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The Western countries have succeeded in rationalizing and industrializing before the Eastern communities. Since the 18th century, Eastern societies have admitted that they are culturally behind Western societies. At the end of the 19th century, Eastern countries such as Japan, Turkey, and Russia tried to modernize and develop in the context of Western models. The models that the Eastern countries took from the West were the English model and the ideas of the Classical School. The German School of History was in the second place. Economic sociology, which emerged as a continuation of the German School of History, has become an important field of economic science. According to the approach to economics sociology, culture is an important variable, it affects economic behaviors and models. The American society, through the Protestant culture, was able to make industrial revolution and become a global power. After the 1950s, Japan has managed to develop with Asian culture and value system. In this context, the study briefly describes the relationship between culture, modernization and economic science in American and Japanese societies.

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