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- 2731: The Life of Mao Zedong
- ... Communists fled to the countryside. 32 This proved to be a blessing. Throughout the 1930's, the Communists organized the rural areas and solidified the party organization. 33 The Japanese invasion of China during World War II, also provided Mao with opportunity to draw the Chinese people behind him in an united front against the Japanese invaders. Mao's stature within the party continued to grow. After leading the Communists on ... Mao. The Rectification Campaign was a turning point for the Communists. With a strong leader, unity within, and a specifically tailored Chinese political ideology, the Communists made steady gains against the Guomingdang in the Chinese Civil War (1945-1949). By 1949, the Communists controlled the Chinese mainland. Not surprisingly, on October 1st, Mao proclaimed the People's Republic of China. Equally in character, Mao's proclamation took place at the Imperial ...
- 2732: A Lesson Before Dying
- ... in Florida ends. The first generation of MacIveys consisted of the father and husband, Tobias, the mother and wife, Emma, and their young son, Zech. The family had decided to escape the pressures of the Civil War in their native Georgia, and move to the scrub of Northern Florida. The MacIveys experience many troubles and learn many new things during their stay in the scrub, such as meeting Indians, that will turn ... to build walls of defense for the confederate forces. During the excursion to chop down trees, confederate deserters raided Emma and Zech and burned down their house. Tobias and Emma made the decision that the war was getting to close to the scrub, and that moving South would be a good idea. The MacIvey clan packed up their wagon and headed south along the St. John’s and Kissimmee rivers ...
- 2733: Anarchism
- ... other present at that time. However, it presence was very influential throughout Europe and Russia. It played a decisive role during the Russian revolution. Anarchism also bore greatly affected the industrial revolution and the Spanish civil war. After World War II Anarchism lost the majority of it's appeal but at present it still retains a following. One such leader of this following is a political theorist named Noam Chomsky. A professor at MIT, ...
- 2734: George Orwell
- ... He had described it as unrealistic and taunted the fact that most socialists tended to be from the Middle class. After that, he went to Spain, with the intention of writing newspaper articles about the Civil War that had erupted there. The conflict was between the communist, socialist Republic and the Fascist military rebellion. Orwell was greatly surprised when he found out that in Spain, class distinction appeared to have disappeared. Although ... secondly, that humanity would always seek dominance over others through violence and conflict. In 1938, Orwell became afflicted with tuberculosis and spent some time in Morocco. There, he wrote Coming Up For Air. When the war between England and Germany broke out he wanted to enlist but was unfit to do so. He later joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1941 as a talks producer. After leaving the BBC in ...
- 2735: Did Napoleon Betray The Revolu
- ... Napoleons reforms of the French bureaucratic service as the ultimate treachery. France had been through years of revolutionary change but it still lacked the administrative structure to implement revolutionary reforms. Napoleon created a logically organised civil service that was so efficient that most of the world adopted the French administration system Much of it’s efficiency came from the fact that position were awarded for skill rather then social status Napoleons ... revolution by resorting to an administrative system similar to the ancien regime. However Historians such as Georges Lefebvre believe that the Emperor was a man of the Revolution in the sense that “he detested feudalism, civil inequality, and religious intolerance.” Proving that even though Napoleon’s social reforms changed the social structures left by the Revolution. The reforms that Napoleon made were in line with the revolutionary ideals of Liberty equality ... Lyons, Martyn Napoleon Bonaparte and the Legacy of the French Revolution Macmillan, London, 1994 Schroeder, Paul The Transformation of European Politics 1763-1848 Clarendon Press, Oxford 1994 Tombs, Robert France 1814-1914, Longman, NewYork, 1996 War Times Journal Napoleonic Wars website http://www.wtj.com/portal/wars/modern/napoleonic/
- 2736: The Fall of Communism
- ... a mixed economy, which was termed the New Economic Policy. This economy called for some private owner but the government controlled the majority of production. Lenin’s government made many achievements. It ended a long civil was against the remains of old Czarist military system and established institutions in government. Lenin died in 1924, and was quickly followed by Joseph Stalin as head of the soviet Communist Party. Stalin became the ... this period endured great hardship. Stalin put the production of what he called production goods such as manufacturing machinery over basic consumer goods such as clothes and other stables. During this period the Second World War broke out and drained most of what was national unity was strengthened as well as the Soviet military machine. The Soviet Union became a super power, the U.S. being the only country more powerful ... was destroyed bringing a centralized form of control back into effect. Khrushchev’s denouncing of Stalin’s policies was criticized and slowly some of Stalin’s political disciplinary policies were restored. Stalin was named a war hero. There began an outright attack on dissidents from the literary and scientific community. During this time there was an inefficient use of land and resources, which resulted in an economic slackening. The 1980’ ...
- 2737: Morrison's Beloved: The Psychological Suffrage of Former Slaves
- ... of continued emotional and psychological suffrage. Stanley Crouch stated " For Beloved, above all else, is a blackface holocaust novel" (38-43). He believed that by including sadistic guards, murder, separation of family members, a big war, failed and successful escapes, and losses of loved ones to the violence of the mad order, Morrison was attempting to enter American slavery into the martyr ranks of the Nazi's abuse of the Jews ... elevated, which makes this novel stunning. I believe that Beloved was a vividly irregular family saga that is set in the mid-1880's in Ohio. By that time, slavery had been diminished by the Civil War, but the horrors of slavery lied within the memories of those that were subjected to it. Morrison has the ability to describe the physical horrors and torments that the slaves endured in a kind ...
- 2738: Fredrerick Douglass
- ... anti-slavery newspaper called "The North Star". Not only did he present news to the slaves, but it was also highly regarded as a good source of information for those opposed to slavery. During the Civil war, Douglass organized two regiments of black soldiers in Massachusetts to fight for the North. Before, during and after the war he continued his quest to free all the slaves. He became known as a fair and righteous man and was appointed as the U.S. Minister of Haiti after holding several government offices. Frederick ...
- 2739: Capitalism: The Cause Of Slave
- ... as James Henretta have said that Capitalism was the cause of all evil within the American South. American Capitalism defined by Max Weber is “ a greed for gain”, and “acquisition by force, ... whether directly in war or in the form [of] exploitation of subjects”. This type of lifestyle within a growing nation could not work with the gentry class which was moving into the region unless there was people to do ... that problem - work cost too much money so the colonists implemented forced labor for economic gain. So slavery provided the basis for a special Southern economic and social life which had continued on until the Civil war. The special economic life which the people of the South lived upon was one of greed for expansion and gain. Capitalism at its best, and the Southern colonies were very good at it. Lewis ...
- 2740: Racism
- ... kids grow up "brain-washed" that black people are their enemies and, taught by example, will continue this trend (The Volume Library; 1988). The Ku Klux Klan has been around since the end of the civil war. It is a roller coaster of a history. From extreme power, to rapid decline, and slow reemergence (Software Toolworks Encyclopedia; 1992). The clan, who is notorious for its violence, has a relatively innocent beginning. It ... skinheads are a family... A lot of us don't have what you'd call a home" commented Joshua, who is a 16 year old recruiter in California (United They Hate; Michael Kronenwetter). The race war was in full force by the 1960's. With the growth of white supremacy and their groups, black too had a weapon. Martin Luther King Jr. lead his people to march in Washington to ...
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