Introduction to the Civilizations of East Asia (Japan)

*Taught Online for Summer 2021*  This is a two-course sequence on the civilizations of Japan and China, with emphasis on major transformation of individual identity, community, and nation in these cultures and societies from the Middle Ages to the present. This course of the sequence focuses on Japan from 1600 to the postwar era. The two courses may be taken separately. These courses count toward the general education requirement in civilization studies.