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How did Japan develop between 1868 and 1894? Did the ‘Restoration of Meiji’ mark a sharp break with the past?

  • UPSC 1987
  • Industrialization

Between 1868 and 1894 Japan moved from a secluded feudal shogunate to a centralized, industrializing state with a modern army, navy and constitution — a transformation dramatic enough to look like a rupture, yet built substantially on Tokugawa-era foundations.

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  • Political and Administrative Transformation
  • Industrialization and Economic Development
  • Diplomatic Repositioning by 1894
  • Was the Restoration a Sharp Break with the Past?
  • Conclusion

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