World History Spine · Modern
Meiji Japan Modernizes
How Japan went from forced opening by US warships to a great power in 50 years: Perry's ships, the 1868 Restoration, abolishing domains and samurai, the Iwakura Mission, industry and zaibatsu, the 1889 constitution, and wars with China and Russia.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Empires & colonialism. Next: World War I; East Asia: Japan & Korea. Sources: Marius Jansen, *The Making of Modern Japan* (2000); Andrew Gordon, *A Modern History of Japan*.Next: 1. Opening and restoration