JSISA 405/ANTH 449: Social Change in East Asia
Professor Sorensen
May 27, 2016
Study Sheet for Final
(N.B. THIS VERSION INCLUDES WEEK 10 MATERIAL)
The final is on Friday, June 10th, 2:30-4:20 PM in our regular classroom. Bring a blue (or green)
book. It will be all-essay. The midterm will have three parts:
I. A short answer/definition section will ask you to write a 3-4 sentence paragraph
defining a term listed either in this study sheet or on your other handouts (foreign terms,
unless specifically listed on handouts are not required, but you are allowed to use them).
You will have to define 5 terms out of a choice of 10. (20 points)
II. A single descriptive essay (choice of two) in which you will be asked to describe a
phenomenon or social institution that has been described in the readings and class. (15
points)
III. A single interpretive essay (choice of two) in which you will be asked to formulate an
argument about a point of interpretation discussed in class. There will be no single right
or wrong answer for this question. (15 points)
The best exams will integrate class lecture with the readings. In the descriptive and interpretive
essays I will look for specific references to the readings as I grade the answers, and will not give
a 4.0 on any question that lacks specific references to the readings (page number not required, of
course). Thus, as you study make sure you remember the name of each author in the readings so
that you can mention what that author specifically said.
You will not be required to know East Asian words unless they are listed on this sheet, or
handouts 1-4. Foreign words in square brackets [ ] are suggested but not required. Those of you
who know Asian languages are free to use foreign words in any script in your exam, but you
have to use them properly and will be penalized if you use them improperly (either because you
misspelled them, wrote the wrong character, used them in the wrong context, or with the wrong
meaning). There is no advantage in using foreign words, but some of you may find them
convenient.
Concepts to know: (be sure to be aware of which countries each term is relevant for)
Direct versus indirect rule colony
(Indochina)
Tongking
Annam
Cochin China
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Geneva Accords (1954)
New Economic Zones
Dổi mới
Commodity money
Representative money
Fiat money
“Red Dollars” (Vietnam)
Spirit money
Hungry Ghost Festival (Vietnam)
Ie家, kazoku家族, katei家庭, uchi内
Honne本音 versus tatemae建前
On恩, giri義理
Mukoyōshi 婿養子
Old middle class
New Middle Class
Chaebŏl 財閥
TPP/CKJ FTA
Developmental state
Export-ledindustrialization
Regionalproductionnetworks
Internationalco-production
Industrializationthroughlearning
Internationalbenchmarking
(1) BepreparedtodiscussthedifferencebetweenTongking,Annam,andCochinChina
duringtheFrenchColonialPeriod.
(2) Be prepared to describe how Vietnam became a united, independent country between
1945 and 1975 distinguishing the Viet Minh, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the
Geneva Accords, Republic of Vietnam, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. In doing
this consider how the concept of “one country one currency” and the question of currency
and national identity are implicated in this process.
(3) BeawareofthereasonsVietnammovedtowardapolicyof“Rennovation”(₫ổimới)
inthe6thNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofVietnamin1986,andthe
majortenetsofthatpolicy.Whydidthisprocessleadhouseholdstosearchfor
moneymorethantheyhadinthepast?
(4) Beawareofthefunctionsofmoneyandthedesirableattributesofmoney.Whydoes
TruittthinksitisimportantthatqualityofmoneyisimportantinHoChiMinhCity? (5) Be prepared to compare and contrast “circuits of dollarization” (cf. Truitt) in North
Vietnam and South Vietnam after unification. How did this affect the economy in those
two parts of united Vietnam and affect attitudes toward consumption?
(6) Be prepared to discussion the functions of money, the concept of monetary pluralism, and
the main consequences for Vietnam that gold, dong, and dollars all circulate there.
(7) What is the gist of Georg Simmel’s The Philosophy of Money (1900). Does Truitt agree
that Simmel’s theory corresponds with the subjective attitudes that Vietnamese hold
about money, and why or why not?
(8) Why does Truitt think Vietnam’s economy is more similar to “Casino capitalism” than
“Weberian capitalism”?
(9) Why does Merry White say the Japanese think the family is in crisis?
