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Christoph Giebel
HSTAS 424
Seattle Campus
The making of modern Japan; World War II and surrender; American occupation; postoccupation rebuilding; emergence as an industrial power. Recommended: SISEA 242. Offered: jointly with SISEA 440.
Class description
This course studies Japan’s post-World War II emergence and gives considerable emphasis to US-Japan relations. It begins with the American decision to use the atomic bomb and the Japanese decision to surrender. It continues with consideration of the American occupation of Japan, Japan’s formation of a new national purpose concentrating on economics, the mechanisms of rapid economic growth, postwar nationalism, the US-Japan alliance, development of Japanese-style democracy, the values of middle class Japan, and Japan’s troubles in the post-old War era.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Class assignments and grading
Class Assignments and Grading An hour exam constitutes on-fifth of a grade, a term paper of 10-12 pages constitutes two-fifths, and the final examination two-fifths.
