Economic
Development of China, India or Asia/Vietnam, Summer 2007
ECONOMICS 3355 Sections see
below
Thomas R. DeGregori
Economics 6355, Sections see below
4 to 6 PM MTWTh, ALL
Sessions
Office: 209D M
Room 108
AH
Office hrs. MTWTh - by appointment
Ph. (713) 743
3838
by appointment when in town
I prefer to receive emails -
Email: trdegreg@uh.edu
homepage - www.uh.edu/~trdegreg
Summer I 3065 ECON3355 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OF ASIA 16001800 MTWTH AH 110 - last date to turn-in papers -
June 28, 2007
Summer I 3097 ECON6355 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OF ASIA 16001800 MTWTH AH 110 - last date to turn-in papers -
June 28, 2007
Summer II 3067 ECON3355 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF
ASIA 16001800 TTH AH 110 - last
date to turn-in papers - July 12, 2007
Summer III 3064 ECON3355 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ASIA
16001800 MW AH 110 - last date
to turn-in papers - August 8(M/W classes), 2007
Summer IV 3066 ECON3355 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF
ASIA 16001800 MTWTH AH 110 - last date to turn-in papers -
August 9(T/Th classes), 2007
Summer IV 7938 ECON6355 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF
ASIA 16001800 MTWTH AH 110 - last date to turn-in papers -
August 8, 2007*&**
* - We are in the process of adding Econ6355 to Summer IV and if
possible canceling it in Summer I. This is necessary in order to allow time to
complete papers. All students, graduate or undergraduate should sign-up for
Summer III or IV in order to have maximum time to complete the assigned papers.
Summer I and II are only for those who are required to have coursework in these
sessions to meet a requirement such as study-abroad. When the change is
official, a corrected syllabus will be posted and replace this one.
This is a special problems course that can be taken for 3 hours
credit. The course will meet on the first day indicated in the schedule
for the class assignments. If you wish to enroll for less than 3 hours credit,
please see Marion Foley in 208B M.
One has the option of registering for it
in any of the summer sessions since it is entirely a independent study course
except for those in the study abroad programs where there may be lectures. The
course will meet on the first day indicated in the schedule for the class
assignments. If at all possible, it is very strongly recommended that students
sign-up for the the summer sessions where the last
day of class is in August. This will allow you more time to comlete
your papers as we will be following the University catalog closely and will be
giving incompletes only to those who qualify by University rules. Some
exception will be made for those in study abroad programs. You may obtain the
books and start work on your papers as soon as this syllabus is posted in
February indicating that it has been approved for the summer programs.
THERE WILL BE NO EXAMS OR QUIZZES.
It is also available as a graduate course, Economics 6355. Those taking it
for graduate credit will also be required to use Science and Civilisation in
In 2006, the course was used in the following study abroad programs: China
Study Abroad Program (see Dr. Yali Zou, FH 450, ext 34982) or for the India Study Abroad
Program (see Dr. Saleha Khumawala,
MH 360A, ext 3-4829 - may not be offered i n 2007 but
will definitely be offered on 2008.). Modifications of either the
There were three options for the course -
(1) Focus on
The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400
to the Present by Kenneth Pomeranz and Steven Topik, M.E. Sharpe.
Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate, by Thomas R. DeGregori, Blackwell Professional.
China and Vietnam by Brantly Womack, Cambridge
University Press
Any two of the following three books
Shorter Science and Civilisation in China, Volume
1, by Colin A. Ronan, Cambridge University Press.***
Shorter Science and Civilisation in China, Volume
3, by Colin A. Ronan, Cambridge University Press.***
Shorter Science and Civilisation in China, Volume
5, by Colin A. Ronan, Cambridge University Press.***
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India Option
A Concise History of Modern India (2nd Edition) by Barbara D. and Thomas R.
Metcalf, Cambridge University Press
Agriculture, Food Security, Poverty, and Environment: Essays on Post Reform
India by C H Hanumantha Rao,
Oxford University Press, 2005.
The Far Enemy by Fawaz A. Gerges,
Cambridge University Press
Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate, by Thomas R. DeGregori,
Blackwell Professional.
