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kura (storehouse) at Shikoku Farmhouse Village Museum (2001)

 

 HIS 371 / 571, 
THE HISTORY OF JAPAN

COURSE SCHEDULE

 

TAISHO and EARLY SHOWA JAPAN

THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2009

TAISHO PERIOD JAPAN: THE HOPEFUL DECADE (1919 - 1930)

READING: GORDON, PP 139 - 181

TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2009 

    THE GROWTH OF MILITARISM AND THE EXPANSIONIST IMPULSE

    THE ROAD TO PEARL HARBOR 
      
    READING: GORDON, PP 182 - 203

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009 

    WORLD WAR II: THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE

    READING: GORDON, PP 204 - 225 
    QUIZ FOUR DUE

TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2009

VIDEO: "THE OCCUPATION"

READING: GORDON, PP 226 - 244

 
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Last revised: January 20, 2009