這門課的特色在它的研究資料有許多廣泛註釋的參考書目。

This course features an extensive annotated bibliography in the study materials section.

這門課的主題在檢視中國的平民老百姓如何經歷十九和二十世紀的喧囂變化。我們將會藉由教科書及個人記敘、第一手資料和影片等，思考個人和家庭的生活如何與一個逐漸轉變成為現代中國的大環境相結合。透過文獻和討論，你們應該將重點放在重大的政治事件如何影響人們的日常生活，以及他們所做的決定如何地導致了大規模的社會轉變。

This subject examines the experiences of ordinary Chinese people as they lived through the tumultuous changes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We look at personal narratives, primary sources, films alongside a textbook to think about how individual and family lives connect with the broader processes of change in modern China. In the readings and discussions, you should focus on how major political events have an impact on the characters' daily lives, and how the decisions they make cause large-scale social transformation.