Summer 2024 - HIST 236 D100
Japan from 1603 to 1867: Peasants, Merchants, Warriors (3)
Class Number: 3265
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Janice Matsumura
jmatsumu@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5814
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Examines aspects of the political, economic, social, cultural life during the Tokugawa/Edo period or what has been termed early modern Japan. Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course examines political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental developments during the Tokugawa/Edo period or what has been termed early modern Japan. Often equated with “traditional” Japan, the period has been represented in a variety of ways: a time when the country was isolated from foreign influences; an era when the arts considered most representative of Japan came into existence; the age of the samurai/warrior and feudal oppression.
Recommended: While it is not a prerequisite for this course, students who have taken a course on Japan prior to this one will be at an advantage.
Grading
- Tutorial Work 40%
- Examination 25%
- Essay Project 25%
- Mini-quiz 10%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
TOTMAN, Conrad. Early Modern Japan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
Available through SFU Library as an online source or as a Kindle ebook through Amazon.ca:
https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=conrad+totman+early+modern+japan&ref=nb_sb_noss
Tutorial readings (available through CANVAS/Perusall)
Registrar Notes:
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