John M. Jackson

jojacks2[at]vt.edu

These are mostly papers that I wrote for various college courses. Although some of the research is a little outdated, I thought they represented some of my best writing.

Asian History

• Barbarians at the Gate: Sino-Portuguese Relations, 1514-1522
  
  
• The Benefit of Water: Factors Leading to the Development of China's Grand Canal System
  
  
• An Early Spring: Mao Tse-tung, the Chineses Intellectuals, and the Hundred Flowers Campaign
  
  
• The Red-Hair People of Deshima: Dutch Traders and Their Impact on Japan

Film Criticism

• Plan 9 from Outer Space guide and review
  

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