The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of the West. Bob Allen Professor of Economic History Oxford University Graham Lecture‚ 2008 Why are some countries rich and others poor? Since 1500‚ incomes have risen in most of the world‚ however: • Incomes have risen fastest in the countries that were richer in 1500 • Consequently‚ world inequality is much greater today than in 1500 • In 1500‚ average income in the UK was only 30% higher than in India • Today‚ the average UK income is ten times that
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From the beginning of Japanese civilization there was feudal Japan. This period of time (700 or so years)‚ this was not so modern it didn’t have strict political‚ economic‚ and social structure. But the Meiji Restoration was very moral in their structure. The Meiji Restoration lasted from 1868 with the new emperor Meiji‚ to 1912‚ ‘the death of Emperor Meiji.’ (Encyclopaedia Britannica 2014). The Meiji Period was responsible for the emergence of Japan as a modernized nation in the early 20th century
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expansion? The root of Japan’s militarism started out from the developments of the Meiji era that was established by imperial restoration after Edo period. The idea of the Meiji Revolution‚ to boost morale and to extricate Japan from the idea of Tokugawa feudalism‚ had been carried over to turn Japan into militarism. In 1930s‚ a lot of external and internal influences such as Western Powers‚ Japan’s victories of war in Asia‚ economic depression and Japan’s oversea expansion with the successful Meiji
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studying successful nations and used the lessons learned to invent a system that not only moved Japan forward into the modern age‚ but also took into consideration the traditions and history that made Japan unique. The overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate had restored the emperor to primacy in Japan. He now stood as the wellspring of political power and legitimacy. Although not a political decision maker‚ and perhaps because of this‚ the emperor stood as a unifying symbol‚ a common foundation
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Throughout the Tokugawa era (1603 AD- 1868 AD)‚ the women were thought to only be suitable for marriage and her only purpose should be learning to please her husband (Silva-Grondin). They were taught to be submissive to their husbands and were given no legal rights. These
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Europe and the World: New Encounters‚ 1500-1800 On the Brink of a New World ❖ By the 16th century‚ the Atlantic seaboard had become the center of a commercial activity that raised Portugal and Spain and later the Dutch Republic‚ England‚ and France to prominence ➢ the age of expansion was a crucial factor in the European transition from the agrarian economy of the MA to a commercial and industrial capitalistic system. The Motives ❖ Contact w/non-Europeans remained limited until the end of
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forming the ways Japan functions today. Prior to the late 17th century‚ Japan had virtually no contact with industrialized countries. They traded strictly with Asian countries like Korea‚ China and Indonesia. During this time period Japan was ruled by Tokugawa shoguns that had a very strict hand on the citizens of Japan which might explain why they didn’t ship textiles to a broad spectrum of countries. While Japan still has many of the same morals and values as it did 200 years ago‚ they are continually
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police officers who are organized into prefectural forces coordinated and partially controlled by the National Police Agency in Tokyo. Concerning the historical development‚ during the Edo period - we are talking about the years 1600 - 1868 here‚ the Tokugawa Shogunate ( the form of those days governing the country ) developed elaborate police system based on town magistrates who held samurai status and served as chiefs of police‚ prosecutors and criminal judges. The system was extended by citizens ´s
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THEMED RESEARCH PAPER: VOLUNTARY SUICIDE OF THE MODERN WORLD HISTORY Voluntary Suicide of the Modern World History Throughout history‚ the world has seen and experienced different acts of violence‚ murder and terrorism. There were armies‚ groups‚ and individuals involved in these violent acts. Some of these acts were well thought out while others happened in the moment. The people perpetrating these acts were under the order of their superiors‚ religious leaders‚ and political leaders. Others
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Bibliography: * Andrew Gordon‚ A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa times to the Present‚ (New York‚ NY: Oxford University Press‚ 2009) * Mikio Sumiya‚ A history of Japanese trade and industry policy‚ (New York‚ NY: Oxfor University Press‚ reprinted in 2004) [ 2 ]. The Economist‚ Millenium Issue: Japan ’s zaibatsu
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