Substantial parts of the midterm and final will deal directly with material discussed at section meetings. Exams and Papers. Guidelines for the papers will be distributed. Because it is intended to be a cooperative rather than a competitive exercise, it will not be graded. A New History.
Graduate students are to do all the recommended reading.
The Scholars, Ch. Susan Naquin and Evelyn S. Rawski, Chinese Society in the Eighteenth Century, Ch. The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768, Ch. A Plan for the Prince. S.Y. Teng and J.K. Fairbank, eds.