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One of the most important developments leading up to the twentieth century was of course the expansion of global trade. Made possible largely through improved transportation, the economic landscapes of nations all […]

The Chirps of Dead CricketsWalking through Johnson’s Woods, I close my eyes and listen, enraptured by the sound of crickets chirping in the trees and grasses around me. I […]

goldenrod & going in circles I’m a sucker for a good goldenrod plant. The bright yellow inevitably pops against the color of the surrounding foliage in a way that you only […]

From the Beijing lecture from Wednesday, I didn’t know that the 1800s famine was as overwhelming as it was and affected most of China. I find it interesting that it caused out migration from Southeast Asia to the […]

The 1900s witnessed many modernizations in different country. The effects of Western civilization had made Yukichi start to think about modernize his country but the way to do it was cruel to their ancestor and […]

Graffiti Is A Bad LookI had a very familiar feeling in Johnson’s woods. I was reminded of the woods behind my town hall back in Wellesley, MA. There were little ponds […]

The Lone Survivor In my class the Gilded Age, we are learning about how settlers created homes in the U.S. by chopping down trees and creating log cabins, I was […]

For countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia that were threatened by the expansion of European Imperial powers, how they could protect their self determination and territorial integrity as peoples became an […]

The 1900s are the most notable years in history for modernization of less-developed countries. While this is true, the beginning of modernization in Japan started in their Kaei years, described as the period from […]

The article I read was about a woman run mezcal business called Yola Mezcal. The main focus of the article is Yola Jimenez, who started the company. She was born in Mexico City but her grandfather started […]

When reading through some of the third- and first-person accounts around 1900 for this week, I noticed that there was a pervasive necessity among elites and thinkers of the time to push for industrialized […]

There are many ways and means by which nations can modernize and adapt to rapidly changing times. However, While countries attempted and proposed different means of modernization throughout the discussed time […]

If you are curious, The Storm that Swept Mexico is a great documentary about the Mexican Revolution:

From class discussions/lectures as well as the readings this week, one theme stuck out to me as we learned about different regions of the world and their experiences during the early 1900s. This theme had to do […]

Countries in Latin America saw the potential economic gain they could receive from the modernization of Western Europe and wanted to capitalize on it. They enjoyed the benefits brought by European nations and […]

With the rise of modernization in both latin america and japan, it was interesting to see from both articles (Latin America pg 86, De-Asianization pg 131) that back then people thought those not taking part in […]

As most historians seem to believe that modernization can happen in a blink of an eye, but as we read we now understand that modernization came at different times and had different outcomes.  No country was […]

The Island  What really struck me about Johnson’s woods was its location, its sense of place within the wider environment. For most of our drive, I st […]