History of East Asia from 1800

1. Lecture 1 – Guidance – 2015/09/18
   1. No readings
2. Lecture 2 – Overview of East Asia in the 1800s – 2015/09/25
   1. Holcombe, chapter 7 (required)
   2. Goldman & Gordon, chapter 1 (recommended)
3. Lecture 3 – Opium Wars – 2015/10/02
   1. Brook & Wakabayashi, Introduction (required)
   2. Wong, chapters 3, 4 & 5 (recommended)
4. Lecture 4 – Self Strengthening – 2015/10/09
   1. Ebrey, selections (required) from chapter 18, chapter 19, chapter 20 and chapter 21 (recommended)
   2. Goldman & Gordon, chapter 2, chapter 3 and chapter 4 (recommended)
5. Lecture 5 – War with Russia – 2015/10/16
   1. Shimazu, chapter 1 (required)
6. Lecture 6 – The Age of Westernisation – 2015/10/23
   1. Holcombe, chapter 8 (required)
7. Lecture 7 – The dark valley – 2015/10/30
   1. Holcombe, chapter 9 (required)
8. Lecture 8 – 2015/11/06
   1. Dower, chapter 5 (required)
9. Lecture 9 – 2015/11/13
   1. Hein (required)
10. Lecture 10 – 2015/11/20
    1. Drifte (required)
11. Lecture 11 – 2015/11/27
    1. Biao (required)
12. Lecture 12 – 2015/12/04
    1. Hayes (required)
13. Lecture 13 – 2015/12/11
    1. No reading