HIST 436A

Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Traces the rise of imperial Japan as a reaction to Euro-American imperialism and as a means of "leaving" Asia. Examines Japan's expansion in China and the reaction of Chinese people and parties; the extension of the war to the Pacific; and the end of the war and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as the Occupation period (1945-1952).

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 436A, PACI 436A.

- 256 recommended.

Undergraduate course in History offered by the Department of History in the Faculty of Humanities.