Examine the rise of the "floating world" in Japan. What factors led to this phenomenon? What can it say about the changing intellectual and social landscape of Japan? Were any other societies in the world going through a similar transformation?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary

History

You might also like to view...

By about 700 B.C.E., which group replaced the aristocratic cavalryman in Greek warfare?

a. Helots b. Hoplites c. Poleis d. Mercenaries e. Macedonians

History

What was Dr. Benjamin Spock's 1946 bestselling book about?

a. infant and child care b. public education c. Cold War politics d. dating and marriage e. space travel

History

While he was president, John Quincy Adams was roundly criticized for his

a. land policy. b. Indian policy. c. support for internal improvements. d. replacement of so many public servants with his own supporters. e. supposedly aristocratic life style.

History

Instead of staging sit-ins, SNCC members were encouraged by President Kennedy to

A. march on Washington in a display of solidarity. B. lobby Congress for legislative action. C. focus on registering black voters. D. join the freedom riders in what he believed to be a more effective form of protest.

History