chapter 19

western powers and the effects of it: the overall idea of this chapter is to encapsulate the power of the west on the cultures and ideas of the Asian countries. the west was looking for any means necessary to balance the trade between them and china. the British brought about the means to create opium and export it to china because of its addictive nature and the demand went soaring through the roof. thus creating the opium wars. in addition the chapter disussed the sick man of europe which in other words is the ottoman empire. the other European nations poke fun at this name because they are no longer empires but sovereign states that make up all of Europe. the ottoman emprie has lost all of it true power. moreover japan is creating itself into the eastern power through westernization. they use western ways to use and gain their own identity through adaption and growth from their building blocks.  

chapter 18

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: still to this day it hold to be the main cause of how the untied states emerged as a world power. the power of this revolution was evident in many cultures that made the world consist of a multitude of new technologies such as the steam engine and the development of fossils fuels. this was the also the emergence of capitalism the economic movement that consumed most of the world. in opposition to capitalism Carl Marx developed his ideologies that are called Marxism which is in other worlds a perfect form of communism. Marx argued that controlling the means of production is the only way to seize an equal way of economic system. this can only be achieve by two ways : one to unionize or collective bargain and two to create a revolution to take the means. in addition two nations were coming to power the united states and Russia. these two grew from industrialization but alternately and through different means. the united states made its economy capitalistic but also allows for unions to fight for equality whereas Russia grew up communistic and sought for government controlled means of production. all in all, the industrial revolution was the push to start the modern world today