Japan
“All this Silver of Japan”: Japanese Silver and the First Global Economy
How Japanese silver was critical to the First Global Economy
“Countless Shops Filled with Diverse Goods”: Introducing the First Global Economy
What do paintings reveal about Portugal’s role in the First Global Economy?
“Leading Russia Nearer and Nearer to Utter Ruin”: Teaching the Russo-Japanese War from a Global Perspective
Reframing how we teach the Russo-Japanese War
“ Sparks and Embers from the Raging Fires”: Experiencing Firebombing and Total War in Tokyo
Using survivor accounts to teach the firebombing of Tokyo
Greater East Asia and Second World War Propaganda
Teaching the East Asian theater of the Second World War using propaganda posters
“We Ladies of Africa”: Feminism, Socialism, and Imperialism, c.1850 - c.1910
Teaching late nineteenth-century global feminism
“Foreign Customs are Now Generally Understood Throughout Japan”: Foreign Influence on Japanese Reform in the Nineteenth Century
Discussion of how the Japanese understood foreign influences
“Steel is the Mother of Industry”: Teaching the Second Industrial Revolution in Japan
Discussion of the Second Industrial Revolution in Japan
“The Lesson to be Drawn for Japan”: The Origins of Japanese Industrialization
Discussion of teaching the origins of Japanese industrialization
“A Turning Point in My Life”: East Asia in the Forty Years’ War
Discussion of teaching East Asia in the World Wars
