By 1917 Finland had experienced rapid population growth, industrialization, improvements in the economy and standard of living, and the rise of a comprehensive labor movement ; economic, social, and political divisions were deepening while the Finnish political system was in an unstable phase of democratization and modernization.

German sociologist Max Weber mentioned Scottish Presbyterianism in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ( 1905 ), and many scholars in recent decades argued that Calvinism's " this worldly asceticism " was integral to Scotland's rapid economic modernization.

Ideologically, the Democrats included a broad sweep of people who advocated everything from conservative Islam to Noli's dreams of rapid modernization.

The arrival of Matthew Perry in 1853 and the subsequent Convention of Kanagawa forcibly reintroduced Japan to the outside world ; the rapid modernization of the Meiji Restoration soon followed.

The greatest challenge facing the republic in the early 1990s was the need for rapid economic development and modernization, given the country's limited resource base in fishing, agriculture and tourism.

Since then, the PLA Navy has undergone a rapid modernization.

The Solkan Bridge, built in 1906 After the Ljubljana earthquake of 1895, the city experienced a rapid modernization under the charismatic Liberal nationalist mayors Ivan Hribar and Ivan Tavčar.

This decade also marked the return of Catholic authors ( Josef Florian, Jakub Deml, Jaroslav Durych, Josef Váchal ) and the first entrance of the avant-garde into Czech literature, seeking to document the rapid changes in society and modernization.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Italy saw a period of rapid modernization and sustained economic growth, the so-called Italian economic miracle.

The popularity of the almost mythical tale was only enhanced by rapid modernization during the Meiji era of Japanese history, when it is suggested many people in Japan longed for a return to their cultural roots.

Some historians have argued it represented a traditionalistic element alarmed at the rapid modernization of society sponsored by the Republican Party, and looked back to Jacksonian Democracy for inspiration.

In a broader sense, early modern architecture began at the turn of the 20th century with efforts to reconcile the principles underlying architectural design with rapid technological advancement and the modernization of society.

Gyeonggi Province has shown a rapid increase in population due to the modernization and urbanization of the Republic of Korea.

The 1960s marked the beginning of Taiwan's rapid modernization.

At the left part of Makiling shows palm trees symbolizing nature, while at right shows buildings symbolizing Calamba City's rapid modernization, urbanization, and industrialization.

Some historians have argued that it represented a traditionalistic element alarmed at the rapid modernization of society sponsored by the Republican Party.

Following the Meiji Restoration, the leadership of the Meiji government felt the need to emphasize the common goals of rapid modernization ( westernization ) with support and legitimization of the political system centered on the imperial institution.

Japanese officials, striving to achieve rapid modernization of that country in the wake of the Meiji Restoration, were especially intrigued by Clark's work.

Following the Meiji Restoration in 1867, the new Imperial government of Japan set out upon a path of rapid modernization and recruited many European and American academics and military experts to help expedite the process.

Sepehri was born in Kashan in 1928, in the first decade of Reza Shah Pahlavi ’ s reign and of the rapid modernization of the country.

Furthermore, reforms stemming from the Meiji Restoration led to massive, rapid industrialization and modernization.

Despite its modernization and rapid growth, it retains its medieval feel with its narrow winding streets, high walls, medieval town hall and gatehouse, and several inns and houses dated to the 16th century.

As Kendall ( 2007 ) notes, " Urbanization accompanied modernization and the rapid process of industrialization.

This rapid modernization created a backlash and a reactionary uprising known as the Khost rebellion was suppressed in 1924.

Even though the bondage of his verse is not so great as the writing poet can manage, it is still great enough for him often to be seriously impeded unless he has aids to facilitate rapid composition.

Insofar as it carried railroad trains under a city street, some have claimed it be the world's first subway tunnel, though, unlike a modern rapid transit subway, it had no stations.

It has experienced rapid economic growth, even though its income level remains the lowest within the EU with an average monthly wage of 754 leva ( 386 euro ).

It has also been shown to have some benefit in preventing further episodes, though there are concerns about the studies done, and is of no benefit in rapid cycling disorder.

* Joe Marek chronology — Joe Marek's chronology is limited to stories written ( or devised ) by Howard, though within that context it is essentially a revision of the Miller / Clark tradition to better reflect the internal evidence of the stories and avoid forcing Conan into what he perceives as a " mad dash " around the Hyborian world within timeframes too rapid to be credible.

