JAP100 History 3.1 Late Meiji Japan
The first half of this lecture looks at the political, social, and economic changes in Meiji Japan, focusing on the period from 1877 to 1895. Among other things, the second decade of Meiji witnessed t...
19 Aug 20211h 39min
JAP100 History 1: Premodern Japan
1. Introduction: Jōmon to 1600 (27 August 2021) Overview This first class will be an overview of premodern Japanese history, from the Neolithic (Jōmon) period to the end of the period of samurai rule ...
18 Aug 20211h 58min
JAP100 History 2.2: Meiji Japan
In part 2 of our lectures on Meiji, we will begin to examine Japan’s “opening” to the West in the mid-nineteenth century, and the proactive ways that Japan engaged with this new challenge.
18 Aug 202157min
