Sanderson and Alderson Argue That an Important Factor Contributing to Japan

question 18

Multiple Choice

Sanderson and Alderson argue that an important factor contributing to Japan being the first non-Western society to achieve the status of an industrial society was its:

• A) religious values resembling Protestantism
• B) large size and low level of population density
• C) historical isolation from the capitalist world-economy for approximately two and a half centuries

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