Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34

In which John Green teaches you about Nationalism. Nationalism was everywhere in the 19th century, as people all over the world carved new nation-states out of old empires. Nationalist leaders changed the way people thought of themselves and the places they lived by reinventing education, military service, and the relationship between government and governed. In Japan, the traditional feudal society underwent a long transformation over the course of about 300 years to become a modern nation-state. John follows the course of Japanese history from the emergence of the Tokugawa Shogunate to the Meiji Restoration and covers Nationalism in many other countries along the way. All this, plus a special guest appearance, plus the return of an old friend on an extra-special episode of Crash Course.
Chapters:
Introduction: Nationalism 00:00
Nationalism Around the World 0:49
The Modern Nation-State 1:52
The Tokugawa Bakufu of Japan 4:59
The Meiji Era and Japanese Nationalism 7:43
An Open Letter to Public Education 9:19
The Dark Side of Nationalism 10:28
Credits 11:18
Resources:
A Modern History of Japan by Andrew Gordon bit.ly/3Ocfxu0
Giving Up the Gun by Noel Perrin bit.ly/37JFQqA
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  • @EASYTIGER10
    @EASYTIGER108 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Perry arriving in Japan: "Could these markets BE any more closed??"

  • @LopezSAntonio

    @LopezSAntonio

    8 жыл бұрын

    Gold. Hahaha

  • @kenllacer

    @kenllacer

    8 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Perry is a thug in a suit.

  • @SealyAl

    @SealyAl

    8 жыл бұрын

    +EASYTIGER10 "OPEN THE COUNTRY. STOP HAVING IT bE CLOSED"

  • @kenllacer

    @kenllacer

    8 жыл бұрын

    dfoley63 Whatever economic value his 'visit' entailed, doesn't change the fact that he threatened a nation who wished to be left in peace to open up so America could 'set-up shop' in the far east. It can also be argued that his counter isolationist policy turned Japan into the brutal Imperial Japan that raged through the Asia-Pacific in the name of Industrial Expansion introduced by the west.

  • @kenllacer

    @kenllacer

    8 жыл бұрын

    dfoley63 Thank you for insulting me and my ancestors with your insensitive remarks. It's a shame you take my views aggressively. My ideas and interpretation of OUR history are my own as you are with yours.

  • @BURNOUTRS
    @BURNOUTRS7 жыл бұрын

    I can see how the arrival of Chandler Bing would have been a problem for the shogunate. Terrorizing the countryside with his sarcasm

  • @ahmadusmani2230

    @ahmadusmani2230

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mongols VIP is naruto

  • @crystalward1444

    @crystalward1444

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, Christianity: Oh my GOD.

  • @GodImJust2Sxy

    @GodImJust2Sxy

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s Ms. Chanandler Bong

  • @lolzersguy6
    @lolzersguy68 жыл бұрын

    "Open your country. Stop having it be closed" -Matthew Perry

  • @johnnyboy3390

    @johnnyboy3390

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @BBBuilds12

    @BBBuilds12

    8 жыл бұрын

    History of Japan?

  • @top10geography39

    @top10geography39

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Rockstar Zombie best video ever!

  • @AJ627

    @AJ627

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Rockstar Zombie I came back her because of that video

  • @drag0n_rage682

    @drag0n_rage682

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yes, was looking for thiz!

  • @christianactuallyimjewish4285
    @christianactuallyimjewish42857 жыл бұрын

    "A big part of being Irish, for instance, is not being English." I'm Irish and I think that nearly sums it up ;) haha

  • @goldbullet50

    @goldbullet50

    7 жыл бұрын

    "Swedes we no-longer are, Russians we do not want to become, let us therefore be Finns!" - Adolf Ivar Arwidsson So this counts for Finland as well :)

  • @matthewmcneany

    @matthewmcneany

    6 жыл бұрын

    Not just not being English, but rather not being British either.

  • @Lilypup142

    @Lilypup142

    6 жыл бұрын

    Irish people are awesome!

  • @imperialinquisitormaximusv3645

    @imperialinquisitormaximusv3645

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gaelic

  • @Aritul

    @Aritul

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@goldbullet50 That was interesting about the Finns once being Swedes.

