2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HST 107 - Introduction to History: China’s Magical Creatures (and Where to Find Them)

1 course unit
A cultural history of the strange in pre-modern China.  How did the Chinese people explain the existence of ghosts, demons, immortals, fox spirits, unicorns and many other strange creatures?  What do the encounters between humans and these creatures tell us about the pre-modern Chinese worldview, and how much of that tradition is still alive in China now?
Meets general academic requirement HU.



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