COMM 376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: High Standard Manufacturing Company, Malay Peninsula, Goh Chok Tong
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The following countries/regions" culturegrams (world edition), 2015. (for this class, please read only the background , the people , society and at a glance sections. ) Collectively-minded people with strong emphasis on loyalty to one"s business/club/school etc. Abe"s party) has dominated politics, with occasional success of the democratic party of japan (centrist). Country has suffered earthquakes, nuclear disaster and corruption. 1192 rise of yoritomo minamoto - beginning of the shogun and samurai (kamakura) era. Saw less conflict between warlords, greater stability and central governance. Era saw rise in intellectualism, art, urbanization. Emergence of the tea house, the geisha. Tokugawa made daimyos (regional administrators) frequently travel and visit capital, this kept them busy, kept him informed and prevented mutiny and collusion among them. Influence of samurai culture in modern japan - more masculine culture (when compared with china), prevalence of suicide among men, emphasis on honour and self- constraint. 1853 the arrival of the american black ships .
