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This course is intended to introduce students to Asian history in modern times and to Asia as a region, not just as a collection of disparate nation-states. For this purpose we plan to draw a distinction between inland and maritime Asia through four overlapping chronological phases: under Pre-modern Asian Internationalisms between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries; under Western Imperialism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; under Wartime Asia in the first half of the twentieth century; and under American influence during the second half of the twentieth century. Each week we shall concentrate on maritime and inland Asia within this historical framework, examining what changes took place and how people reacted to those changes. The Tuesday and Thursday lectures will address these questions broadly, while the section meetings on Fridays will provide opportunities for students to respond. Each student is required to write three papers (each about five double-spaced, typewritten pages), one on each of three first historical periods. The first paper is due on September 17; the second on October 15; and the third on November 12. Papers are to be written in response to the discussion questions listed in the syllabus and should be based primarily upon the texts which are required reading each week. The texts in paperback (marked pb) can be found in books on stock at the Campus Store and on reserve in Uris Library; and the ones marked bb can be found on Blackboard. You may consult other texts (and we will be happy to suggest relevant items), but you are not required to read any more than the assignments in preparing for discussions or in writing papers. Grades will be based on the three papers and participation in the discussion sections (20% each) and an examination be during the finals period (20%). You are welcome to consult us about paper topics and other matters during the semester. Visit during office hours, which will be announced, or speak to us after class to arrange an appointment.
History 1910/Asian 1191 Syllabus/2012 1
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[available as a networked book] Week 7 (Oct 2-6): Colonial States and Resistance (ET) Tu 2 Oct 11. Modern Colonial States Th 4 Oct 12. Race, Rule, and Resistance Fri 5 Oct. Question for Discussion and Essays: Can peasant rebellions ever be nationalistic or are they always localized and traditional in their goals? Assigned Readings: In Search of Southeast Asia, ed. Steinberg, 173-176; 180-199; 203-214; 247-268.pb Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities (1991), ch. 10, pp. 163-185.bb [available as a networked book] Ann Stoler, Capitalism and Confrontation on Sumatras Plantation Belt, 18701979 (1985), pp. 1-13.bb Donald Nonini, British Colonial Rule and the Resistance of the Malay Peasantry (1992), pp. 37-61.bb Thongchai Winichakul, Siam Mapped: A History of the Geobody of a Nation (1994), Chapter 3, pp. 62-80.bb [available as a networked book] Week 8 (Oct. 9-13): Nationalisms: India and Burma (DG) 13. fall break 14. The collision of colonialism and nationalism Question for Discussion and Essays: What were the demands put on those who colonized and those who were colonized? How did indigenous peoples and groups respond to the colonizers in their midst? Assigned Readings: Bernard S. Cohn, Representing Authority in Victorian India, from Anthropologist Among the Historians, pp. 632-82. [available as a networked book] Film: Passage to India Tu 9 Oct Th 11 Oct Fri 12 Oct.
Benedict Anderson, Japan: The Light of Asia. in Josef Silverstein, ed., Southeast Asia in World War II (1966), pp. 13-50.bb 15 October: paper #2 due Week 10 (Oct 23-27): The world wars in Asia (DG) Tu 23 Oct 17. Japans wars: India and its responses Th 25 Oct 18. The battle for independence Fri 26 Oct. Question for Discussion and Essays: Assigned Readings: Sunil Khilnani, The Idea of India (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1997).pb
Anton Lucas (transl.), Survival: Bu Yetis Story, in Robert Cribb, ed., The Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 (Clayton: Tuesash Papers on Southeast Asia #21): 227-239. bb Anonymous, Additional Data on Counter-Revolutionary Cruelty in Indonesia, Especially East Java, in Robert Cribb, ed., The Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 (Clayton: Monash Papers on Southeast Asia #21): 169-176. bb Nancy Lee Peluso, Teak and Temptation on the Extreme Periphery: Cultural Perspectives on Forest Crime, Chapter 7 of her Rich Forests, Poor People: Resource Control and Resistance in Java (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992): 201-232. bb Bertil Lintner, Land of Jade: A Journey Through Insurgent Burma (Kiskadale, White Lotus, 1990): 137-158. bb 12 November: paper #3 due Film: A Year of Living Dangerously Week 14 (Nov 20-22): South Asia goes Global (DG) Tu 20 Nov Th 22 Nov 25. Diasporas and traveling cultures Thanksgiving break
V. Reflections
Tu 26 Nov Th 28 Nov Week 15 (Nov. 27-Dec. 1): Inland and Maritime Asia (DG and ET) 26. Variations on a Theme Review session