As oriental countries,the West often perceives China and Japan as two countries with similar politics, economics, and social norms. What many Westerners may not realize, however, is that starting in the 19th century, Japan ended its traditional isolationist policies while China sought to become isolationist, and that this distinction strongly influenced both Japan and China’s ...
One of Long Island’s great treasures to visit is Old Bethpage Village Restoration located in Old Bethpage, New York. It is literally a village that you can walk around and see the demonstrations of what 19th century life was like. Old structures have been restored to see what a normal everyday 1800’s Long Island farming ...
From 1820-1920 approximately 34 million persons immigrated to America and about three-fourthsof them stayed. They came for many different reasons, to escape violence, to find new hope, or to chase the “America Dream.” This caused many things to develop and change throughout America. This mass immigration was possible because of the “endless” western territory but ...
What were the foundations of corrections over the past two centuries? During the 19th century an offender experienced physical pain and torture as punishment for committing crimes. Corporal punishment was often used and most of the time punishments were carried out in the public. The purpose was retributive, to deter others, and to humiliate the ...
The transition from feudalism to democracy is never an easy one and usually involves bloodshed. This was the case in France and even Britain. Germany, however, seems to have had particular trouble with modernization. While Germany had to overcome many problems in the 19th century, two of the most important involved Christian/Jewish relations. Germany had ...
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