General Catalog 2024-25

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of changes in Chinese society from beginning of 20th century to present. Topics include social mobility and inequality, family and household, and population. Emphasis on changes post-Reform Era and in present. Focus on interaction of economic and political change plus family organization. Contrasts and similarities between China and West, China’s place in social sciences, and challenges due to social organization that originated from studying Western societies. May be taken independently for credit. P/NP or letter grading.