The Cynical Historian

The opening of Japan and the word tycoon | Engaging Etymology (2015x2)

Air date: Feb 19, 2015

Here is another Engaging Etymology episode. This time - tycoon. It has an interesting story of isolationist Japan, shoguns, and Commodore Perry and his black ships opening the way to international trade. All that history in one little word. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUqiSMRMv6EWNaOEGtif8cg ------------------------------------------------------------ sources: online etymology of tycoon: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tycoon https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=tycoon%20etymology Wikipedia links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakoku http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Kanagawa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ships http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanegashima_(Japanese_matchlock) ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #japan #sakoku #tycoon #shogun #isolationism #etymology