Business in China Since 1800

Not offered regularly; consult department

Analyzes the characteristics of business in China since 1800 to provide a historical context for its contemporary economic development. Topics include China’s place in the world economy; early efforts at state-led industrialization; legal and social frameworks for business; foreign investments, companies, and competition; the emergence of a Chinese business class; the influence of socialism and reform-era politics on business. Includes case studies of contemporary companies and a research project.

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Offered Fall 2024

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Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
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21H.154	Inventing the Samurai TR 2:30-4, 4-253	Hiromu Nagahara	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.155	Modern Japan: 1600 to Present TR 11-12:30; 56-180	Hiromu Nagahara	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.156 21G.045	Global Chinese Food: A Historical Overview Not offered regularly; consult department	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.157	Modern South Asia	Sana Aiyar	Introductory	HASS-S
21H.187	US Environmental Governance: from National Parks to the Green New Deal TR 11-12:30; 56-162	Megan A. Black	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.205 STS.427	The Civil War and the Emergence of Modern America: 1861-1890	Merritt Roe Smith	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.247	Looking East/Looking West TR 11-12:30, 5-217	Catherine Clark Hiromu Nagahara	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.253 21G.075	The Global Chinese: Chinese Migration, 1567- Present Not offered regularly; consult department	Emma Teng	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.290	Economic Classics: The History of Economic Ideas from Ancient Times to the Present TR 3-4:30, 56-180	Anne E. C. McCants Ian Kumekawa	Intermediate	HASS-H
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21H.354	World War II in Asia	Hiromu Nagahara	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.357	South Asian Migrations	Sana Aiyar	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.383 U 21H.982 G	Technology and the Global Economy	Anne E. C. McCants	Graduate Seminar	HASS-S
21H.388 U 21H.988 G	Global Commodities, American Dreams	Megan A. Black	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H
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