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HIST 381 (TH) History of Modern Japan (1)

This course examines the history of modern Japan from the late Tokugawa period (1800) through the Meiji Restoration (1868) and Japan�s first industrial revolution, the rise of militarism and the road to Pearl Harbor, and Japan�s remarkable growth and development in the postwar era. The emphasis will be on coming to terms with the nature and process of change in Japan�s modern historical experience.

Mode of Inquiry: Thinking Historically; Asia Cluster

• Offering: Alternate years in fall
• Instructor: Loftus