Dying as a Daughter of the Empire." positions: east asia cultures critique 21, no. 1 (Winter 2013): 7393. (Available on PWeb) WEEK 10. CHINA: Turmoil Within and Without (19271949) Nov 5 ( Tue): Communists, Nationalists, and a Daughter of China Sources of East Asian Tradition, "The New Culture Movement," 702724. Chang, Jung. "'Three-Inch Golden Lilies': Concubine to a Warlord General (1909 1933)," and "'Even Plain Cold Water Is Sweet': My Grandmother Marries a Manchu Doctor (19331938)." In Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, 2161. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. (Available on PWeb) Nov 7 ( Thu): The Sino-Japanese W ar of 19371945 Sources of East Asian Tradition, "The Communist Revolution," 725739. van de Ven, Hans. "The Sino-Japanese War in History." In The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 19371945, edited by Mark Peattie, Edward J. Drea, and Hans van de Ven, 446466. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2011. (Available on PWeb)
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WEEK 11. JAPAN: Empire, War, and Occupation (19311964) Nov 12 ( Tue): Total W ar and the "V a$ey of Darkness" Sources of East Asian Tradition, "Empire and War," 614625; and "The Occupation Years, 19451952," 805835. Bukh, Alexander. "Japan's History Textbooks Debate: National Identity in Narratives of Victimhood and Victimization." Asian Survey 47, no. 5 (September/October 2007): 683704. (Available on PWeb) Nov 14 ( Thu): Defeat and US Occupation A History of East Asia, "The Dark Valley (19301945)," 255276. Igarashi, Yoshikuni. "The Unnished Business of Mourning: Maruyama Masao and Postwar Japan's Struggles with the Wartime Past." positions: east asia cultures critique 10, no. 1 (2002): 195218. (Available on PWeb) SHORT PAPER #3 DUE BY 5:00 PM NOV 15 (FRI) WEEK 12. CHINA: Mao (19491976) Nov 19 ( Tue): A Great Leap Forward and a Devastating Catastrophe Sources of East Asian Tradition, "Chinese Communist Praxis," 740746; and "The Mao Regime," 747761. Dikotter, Frank. "Frank DikotterMao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe." (39:22). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqFBa9ePWpo Please listen from 1:05 to the end while considering the discussion questions for this week. (See PWeb or the Evernote shared notebook for questions) Nov 21 ( Thu): The Cultural Revolution and Life a%er Mao A History of East Asia, "China since 1945," 313352. Vogel, Ezra. "Deng Xiaoping and His Opening to the World." (1:25:38) http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YkFSAe8r6g Please listen until 58:45. It is also available on iTunes U, but without the video. WEEK 13. CHINA: Present-Day (1976Present) Nov 26 ( Tue): From Deng Xiaoping's "Four Modernizations" to Foxconn Sources of East Asian Tradition, "Deng's 'Modernization' and Its Critics," 762773; and "Reopening the Debate on Chinese Tradition," 782800. Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia, "McDonald's in Beijing: The Localization of Americana," 3976. ---------- THANKSGIVING BREAK (Nov 28 Dec 1) ---------WEEK 14. JAPAN: Contemporary (1965Present) Dec 3 ( Tue): The Japan Puzzle Sources of East Asian Tradition, "Democracy and High Growth," 836848; and "Japan and the World in Cultural Debate," 871887. A History of East Asia, "Japan since 1945," 277294.
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Dec 5 ( Thu): The Lost Decade(s) and Japan's Inuence in East Asia Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia, "McDonald's in Japan: Changing Manners and Etiquette," 161182. Leheny, David. "A Narrow Place to Cross Swords: Soft Power and the Politics of Japanese Popular Culture in East Asia." In Beyond Japan: The Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism, edited by Peter J. Katzenstein and Takashi Shiraishi, 211233. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006. (Available on PWeb) SHORT PAPER #4 DUE BY 5:00 PM DEC 6 (FRI) WEEK 15. KOREA: Contemporary (1945Present) Dec 10 ( Tue): A Country Divided A History of East Asia, "Korea since 1945," 295312. Steinho, Patricia G. "Kidnapped Japanese in North Korea: The New Left Connection." The Journal of Japanese Studies 30, no. 1 (Winter 2004): 123142. (Available on PWeb) Dec 12 ( Thu): Cultural Dynamics Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia, "McDonald's in Seoul: Food Choices, Identity, and Nationalism," 136160. Shin, Hyunjoon. "Reconsidering Transnational Cultural Flows of Popular Music in East Asia: Transbordering Musicians in Japan and Korea Searching for 'Asia,'" Korean Studies 33 (2009): 101123. (Available on PWeb) WEEK 16: EXAMINATION PERIOD Dec 19 ( Thu): Final Exam 9:00 AM