  • @InvadersMustDie2CR
    @InvadersMustDie2CR10 жыл бұрын

    " I don't like living in a country with a bunch of stupid people " Is the best single sentence about public education I have heard as of yet.

  • @SteadholderXBL

    @SteadholderXBL

    10 жыл бұрын

    I know I chuckled at it as well :D

  • @katiecook6332
    @katiecook63324 жыл бұрын

    husband: hi honey wife: welcome home bald rat

  • @kazzykinsYo

    @kazzykinsYo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yarn Addict I can honestly see this being accurate.

  • @twilitetra9245
    @twilitetra92459 жыл бұрын

    I was completely focused on the video and what John Green was saying...until I saw Amaterasu gallop across the screen. That reference deserved a like.

  • @mr.e8325

    @mr.e8325

    9 жыл бұрын

    DUDE! I'm _so_ happy I'm not the only person who got that!

  • @raymondshields7764

    @raymondshields7764

    9 жыл бұрын

    Was just about to say the same thing... 6:03

  • @hgnbfc2

    @hgnbfc2

    9 жыл бұрын

    I had a loud freak out in class when I saw that. Everyone was confused, but the fact that John is a fan of Okami really makes me giddy.

  • @ftwsam2246

    @ftwsam2246

    9 жыл бұрын

    I was like "was that amateratsu?"

  • @pokeyrusher

    @pokeyrusher

    9 жыл бұрын

    Okami, best the humans ever made.

  • @BlankPicketSign
    @BlankPicketSign8 жыл бұрын

    Public Education is important... _"Because I don't like living in a country with a bunch of Stupid People!"_ Best wishes: John Green

  • @user-ui8dk9py2k
    @user-ui8dk9py2k5 жыл бұрын

    *”japan is a island by the sea, filled with volcanos and its, BEAUTIFUL”*

  • @corwintipper7317

    @corwintipper7317

    4 жыл бұрын

    a billion years ago Japan might not even exist

  • @adjm642

    @adjm642

    4 жыл бұрын

    Corwin Tipper u don't know when the earth got shaped aren't ya

  • @FFFanboy7
    @FFFanboy710 жыл бұрын

    5:36 for me stability isn't underrated, it may cost some administative power, but it gives me more taxes and more trade power... i bet 3 guys got that reference

  • @TehHobbyist

    @TehHobbyist

    10 жыл бұрын

    Apparently 4 did.

  • @davidkelly4210

    @davidkelly4210

    10 жыл бұрын

    I don't even touch EU4, too much fun with CK2. lol

  • @michaelindustries9460

    @michaelindustries9460

    6 жыл бұрын

    Eu4 is cool but Victoria 2 is more fun for me

  • @reizayin

    @reizayin

    6 жыл бұрын

    at least seven people got that reference.

  • @marypusineri6291

    @marypusineri6291

    6 жыл бұрын

    At least 85 people got the reference

  • @RCShufty
    @RCShufty8 жыл бұрын

    "It's because I don't like living in a country full of stupid people". Nail on the head right there.

  • @Lilypup142

    @Lilypup142

    6 жыл бұрын

    Shufty same tho

  • @icylooz

    @icylooz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good thing you dont live in the UK 😳

  • @vandercecil9449
    @vandercecil94498 жыл бұрын

    Nice to actually see your high school history teacher you so often mention!

  • @sarahp6512
    @sarahp65126 жыл бұрын

    I love your non-eurocentric approach to history, because I'm sick of not knowing about the rest of the world. However, this isn't great when I have to study for a test in my very eurocentric history class.

  • @iTzNikkitty
    @iTzNikkitty7 жыл бұрын

    Knock knock. It's the United States, with huge boats, with guns, gunboats.

  • @pottertheavenger1363

    @pottertheavenger1363

    5 жыл бұрын

    Knock knock, we are here to liberate your market

  • @Victor-zd1jr

    @Victor-zd1jr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Open up your port, stop, having it, be closed

  • @maggiekwan6700

    @maggiekwan6700

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Open the country" said the united states "Stop having it be closed"

  • @eleanortan4816

    @eleanortan4816

    5 жыл бұрын

    With guns and ships and so the balance shifts..... :D Hamilton fandom anyone?

