Paths to Modernisation in East Asia · c. 1840 – 1950
The Meiji Restoration
Japan's rapid modernization and the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Key Questions
- 1How did Japan avoid the fate of colonisation that befell its neighbors?
- 2What was the significance of the "Iwakura Mission" for Japanese reform?
- 3How did the Meiji state synthesize Western technology with Japanese spirit?
CBSE Learning Outcomes
CBSE: Paths to Modernisation - Class 11
Class: Class 11
Subject: History
Unit: Paths to Modernisation in East Asia
Period: c. 1840 – 1950
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