HIST-3330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Donghak, Tuberculosis, Dan Takuma
5 Feb 2016
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Silk a way for women to get out. Tuberculosis spread in textile mills then when the girl is sent home it spreads in the village. Slave to the machine, they have to work at the machines pace. Better meals, shorter hours, big money if you can las long enough. Stay on the farm and starve or go to work and risk tuberculosis. Shonen kurabu boys club publication for adolescent males. Dan takuma samurai, thought new japan would offer opportunities in mining. Mitsubishi started by a samurai took over steamship cargo vessels. University was a pathway to positions of power in japanese government. 1885 china and japan agreed both sides would pull out of korea. 1894 rebellion in korea chinese sent in troopers into korea tonghak. 1894 95 sino-japanese war defeated the chinese navy and land forces. Japanese got money, taiwan, stop interfering with japan"s northern movement in korea. Russia wanted liaodong so it was excluded from japan"s spoils of war.
