History 1123, Lecture
Outline and Terms for
Different Paths Forward? China, Indonesia, Japan, and the
Ottoman Empire
I. New Perspectives on
"Non-Europeans"
A. The U.S.
1. Perception-Shaping
Language
a. English Immigrants
b. Chinese Immigrants
c. Poor "Whites"
d. African Americans
2. Why the 19th Century?
B. Challenges to China
C. Challenges to the Ottoman Empire
D. Challenges to Indonesia
E. Japan: A Different Case?
Key Terms
Charles Darwin
(1809-1882)
social Darwinism
Orientalism
Lord McCartney's trading embassy (1793)
Opium Wars (1839-1842, 1856-1858)
Treaty Ports
extraterritoriality
Hong Kong
Taiping Rebellion (1853-1863)
Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901)
Tanzimat
Reforms
Cultivation System (1830-1870)
Ethical Policy (1901-1920s)
Japanese Westernization