EALC 420

Spring 2026

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China Under the Qing Dynasty
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Credit: 2 TO 4 hours.

Same as HIST 420. See HIST 420.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
40127
Lecture-Discussion
G2
3:30PM -5:50PM
T
156 English Building
Pu, Y
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/20/26-05/06/26
Credit:
2 hours
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
40128
Lecture-Discussion
G4
3:30PM -5:50PM
T
156 English Building
Pu, Y
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/20/26-05/06/26
Credit:
4 hours
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
40129
Lecture-Discussion
U3
3:30PM -5:50PM
T
156 English Building
Pu, Y
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/20/26-05/06/26
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
Description: This course addresses several fundamental questions in modern Chinese history concerning political and ethnic identities, women, classes, and the modalities of modernity. Being the last dynasty under the rule of an originally non-Chinese people, how, if at all, did the Manchu rule change the social, economic, political, and intellectual landscapes of China after a period of more than a century of profound economic, intellectual, and cultural change in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries? Why and how did the Manchu regime fail to meet the challenges from within Chinese society and from the intrusion of Western imperialist powers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Finally, why did the Chinese abandon the imperial system they had embraced for over two thousand years? To answer these questions, we will investigate broad trends of change in politics, population, the economy, thought, culture, social structure, and the relationship between the state and local elites. Class participation is crucial and students need to have some background in Chinese history.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
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