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Welcome to ECON30030 Topics in Asian Economic History.
Subject Overview and Aims
The overall aim of this subject is to study of the evolution of two major Asian economies, gain knowledge of key economic concepts and ideas, and understand how economics and history can be applied to analyz...

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ECON30030 Topics in Asian Economic History SUBJECT GUIDE

Semester 2, 2021

Prepared by John Tang [email protected]

Department of Economics Faculty of Business and Economics

Subject Outline Introduction Welcome to ECON30030 Topics in Asian Economic History. This course analyzes major economic, political, and social changes in the Chinese and Japanese economies since the nineteenth century. These include factors contributing to increases in economic performance or to stagnation; changes in the form of government; technological development and industrialization; and episodes of integration and disintegration with the global economy. Emphasis is on institutional changes in how these societies organized economic and political activities as well as on variation in development between the two economies. Subject Overview and Aims The overall aim of this subject is to study of the evolution of two major Asian economies, gain knowledge of key economic concepts and ideas, and understand how economics and history can be applied to analyze the economic performance of different countries. The subject will emphasize how understanding the modern economic histories of China and Japan can help us to analyze current and future economic developments. The main topics that a re covered include: Initial conditions of the Chinese and Japanese economies; western imperialism, pre-war industrialization, post-war recoveries, trade, infrastructure, conflict, mortality, post-industrialization, and globalization.

Learning Outcomes To view the subject objectives and the generic skills you will develop through successful completion of this subject, please see the University Handbook: https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2021/ECON30030

Eligibility and Requirements To view the eligibility and requirements, including prerequisites, corequisites, recommended background knowledge and core participation requirements for this subject, please see the University Handbook: https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/2020/subjects/econ30030/eligibility-and-requirements

Academic Staff Contact Details Please see the subject LMS site for full contact details of the teaching staff in this subject.

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Subject Coordinator Contact Details Name: Email: Office: Consultation Hours:

John Tang [email protected] 111 Barry St, FBE Building, Level 4, Room 462 TBA

Tutor Contact Details Name: Email: Consultation Hours:

Marco Lecci [email protected] TBA

Email Protocol Please note that we are only able to respond to student emails coming from a University email address. Please do not use personal email addresses such as Yahoo, Hotmail or even business email addresses. Emails from non-University email addresses may be filtered by the University’s spam filter, which means that we may not receive your email. All correspondence relating to this subject will only be sent to your University email address. Note that you must first activate your University email address before you can send or receive emails at that address. You can activate your email account at this link: http://accounts.unimelb.edu.au/. While academic staff endeavor to address queries received via email, it is more appropriate to resolve substantive questions during lectures and tutorials and/or during normal consultation hours. With this in mind, we encourage students to attend all lectures and tutorials and to familiarise themselves with the consultation hours offered by the lecturers and tutors in this subject.

Lectures Lecture Times Wednesdays, 9:00-11:00, PAR The Spot 4007 (also available as Zoom livestream) Lecture Participation Requirements There is one 2-hour lecture each week. Lecture attendance via in person (preferred) or Zoom is expected. Student participation will be noted via in class participation or online polls. Lecture Schedule Week

Date Commencing

Topic

Required Reading

Further Reading

1

26 July

Introduction

Diamond (1997), Flath

See reading list

3

(intro, chp 1), Maddison (summary) 2

2 August

Initial conditions

Flath (chp 2), Maddison (chp 1), Maddison (1983)

See reading list

3

9 August

Pre-war industrialization (1)

Gerschenkron (1962), Rostow (1959)

See reading list

4

16 August

Pre-war industrialization (2)

Flath (chp 3), Maddison (chp 2)

See reading list

5

23 August

Post-war recovery (1)

Flath (chp 4), Maddison (chp 3-4)

See reading list

6

30 August

Post-war recovery (2)

Brandt et al (2014), Perkins and Tang (2017)

See reading list

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6 September

Trade

Brook (2008)

See reading list

8

13 September

Infrastructure

Krugman (1991)

See reading list

9

27 September

Conflict

Koyama et al (2018)

See reading list

10

4 October

Mortality

Tang (2017)

See reading list

11

11 October

Post-industrialization

Cowen (2011)

See reading list

12

18 October

Globalization

Leamer (2007)

See reading list

Lecture Slides Lecture slides will be placed on the LMS page for this subject following each lecture. Recorded Lectures Audio and video recordings of lectures delivered in this subject will be made available for review. These recordings allow you to revise lectures during the semester, or to review them in preparation for the end of semester exam. You can access recorded lectures by clicking on the Lecture Recordings (or similar) menu item on the LMS page for this subject. Please note that for live classes, recordings are not a substitute for attendance; rather they are designed for revision. On rare occasions the recordings can fail to take place due to technical reasons. In such cases, a substitute recording may be made available. For information about Zoom privacy, see https://lms.unimelb.edu.au/students/studentguides/zoom-student-privacy