A Chinese pirate or commercial shipwreck site yielded a paired swivel gun, for rapid firing: one barrel would fire whiles its opposite was being reloaded, though this remains a rare find.

Suffice to say that until the Joseon dynasty the primary influence was Chinese painting though done with Korean landscapes, facial features, Buddhist topics, and an emphasis on celestial observation in keeping with the rapid development of Korean astronomy.

A 1949 report noted the lack of " any great slackening in the pace of life at the Institute " to match the return to peacetime, remembering the " academic tranquillity of the prewar years ", though acknowledging the significant contributions of military research to the increased emphasis on graduate education and rapid growth of personnel and facilities.

* Advances in genomics, biotechnology, and biodetection, including major contributions to the complete sequencing of the human genome though the Joint Genome Institute and the development of rapid PCR ( polymerase chain reaction ) technology that lies at the heart of today ’ s most advanced DNA detection instruments.

The 1980s saw a rapid increase in the average, though severe corrections did occur along the way.

Meanwhile, with competition in the new joint Chinese and South Indian naval powers, Song and Chola, the thalassocracies of Indonesia were in rapid decline, though the Portuguese still encountered Javanese sailors in Madagascar in the.

BART has served as a rapid transit and commuter rail system, and provided an alternative transportation route to highway transportation, though its critics counter its success has taken four decades to come to fruition at a steep cost during the interim.

The journey, however, though carried out with all the advantages afforded by the immediate patronage of the Russian government, was too rapid to be profitable.

Traffic congestion is increasing due to population growth, though the council has undertaken many road development projects to try to keep up with the rapid growth.

On the nuclear attacks on Japan in WWII, he adhered to the view that " there was even less sign of a crack in Japan's determination to fight to the end with that of Nazi Germany, which is why nuclear arms were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to ensure a rapid Japanese surrender ", though believed there was an ancillary political, non-military reason for the bombings: " perhaps the thought that it would prevent America's ally the USSR from establishing a claim to a major part in Japan's defeat was not absent from the minds of the US government either.

It was also during this time that German immigrants, who had been settling in town during most of the century, became the predominant population group in the city, at least partially due to its being a major destination port of the Hamburg America Line, though anti-German sentiment during World War I led to a rapid decline in the German community.

Even though the " Restoration drama " unit taught to college students is likely to be telescoped in a way that makes the plays all sound contemporary, scholars now have a strong sense of the rapid evolution of English drama over these forty years and of its social and political causes.

To a large extent, though not entirely, " The first flowering of Welsh writing in English " was in industrial South Wales and this was linked to the rapid decline in the use of the Welsh language in the twentieth century, especially in this region.

Finally, two events occurred in rapid succession that destroyed the alliance completely: first, in July 1800, the British seized a Danish frigate, prompting Paul to close the British trading factories in St. Petersburg as well as impound British ships and cargo ; second, even though the allies resolved this crisis, Paul could not forgive the British for Admiral Nelson ’ s refusal to return Malta to the Order of St. John, and therefore to Paul, when the British captured it from the French in September 1800.

They also challenge the current system's ability to cope with rapid socio-demographic changes, though this would not be addressed without increasing the frequency of the survey.

A third paradigm is: tachypnea is abnormally rapid respiration ( though some may argue this is inaccurate as breathing differs from respiration ), hyperventilation is increased rate or depth of respiration to abnormal levels causing decreased levels of blood carbon dioxide and hyperpnea is any increase in breathing rate or depth that is not normal.

They became warm friends and generous rivals, though Leyden excelled, perhaps, in the rapid acquisition of new tongues and acquaintance with their literature, while Murray was the more scientific philologist.

Likewise, a very long stirrup is used in the western sport of cutting, where, though the rider relinquishes control to the horse, requires maximum security to stay in the saddle during the rapid stops, turns and bursts of speed the horse uses when maneuvering cattle.

The Jiangxi Soviet thus began its inevitable rapid downfall under their policy of extreme leftism and incompetent military command, though the new leadership could not immediately rid itself of Mao's influence which prevailed during the fourth encirclement campaign, and thus saved the communists temporarily.