  • @Tenkay0

    @Tenkay0

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@eleanortan4816 no

  • @ElBandito
    @ElBandito9 жыл бұрын

    I love public education cause I get to hang out with people who actually understand that it is the earth that travels around the sun, not the other way around.

  • @EndrChe

    @EndrChe

    9 жыл бұрын

    Well, it's certainly a start.

  • @TheSkyrimmaniac

    @TheSkyrimmaniac

    9 жыл бұрын

    El Bandito You know more about the solar system than Sherlock Holms.

  • @krakenshark9482

    @krakenshark9482

    9 жыл бұрын

    Isak Svensson gotta clean out that brain attic

  • @TheDudeMaaaan

    @TheDudeMaaaan

    9 жыл бұрын

    well people that go to public schools still believe Noah's ark is real, and the Earth is only 6000 years old. Our public education in America is a fucking joke

  • @EndrChe

    @EndrChe

    9 жыл бұрын

    Actually, they're learning that from church leaders, not from the schools, same as children in every other country in the world. The nice Jewish, Dutch computer programmer still thinks you'll burn in hell for all eternity just like any Kentucky Baptist.

  • @343bola4
    @343bola47 жыл бұрын

    No, I didn't think you were going to say Germany. I read the video title

  • @Kmct
    @Kmct8 жыл бұрын

    "Hire a samurai"

  • @GustavoRodriguez-qr5po

    @GustavoRodriguez-qr5po

    8 жыл бұрын

    Those who couldn't afford one did not

  • @Tinnesa

    @Tinnesa

    7 жыл бұрын

    History of Japan video?

  • @GustavoRodriguez-qr5po

    @GustavoRodriguez-qr5po

    7 жыл бұрын

    yep

  • @nicholassiena8895

    @nicholassiena8895

    6 жыл бұрын

    america with their boats with guns, gun boats

  • @aubster321

    @aubster321

    6 жыл бұрын

    I love how many History of Japan or History of the World references are made on a totally different channel.

  • @martinch3318
    @martinch33188 жыл бұрын

    I love how I don't take History classes since High-School and I can still enjoy watching these crash course videos for fun. They do an amazing job at making history enjoyable!

  • @jennyairplane8384
    @jennyairplane83849 жыл бұрын

    The addition of a reference to Mattew Perry, or more specifically Chandler Bing from Friends practically paid for the like.

  • @s4ujcd

    @s4ujcd

    9 жыл бұрын

    Jenny Airplane I'll be there for youuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!

  • @jennyairplane8384

    @jennyairplane8384

    9 жыл бұрын

    When the rain starts to falllll

  • @tcc5750
    @tcc57507 жыл бұрын

    5:30 just a heads up, the Tokugawa clan actually forged a document showing they descended from the Minomoto clan (one of the former shogun clans) thus gaining the decree of Shogun. It's important, because the nobles in court were NOT going to hand over the title to Shogun unless you had "proper" decent. Hence why Oda Nobunaga, who terrified the court, couldn't get the Shogun title.

  • @summertime69
    @summertime697 жыл бұрын

    It amazes me that most of my knowledge on feudal Japan is accurate mostly thanks to the anime Ruroni Kenshin, a wandering sumari at the start to the tokugawa regime.

  • @theweredragon9887
    @theweredragon98878 жыл бұрын

    " I don't like living in a country full of stupid people" amen brother

  • @jacobkern2060

    @jacobkern2060

    7 жыл бұрын

    And yet we do anyways.

  • @Questron71

    @Questron71

    7 жыл бұрын

    ever heard of homeschooling? Public education doesn't really work with such backdoors...

  • @theweredragon9887

    @theweredragon9887

    7 жыл бұрын

    i was homeschooled

  • @okiedokie56

    @okiedokie56

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't like living in a country full of liberal morons like you.

