Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
5111HIST-JAN-MTP
Aims
1. To examine and develop students’ knowledge and understanding of the themes of nation, state & power, globalism, culture, locale and identity and technology, economy & society in the context of a non-European, late-developing country: Japan since the Meiji Restoration.
2. To examine the overarching theme of 'continuity and change' in the context of Japan's modernisation
3. To explain the emergence of Japan as a major economic and military competitor of the western powers by the 1930s.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Articulate key knowledge of the course of Japan’s modern history.
2.
Analyse the degree and nature of environmental, economic, social and/or political change in Japan between 1853 and 1941.
3.
Evaluate a variety of historiographical approaches to Japan's modern history.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Japan's historical geography
The Fall of the Shogunate and the Meiji Restoration
Economic Development, 1868-1914
Economic Development, 1914-1941
The nature of Japanese Society, 1868-1941
The role of women, 1868-1941
Politics, 1868-1918
Politics, 1918-41
Imperialism, 1870s to 1910s
Japan and the Origins of WWII in Asia and the Pacific
Module Overview:
Between 1853 and the Second World War, Japan was transformed from an isolated feudal country to a great power capable of challenging the great powers of the West. This module explains this emergence by examining the interactions between the natural environment, politics, society and economic development.
Between 1853 and the Second World War, Japan was transformed from an isolated feudal country to a great power capable of challenging the great powers of the West. This module explains this emergence by examining the interactions between the natural environment, politics, society and economic development.
Additional Information:Between 1853 and the Second World War, Japan was transformed from an isolated feudal country to a great power capable of challenging the great powers of the West. This module explains this 'emergence' by examining the interactions between the natural environment, politics, culture, society and economic development.