4:00-5:15P     MW     BH344

A portion of the above section reserved for majors
Above section carries culture studies credit
G358: Graduate students register for HIST G568

This course will treat the samurai regime of the Edo era (1603-1868),
the ideologies that it fostered, and the society that it governed.
Particular attention will be given to such topics as state formation,
the regime's violent reaction against Christianity, the samurai
elite's code of honor and cult of death, and the problems and
pleasures of life in the Big City, the shogun's capital Edo.  The
course format will include lectures and discussions; there will be at
least one film showing.  Readings for undergraduates will average 50
pages a week, and will be selected from paperback books including The
Taming of the Samurai: Honorific Individualism and the Making of
Modern Japan by Eiko Ikegami; Warrior Rule in Japan, edited by Marius
Jansen; Deus Destroyed: The Image of Christianity in Early Modern
Japan by George Elison; and Edo & Paris, edited by James McClain.
There will be three examinations, each of them covering a separate
segment of the course; in other words, there is no cumulative final.
There are no course prerequisites; that is, the lack of a background
in Japanese history will not be a disadvantage.