POL SCI 141B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Meiji Restoration, Iwakura Mission, Sakoku
31 Jan 2017
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What we should be concerned with is the stability in ea during the time before colonialism. After the ming dynasty, the qings took over. Number of disasters towards the end of the ming dynasty, manchus take power. Era during which china was swallowed up by outside powers. Very shortly after that, the tokugawa family takes over japan, long reign begins. Japan decided to shut itself off from the rest of the world. Believed that japan would be stronger if it shut its borders. Important: japan decided to seclude itself during the age of industrialization negative consequences. Trade did take place between japan and the dutch in nagasaki, but the. Dutch, portuguese, spanish, british, and danish all active. But at the time, they were not trying to control ea. Ea: no property rights, no development of the capitalist system, no industrial. Br was buying huge amounts of product from china, but was unable to sell trade imbalance.
