Trevor Olds DBQ During the period of time from the 1880s to the 1930s‚ Japan and India both were beginning to mechanize their cotton industries. Both of these countries had similar recruitment techniques‚ but differed when it came to who the workers were and where they came from‚ and the working conditions they had in the mill. Documents 1‚ 2‚ and 6 all show the increased usage of machines in Japanese and Indian cotton factories. The chart in Document 1 that details the production of cotton yarn
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Response Paper Prompt: Compare and contrast David Landes’ and Andre Gunder Frank’s explanations of economic development and underdevelopment. How do these authors explain the development of Japan in the 19th century? This paper will analyze the arguments on development and underdevelopment from the point of view of David Landes and Andre Gunder Frank. At the very beginning of Frank’s essay‚ he clarifies three characteristics of countries‚ developed‚ underdeveloped and undeveloped. Meaning
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Some commentators have suggested that Australia is ignoring Japan due to the rise of China as Australia’s number one trading partner and the growing importance that is attached to this relationship. Japanese and Australian relations have widely been considered as friendly‚ stable and largely driven by common goals and interests. Japan was at one stage Australia’s largest trading partner and in recent times strong economic links‚ defence‚ scientific cooperation and tourism have all helped to
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Modern History Essay Area of Study: Pearl Harbor Question: Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor and what were the consequences that Japan faced? On the dawn of the 7th of December 1941‚ the unfolding of the strategic surprise attack on Pearl Harbor which had been planned in secrecy several months in advance by the empire of Japan took place and was known and remembered by many as the day of infamy (Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ December 7th 1941). The surprise attack executed by the Japanese military
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At 8:15 am on August the 6th 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. In this essay I will be presenting my views on whether the Americans should have used the atomic weapons against Japan. I both agree and disagree that dropping the bomb was the right thing to do. Throughout this essay I will explain why I feel that both points and reason are correct. At the end I will put together and summarise my strongest points. Let me start with the reasons why they were wrong to
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Compare and contrast business systems in Japan and China. Answer with reference to relevant theories and use comparative country and/or corporate examples. Word count: 2‚608 To understand the differences between Japanese and Chinese business systems we must first understand the meaning of a “business system”. A “business system” is a “methodical procedure or process‚ used as a delivery mechanism for providing specific goods or services to customers in a well defined market” (1). Unlike the
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relentlessly‚ intense bombing of 67 other cities of Japan‚ it was still unable to disclose the end of the War. Then August 6‚ 1945 - August 9‚ 1945‚ Under order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman‚ atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima‚ and Nagasaki‚ marking the only time nuclear weapons were used in warfare in all of U.S. history. It roughly killed about 129‚000-246‚000 or more people. Using a weapon of such untold destructive force‚ it made Japan finally announced its surrender to the Allies. Was
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The civilians killed and injured by the atomic blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren’t soldiers. They were citizens‚ women and children. The US was more interested in a quick and devastating end to the war than to care for the millions of Japanese lives who were innocent. They had in their hands the weapon that was capable of bringing speed for the Japanese surrender‚ so they used it. Admiral William Leahy stated‚ “I was not taught to make wars in that fashion‚ and that wars cannot be won by destroying
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Why did Japan succeed in modernising and industrialising in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries while China and Korea failed to do so? During the late nineteenth century‚ China‚ Japan and Korea all had the opportunity to modernise and industrialise. The leaders of each country had died which provided a fresh start for new leaders and new ideas of reform but it was only Japan who succeeded to successfully modernise and industrialise due to a number of factors‚ leaving its neighbours
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The Meiji Restoration was a great change to Japan. It bought an end to isolation an introduced them to westernisation with the industrial revolution. It was the end of feudalism and the beginning of a new government system known as “the diet” which was modelled around a German government system. Japans rapid rate of westernisation influenced them to want more and more power particularly after adopting the slogan “rich country‚ strong military”. Japan had built itself up so well as a country that
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