  • @theweredragon9887

    @theweredragon9887

    7 жыл бұрын

    no one takes a joke anymore. the fact that i said the above comment makes me an idiot its a semi paradox.

  • @jonathanallison785
    @jonathanallison7859 жыл бұрын

    try slowing the video to 0.5 speed and listen to john speak

  • @thelin9061

    @thelin9061

    8 жыл бұрын

    Jonathan Allison Gahahaha, it sounds like he's on drugs xDDD

  • @linhhoang1363

    @linhhoang1363

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Jonathan Allison omg EPIC dude =D

  • @GaelicStallion

    @GaelicStallion

    8 жыл бұрын

    is there a way to do this on youtube?

  • @DRosie222

    @DRosie222

    8 жыл бұрын

    +GaelicStallion yes, on the desktop version

  • @askeskipper3783

    @askeskipper3783

    8 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like he's high

  • @Adam-dl4xk
    @Adam-dl4xk8 жыл бұрын

    As an Egyptian, I'd like to thank John Green for making me feel that Egypt hasn't ended with the fall of the Ancient Egyptian civilization :D

  • @Kardia_of_Rhodes
    @Kardia_of_Rhodes8 жыл бұрын

    ignorance is the root and stem of all evil -Plato

  • @shawnajayne1642
    @shawnajayne16427 жыл бұрын

    "You can bite me Bismarck" hahaha Im dead

  • @renren2740
    @renren27407 жыл бұрын

    I still amazed with Japan, honestly.. After the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan modernized her country and become on par as a world player in the early of the 20th century.. Such a rapid transition from a majority agricultural country to a modern nation for less than a 50 years!

  • @syedali-rs8cj

    @syedali-rs8cj

    6 жыл бұрын

    I agree, Japan was smart and modernized in order to not get invaded by foreign countries in the 19th century.

  • @sol2544

    @sol2544

    4 жыл бұрын

    They really did earn their place in history and modern culture as a major player, and even today they are a vital chunk of the economy. Praise from America for such a rapid and miraculous growth!

  • @Saltynerd
    @Saltynerd8 жыл бұрын

    "you can bite me bismarck"

  • @juliuskull
    @juliuskull9 жыл бұрын

    Wow, you used pics taken in Estonia, when describing nationalism. We are honored.

  • @pancreasnostalgia
    @pancreasnostalgia10 жыл бұрын

    Even a couple of years after taking IB Asian history, I still love this episode. A Modern History of Japan was even our textbook for the Japan unit.

  • @asneakychicken322
    @asneakychicken3229 жыл бұрын

    All these people complaining about public schooling omg, having gone through it I can recognise that in some cases while it doesn't always work out amazingly, it is the best method we have and certainly far preferable to a totally private school system where it will be restricted to the people who can afford it, thus widening the gap between the rich educated class and everyone else, that would essentially be returning to the way things were for most of our history where like 1% of the population would be literate and educated because they had been schooled and there would be little social mobility

  • @dallenforsyth2942

    @dallenforsyth2942

    9 жыл бұрын

    Homeschooling man.

  • @MrGamerGuy951

    @MrGamerGuy951

    9 жыл бұрын

    Dallen Forsyth Not everyone has the time, ability or skill to educate their children and you will always have parents who simply don't care.

  • @lordblazer

    @lordblazer

    9 жыл бұрын

    same. I went through it too and if I had no opportunity for 0 schooling. I wouldn't have traveled the world, or even bothered going to graduate school. Public Education is something worth protecting.

  • @garysanders6091

    @garysanders6091

    9 жыл бұрын

    Aaron Brougham Well "omg" back to you guy. The public education system widens the gap by forcing up the cost of private education.. If you make $30,000 a year you cannot possibly afford to simultaneously pay the taxes to pay for public education AND pay for private education (that has expensive prices because any cost effective school would be competing with 'free').. However, if you made $30,000 a year and you didn't have the tax burdens put on by the state, and private education were to be able to compete for your dollar you would see a HUGE increase to quality of education.. There is a reason why people who get publicly educated tend to stay in the lower class, and why people from private education and homeschools have a higher class mobility rate.. Its because the public education is set in place to keep poor people from competing with the wealthy.