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Tutorials Tutorial Times Mondays, 4:15-5:15, PAR FBE 214 Tuesdays, 11:00-12:00, Zoom (link on course webpage) Tutorial Participation Requirements There is one 1-hour tutorial each week. Tutorial attendance via in person or Zoom is expected. Student participation will be noted via presentations and in class participation/online polls. Tutorial Schedule Week

Tutorial Topic

Tutorial Exercises

1

no class meeting

N/A

2

Introduction

Tutorial admin, discussion questions

3

Initial conditions

Discussion questions

4

Pre-war industrialization (1)

Presentations, discussion questions

5

Pre-war industrialization (2)

Presentations, discussion questions

6

Post-war recovery (1)

Presentations, discussion questions

7

Post-war recovery (2)

Presentations, discussion questions

8

Trade

Presentations, discussion questions

9

Infrastructure

Presentations, discussion questions

10

Conflict

Presentations, discussion questions

11

Mortality

Presentations, discussion questions

12

Post-industrialization and globalization

Discussion questions

Private Tutoring Services The Faculty has become increasingly concerned about the existence of a number of private tutoring services operating in Melbourne that heavily target University of Melbourne students enrolled in FBE subjects.

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Students are urged to show caution and exercise their judgement if they are considering using any of these services, and to please take note of the following: •

Any claim by any of these businesses that they have a “special” or “collaborative” or “partnership” style relationship with the University or Faculty is false and misleading.

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Any claim by a private tutoring service that they are in possession of, or can supply you with, forthcoming University exam or assignment questions or “insider” or “exclusive” information is also false and misleading.

The University has no relationship whatsoever with any of these services and takes these claims very seriously as they threaten to damage the University’s reputation and undermine its independence. It is also not appropriate for students to provide course materials (including University curricula, reading materials, exam and assignment questions and answers) to operators of these businesses for the purposes of allowing them to conduct commercial tutoring activities. Doing so may amount to misconduct and will be taken seriously. Those materials contain intellectual property owned or controlled by the University. We encourage you to bring to the attention of Faculty staff any behaviour or activity that is not aligned with University expectations or policy as outlined above.

Assessment Assessment Overview Your assessment for this subject comprises the following: Assessment Task

Individual or Group

Due

Weighting

Tutorial participation

Individual

throughout term

10%

Essay 1 (500 words +/-10%)

Individual

by Week 8

20%

Essay 2 (500 words +/-10%)

Individual

by Week 11

20%

Paper outline (300 words +/-10%)

Individual

10 September

0%*

*Ungraded but compulsory part of the final essay assessment (hurdle requirement) Final essay (3000 words +/-10%)

Note: Late outlines will not be accepted Individual

*Hurdle requirement: To pass this subject, students must pass the final essay

1 November Note: Late exams will not be accepted

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50%*

Assessment Details Participation Participation assessment comprises the completion of online surveys, quizzes/polls, and interaction in class meetings (lectures and tutorials). Participation also includes one short oral presentation during tutorials based on the chosen essay topic (see below). Essays There are two critical essays to be turned in over the course of the semester. Students can choose to write on one of the articles (excluding textbook chapters) listed in the weekly topic lists (A-H). One essay is to be submitted before the mid semester break (A-D) and one after (E-H). Essays will be marked as complete with a possible plus or minus that reflects the student’s understanding of the material, effort, exposition, and creativity. Completion earns full marks with the plus or minus used for borderline cases in the final course grade. Signup for essay topics will commence in Week 2 during the tutorials; students who miss their tutorials will be assigned a remaining slot. Critical essays are to be approximately 500 words (including footnotes, excluding references). For legibility, please follow these guidelines: black ink, double-spaced, no less than 2-centimeter margins, and 12 point font (Arial, Helvetica, and Times New Roman only). The first page should include the student ID number, the reference to the article, and word count as the heading. Please do not include your name. References are to be listed at the end of the essay and follow a consistent academic style (e.g., Harvard, Chicago, MLA, APA). Essays not conforming to this format will be given an incomplete mark (0 points). Save essays as a Word document (DOC/DOCX), another text-editable format (RTF, TXT), or PDF and submit online via our Canvas course webpage no later than one week after the topic's weekly lecture (Wednesday) at 12:00PM. Presentations Each student will prepare and give a presentation of their essay in a tutorial; the duration of the presentation will be approximately 20 minutes, including question and answer period (510 minutes). Presenters are expected to prepare slides that summarize the main points of the article, to present the arguments made in the response essay, and to lead class discussion of the key ideas. Presentations are not graded for content, with presenters earning a checkmark with a possible plus and minus for completion. Paper outline and final paper Students are to choose a topic on which to write a final paper and to submit an outline of the paper by 10 September 2021 (Friday) at 5:00pm. The outline should 1) state the paper thesis; 2) identify supporting arguments and data sources to be used if any; and 3) list potential references. It should also follow the formatting as in the critical essays and be approximately 300 words. The outline is not graded but it is compulsory as part of the final paper grade (hurdle requirement). Using the feedback given to the outline, the final paper (approximately 3000 words) is to be submitted by 1 November 2021, with the same formatting and submission guidelines as the response essays. The final paper is worth 50 percent of the final grade and will be graded on a continuous scale. Scaling 7

