A discussion of Barrington Moore's book comparing modernization efforts in Japan and China entitled "Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World."
Abstract This paper reviews and analyzes Barrington Moore's book about Japanese political leaders and why they were able to launch a successful modernization effort nearly a century earlier than political leaders in China. The paper explains that Moore does this by comparing and contrasting the ideological, social and political histories of the two countries and then, in greater detail, discusses those comparisons.
From the Paper "In China, an upper class consisting of scholar-officials and landlords wielded considerable influence. The system of examinations by which individuals acquired imperial posts produced an elite group of classically educated men who used their government positions to increase their families' wealth and land holdings. The means of wealth acquisition were less than legal in most cases, but graft was socially acceptable though illicit. Chinese motivation for development of personal wealth reflected in large part the patrilineal lineage mechanism in place. For the benefit of his family, then, the Chinese scholar used his power to accumulate wealth for his descendants. The avenues leading to the examinations were not equally accessible to all, however, so the peasants were essentially excluded from imperial posts. The significant characteristics of the relationship between the gentry and the peasantry will be described shortly."
Abstract The paper reviews the novel and explores its classification as a "woman's novel". The plot is summarized and the significance of the setting in Chicago is investigated. The issue of transformation is looked at in connection with the setting. It concludes by looking at the message of the novel for the contemporary reader.
From the Paper "The Precipice (1914) by Elia W. Peattie, who had a career in journalism that included being book editor for many years at the Chicago Tribune, is a "woman's novel". The novel is the story of Kate Barrington, who, at the beginning, has just graduated from the University of Chicago and is on her way back home to Silvertree, Iowa. She is going home to live with her parents once more and she hopes to decide what to do with her life while she is there. That judgment is made plain by the imperious vainglory of her father, a doctor and household dictator. Before long, Kate realizes that she cannot and she will not live in Silvertree."
Critical review of work on "Lord & Peasant in the Making of the Modern World." Analyzed are politics, society, economics, class struggles and revolution.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, 1993, $ 63.95
From the Paper "The purpose of this research is to examine Barrington Moore's Social origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World with a view toward showing the extent to which different material conditions in England and France influenced the character of class alliances that formed in each country and eventually contributed to the emergence of industrial democracy in both. The plan of the research will be to set Moore's approach to comparative analysis in appropriate context, and then to show, by reference to Moore's examination of the French and English cases, how different structures of social-class alliance in each country led eventually to roughly the same result in social structure.
To understand the importance of different material conditions in England and France as central to the manner of.."
Abstract This paper provides a model for the prevention of illegal drug use within the target community of the (fictional) town of Barrington, Delaware. The purpose of this type of program is to investigate whether drug prevention programs that do not utilize scare tactics can be as effective - or even more effective - than programs that do attempt to dissuade drug use through frightening the user or the community.
