History Cafe - Meiji Restoration

Hello fellow history enthusiasts!

After the great session on the Opium Wars, we'll be staying in the east and talk about the Meiji Restoration.

We'll wrap our heads around the flow of events and try to compare the situation to the state of affairs in China. I'll add more questions later.

Resources:
Start with this BBC podcast
Also watch The Last Samurai - It's not historically accurate and takes place in the wake of the restoration rather than during it, but it's close enough and has Samurai and Tom Cruise.

I'll add more resources as we go.