Industrial Revolution · TURNING POINT ·
Japan’s colonisation of Korea (1876–1910)
On the Industrial Revolution map as “Seoul”
1876–1910 — Korea is forced open by Japanese gunboats in 1876, turned into a protectorate in 1905 and annexed in 1910. Japanese-built railways and a colonial land survey bind its farms to Japan’s economy.
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- Industrialisation of Meiji Japan (chapter 10 of Industrial Revolution)
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- The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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- Mao’s China
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