  • @ravengrey8891

    @ravengrey8891

    9 жыл бұрын

    Dallen Forsyth I like homeschooling

  • @NINjaboy20111
    @NINjaboy201118 жыл бұрын

    Hey don't forget Oda Nobunaga, he was the reason Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu rose to power.

  • @darthcyclone2019

    @darthcyclone2019

    4 жыл бұрын

    i literally played a game on my ds about this

  • @aman-tl9gd
    @aman-tl9gd8 жыл бұрын

    i feel proud when someone from other country talks about my country

  • @johnnyo.7668
    @johnnyo.76688 жыл бұрын

    Part time History teacher, Full time Savage... hahaha Public Education..

  • @TroyBrownTV
    @TroyBrownTV Жыл бұрын

    Crash course should win an award for this work

  • @bridger1221
    @bridger12216 ай бұрын

    Oh man, Rip Matthew Perry

  • @carolinegv3028
    @carolinegv30286 жыл бұрын

    Anyone else laugh when they showed the friends Matthew Perry?😂

  • @bonders20
    @bonders209 жыл бұрын

    Wow. I *just* stumbled across this channel and I've already watched 2 videos, with a bunch more in my watch 'watch later' folder ! These are FANTASTIC ! Keep making them, and thank you !!

  • @madisonreitler1038
    @madisonreitler10385 жыл бұрын

    I just finished my master's in US history but am watching these videos to brush up on my world history knowledge for my teaching certification exams. I have never read the comments before but knew I had to for this video for the Matthew Perry comments-- did not disappoint!

  • @Jack-zl7cb
    @Jack-zl7cb9 жыл бұрын

    I don't know how he made it through the whole video without a single reference to "The Last Samurai."

  • @willowmasquerade2107

    @willowmasquerade2107

    4 жыл бұрын

    Surrounded and outnumbered FIFTY TO ONE, SWORD FACES GUN 🎤🎵🎶

  • @darthcyclone2019

    @darthcyclone2019

    4 жыл бұрын

    bruh same

  • @sofiapandolfo4131
    @sofiapandolfo41318 жыл бұрын

    Loved the open letter to public education. It's necessary and benefits anyone, even if it doesn't benefit you directly!

  • @kencarter6481
    @kencarter6481 Жыл бұрын

    1:17 that of course does not age well

  • @joshborsykowsky1540
    @joshborsykowsky15409 жыл бұрын

    the subtitles make watching so much better! they also have a bit more than what is spoken

  • @BulletsToBrainRatio
    @BulletsToBrainRatio8 жыл бұрын

    John's pronunciation of Japanese words is fantastically fun to listen to.

  • @allendu5954
    @allendu59547 жыл бұрын

    "Nationalism in Europe? What could go wrong?" -Kate McKinnon, SNL

  • @MrRoboskippy
    @MrRoboskippy10 жыл бұрын

    Hey a cameo with Raoul Meyer! That's awesome!

  • @leonorrustemi3418
    @leonorrustemi34188 жыл бұрын

    there was an albanian sultan of egypt? Well you learn something every day

  • @sexym000nkey
    @sexym000nkey6 жыл бұрын

    Japan history starts at 4:52.

  • @trustme2674
    @trustme267411 жыл бұрын

    Hello John Green, thx for doing this, i have been learning a lot :) keep it up man!

  • @avidarois5505
    @avidarois55057 жыл бұрын

    ♫ hire a samurai ♫

  • @sergiovillarreal9744

    @sergiovillarreal9744

    7 жыл бұрын

    to kill Trump

  • @contrasbeatshop

    @contrasbeatshop

    7 жыл бұрын

    agreed lmao

  • @cloe412
    @cloe4125 жыл бұрын

    I miss him. So relevant in 2019.

  • @xlilcarebear
    @xlilcarebear4 жыл бұрын

    everything went straight over my head

  • @maciejzuk7756
    @maciejzuk77568 жыл бұрын

    When he started talking about public education in Japan I thought about "Shonan Junai Gumi" and "Great Teacher Onizuka". The original Japanese ones.

