Welcome to Monsoon Asia

Your first dangerous assignment is to create your own dedicated Asian Studies blog, preferably with blogger.com, and send me the URL (e.g., http://xx.blogger.com).

If you don't already have the textbook, please get one ASAP. You can order it from wherever you prefer as long as you get the correct edition of Murphey (ISBN-13: 9780205168552). For example, a quick Google search of the ISBN shows that Barnes & Noble has a particularly good deal on the textbook right now. If you find a better deal, please let us know in the comments below. Resist the urge to use the e-text version (we have an electronics-free classroom).

I will post the Intro and first chapter on the campus portal to tide you over. There will be no excuse for not reading the introduction and first chapter of Murphey, pp. 1-26, before Wednesday's class. Please make sure that you can answer the review questions on pages 8 and 26.