Economic Development of China, India or Asia
                    Summer 2006
ECONOMICS 3355 Sections 03326+                 Thomas R. DeGregori
4 to 6 PM MTWTh, ALL  Sessions                       Office: 209D M
Room 108 AH                                Office hrs.  MTWTHF
Ph. (713) 743 3838                 by appointment when in town
I prefer to receive emails -            Email: trdegreg@uh.edu

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. The course
will meet on the first day indicated in the schedule for the class assignments.

THERE WILL BE NO EXAMS OR QUIZZES.

It is also available as a graduate course, Economics 6355.

Those who wish to sign up for the 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). Modifications of
either the China or India options will be considered if approved by
Dr. Zou or Dr. Khumawala.

There are three options for the course - (1) Focus on China, (2)
Focus on India, (3) All of Asia excluding Japan, Australia and New
Zealand. Pick one of the three and the five books that are assigned
with it. Then pick your topics with in that focus. Most of the
following books are available in paperback. Buy or otherwise gain
access only to the books assigned for your option.

China Option

The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, Patricia Buckley Ebrey,
Cambridge University Press.

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilization by John M Hobson,
Cambridge University Press.

Growth Without Miracles: Readings on The Chinese Economy in the Era
of Reform, by Ross Garnaut & Yiping Huang, eds. Oxford 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.


India Option

A New History of India by Stanley Wolpert, Oxford University.

Agriculture, Food Security, Poverty, and Environment: Essays on Post
reform India by C H Hanumantha Rao, Oxford University Press, 2005.

Globalization and the Developing Countries by D. Bigman, ed., Oxford
University Press.

Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate, by Thomas R. DeGregori,
Blackwell Professional.

The Environment, Our Natural Resources and Modern Technology
India Option, by Thomas R. DeGregori, Blackwell Professional.

All Asia Option

Rhodes Murphy, A History of Asia, Addison, Wesley, Longman paperback,
latest edition.

The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China, and the West by Toby
E. Huff, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Globalization and the Developing Countries, by D. Bigman, ed., Oxford
University Press paperback.

Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate, by Thomas R. DeGregori,
Blackwell Professional.

The Environment, Our Natural Resources and Modern Technology
India Option, by Thomas R. DeGregori, Blackwell Professional.


Assignment:

You are to write three papers of (very) roughly to 10+ pages each.
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. No. Three is also
required. Pick one of the others for your final paper.

The suggested topics:

1)   Asian history and culture as basis for understanding Asian economies today
2)   Asian Culture, Geography & Politics to understand Asia economies today.
3)   Asian agriculture
4)   Asian Economic Development since 1950.
5)   Asian Economic Development since 1979.
6)   Poverty and inequality in Asia and what can be done about it.
7)   Major issues in Asian Development: IMF, Debt etc.
8)   The Asian Development model: What is it and what is its future?

In each of the above suggested topics, you may substitute China,
India, South Asia or East Asia for Asia. In other words, you may take
this as an Asian Economics Course, an East Asian Economics Course, a
South Asian Economics Course or a China or India Economics Course. Good luck!

THERE WILL NOT BE A FINAL EXAM.

The Course Has Been Approved and Will Be Offered.

ALL PAPERS HAVE TO INCLUDE CITED MATERIAL FROM THE ASSIGNED READINGS.
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.