  • @kemchobhenchod
    @kemchobhenchod7 жыл бұрын

    Mathew Perry just wanted some Friends.

  • @tris5on9582
    @tris5on95824 жыл бұрын

    6:02 That lovely Okami reference right there

  • @jaclyncraeming2623
    @jaclyncraeming26239 жыл бұрын

    This entire channel is amazing

  • @fawadjavaid1
    @fawadjavaid16 жыл бұрын

    Man this channel is a gem😁

  • @BakusanDayo
    @BakusanDayo10 жыл бұрын

    How John not managed to bring up Nobunaga I am not sure lol Fantastic video nonetheless.

  • @Jrflippp990

    @Jrflippp990

    10 жыл бұрын

    Soren G 織田がつき 羽柴がこねし 天下餅 座りしままに 食うは徳川. Nobunaga pounds the rice cake, Hideyoshi kneads it, and in the end Ieyasu eats it. (The Japanese uses family names and Hashiba Hideyoshi was the name he was born with.)

  • @BakusanDayo

    @BakusanDayo

    10 жыл бұрын

    Soren G I know not to go into detail, but not even a mention? I think if you ask any Japanese today to name the top three historical figure in Japanese history and you are bound to find Nobunaga mentioned every time, yet John managed to go over most of Japanese history without mentioning him This is not a criticism, of course, because I think all crash course videos are awesome. but com on! You HAVE to at the very least mention Nobunaga! (Don't get me started about shinsengumi and that era. lol)

  • @Jrflippp990

    @Jrflippp990

    10 жыл бұрын

    Cfli731 I just tested your theory and asked two publicly educated Japanese people (my wife and my daughter(but she's only half Japanese)) and they confirmed you are correct. Nobunaga was mentioned both times. Except my nine year old didn't know his family name.

  • @BakusanDayo

    @BakusanDayo

    10 жыл бұрын

    Brad Pearson lol I will ask my cousin later and see if he mentions Nobunaga as well. Allow me to expend on that prediction.. Top 5 Japanese historical figure: Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi Tokugawa Ieyasu Sakamoto Ryoma (Bakumatsu period yes!) Hijikata Toshizou Let's see how this list goes :)

  • @omega5279

    @omega5279

    10 жыл бұрын

    Cfli731 I disagree. For the topic of the video, a lot of the Sengoku Jidai isn't necessary, just the closing moments and how they led to the Sakoku of the Edo Jidai. The Shinsengumi, also, don't necessarily need to be mentioned as they simply fell under the category of the failing Tokugawa bakufu. Oda and the Shinsengumi are interesting topics, but they don't need to be mentioned in a summary of the modernization period. Toyotomi didn't need to be mentioned either.

  • @mangosentinel695
    @mangosentinel6957 жыл бұрын

    Love this channel!!!

  • @19Pyrus70
    @19Pyrus70 Жыл бұрын

    I love what you said about paying taxes that are used for funding education.

  • @KOS_Nova
    @KOS_Nova7 жыл бұрын

    "OPEN THE COUNTRY" he said "STOP HAVING IT BE CLOSED"

  • @spazzitronmcgee6254
    @spazzitronmcgee62548 жыл бұрын

    6:02 OKAMI!!!!!

  • @spazzitronmcgee6254

    @spazzitronmcgee6254

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Spazzitron McGee *Ammy lol

  • @Creepzza

    @Creepzza

    6 жыл бұрын

    Oh, I missed that!

  • @HelloItsPrisca
    @HelloItsPrisca7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, you have practically saved my freshman year with videos.

  • @rae4486
    @rae44864 жыл бұрын

    "You can bite me, Bismarck." John Green sass levels through dat roof

  • @zinklerkelter
    @zinklerkelter6 жыл бұрын

    In my oppinion nationalism it's a response to the suffering of the people in certain place ( nation, town, etc.). The fact of hoping for a better future (real or not) gives them the strengh and willpower to unite under a single idea. It's a pitty we still don't see the planet with that idea.