Your final mark for the course will be based on the raw marks allocated for each of your assessment items. However, your final mark may not be the same number as produced by that formula, as marks may be scaled. Any scaling applied will preserve the rank order of raw marks (i.e., if your raw mark exceeds that of another student, then your scaled mark will exceed the scaled mark of that student) and may be either up or down. Assignment Submission Essays are to be saved as a Word document (DOC/DOCX), another text-editable format (RTF, TXT), or PDF and uploaded onto the LMS course webpage as a Turnitin assignment. A guide to using LMS Turnitin submission is available here: (http://go.unimelb.edu.au/zax6). Essays are due no later than 12:00PM one week following the last weekly lecture (i.e., Wednesday 12:00PM) of the chosen topic (A-H) unless otherwise noted. Please note that you are required to keep a copy of your assignment after it has been submitted as you must be able to produce a copy of your assignment at the request of teaching staff at any time after the submission due date. Penalties for Late Submission No submission of assessment tasks without an extension after the due date will be permitted. If an essay, paper outline, or final paper is not submitted by the due date, a mark of 0 will be awarded. Similarly, if a student misses their presentation, the participation grade will be adversely affected. Note: assessments are not a collaborative activity—students may discuss material in groups, but students must individually write their own essays, which will be checked for originality. Potential violations as identified by the instructor will be subject to university policies on academic honesty and plagiarism; see the section Policy Errata and Other Information. Essays will be returned within two weeks following submission unless otherwise announced. There are no resubmissions. Students with a genuine and acceptable reason for not completing an assignment (or other assessment task), such as illness, can apply for special consideration (see policy below).

Subject Resources Prescribed References Flath, David (2014), The Japanese Economy, 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (hereafter Flath) Maddison, Angus (2007), Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run: 960-2030AD. Second edition. Paris: OECD Publishing. (hereafter Maddison; downloadable from http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Maddison07.pdf)

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Supplementary Readings Jansen, Marius (2002), The Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. (hereafter Jansen) Spence, Jonathan (2012), The Search for Modern China, 3rd edition. New York: W. W. Norton Publishing. (hereafter Spence) Weekly course readings (see below)

Academic Integrity Academic Honesty The University maintains high academic standards in its courses and subjects and expects students to conduct themselves in a manner which is fair, honest and consistent with the principles of academic integrity, particularly when undertaking assessment and research. http://academicintegrity.unimelb.edu.au/ Referencing Each source used for a written piece of assessment must be referenced. This is to acknowledge that your material is not based entirely on your own ideas, but is based, in part, on the ideas, information, and evidence of others. This is desirable as you are attending University in order to learn from others. Students may use any standard referencing format (see above in Assessment Details/Essays). The library has prepared a website to help students correctly reference: http://www.library.unimelb.edu.au/recite. It is important that all material you present for assessment is referenced correctly. Material that has not been referenced correctly may be considered to be plagiarised, and as such may be penalised. We will also look for evidence that material included in the bibliography has been used in the assignment. The Academic Skills Unit has produced resources to assist students with referencing https://services.unimelb.edu.au/academicskills/undergrads/top_resources The Library also provides advice on referencing: http://library.unimelb.edu.au/cite

University Services Timetable MyTimetable is a class timetabling system that creates individual timetables for students based on submitted class preferences, ensuring everyone has an equitable opportunity of getting their preferred class timetable. You will use this system to create your class timetable prior to each study period.

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By following a preference-based model, students who have other commitments, such as employment or carer responsibilities, or who are returning or living overseas during the timetabling period, aren’t disadvantaged by their limited availability. When allocating class timetables, MyTimetable also takes into consideration factors such as class size limits and potential clashes to ensure all students are equally accommodated. Further information is available on the web at https://students.unimelb.edu.au/admin/class-timetable Stop 1: Connecting Students and Services Stop 1 is here to provide you with a range of support services throughout your university degree, from help with enrolment, administration and wellbeing to advice on building your skills and experiences. https://students.unimelb.edu.au/stop1 Academic Skills Academic Skills offers a range of workshops and resources to help you with study skills including researching, writing and referencing, presentation skills and preparing for exams. Visit their website via http://services.unimelb.edu.au/academicskills. Service Finder The University of Melbourne offers one of the most comprehensive student support networks in Australia. For a wide range of services, see http://services.unimelb.edu.au/finder Student Counselling Students attend counselling to talk about personal, emotional, or mental health issues which might be affecting their study and life. The University’s Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides free, confidential, short-term professional counselling to currently enrolled students and staff. https://services.unimelb.edu.au/counsel/individual Student Equity and Disability Support Student Equity and Disability Support provides services for students who need ongoing support with th...