ASIA 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Critical Thinking, Southeast Asia, Dru C. Gladney
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Asia 100 - introduction to traditional asia - lecture 1: introduction. Class requirements (and how to get a good grade): Attend lectures (we will use iclickers to check attendance) Participate in discussion groups (attendance is required) Write down any questions you have (practical or anything related to the content) Study at least two hours outside of class for every hour of class. Write your term papers yourselves: plagiarism is a serious offense and will be treated accordingly. Read assigned pages before the lectures (keep in mind the questions on the lecture schedule) Ebrey, walthall, pre-modern east asia to 1800: a cultural, social, and political history. Trautmann, india: brief history of a civilization. Story and jones, writing history: a guide for canadian students. We will survey pre-history and history up to the 1600s. Our focus will be on the emergence of distinctive civilizations and the role of regional and cross-regional interaction in the way those various asian civilizations evolved.