  • @altareggo
    @altareggo4 жыл бұрын

    "Bring back my globes: i feel naked without them." Best KZread quote EVAH!!

  • @aniotashogun007
    @aniotashogun0077 жыл бұрын

    the man who is in right position in 1:37 is not Hirohito, he is Hideki Tojo

  • @bigbeardjer
    @bigbeardjer9 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. With regards to your open letter in this piece; I am a parent and I have never been able to adequately explain to people who are not why they should pay more taxes dedicated to public school funding. Or to those who no longer have children in school. Everyone benefits from having smarter people in society. Thank You.

  • @4600norm
    @4600norm3 жыл бұрын

    A couple of problems. The Tokugawa Shogunate actually did centralize power, otherwise there would have been constant war between the Daimyos. Also, most samurai during that time were not bureaucrats. Most of them were semi-employed warriors with minimal duties, a bunch more were ronin, and another bunch were bureaucrats.

  • @ashtonboyle969
    @ashtonboyle9697 жыл бұрын

    Would you be able to do one on the Sengoku-jidai period, regarding the Battle of Sekigahara, Nagashino, etc?

  • @thelonewolf498
    @thelonewolf4986 жыл бұрын

    Hey John.Thank you ,for saying the great stuff about the Balkan nations too .

  • @trishplusmama
    @trishplusmama5 жыл бұрын

    tysm for this as usual mr green

  • @SparkyFinch
    @SparkyFinch10 жыл бұрын

    Crash Course, thank you for making these wonderful videos! I am diagnosed ADHD and dyslexic and I barely made it through public education and am now an Engineer. These videos are the best way I've ever leaned History. Please keep in mind that Public Education is not anything amazing. To me, it's simply a relic of the industrial revolution and quite frankly, we can do better. It's thanks to options like Crash Course that we can really enjoy great, free education. Keep it up!

  • @lmaothischannelsnotcomingb3616
    @lmaothischannelsnotcomingb36167 жыл бұрын

    On 6:03, did I just see Amaterasu from Okami?

  • @griffinhalperin5967
    @griffinhalperin59677 жыл бұрын

    After seeing this video, I really want to see an interpretation of West Side Story that involves only samurai characters and an occasional shogun. That would be amazing!

  • @skunkjulio
    @skunkjulio9 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad over a million people have viewed this. Before I went to Japan, I had very little knowledge of how the United States impacted it in a meaningful way prior to the war. But in my years living there, I saw statues and other memorials of Perry all over the country that acknowledged the immense catalytic effect that he had on revolutionizing the Japanese state. Hopefully, more people will realize the meaningful role and special relationship the United States has had with Japan since then and not think like me (from the past) that it all started in 1941.

  • @TheThOdOr1s
    @TheThOdOr1s8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for mentioning us ~Greece

  • @ranaklindor8069

    @ranaklindor8069

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Znik Or worse for you, focusing on Kosovo as a case study.

  • @TheThOdOr1s

    @TheThOdOr1s

    8 жыл бұрын

    Znik Tbh most Americans don't even know that Serbia Croatia Bosnia Montenegro and so on even exist. They refer to the whole region as Yugoslavia, as if it's the 20th century. Or worse. Basically Americans know about Europe as much as you and I know about Iowa and Mississippi. Which explains a lot of their foreign policy decisions.

  • @starwarschic123
    @starwarschic1239 жыл бұрын

    6:03 OKAMI REFERENCE!

  • @suranjanasinharoy4786
    @suranjanasinharoy47868 жыл бұрын

    best open letter in all of crash course

  • @petika654
    @petika6546 жыл бұрын

    In the 34th episode i first heard about Romania , thanks a lot !

  • @kaustavadhikary8940
    @kaustavadhikary89409 жыл бұрын

    I love Japanese history its awesome!!

  • @thegibusman2622

    @thegibusman2622

    9 жыл бұрын

    Kaustav Adhikary Just make sure to get the full picture.

  • @sonic_owl4465

    @sonic_owl4465

    8 жыл бұрын

    If you haven't seen it and want to learn more I recommend Extra History's warring states period series.

