Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Requirement Designation:
Soc/Beh Sci or Hum Exploration
Description
Addresses encounters between the United States and Japan, two of the world's greatest powers, from the 1850s to the present -- in periods of mutual cooperation and conflict -- through historical, political, and literary perspectives. Examines the role that American and Japanese national memories and myths play in affecting the relationship between these nations and, currently, in the Pacific rim.