Topic:

What event of the nineteenth century, domestic or diplomatic, best demarcates a significant shift in the balance of power within East Asia?

First year essay assignment for the ‘Introduction to the History of East Asia’ module. Our main reading text for the module was Charles Holcombe’s ‘A History of East Asia’ (2010). Please contact me if you have any more questions or need more research materials.

General guidance from lecturer:
“All essays must be typed in 12 point font and single-spaced, with your name, a title, and the date on the first page, page numbers at the bottom of each page, and the number of words (including footnotes, but excluding the bibliography) at the end. Essays MUST be within the word count, since you will otherwise incur an automatic penalty. You are strongly encouraged at least to proofread and preferably to revise the first draft of all your essays.

Sources should be properly cited using either the author-date and reference list system or notes and bibliography system. A failure to cite properly can expose you to charges of plagiarism and to discipline by the School. For guidelines, see the ADD website (http://www.soas.ac.uk/add/studyskills/helpyourself/), and/or the Chicago Manual of Style Online (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html). ”