The eight units of the course provide an overview of the major historical events in BC, analyse their significance, and examine the roles played by economics, geography, politics, and social factors. This course will interest history majors and other arts students, teachers of social studies, and local history enthusiasts. This course is designed to acquaint the learner with the cultures and modern histories of the Asian countries on the Pacific Rim. As a broad survey of the Pacific region's economic and political development over the last one hundred and fifty years, the course explores many themes and crosses many disciplines. Tradition and modernization, collisions between East and West, democracy and authority, imperialism and nationalism, interdependence, and other themes are discussed from the points of view of history, geography, political science, economics and anthropology.
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