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Evaluate the extent to which non-Western elites' approaches to modernizing their societies
differed during the period 1800 to 1900.

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Answer:

Non-Western elites' were modernizing their societies during the period of 1800 to 1900.

Explanation:

Elites are the small group of people in the society who has high amount of wealth and power. Due to wealth, the Non-Western elites were modernize their society by using products such as clothes, beverages, and decorative materials for the houses were imported from western countries. At that time, western countries such as Europe and USA were considered as a model of modern civilization and that's why these Non-Western elites follow their culture.

Imitating the western culture, learning  western science and technology, and Social Reforms are  some of the approaches of modernization by non-western elites.

The non-Western elites' approaches to modernizing their societies are as follows:

  • Focusing on either the technology of the industrial revolution or the ideas from the Enlightenment or both.
  • Some believed in  imitating the western culture like clothes, food, and entertainment
  • others believed in modernization to strengthen themselves and keep the western influence out.

For example:

  • Chinese elites only wanted to modernize their technology on western line without changing socially.
  • The Ottomans focused on social reforms and and not technology.
  • Japan demonstrated this better than any other nation. Japan rose through industrialization to become one of the most powerful societies in the world.

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