PDF-(EBOOK)-Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that capturedand transformedthe worlds imagination from karaoke and the Walkman to anime and emojiDuring the economic miracle of the 1970s and 80s Japan seemed to exist in some near future soaring on the superior technology of Sony and Toyota while the West struggled to catch up Then a catastrophic 1990 stockmarket crash ushered in what the Japanese call their lost decades The end of the boom times should have plunged Japan into irrelevance But in Pure Invention Matt Alt argues thats precisely when things got interestingwhen once again Japan got to the future a little ahead of the rest of usJapan made itself rich after the Second World War by selling the world what it needed in the form of better cars appliances and microprocessors But it conquered hearts through wildly creative pop culture that responded to modern life in new ways As social compacts and safety nets evaporated in rushed a revolution of geeky gadgets gizmos and flights of fancy Hello Kitty the Nintendo Entertainment System and illustrated entertainment empires like Pokmon and Dragon Ball Z were more than marketing hits They transformed Japan into the worlds forge of fantasies and they transformed us as we consumed them karaoke making everyone a star emoji rewriting the rules of human communication virtual gameworlds offering escapes from reality and new perspectives on itBy turns a nostalgia trip and a secret history Pure Invention is the story of an indelible group of Japanese craftsmen artists businesspeople geniuses and oddballs It is also an unsung chapter of globalization in which Japanese dreams formed a new blueprint for global pop cultureand may have created the modern world as we know it. Kai Classic Premier Kaji Reserve Blue Dual Core Hiro Fuji Made In China Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Steel Blades VG-Max Core VG-Max Core SG-11 Clad Core SG-11 Clad Core Blue II Car Mr. . Napier. Japan. Geography. Label the four major islands. Hokkaido. Honshu. Shikoku. Kyushu. Label the major waterways. Pacific Ocean. Sea of Japan. Korea Strait. Label Tokyo with a star. Hokkaido. Sarah Campbell. Ketchikan High School. Ketchikan, Alaska. Essential Question:. In what ways did the events of modern Japan influence writers of that period? What perspectives on modernization are reflected in literature produced during the Meiji and Taisho period?. February . 6. th. . 2013. New Leadership. Leaders of new Meiji Era were young, intelligent samurai who were eager for change and came to power in 1868.. All had academic and military skills, many had travelled or met Westerners, and studied under Yoshida or Sakuma . Sarah Campbell. Ketchikan High School. Ketchikan, Alaska. What does Modern Japan Look Like?. “Tokyo 1934.”. . Old Photos of Japan: A Photo blog of Japan in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Periods. . Invention. is when someone creates something new.. Innovation. is when something is changed to make it better. . Inventions can go through many innovative changes over the course of time. . In this Slam Dunk you will be learning about some different inventions, and how they have been changed over time.. Warm-up: Monday. 1. What has happened to Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and China in the era of Western imperialism?. 2. What do you think happens to Japan in the era of Western imperialism?. Primary source: The Seclusion of Japan. © Student Handouts, Inc.. The Tokugawa Shogunate. Tokugawa family ruled Japan from 1603 until 1868 – also known as the Edo period. 1635 – foreign trade limited to China, Korea, and Netherlands at Nagasaki a few times per year. Pure Land Buddhism To begin, true or false….on Zen Buddhism 1) Zen Buddhism originates from ‘The Tree Sermon’ by the Buddha False – The Flower Sermon 2) Mahakashyapa was the name of the monk that understood this ‘wordless insight’ from this sermon Only about 20% are flat coastal plains, and that where the majority of the population resides.. Rely on the sea for their food.. The Ainu. A culture that developed in Japan, possibly moved to Japan from eastern Russia (Siberia).. a. Describe Germany’s aggression in Europe and Japan’s aggression in Asia. . b. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust. . A monumental, groundbreaking work, now in paperback, that shows how technological and strategic revolutions have transformed the battlefieldCombining gripping narrative history with wide-ranging analysis, War Made New focuses on four revolutions in military affairs and describes how inventions ranging from gunpowder to GPS-guided air strikes have remade the field of battle--and shaped the rise and fall of empires.War Made New begins with the Gunpowder Revolution and explains warfare\'s evolution from ritualistic, drawn-out engagements to much deadlier events, precipitating the rise of the modern nation-state. He next explores the triumph of steel and steam during the Industrial Revolution, showing how it powered the spread of European colonial empires. Moving into the twentieth century and the Second Industrial Revolution, Boot examines three critical clashes of World War II to illustrate how new technology such as the tank, radio, and airplane ushered in terrifying new forms of warfare and the rise of centralized, and even totalitarian, world powers. Finally, Boot focuses on the Gulf War, the invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iraq War--arguing that even as cutting-edge technologies have made America the greatest military power in world history, advanced communications systems have allowed decentralized, irregular forces to become an increasingly significant threat. In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container\'s creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the first container voyage, this is the first comprehensive history of the shipping container. It recounts how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur, Malcom McLean, turned containerization from an impractical idea into a massive industry that slashed the cost of transporting goods around the world and made the boom in global trade possible. But the container didn\'t just happen. Its adoption required huge sums of money, both from private investors and from ports that aspired to be on the leading edge of a new technology. It required years of high-stakes bargaining with two of the titans of organized labor, Harry Bridges and Teddy Gleason, as well as delicate negotiations on standards that made it possible for almost any container to travel on any truck or train or ship. Ultimately, it took McLean\'s success in supplying U.S. forces in Vietnam to persuade the world of the container\'s potential. Drawing on previously neglected sources, economist Marc Levinson shows how the container transformed economic geography, devastating traditional ports such as New York and London and fueling the growth of previously obscure ones, such as Oakland. By making shipping so cheap that industry could locate factories far from its customers, the container paved the way for Asia to become the world\'s workshop and brought consumers a previously unimaginable variety of low-cost products from around the globe. A monumental, groundbreaking work, now in paperback, that shows how technological and strategic revolutions have transformed the battlefieldCombining gripping narrative history with wide-ranging analysis, War Made New focuses on four revolutions in military affairs and describes how inventions ranging from gunpowder to GPS-guided air strikes have remade the field of battle--and shaped the rise and fall of empires.War Made New begins with the Gunpowder Revolution and explains warfare\'s evolution from ritualistic, drawn-out engagements to much deadlier events, precipitating the rise of the modern nation-state. He next explores the triumph of steel and steam during the Industrial Revolution, showing how it powered the spread of European colonial empires. Moving into the twentieth century and the Second Industrial Revolution, Boot examines three critical clashes of World War II to illustrate how new technology such as the tank, radio, and airplane ushered in terrifying new forms of warfare and the rise of centralized, and even totalitarian, world powers. Finally, Boot focuses on the Gulf War, the invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iraq War--arguing that even as cutting-edge technologies have made America the greatest military power in world history, advanced communications systems have allowed decentralized, irregular forces to become an increasingly significant threat.