  • @Necroskull388

    @Necroskull388

    8 жыл бұрын

    Kaustav Adhikary Yeah, but its Imperial phase is pretty scary.

  • @adityasah1563

    @adityasah1563

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yq

  • @jdxanadu872
    @jdxanadu8727 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised you didn't mention the Satsuma rebellion. Also technically Japan kinda sorta already had control of Okinawa, but they kept it a secret because they didn't want to piss off the Chinese.

  • @nickloschen2717
    @nickloschen27179 жыл бұрын

    These are awesome.

  • @user-yk5gr8tg9e
    @user-yk5gr8tg9e7 жыл бұрын

    Omg, the videos are insanely well done:O

  • @qasimqureshi1230
    @qasimqureshi12304 жыл бұрын

    Reading this while under shelter in place in NYC due to COVID 19. Looking at the world around me looks like we are heading towards another wave of nationalism. :/

  • @jonathanwilson8127

    @jonathanwilson8127

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yas mai dude

  • @anisb6980
    @anisb69806 ай бұрын

    Anyone else here after Matthew Perry died?

  • @PochitaNegrita
    @PochitaNegrita9 жыл бұрын

    Raoul! yay! Crash Course is Great; thank you guys for what you do!

  • @ranjitkaur5950
    @ranjitkaur59509 жыл бұрын

    I loved his book 'The Fault in Our Stars

  • @sirbillius
    @sirbillius7 жыл бұрын

    I once worked in a customer service department and I would argue that we do, in fact, live in a country with a bunch of stupid people.

  • @exilley2134

    @exilley2134

    3 жыл бұрын

    'Murica

  • @anawisa88
    @anawisa88 Жыл бұрын

    Open letter is straight facts. He was spittin 🔥

  • @ryanweaver962
    @ryanweaver9629 ай бұрын

    Fascinating stuff… country and world

  • @secularmonk5176
    @secularmonk51769 жыл бұрын

    Hey, why no comment about the return of the open letter fancy chair? (I've been binge watching)

  • @EpsilonEridani_
    @EpsilonEridani_9 жыл бұрын

    Heh, I like the art style of the thought bubbles :)

  • @chibiprussia5574
    @chibiprussia55748 жыл бұрын

    I hope this helps with my AP exam

  • @JoeCoolMaveric
    @JoeCoolMaveric9 жыл бұрын

    6:01 Was that Amaterasu from Okami? Cool.

  • @MaebyBaeby
    @MaebyBaeby10 жыл бұрын

    *Obligatory comment pointing out the Okami reference*

  • @plague_wise

    @plague_wise

    10 жыл бұрын

    Obligatory reply to the comment stating a similar appreciation to said reference.

  • @MaebyBaeby

    @MaebyBaeby

    10 жыл бұрын

    Mateo Anzola Pointless comment stating that yes, I do indeed agree with even though that has been clearly established.

  • @plague_wise

    @plague_wise

    10 жыл бұрын

    The Arbitration Ridiculous reply to pointless comment in which the author's appreciation is evidenced, even exaggerated to the point he feels the need to show it off by a personal profile modification.

  • @Bellehiek

    @Bellehiek

    6 жыл бұрын

    comment stating universal agreement that is 4 years old

  • @SpearOfOrnstein
    @SpearOfOrnstein6 жыл бұрын

    When it comes to the part about Christianity in Japan, I'd like to add a few things people may find interesting. Originally when the British, Dutch and Portuguese landed in Japan they were rather welcomed. Ieyasu saw them as knowledgeable and useful to his cause. He granted them power, trading rights and one, William Adams, became something of a lord. Anjin street in Tokyo is still named after him, and his shrine is still visited. Ieyasu's son however experienced the Christian missionaries attempting to consolidate their power and turn it away from the emperor. He exiled all Christians and put a death penalty on all who stayed and sent Japan into 200 years of isolationism.

  • @armanyahya580
    @armanyahya580 Жыл бұрын

    Juat aware how important is public education........thanks for that sentences. ❤

  • @ROLLOVER48
    @ROLLOVER488 жыл бұрын

    it would be great if this nationalism case study was turned into a series for some