... instead of certain kind of flying machine aero car. People's life has expanded into aerial space. The whole city is equipped with high technology, so on and so forth. However, the issue is this kind of movies is nearly western. They indicate westerners' conception of ... countries. The consequence may be highly developed cities with advanced high technology but without history. A matter of course, people have different opinions for the future development of Chinese cities. There is a point of view that our modern cities should have distinguishing features and competitive ability. To som...

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... the new era. Warren Harding was elected by a landslide with his slogan of "return to normalcy." Changes and innovations occurred in the economy, technology and culture that gave more Americans more leisure time to do what they wanted to do. The pro-business atmosphere and the pursuit of profits led ... money, and in turn bought more goods. Middle-class families bought new appliances such as electric refrigerators, washing machines, and vacuum cleaners. The modern assembly line, which Henry Ford first introduced shortly before the war, was vital not only to the automotive industry but to...

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... labour. Not only this, they are faced with problem of modernixing their economies within the capitalist system for political reasons especially. this environment, latecomers to the modern world, less developed economies must buy abroad modern machinery, modern technology and modern know-how to prepare the basic conditions to compete. To finance this buying, they export raw materials, cash crops, and human labour. While the 3rd ... ...

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... in many ways. Japan and United States' influence has been extraordinary compared to others. Japanese colonialism unmistakably laid foundations for transformation to modern economy of Korea. Under Japanese rule, Korea changed from agricultural oriented society to a modern industrialized nation. The colonial government, although its intentions were geared for their gains, helped establish railroads, textile factories, power plants, and ... others. United States plays a crucial role for war-devastated Korea in the 1950s. U.S. aided more than any nation through military and economic assistan...

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... wanted isolation due to their belief that they were still superior. This evident isolation, however, led to China and Japan falling behind the West due to the West having superior technology and wealth. Also, Japan needed raw materials that were required to industrialize. Japanese government came out of isolation because in 1853 Matthew Perry came from the United States to insist ... Japan trade with them and open up their markets, Japan decided to trade. Then, they sent samurai to explore the Western world, and the samurai came back with new technology and ideals such as democracy. The...

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... formal education, literacy expansion, urbanization, and health care. Birth rates have increased and death rates have dropped in many African nations as a result of colonialism. New levels of technology that had never been seen in Africa were introduced, such as electricity and telecommunications. Some Africans benefited from these developments intended for all, but new forms of inequality and tensions ... arose when the colonial powers left: between traditional and modern, upper class and lower, and urban and rural, where there had not been such tensions before. Without opportunities cr...

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... formal education, literacy expansion, urbanization, and health care. Birth rates have increased and death rates have dropped in many African nations as a result of colonialism. New levels of technology that had never been seen in Africa were introduced, such as electricity and telecommunications. Some Africans benefited from these developments intended for all, but new forms of inequality and tensions ... arose when the colonial powers left: between traditional and modern, upper class and lower, and urban and rural, where there had not been such tensions before. Without opportunities cr...

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