(10)
Be able to explain the difference between the corporate family (ie) of the Meiji
Civil Code (1898-1947) and the modern Japanese legal family (kazoku) since 1947. What
is the role of “good wife, wise mother” in this context?
(11)
What is Confucian about the Japanese family? How come China, Japan, Korea,
and Vietnam all have “Confucian family systems” but are not identical in family
structure?
(12)
Where are the lines of tension in Japanese families?
(13)
Be prepared to discuss Merry White’s idea of “indirect patriarchy” as a way of
understanding contemporary Japanese families.
(14)
How do the concepts of Old Middle Class and New Middle Class help us
understand diversity in contemporary Japanese family structures?
(15)
How do you explain the M-shaped labor participation curve for women in Japan
(and also South Korea)?
(16)
How does Arai explain the difference between the 1890 Rescript on Education
and the 1947 Basic Law on Education in Japan? Why are the revisions of 2006 a
concern?
(17)
What is the “consumer as subject” and when and where did it first appear? When
did it appear in Japan?
(18)
How did consumption in Japan go from “imitating the desired Other of the US” to
“representing Japanese manufacturing prowess”. What was gendered about this new view
of consumption? What does it have to do with “good” and “bad” consumption?
(19)
What are the emerging issues and new opportunities, problems and competitive
threats that South Korea faces as a developed country?
(20)
What is the China-Korea-Japan (Vietnam) triangle (quadrangle)? What do TPP or
CJK FTA have to do with this?
(21)
What is the lesson for adapting to “after development” of the Four Major Rivers
Project of South Korea?
(22)
What are international production networks (product chains), and how are these
related to outsourcing and foreign direct investment (FDI). What kind of international
division of labor do these regional production networks exploit (or create)?
(23)
What problems do international coproduction networks solve in animation that
facilitate the localization of animation enterprises in a country like South Korea?
(24)
What kind of institutional and cultural changes must South Korea implement in
order to move from “industrialization through learning” to “innovation based
development”?
(25)
What are the characteristics of management in Hyundai Motors. Where did they
come from, and were they applied in Beijing, or India? Why or why not?
(26)
What are the characteristics of Korean work culture? Why do they make it
difficult for non-Koreans to integrate into Korean businesses in Korea? How are gender
relations implicated in this?
Chronologies
Japan:
-American occupation 1945-1953
-demilitarization, break-up of zaibatsu, promotion of unions
-new constitution 1946 (replaced ie 家 by kazoku 家族 women’s suffrage and
formal equality)
-Japanese government reform of tenanted lands 1946-1950
-“reverse course” (promotion of economic growth over democratization) after
1947
North Korea:
-Soviet occupation (Interim North Korean People’s Committee) 1945-1948
-land reform 1946
-nationalization of large businesses 1946
-establishment of DPRK 1948
-Korean War 1950-53
-collectivization of agriculture 1954-1958
-cooperativization of small business 1959
South Korea:
-American military government (USAMGIK) 1945-1948
-sale of vested lands 1947
-establishment of Republic of Korea 1948
-ROK reform of tenanted lands 1949-1955
-Korean War 1950-53
-sale of vested companies 1950s
Taiwan:
-reversion to China 1945, unrest 1947
-flight of ROC to Taiwan 1949
-sale of vested lands 1951
-ROC reform of tenanted lands 1953
PRC
-Civil War between communists and ROC 1947-1949
-land reform in “old liberated areas” 1947-8
-PRC established and ROC flight to Taiwan 1949
-PRC government land reform 1950-1953
-collectivization 1955-1958
-communes and rural industrialization peak in 1970s
Vietnam
-Democratic Republic of Vietnam established 1945 in Hanoi
-First Indo-China War 1947-1954 (French versus Vietnamese)
-DRVN confined to area north of 17th parallel 1954
-DRVN land reform 1953-1956 (in Viet Minh-controlled areas north & south)
-DRVN collectivization 1959-1970
-GRVN established south of 17th parallel 1954
-Diem land reform (100 hectare limitation) 1956
-Viet Cong insurgency begins 1960
-SRVN established in all of Vietnam 1975