MeijiRestoration:

ANewIndustrializedJapan

JacksonBurks,FaizSarang,JawadKhan,SairamNalla,
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Ourproject,titledMeijiRestoration:AnewIndustrializedJapangivesinsightasto
howtheMeijirestorationledtothemodernizationofJapan.Throughsweepingreformsontrade,
industry,politics,themilitary,andmassivewesterninfluenceJapanwaseventuallytransformed
intoafullymodernizednation.Thisbeingoneofthemostradicalchangesofacountryssocial
andgovernmentinhumanhistory,wewereintriguedtolearnmoreaboutwhatinfluencedthem
tochangeandexactlywhatinnovationswerebroughtintotheircountryfromthemassexchange
andencounterwiththenewworld.

TheFloridaAtlanticDigitalLibraryprovideduswithamultitudeofresourcesdealingin
politicalandeconomicalreforms,includingKenkyujos
ControlofIndustryinJapan
and
Millards
JapanandtheIrrepressibleExpansionDoctrine
.TheInternetwasaveryvaluable
resource,asitcontainedmassvariationsofinformationaboutourtopic,suchasCommodore
PerrysjournalfromBrownUniversity,allthewaytoukiyoe.paintingsdetailingtheSamurais
fallduringtheBattleofShiroyama.Wealsoutilizeddissertations,documentariesandtheliketo
supplementtheinformationweacquirebyusingquotesfromcertainsources.Throughtheuseof
allthesetypesofsourceswewereabletoconstructourproject.

Severalfactorsleadustowardschoosingawebsite.Itallowsforonlineaccessallowing
forustoworkfromhomewithoutameetingplaceandtransportation.Thisformofprojectalso
allowsformultipleformsofmultimediatobeused,suchasvideos,music,andpictures,while
otherformsofprojectshavelessflexibilityintheirformsofpresentation.

Duringourresearch,amainproblemwascollectingofficialandhistoricallyaccurate
evidence.Althoughtheinternetcanbehelpfulittendstobeunreliable,soinourattempttofind
moreresourceswelookedfordissertationsandbooks.Whiledoingthiswediscovered,thatmost
booksonthesubjectwereeitherinFrenchandJapanese,makingithardtoobviouslyread.There
werealsoveryfewbooksonthatsubjectavailabletociteinEnglish.Duetotheobscurityofthe
topic,onlinedissertationsarehardtocomeby.Thislackofreliableinformationmadeitvery
hardtocomposeaformalandaccurateproject.

TheMeijiperiodofJapanwasthestarttoafullscalemodernizationofthecountry.This
modernizationwasduetotheexchangeandinteractionwithmodernizedcountries.This
encounterwithmodernizedforeigncountriesstartedthechainreactioncausingtheMeijiperiod
andultimatelythefullmodernizationofJapan.Asinteractionwiththesecountriescontinueda
massexchangeofideaswiththesecountriesoccurred.OvertimetheJapanesecontinuedto
explorethesenewideasandultimatelyexplorethenewwayoflife,thelifeofamodernized
country.