The Environment, Our Natural Resources and Modern
Technology by Thomas R. DeGregori, Blackwell
Professional.
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All Asia/Vietnam Option
Rhodes Murphy, A History of Asia, Addison, Wesley, Longman paperback,
latest edition.
Globalization and the Developing Countries by D. Bigman, ed.,
The Rise of Early Modern Science:
Bountiful Harvest by Thomas R. DeGregori,
Cato.
Assignment:
You are to write three papers of (very) roughly 10+ pages each. No paper is
to be less than seven pages.You
have considerable latitude as to the length of each paper as long as the total
for all three is about 30 to 40 pages. You are required to do either Nos 1 or 2 but can not do both. Students often write at
great length on topics 1 or 2 which is fine but no more than 10 pages are
counted towards the required 30 pages. No. 3 is also required. Pick one of the
others for your final paper. Graduate students will be required to do a 20 to
30+ page paper on Chinese agriculture in addition to two 10 page papers. You
may be allowed to substitute a book from one option for one in your chosen
option provided that you indicate the books involved and the reason you wish to
do so. Most often it will be because the exchange is necessary inorder to do a particular topic - example writing on
Global Terrorism would very likely require using The Far Enemy by Fawaz A. Gerges. For this and any other deviation from the syllabus,
an exchange of emails is required - verbal authorization is not sufficient -
with the email granting permission being attached to your papers.
The suggested topics:
1) Asian history and culture as basis for understanding Asian
economies today
2) Asian Culture, Geography & Politics to understand
3) Asian agriculture
4) Asian Economic Development since 1950.
5) Asian Economic Development since 1979.
6) Poverty and inequality in
7) Major issues in Asian Development: IMF, Debt etc.
8) The Asian Development model: What is it and what is its
future?
9) Global Terrorism
In each of the above suggested topics, you may substitute
THERE WILL NOT BE A FINAL EXAM.
ALL PAPERS HAVE TO INCLUDE CITED MATERIAL (source, date and pages cited)
FROM THE ASSIGNED READINGS. Each paper must include at least one of the
assigned sources though you may use as many as you wish on any paper. All
papers taken together must show that all assigned sources have been read and used. Every paragraph in your papers must have
at least one cited source unless it is either drawn from your own exerience or is a concluding paragraph. Each paper should
have a separate reference page that does not count towards your page
requirements. You will loose one letter grade for each assigned source that is
not "substantially" used (in other words, used in a way that
indicates an understanding of what the book is saying). This may seem like a
rigid requirement but since there are no exams or quizes,
it is the only way that I know (or think that I know) that you have done the
reading and that the paper is yours and not found on the web.
YOU MAY USE OTHER RESEARCH MATERIAL AS WELL. IF YOU USE INFORMATION FROM
THE WWW, PLEASE GIVE AS COMPLETE A CITATION AS POSSIBLE INCLUDING THE URL. I
have posted supplementary instructions on my webpage; please consult it and
follow the instructions. You are not allowed to have two paragraphs in a row
that use only non-assigned sources. As a rough rule of thumb, use only sources
published this century unless there is a compelling reason to use an older source.
All material that is not orginal to you must have a
citation. Quotation marks are required only when you are using someone else's
wording. If you are using their ideas and facts that are put in your own words,
you still need to cite the source but quotation marks would be inappropriate.
Please do not start a sentence with "I feel." Instead use phrases
such as "I conlude" or "it is my
judgment based upon the evidence" etc. If you present solid evedence on an issue and then follow with a rational
argument to reach a conclusion, I will assume that this is not only your
conclusion but it is also how you "feel."
***These books are three of many of the abridged and re-written volumes of
Joseph Needham's massive, monumental, multivolume work,
Science and Civilisation in
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Thomas R. DeGregori, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Houston
Department of Economics
204 McElhinney Hall
Houston, Texas 77204-5019
Ph. 001 - 1 - 713 743-3838
Fax 001 - 1 - 713 743-3798
Email trdegreg@uh.edu
Web homepage http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg