Meiji period

Colonialism was a policy of creation and maintenance of a form of colonial people in a territory to other territory. The history of colonialism is a major content in the evolutionary history of humankind. Colonialism is often used to refer to a period of history from the 15th century until the 19th century when Europeans built their colonies. One of the continents that got affected by the colonialism was Asia. Three representatives for this continent that went through colonial experience were…

The Magdalene Sisters Natasha Juvera Women in World History 205 Professor Reanne Eichele 20 October 2015 The Magdalene Sisters is a harrowing look at institutional cruelty, perpetrated by the Catholic Church in Ireland. In my review of the movie, The Magdalene Sisters, written and directed by Peter Mullan in 2002, powerfully illuminates contemporary Irish society’s obligation to the survivors of the nation’s Magdalen institutions. Mullan documents the culpability of the church,…

lie in the allowing of ignorant persons to meddle and talk and argue amongst themselves upon subjects they know not of.” This statement, published in Emperor Guangxu’s second edict during the Hundred Days’ Reform period, ironically summarises one of the major failings of the reform period. Had the Emperor not been swept along by the pace of the reform, but rather realised the crippling incompetence and naivety of the reformers, perhaps the reform would not have been given a name to immortalise…

was the Taiping Rebellion (1851-64). Though traditionally called a rebellion, this large-scale political and religious revolt claimed as many as 50 million lives and thus can be considered the bloodiest civil war in world history. China during this period was faced with severe economic dislocation, a weakened imperial army from the second Opium War (1956-60), and corruption of local officials. The rebellion was initiated in the Guangdong province in southern China and led by a Chinese Christian…

East Asia in the 19th to the early 20th century was a time period of change, new approaches and constant pressures. After a lengthy era of isolationism East Asia was experiencing pressure from outside forces. The West approached with strong intentions and new ideas and unique cultural traditions. The Eastern Asian countries were finding themselves behind in advances in several different realms, such as, the military and in technology. Japan and China were suffering under the pressures to…

DAY I: ENGLAND AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Essential Lesson Questions: Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England and not in other places? What were some reactions to it and why did they emerge? Historical Thinking Skill: Cause and Consequence & Interpretation of Evidence Students will read an excerpt from one secondary source and two small primary sources dealing with the Industrial Revolution making sure to annotate all three of them, in addition they will take some notes to get…

immigration of Japanese to Brazil started officially when the first ship Kasato Maru landed in the port of Santos in June 1908 (Sasaki, 2006). The beginning of a Japanese era in Brazil was influenced by two significant waves of immigration. During the first period 1908-1941, the reception and processing centres registered some 190,000 people as new arrivals from Japan. In the second, post-war era from 1952 to 1979, the number neared fifty thousand people (de Brito Fabri Demartini,…

The Republic of South Korea 's evolution into the flourishing democracy it is today would have been very difficult without the security, economic and investment ties generated by America’s heavy military engagement in Korea from the beginning of the Cold War and the close economic ties with Western countries that resulted from this alliance with the United States. Thus, America’s efforts to balance against Soviet influence in the peninsula led to the growth and modernization of the South Korean…

Dangerous femme fatale characters like Mitsuko are common in Japanese history, even featuring in old myths (Adams 33). One particular kind of Japanese femme fatale is the “poison woman” (dokufu): this term emerged in media and literature of the Meiji period. Like Mitsuko, “poison women” were sexually aggressive and free, murderous, and dangerous. Men felt threatened by the “poison woman” because of her ability to sexually seduce men to their deaths (Adams 38-39). The idea of the “poison woman”…

terms of their production dates, the two films are not to far apart, Doctor Akagi was shot in () whilst Akira was produced in (). The key difference is the Doctor Akagi is fundamentally a movie about the past, throughout it explores a very difficult period in the nation’s history, and perhaps a lot of it is about reconciling the uncomfortable truths and memories of the past, with a distant present. The movie really shows it all, from Akagi son being a war criminal in Manchuria, to the…