Tuesday‚ 16 October 2012 [Essay] Modernization and Westernization are not Identical Concepts Introduction The battle between the east and the west still continues as each try to preserve its culture and assert its powers. Just as the fight to be superpowers continues‚ the west and east continue to outdo each other in other aspects. The concept of modernization means an evolution from traditional society practices to modern social status. Modernization has brought about transformation of societies
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December 2014 Westernization of China and Japan Non Western countries such as China and Japan dealing with the pressure from the West to modernize‚ industrialize‚ and westernize. Japan and China both had significant differences in terms of how both parties dealt and responded to the pressure of West expanding throughout their lands. Although both countries had remarkable differences‚ there were definitely similarities. The differences and similarities on how China and Japan reacted to the
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Modernization of Japan Leslie Owen SOC 315 Dr. Randall Norris June 5‚ 2010 Japan has been shaped and molded with the help of many other cultures. Japan was originally founded on the Tang Dynasty in the year 710 but shortly after developed its own take on traditional Chinese ways (Roskin‚ 2011)‚ so there is a clear similarity when discussing China and Japan. Not only has the Chinese culture affected Japan‚ but the countries of America‚ England‚ The Netherlands and many
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Jenny Cho February 7‚ 2013 Stewart Assignment #4: Japan (Prompt/thesis) Prompt: Discuss possible reasons why Japan was the only non-western state to nationalize and win recognition as an equal and how it managed to accomplish this in a mere half century. Thesis: Being aware of recent Western invasions in China‚ Japan had recognized the need to transform their institutions and its society‚ therefore‚ Japan embraced nationalism. By 1649‚ Japan had shut down contact with the European world with the
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saying India is under the westernization impact or you are getting modern. The term modernization and westernization are confused with each other. But in fact both are different. The question here arises is what should India opt for? Is modernization better than westernization? Modernization: It symbolizes the shift into a lot of trendy techniques and strategies.It merely means that the betterment and to maneuver forward in an exceedingly positive sense. Hence‚ modernization follows to maneuver forward
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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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the early 17th century Japan shut itself from most contact with other nations. Under the rule of the Tokugawa shoguns the Japanese society was very reserved and was in very tight order. The shoguns gave out land to the lords and daimyo. The peasant worked for and lived under the protection of their daimyo. The daimyo had a small army of samurais. The rigid system was to keep the country free of civil war and to keep peace for Japan. This lasted for about two centuries. Japan during those two centuries
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Westernization… What exactly is westernization? Is it a bad thing or is it something good for us? Picking up the westerners dressing style‚ their ideas is that what westernization is? Wikipedia says.. It is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture in areas such as industry‚ technology‚ law‚ politics‚ economics‚ lifestyle‚ diet‚ language‚ alphabet‚ religion‚ philosophy‚ and values. We have almost covered all areas except for law‚ politics and economics.. We are way behind
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Ch.12-2‚ Modernization in Japan P.376-379 I. Japan Ends Its Isolation A. The Demand for Foreign Trade 1. Westerners tried to convince the Japanese to open their ports to trade a. British‚ French‚ Russian and America officials occasionally anchored off the Japanese coast b. Japan refused to receive them c. 1853‚ US commodore Matthew Perry took four ships into Tokyo harbor‚ socked Japanese d. Tokugawa shogun dubiously received Perry and the letter Perry had brought form US president
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R314632 Japan – China ‚ Their Modernization and the comparison China and Japan both came under pressure from the West in the 19th century. The West wanted to open up foreign trade and relations‚ during this period in time neither Japan or China had the means to stand up against the West. This due to the fact that both the United states of America and Europe went through an industrial revolution‚ hence they had superior technology and weaponry for this time period. Japan and China basically
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