Which island nation shows the influence of european and american culture?

According to jean-jaquees rousseau, individuals participating in a social contact agree to be ruled by

Was the civil war inevitable? could anything have been done through compromise to stop it, or did it have to happen?

Why did the meiji reformers want to modernize japan a) to colonize weaker nations in south east asia b) to allow western nations to protect them and treat negotiation c) to compete with the economics and military of western nations d) to replace additional prices with weston culture