ASIA聽2000 (3) Gateway to Modern Asia: Exploring Regional Connections
Lauren Collins, PhD.
Introduces main themes, intellectual approaches used in Asian Studies through a transdisciplinary perspective that focuses on interactions and links between geographic regions and national boundaries. Presents Asia as a concept, a powerful imaginary geography, and historically dynamic construct that has shaped / been shaped by global patterns of economic development, nation building, war and diplomacy, colonialism and aspirations for better lives.
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Arts Humanities; Diversity-Global Perspective; Social Sciences