Unit name | Internationalising Modern China 1850s - 1950 (Level H Special Subject) |
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Unit code | HIST37016 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Lopes |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit explores the city that lay at the heart of China's interaction with foreign power after 1843, examining the history of Shanghai down to 1949. Tens of thousands of foreign nationals lived amongst the ever-growing Chinese population of this important city, a site in which ordinary people and the state to renegotiate China’s relationship with the world beyond its domains. The overall aim in studying the city’s history is to help us understand key issues in China's modern history, and its place in a relentlessly globalising world. The unit allows for a study of such issues as international diplomacy, technology transfer, the circulation of knowledge, imperialism and nationalism, as well as the experiences and views of individuals. The resources relating to this unit are rich and easily accessible, including memoirs, private and official archives, Customs and other publications, newspapers, travel accounts, trade, medical, and educational reports, and visual documents.
By the end of the unit students should have:
Seminars - 3 hours per week
1 x 3500 word essay (50%) and 1 x 2 hour exam (50%)
<font face="Calibri" size="3">J.G. Ballard, Empire of the Sun (1984) </font> <font face="Calibri" size="3">Robert Bickers, The Scramble for China: Foreign devils in the Qing empire, 1832-1914 (2011) </font> <font face="Calibri" size="3">Isabella Jackson, Shaping Modern Shanghai: Colonialism in China’s Global City (2017) </font> <font face="Calibri" size="3">Marcia Ristaino, Port of Last Resort: The diaspora Communities of Shanghai (2001) </font> <font face="Calibri" size="3">Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Global Shanghai, 1850-2010: A History in Fragments (2009) </font> <font face="Calibri" size="3">Xiaoqing Ye, The Dianshizhai Pictorial Shanghai Urban Life, 1884-1898 (Ann Arbor, 2003)</font>