HIST 8010 - Modern Japan and East Asia

3 cr.

This course examines modern Japan from the Tokugawa shogunate and Meiji Restoration to the present. Major themes include the interaction between Japan and East Asia, its relationship with the U.S., and the impact of industrialization and militarization, as well as the economic dominance of the post-WWII era and the collapse of the bubble economy in the 90s.