History 254: China to 1800: The Middle Kingdom in Global Perspective

SYLLABUS PACKET

(assignments, map quizes, exam information, etc.)

http://www.sfu.ca/~lclossey/HIST254.doc

LECTURE OUTLINES

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Number	Lecture
1	China and the Chinese
2	Shāng 商 and Zhōu周
3	Confucius & the Classical Tradition
4	Mohism and Daoism
5	Confucianism
6	Legalism and the Qin
7	Qín秦 and Hàn 汉
8	The Han Synthesis
9	Han and the Pax Romana
10	Barbarian Realms
11	Medieval Daoism
12	Buddhism
13	Táng 唐
14	Táng and the Pax Sinica
15	Sòng 宋
16	Commercial & Confucian Revolutions
17	Yuán 元 and the Pax Mongolica
18	Míng 明
19	Western Religions in China
20	The Beginnings of Chinese-American Connections
21	Qīng 清
22	Qīng and the Pax Britannica

COMPLICATED DIAGRAM OF THE SONG ECONOMY

You may find these books useful for your second paper:

Sources of Chinese tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600. (eds. De Bary, Wm. Theodore; Bloom, Irene). Vol. 1. (2 Volumes). 2nd ed. Introduction to Asian Civilizations. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.

Wilkinson, Endymion Porter. Chinese History: A Manual. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, Vol. 52. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.