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So it was about the 1877 uprising, it falls a few years out of my favorite era of Japanese history, but I think I may go see it. Personally, I'd like to see a movie about Perry's landing in 1853. Who'd not go see a movie with 100 gallons of whiskey?
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By "a few years" do you mean you are interested in the incredible Tokugawa era (my favorite, along with the highly interesting Sengoku Jidai- hell, I'm fascinated by everything feudal Japan) and the unfortunate, but inevitable rape of the country by us capitalist pigs? Or the late 19th/early 20th century Imperial Japanese war machine, when they themselves became the ones doing the raping in the name of blind progress... (equally intriguing)
No matter which way you cut it, the Asias have some incredible history (due in no small part to their age, and zeal for keeping written documents.) It makes me angry that there isn't more history classes offered based on this (in New Hampshire at least- shows our diversity
) I have to hunt high and low for schools around me that have them... Sure they ALL have U.S. History, whcih is obviously about the U.S., Western Civilization, which obviously includes the U.S., and World History, which generally tries to tie world happenings into the U.S.! For crying out loud, we've only got about 350 years of solid history, how many classes do you need? Oh yeah, I forgot about the New Hampshire History offered by many schools
correct me if Im wrong, but didn't we cover that state history stuff in elementary school?