Industrialization
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Japanese and European industrialization was similar in many ways and different in others during the period of the 1750’s through 1930’s. Most countries in these period started to have industrial revolutions where they started to use machines such as the cotton gin and the spinning jenny which improved the lives of humans. Japan and Europe both experienced these industrial revolutions which is when they started to use machines for agriculture and started to open up factories.They were alike in many ways but also unalike.
One social aspect that was similar was they both had rapid population growth and one social difference is in Europe there was a full increased opportunity for education for women but this was not the case in Japan. In both Europe and Japan there were the population had a major increase. Eastern Europe’s great population increase in the late 18th century, extending well into the 19th century was a major economic change. Between 1750 and 1800, the populations of most countries including Japan and Europe increased between 50 and 100 percent, as a result of the new food introduced to them which includes the potato and there also was a exponential decline in disease in all countries. Population growth at this rate caused change in Japan and Europe. One social difference was in Europe that their was universal education which gave women a full opportunity at education while in Japan there was just some increased opportunity for education for women. Universal education is when all people are given an equal chance for education, regardless of what their social class, gender, ethnicity, or physical and mental disabilities. Men and Women both had an equal opportunity for education. However, In Japan during the industrial revolution women received some education but is was not as equal as men because they were expected to take care of the home and the children which didn’t need a lot of education and women had to be educated to defend the country when their husbands died. A social aspect that was alike was they both had population growth and one social difference is in Europe women were given an equal opportunity for education but in Japan there only was some increased opportunity for education.
One political similarity was there was limited foreign investment in both countries and one difference was Japan had to import energy sources while Europe already had them at their disposal. Both in Europe and in Japan during the industrial revolution there was limited foreign investment. Neither Japan or Europe had capital flows to their countries from another, granting extensive ownership stakes in their domestic companies and assets. Both countries had a small incentive to open up the domestic market to foreign firms with developed machinery and technologies. To continue, In Europe they had they energy sources already inside the country. They had large domestic deposits of coal for steam power and large domestic deposits