Click here for the list of required course books.

For this course, a number of readings will be available on electronic reserve (or e-reserve) through the JFK Library website. To access the e-reserve readings, click on this link, then type the password listed on the syllabus.

There are 6 e-reserve readings, as follows:

  • Current Perspectives on East Asian Development (So, Alvin Y.)
  • Foundations of Industrialism: The Meiji Era (Lockwood, William W.)
  • Introduction: "A New Order of Things" (Moore, Ray A.)
  • Political Regimes and Development Strategies: South Korea and Taiwan (Cheng, Tun-jen)
  • The State and Taiwan's Economic Development (Amsden, Alice H.)
  • Transformative Capacity in Evolution: East Asia Developmental States (Weiss, Linda)