Fall 2017 - HIST 371 D100
The Asia-Pacific War in Modern Japanese History (4)
Class Number: 2985
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Thu, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Dec 15, 2017
Fri, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Janice Matsumura
jmatsumu@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5814
Office: AQ 6008
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Prerequisites:
45 units, including six units of lower division history. Recommended: at least one course on modern Japan.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Covers the period in Japan from the 1930s to the 1950s and will introduce students to topics such as wartime atrocities, the dropping of the atomic bombs and the prosecution of war criminals. It will also attempt to explain why so much controversy surrounds interpretations of events arising from Japan's last war, the Asia-Pacific War.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course covers the period in Japan from the 1930s to the 1950s, introducing students to issues of continuing historical and political controversy, such the dropping of the atomic bombs and the Tokyo War Crimes Trial. It thus focuses on the domestic and international impact of the Asia-Pacific War, which officially ended in 1945.
Students are forewarned that this is not a course devoted to specific battles or military strategy.
Grading
- Two Page (double-spaced) Review of the film, Gojira/Godzilla 5%
- Eight-Ten Page (double-spaced) Essay plus Bibliography 30%
- Tutorial Participation Presentation 5%, Participation 20% 25%
- One-Two Page (double-spaced) Essay Proposal plus Preliminary Annotated Bibliography 10%
- Final Examination 30%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Andrew Gordon, A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Custom Course Material (E-book format)
Available at the SFU Bookstore
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