HIST 333: Modern Chinese History (Fall 2025)

Subject headings!

• fall of the Ming dynasty
  • Ming Dynasty
    • add keywords in next box: example
• Qing expansion and colonialism, environmental challenges
  • Qing Dynasty
    • add keywords to narrow further
      • expansion
      • Colonialism
      • environmental
  • Opium War
    • "Opium War"
  • Taiping Rebellion
    • "Taiping Rebellion"
  • Rise of Chinese communist movement
    • Communism -- China AND history
      • add keywords like growth OR develop* OR origin*

Start with keywords, then look at the record.

EX

• Cultural Revolution
• Great Leap Forward
  • IMPORTANT: there isn't always a subject heading. Sometimes you just need to keyword search
  • Cultural Revolution
  • nd the reform era's global implications. Through a combination of primary and secondary sources, students will engage with themes such as imperialism, modernization, identity, and the evolving role of China