HIST 355 - History of Modern Japan

Credit Hours: 4
Frequency of Offering: Offered in alternate years, usually in the spring semester

This course investigates the transformation of Japan into the world power that it is today. It begins in the 1600s with the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate and a brief survey of Japanese culture and society at the time. Subsequent topics include the fall of the shogunate; the Meiji Restoration; industrialization and economic development; the rise of political parties; militarism and World War II and the American occupation, postwar recovery, and contemporary challenges.