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1 1 FALL 2013 EAS/HIS 260: CHINA IN REVOLUTION #7823/ # :30-12:25 LC22 Dr. Jeannine Chandler Office: Social Science 60B Office hours: M 12:30-1:30, W 9:30-10:00, F 12:30-1:30 and by appointment jchandler@albany.edu or chan1023@earthlink.net Teaching Assistant: P.J. Kuno pkuno@albany.edu DESCRIPTION This course examines China s four great revolutions of the twentieth century: the 1911 Revolution, the 1949 Communist Revolution, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, and the reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. GENERAL EDUCATION OBJECTIVES This is a General Education course that fulfills the category of International Perspectives. Characteristics of General Education Courses The General Education Program as a whole has the following characteristics. Different courses within the Program emphasize different characteristics. General education offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. General education provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the University. General education emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to become producers as well as consumers of knowledge. General education promotes critical thinking about the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study, and the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies central to intellectual development. International Perspectives This category facilitates the knowledge and understanding of the history and/or culture of regions beyond Europe, through: knowledge of the distinctive features (e.g. history, institutions, economies, societies, cultures) of one region beyond Europe or European North America; an understanding of the region from the perspective of its people(s); an ability to analyze and contextualize cultural and historical materials relevant to the region; an ability to locate and identify distinctive geographical features of the region. This course fulfills this category by focusing on the culture and history of China in the twentieth century through the lens of revolution. OBJECTIVES By the end of the semester, students should be able to: Locate on a map neighboring countries, major cities, and major geographical characteristics of China Identify the main forces behind political, cultural, and economic revolution and reform in China and put them in historical context Explain the connection between nationalism and revolution in the twentieth century in China Assess and critique the legacies of various revolutionary movements and leaders in Chinese history READINGS Chang, Jung. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. New York: Doubleday. 1991, Schoppa, R. Keith. Revolution and Its Past: Identities and Change in Modern Chinese History. Third Edition. Pearson/ Prentice Hall *Additional required readings will be made available on the course Blackboard (Bb) page.

2 2 GRADING SCALE A= ; A- = 90-92; B+= 87-89; B= 83-86; B- = 80-82; C+= 77-79; C= 73-76; C- = 70-72; D+= 67-69; D= 63-66; D- = 60-62; E= less than 60. *Work never turned in = 0. Points system = A = A = B = B = B = C = C = C = D = D = D- 356 and below= E GRADING REQUIREMENTS YOUR RECORD Attendance/ participation 100 points points Plagiarism assignment 20 Map quiz 20 Discussion/ reading quizzes (4x40) 160 Wild Swans/ paper 100 Midterm exam 100 Final exam 100 TOTAL 600 points points ATTENDANCE POLICY ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. Attendance sheet will be passed around the first minutes of class. If you arrive after that, you will have to discuss your late arrival with the professor before being allowed to assign the attendance sheet. If you arrive more than 30 minutes late, you will not be permitted to sign the attendance sheet. Late arrivals/ early departures will be monitored and will count against your attendance grade. Students are permitted: *3 unexcused absences *3 excused absences (requires consultation with the professor and student must provide official documentation, i.e. from the University, or hospital/ doctor) *Every absence thereafter (excused/ unexcused) will result in 5 points being subtracted from your attendance grade. *Keep track of your own absences. Do not ask me how many classes you ve missed. *20 or more absences (excused/ unexcused) will result in a failing grade for the course. *No missed classes AT ALL? Add 2 points to your final course grade (e.g ). *PARTICIPATION REQUIRES THAT YOU ARE IN YOUR SEAT, PAYING ATTENTION, TAKING NOTES, ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS, AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN DISCUSSIONS. MAKE-UPS/ LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY *THERE ARE NO MAKE-UPS ALLOWED FOR DISCUSSION QUIZZES.

