China 1700-2000: Data Analytics Fundamentals II
Explore China's history through big data analysis, focusing on population behavior and social dynamics.
Explore China's history through big data analysis, focusing on population behavior and social dynamics.
This course offers a unique perspective on Chinese history from 1700 to 2000 using big data analysis. It focuses on comparative population behavior, examining mortality, marriage, and reproduction patterns and their interaction with economic conditions and human values. The course challenges Western-centric views of history and social theory by presenting alternative perspectives derived from Chinese experience. It's part of a two-part series that can be taken independently, offering insights into what defines modern China and its history.
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What you'll learn
Understand how big data is reshaping the study of Chinese history
Analyze mortality patterns in historical China and their socioeconomic implications
Explore reproductive behaviors and adoption practices in Chinese society
Examine marriage customs and alternative marriage forms in historical context
Investigate the role of family systems and kinship in Chinese social structure
Compare Chinese historical patterns with Western experiences
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This course includes:
130 Minutes PreRecorded video
5 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course explores Chinese history from 1700 to 2000 using a data-driven approach. It focuses on comparative population behavior, examining mortality, marriage, and reproduction patterns in China. The curriculum covers topics such as survival rates, reproductive choices, marriage customs, and family systems in historical China. Students will learn how big data and new archival holdings are reshaping our understanding of Chinese social history. The course emphasizes the mutability of human behavior and values, challenging traditional Western-centric views of history and social theory.
Orientation and Module 1: Who Are We and Who Survives
Module 1 · 1 Hours to complete
Module 2: Who Reproduces and Who Marries
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Module 3: Who Cares and Course Conclusion
Module 3 · 1 Hours to complete
Final Exam and Farewell
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at HKUST with Expertise in Chinese Demography
James Z. Lee (1952 -) is the Dean and Chair Professor of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is also a Faculty Associate at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan and serves as the Jiangxi Chair Visiting Scholar at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Professor Lee has an extensive publication record, including six authored or co-authored books, six co-edited books or textbooks, and sixty articles that primarily examine the demographic, ethnic, fiscal, and frontier history of late imperial China, as well as contemporary issues related to population behavior, social organization, and social mobility in China.
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