| COURSE SYLLABUS |
| WEEK ONE |
| August 28 |
Translations into English |
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Ma, L. Eve Armentrout. “A Chinese Statesman in Canada, 1903: Translated From the Travel Journal of Liang Ch’i-Ch’ao.” BC Studies 59 (1983): 28-43.
Arkush, R. David, and Lee, Leo O., eds. Land Without Ghosts: Chinese Impressions of America from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. 81-95. * “The Power and Threat of America: Liang Qichao, 1903”
Liang Qichao. “Selections from Diary of Travels through the New World.” Translated by Janet Ng, Earl Tai and Jesse Dudley. Renditions 53/54 (2000): 199-213. |
| WEEK TWO |
| August 31 |
Introductory Secondary Sources in English |
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Chou, Yin-hwa. “Formal Features of China’s Reportage and an Analysis of Liang Qichao’s ‘Memoirs of my Travels in the New World.’” Modern Chinese Literature 1 (1985): 201-217.
Wong, K. Scott. “Liang Qichao and the Chinese of America: A Re-Evaluation of His ‘Selected Memoir of Travels in the New World.’” Journal of American Ethnic History 11 (1992): 3-24.
Wong, K. Scott. “The Transformation of Culture: Three Chinese Views of America.” American Quarterly 48 (1996): 201-232. |
| WEEK THREE |
| September 7 |
Labor Day — no meeting |
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| WEEK FOUR |
| September 14 |
The Text’s Front Matter |
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Preface.
Author’s Preface.
Notes on the use of the book.
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| WEEK FIVE |
| September 21 |
Chapters of Particular Interest |
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Crystal: Chapter 9, concerning trusts.
Grace: Chapter 11, concerning immigration into the United States.
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| WEEK SIX |
| September 28 |
Taking Stock Thus Far I |
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[Background information and textual annotations.]
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| WEEK SEVEN |
| October 5 |
Chapters of Particular Interest |
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Crystal: Chapter 15, concerning J.P. Morgan.
Grace: Chapter 29, concerning New Orleans.
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| WEEK EIGHT |
| October 12 |
Chapters of Particular Interest |
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Crystal: Chapter 34, concerning Montana.
Grace: Chapter 30, concerning St. Louis world’s fair preparations.
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| WEEK NINE |
| October 22 |
Chapters of Particular Interest |
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Crystal: Chapter 35, concerning the Great Northern Railway.
Grace: Chapter 31, concerning Chicago and the American west.
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| WEEK TEN |
| October 29 |
Chapters of Particular Interest |
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Crystal: Chapter 36, concerning the Great Northern Pacific Steam Ship Company.
Grace: [Supervision and review of multiple chapters.]
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| WEEK ELEVEN |
| November 5 |
Taking Stock Thus Far II |
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[Background information and textual annotations.]
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| WEEK TWELVE |
| November 12 |
Chapters of Particular Interest |
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Crystal: Chapter 28, concerning trans-Pacific cables.
Grace: [Supervision and review of multiple chapters.]
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| WEEK THIRTEEN |
| November 19 |
Chapters of Particular Interest |
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Crystal: Chapter 14, concerning negative aspects of New York City.
Grace: [Supervision and review of multiple chapters.]
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| WEEK FOURTEEN |
| November 23-27 |
Thanksgiving break — no meeting |
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| WEEK FIFTEEN |
| December 3 |
Chapters of Particular Interest |
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Crystal: Chapter 17, concerning Chinese students at Yale University.
Grace: [Supervision and review of multiple chapters.]
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| WEEK SIXTEEN |
| December 10 |
Course Conclusion — Taking Stock Thus Far III |
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[Complete English translation of Chapters 1-48.]
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| WEEK SEVENTEEN |
| December 17 |
FINALS WEEK |
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| WEEK EIGHTEEN |
| December 19-23 |
GRADING WEEK |