the freeman seminar
TEACHING ABOUT EAST ASIA
The latest Public
Opinion Survey results from a study undertaken by The Henry Luce
Foundation and Potomac Associates on American attitudes towards Asian
nations. Conrad Schirokauer, A
Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations, Second Edition
(New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989) [hereafter HISTORY], pages
3 - 49. Jonathan Spence, "Western
Perceptions of China from the Late Sixteenth Century to the Present",
in Paul S. Ropp, editor, Heritage of China: Contemporary Perspectives
on Chinese Civilization (Berkeley: University of California Press,
1990) [hereafter HERITAGE], pages 1 - 14. John K. Fairbank, "The
Chinese Scene" in Robert F. Dernberger, et. al., editors, The Chinese:
Adapting the Past, Facing the Future (Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese
Studies, University of Michigan, 1991) [hereafter ADAPTING], pages
93 - 103. Rhoads Murphey, "Man
and Nature in China", ADAPTING, pages 104 - 113. G. William Skinner,
"Regional Urbanization in Nineteenth-Century China", ADAPTING, pages
124 - 132. G. William Skinner,
"Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China", ADAPTING, pages 478
- 484.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2000:
HISTORY, pages 50 -
76. David N. Keightley,
"Early Civilization in China: Reflections on How It Became Chinese",
HERITAGE, pages 15 - 54. Tu Wei-ming, "The Confucian
Tradition in Chinese History", HERITAGE, pages 112 - 137. Nathan Sivin, "Science
and Medicine in Chinese History", HERITAGE, pages 164 - 196.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2000:
HISTORY, pages 78 -
129. Jack L. Dull, "The Evolution of Government in China", HERITAGE,
pages 55 - 85. T. H. Barrett, "Religious
Traditions in Chinese Civilization: Buddhism and Taoism", HERITAGE,
pages 138 - 163.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2000:
HISTORY, pages 184
- 260, 312 - 314, 321 - 326, 329 - 353. E. A. Kracke, Jr.,
"Sung Society: Change within Tradition", ADAPTING, pages 38 - 47.
Rhoads Murphey, "City
as a Mirror of Society", ADAPTING, pages 133 - 148. John K. Fairbank, "Traditional
China at Its Peak: Achievements and Problems", ADAPTING, pages 48
- 66. Frederic Wakeman, Jr.,
"Mr. Wang vs. Mr. Ch'en: A High Ch'ing Parable", ADAPTING, pages 253
- 256. Ssu-yu Teng and John
K. Fairbank, editors, "China's Response to the West", ADAPTING, pages
67 - 79. Albert Feuerwerker,
"The Foreign Establishment in China in the Early Twentieth Century",
ADAPTING, pages 511 - 521. Michael Sulliven, "Chinese
Art and Itrs Impact on the West", HERITAGE, pages 263 - 293.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2000:
"Life in a Box: Japanese
Question Fruits of Success" (The New York Times, January 2,
1994: 3 pages) Mary Roach, "Cute,
Inc." (WIRED magazine, November 1999, pages 232 - 243)
THURSDAY,
MARCH 9, 2000:
"What Is Shinto?" (lecture
by Haken Eilert, January 7, 1986: 7 pages) "In a Computer Age,
Shinto Devils Still Prowl" (The New York Times, October 15,
1995: 2 pages) Michael Shapiro, "Japan:
The Spiritual Side" (The New York Times Magazine, November
23, 1986: 4 pages) excerpt from "Matters
of Faith" (CWRU: The Magazine of Case Westem Reserve University,
May 1991: 2 pages) "Barren Ground: Christian
Missionaries Sow the Seed in Japan but Find Little Grows" (Wall
Street Journal, July 9, 1986: 1 page) Howard W. French, "A
Sect's Political Rise Creates Uneasiness in Japan" (The New York
Times, November 14, 1999: 1 page) "Strict Etiquette Lives
On In Japan: Pick A Seat Wisely" (The Christian Science Monitor,
March 6, 1997: 1 page) "Japan's Education
Factory" (Business Tokyo, April 1990: 5 pages) "In Japan, They even
have Cram Schools for the Cram Schools" (Wall Street Journal,
January 13, 1988: 2 pages) "Japan's Schools: Why
Can't Little Taro Think?" (The Economist, April 21, 1990: 3
pages) "True or False: The
Japanese Have Exams for Everything" (The New York Times, March
10, 1997: 1 page) Stephen Owen, "Poetry
in the Chinese Tradition", HERITAGE, pages 294 - 308. "Calligraphy" in Stephen
Addiss, How To Look At Japanese Art (New York: Harry N. Abrahms,
Inc., 1996)NO SCHEDULED
SEMINAR SESSION - CSU SPRING RECESS
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2000:
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2000:
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2000:
HISTORY, pages 384
- 628. Jung Chang's Wild
Swans (New York: Anchor Books, 1992), entire.