3 3 *Make-ups will only be given in extreme/ emergency circumstances, (e.g. hospital/ emergency care visit or death of an immediate family member) and will require documentation. The following circumstances will not warrant a make-up: car trouble, undocumented illness, scheduled appointments, oversleeping, wedding/ trip, birth of a child (unless it s your own). *Make-ups for other quizzes/ exams will require consultation with the professor and official documentation (i.e. from the University, or hospital/ doctor). *Make-ups must be requested, approved and completed within one week of the missed quiz/ exam or student will receive a 0 for that quiz/ exam. *Requests for acceptance of late assignments will require consultation with the professor and official documentation. *All late assignments will be deducted one grade step per day late (e.g. B+ to B, or 3 points). * ed assignments will NOT be accepted (unless otherwise indicated). *Assignments must be submitted within one week of the due date or student will receive a 0 for that assignment. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY University s policy regarding Academic Dishonesty: The following is a list of the types of behaviors that are defined as examples of academic dishonesty and are therefore unacceptable: plagiarism, cheating on exams, multiple submissions, forgery (such as signing someone else s name on an attendance sheet), falsification, bribery, sabotage, and unauthorized collaboration. Attempts to commit such acts also fall under the term academic dishonesty and are subject to penalty. Violating the University s standards of academic integrity will result in a failing grade for an assignment/ exam, and may result in a failing grade for the course, and/or further administrative sanctions from the University. History Department policy on plagiarism "Plagiarism is taking (which includes purchasing) the words and ideas of another and passing them off as one's own work. If in a formal paper a student quotes someone, that student must use quotation marks and give a citation. Paraphrased or borrowed ideas are to be identified by proper citations. Plagiarism will result, at the minimum, in a failing grade for the assignment." STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES If you are a student who needs reasonable accommodations, you must provide me with an official letter from The Disability Resource Center as soon as possible, preferably in the first week of the semester. CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR To maintain a good learning atmosphere, students will adhere to certain standards of conduct in the classroom. Students should arrive on time and not leave early, except for serious reasons (preferably discussed with the professor beforehand). If, unavoidably, you do come in late, slip in quietly (don't let the door slam) and sit down immediately. Students should not engage in disruptive behavior during class. Examples of disruptive behavior include (but are not limited to): use of cellphones /ipods/ other devices, laptop use not related to course (e.g. Facebook), texting, repeatedly leaving and entering the classroom, making loud or distracting noises, talking at inappropriate times during lectures or discussions, persisting in speaking without being recognized, verbal abuse or threatening behavior towards the instructor or other students. Repeated classroom disruptions will result in the lowering of one s participation grade. CLASS SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENTS (subject to change at the discretion of the instructor) Readings should be completed by the Monday of the week for which they are listed (with the exception of the first week).

4 4 WEEK 1 Readings: Schoppa (preface, pp. 1-24) M 8/26 Introduction W 8/28 Traditional Chinese culture F 8/30 Traditional Chinese culture WEEK 2 M 9/2 W 9/4 F 9/6 Traditional Chinese culture (classes resume 12:35 pm) WEEK 3 Readings: Schoppa (pp ) M 9/9 The Qing Dynasty and the Manchus MAP QUIZ W 9/11 Opium Wars F 9/13 Taiping Rebellion WEEK 4 Readings: Schoppa (pp ) M 9/16 Self-Strengthening Movement W 9/18 Nationalism and reform F 9/20 Boxer Rebellion WEEK 5 Readings: Schoppa (pp ) M 9/23 China enters the twentieth century W 9/25 The last emperor F 9/ Revolution WEEK 6 Readings (for Wed.): Schoppa (pp ) Readings for discussion/ quiz: 1911 Revolution Quiz (Bb) M 9/ REVOLUTION QUIZ AND DISCUSSION W 10/2 The New Republic and Warlord Era F 10/4 May Fourth and the New Culture Movement: Quasi-revolution? WEEK 7 Readings: Schoppa (pp ) M 10/7 Chiang Kaishek, Northern Expedition and the Nanjing Decade W 10/9 The CCP, the Long March and the rise of Mao Zedong F 10/11 Japanese invasion and World War II WEEK 8 Readings: Schoppa (pp ) Readings for discussion/ quiz: 1949 Revolution Quiz (Bb) M 10/14 W 10/ Revolution F 10/ REVOLUTION QUIZ AND DISCUSSION

5 5 WEEK 9 Readings (for Friday): Schoppa (pp ) M 10/21 Review for midterm exam W 10/23 MIDTERM EXAM F 10/25 Establishing the PRC: the honeymoon period WEEK 10 Readings: Schoppa (pp ) *Begin reading Wild Swans if you have not already done so M 10/28 Forced consensus: political campaigns and thought reform W 10/30 TBA F 11/1 Collectivization and the Great Leap Forward WEEK 11 Readings: Schoppa (pp ) M 11/4 TBA W 11/6 The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution F 11/8 The end of the Cultural Revolution and the death of Mao WEEK 12 M 11/11 W 11/13 F 11/15 WEEK 13 Readings (for Wednesday): Schoppa (pp ) Readings for discussion/ quiz: Cultural Revolution Quiz (Bb) M 11/18 CULTURAL REVOLUTION QUIZ AND DISCUSSION W 11/20 Deng Xiaoping Reform Era (last day paper rough drafts will be accepted) F 11/22 Deng Xiaoping Reform Era WEEK 14 M 11/25 W 11/27 F 11/29 TBA WILD SWANS/TO LIVE PAPER DUE WEEK 15 Readings: Schoppa (pp ) Readings for discussion/ quiz: Reform Era Quiz (Bb) M 12/2 REFORM ERA QUIZ AND DISCUSSION W 12/4 Post-Deng China F 12/6 Post-Deng China WEEK 16 M 12/9 Conclusion/ review for the final exam *FINAL EXAM WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY DEC. 19 TH FROM 10:30-12:30AM IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM*

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