HIST132  - Eastern Civilization since 1500

This course is a survey of the history and culture of Eastern Civilizations of "monsoon Asia" (China, India, Japan, Korea and maritime and continental Southeast Asia) from contact with the West in the late fifteenth century until the present. Emphasis is placed on the examination of the major political, social, economic and religious trends in Asian history and the interaction of Asia with the West during Europe's Age of Colonization and Imperialism.