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East Asia was deeply destabilized by the experience of empire, at least regarding the status quo of China and Japan both having been power players in the region around the late 19th century. As discussed in […]

What Humans Leave Behind (In the Thicket of Thoreau)“As I drew a still fresher soil about the rows with my hoe, I disturbed the ashes of unchronicled nations who in primeval years lived under […]

In the Thicket of Thoreau“I had gone down to the woods for other purposes. But, wherever a man goes, men will pursue and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if […]

In the Thicket of ThoreauIn economy, there is a section that sticks out to me. After detailing the money he spent on materials to build his temporary house on Walden, he […]

Husbandry“Ancient poetry and mythology suggest, at least, that husbandry was once a sacred art, but it is pursued by irreverent haste and heedlessness by […]

This week we discussed, read, and learned about East Asia in the 20th century. Since the Qing was now falling in China, Japan began to take over and soon was in complete control.  After being relatively isolated […]

With the growing importance of trade around the 1850s, Japan ended its era of isolationism and moved unto trade and imperialism. Mutshito gaining rule after the military dictatorship of the shoguns who were […]

East Asia in the 20th century was a continent dominated by a westernized, aggressive and nationalist Japan. This week we learned of the last dynasty of China, the Qing and the factors that led to their downfall […]

Ah Romanticism…“When I think of acquiring for myself one of our luxurious dwellings, I am deterred, for, so to speak, the country is not yet adapted to h […]

From our discussion last week on Friday we can see there are people who see the reformation and modernization on Japan to be a good thing. In the end that can be said with decent certainty but that of course is […]

The era of Japanese modernization and expansion provoked a great deal of resentment from China and Korea. Even before the start of the 20th C., there had been a significant amount of tension between the three East […]

In the Thicket of Thoreaupg. 213 “I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed by a sense of solitude, but once, and that was a few weeks after I came to the […]

The first item on our agenda Wednesday was the Border Studies program, discussed by a guest speaker in class. In the program, which is structured similarly to studying abroad, students live mainly in Tuscon, […]

One could make the argument that the women of East Asia were most negatively affected by the Japanese Empire throughout the early 20th century. While the rest of the region was beginning to grant women equal […]

East Asia in the early 20th century had a main theme of nationalism. The most powerful nations in East Asia in the early 1990s were China, Japan and Korea. All three shared similar political ideals that were drawn […]

Eastern Asia during its history was one which had most of its countries under the rule of a single autonomous ruler who held authority both politically and culturally. This absolute autonomy was one which […]

In twentieth century, Japan is a force in East Asia. With their imperialism in China and Korea, they influenced the East Asia’s cultural, society and so Japanese imperialism mark a dark age of Asia with their c […]

Without a doubt imperialism caused much conflict and misery between the citizens of Japan, Korea and China. War was a demonstration of power and a usual tool for expansion. Japan took advantage of it superior […]

The most well-defined and documented imperialism of the twentieth century was Japanese geographical and cultural expansionism. In a sense, Japanese imperialism in China and especially in Korea furthered East Asian […]

In the Thicket of Thoreau“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of time. To be in company, even the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be a […]