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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2436yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Course Overview
  • 1.1: Introduction
  • 1.2: Who Gets What and Why?
  • 1.3: Social Mobility and the Examination System in Late Imperial China
  • 1.4: Cultural Reproduction and Education in Late Imperial and Contemporary China
Readings
  • Assignments and Grading
  • Module 1 Suggested Reading
Practice Exercise
  • Quiz 1

Videos
  • 2.1: Comparing Inequality in Education and Income between China and the West
  • 2.2: Student Diversity at Peking University 1950-1999 and Suzhou University 1950-2003
  • 2.3: China’s Silent Revolution’s Ladder of Success
Readings
  • Module 2 Suggested Reading
Practice Exercise
  • Quiz 2

Videos
  • 3.1: Wealth Distribution in the UK and US, 1700-2000
  • 3.2: Population Categories and Wealth Entitlements in China
  • 3.3: Land Distribution in Shuangcheng, 1870-1906
  • 3.4: Property Distribution in Contemporary China
  • 3.5: Comparative Wealth Distribution: Past/Present and East/West
Readings
  • Module 3 Suggested Reading
Practice Exercise
  • Quiz 3

Videos
  • 4.1: Wealth Distribution and Regime Change
  • 4.2: Wealth Distribution in Pre-Revolutionary China
  • 4.3: Political Processes and Institutions of Regime Change in Shuangcheng, 1946-1948
  • 4.4: Revolutionary Victims in Shuangcheng and Elsewhere
  • 4.5: Course Conclusion
Readings
  • Module 4 Suggested Reading
Practice Exercise
  • Quiz 4

Readings
  • A Farewell Message from Professor James Lee
  • Rate this course
Practice Exercise
  • Final Exam
  • Post-course Survey

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