Small curls of a shiny‚ metallic looking substance float down onto a mountain of shreds. These shreds belong to cars-- the Honda EVs (electric vehicles)‚ to be exact. In the thought-provoking documentary‚ Who Killed the Electric Car?‚ director Chris Paine looks into the birth‚ rise‚ and fall of the electric car. This 2006 documentary explores this issue in an almost story-like way‚ a suspenseful murder thriller. With twists and turns at every corner‚ it is hard to see who is the real killer. Chris
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economic‚ political‚ military and foreign relations policies. Drawing upon influences from Europe and America‚ many Japanese people embraced modernization as an attempt to be able to stand up in their own right as a nation. With the Meiji Restoration‚ Japan’s government changed tremendously in education‚ commerce and industry. Japan was able to make this change because it allowed itself to be open to Europe and America by “foreign intercourse” as Shigenobu Okuma stated in Fifty Years of New
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------------------------------------------------- Restoration literature Restoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660–1689)‚ which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in England‚ Scotland‚ Wales‚ and Ireland. In general‚ the term is used to denote roughly homogeneous styles of literature that center on a celebration of or reaction to the restored court of Charles II. It is a literature
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Of the many samurai who devoted themselves to helping our country before Japan was westernized‚ there was one famous national samurai hero‚ named Sakamoto Ryoma. Most Japanese people know his name well‚ and how he made a great contribution to Japan’s rapid modernization. Sakamoto Ryoma was a low ranking samurai who played a major role in Japan’s transmutation from a feudal society into a unified state intent on modernizing itself and overtaking the West. He appeared at a critical stage in history
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After saw all those achievements from Industry Revolution by Japanese’s own eyes‚ they found the distance between themselves and advanced western countries. All those new things cause the fail of Tokugawa Bakufu. Meiji Restoration started. Government during Meiji Restoration: In April 6 1868‚ the Oath in Five Articles was published and became the basic guiding principle of the government. Meiji period began. The new government of Japan applied a lot of policy during that time. They changed
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are in our society. So by naming his play that‚ Congreve is signaling that he thinks that at least some things in his society are absurd or foolish. Restoration Drama The term ’Restoration ’
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throughout the movie. The title of the movie is very appropriate in my opinion. “Twilight Samurai” is not only the nickname that his colleagues gave him‚ but the word twilight also describes the period in Japanese history immediately before the Meiji restoration‚ which brought an End to samurai power and privilege (Twilight Samurai‚ 2005). Twilight Samurai is a movie about loyalty‚ honor‚ love‚ hardships‚ and death‚ but a huge part of this movie is also describing the dramatic changes in Japanese culture
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in France (1814-30)? Much of the historical interest in the restored Bourbon monarchy has concentrated on its shortcomings‚ often giving the impression that it was destined to failure from its very inception. Indeed‚ as both the First and Second Restorations ended in relatively swift revolutions‚ it is difficult to argue against the validity of this method. However‚ I don’t believe that the question of "˜why a failure occurred’ can be addressed properly without some prior discussion about the nature
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The Meiji Restoration was period in Japan when massive changes in ancient Japan. The goal of the Meiji Restoration was summarized in their motto‚ "A rich country‚ a strong military." In their quest to do so‚ the Meiji looked to the western civilizations. The Meiji sent young men to study abroad and learn new traits from the west. Before this drastic move the traditional Japanese society was largely isolated from all other civilizations. By doing this the Japanese managed to strengthen the economy
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Evaluate the consequences of modernization for Japan The modernisation of Japan was an all or none matter. Either every aspect of the country had to be modernized to some extent‚ or no single aspect could be modernized. The four main aspects of Japan’s modernisation were industrialisation‚ political modernisation‚ education reform and military development. These four aspects had severe political‚ economic and social consequences on Japan. Some of the main political‚ economic and social consequences
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