China (Part 8): Creating Modern China: The Birth of a Nation

开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: 1 year

所在平台: EdxArchive 课程类别: 其他类别 大学或机构: Harvard University 授课老师： Peter K. Bol William C. Kirby

课程主页: https://www.edx.org/archive/china-part-8-creating-modern-china-birth-harvardx-sw12-8x

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Please note that his course is self-paced and you can enroll at any time. The course will take 5 weeks to complete.

Modern China presents a dual image: a society transforming itself through economic development and infrastructure investment that aspires to global leadership; and the world's largest and oldest bureaucratic state, with multiple traditions in its cultural, economic, and political life. The modern society and state that is emerging in China bears the indelible imprint of China's historical experience, of its patterns of philosophy and religion, and of its social and political thought. These themes are discussed in order to understand China in the twenty-­first century and as a great world civilization that developed along lines different from those of the Mediterranean.

The modern period of ChinaX explores China’s transformation from empire to nation; its dramatic encounter with the era of imperialism; the rise of alternative models for a modern China; and the prospects for Chinese leadership in the 21st century.

ChinaX makes the riches of Harvard's collections and the expertise of its faculty accessible to learners worldwide. We will engage intellectual and religious trends, material and political culture, the local diversity and the national unity, art and literature, and China’s economic and political transformation— past, present and future.

This is the eighth of ten ChinaX "Mini-­Courses" that collectively span over 6,000 years of history. Each mini-­course consists of 4 - 8 weekly "modules," each with videos, readings, interactive engagements, assessments, and discussion forums.

ChinaX is also an XSeries. Learn more here. 

HarvardX pursues the science of learning. By registering as an online learner in an HX course, you will also participate in research about learning. Read our research statement to learn more.

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• Enduring issues of modern China, focusing on the creation of the modern Chinese state on the ruins of the Empire during the Republican era; investigate four broad themes across the history of the Republic and People’s Republic, from the 1911 revolution to the present; learn in detail China’s war against Japan and long-term patterns of U.S.-China Relations.
• Different ways to study and understand history as we explore this period thematically rather than chronologically.
• A better understanding of how the political context in which a period or event is studied influences our interpretation of the period or event.
• To dvelop skills to analyze and understand primary sources.
• Examine the role of individual leaders (Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong) versus broader historical circumstances.

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