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- 921: The Return Of Martin Guerre
- ... suit against a man claiming to be someone he is not. She familiarizes the reader with peasantry, laws, and moral attitudes of the time. The story begins in 1527 with a family move from the French Basque country to the village of Artigat. There the Daguerre family settled and started a tileworks business; a prosperous business in the sixteenth century. They eventually started businesses in wheat, millet, vines, and sheep. To ... has been gone for twenty years. Bertrande was left with the burdens of being a single mother for the next eight years, until Martin returned, or so she thought. In 1556 a peasant from a French village called Sajas was traveling, possibly leaving town to avoid punishment for a small crime, when he encountered two men mistaking him for a man they called Martin Guerre. The peasant was in fact not ... false supposition of name and of adultery (86), a serious crime in that day, penalized by physical punishment or death. Arnaud received the latter. The story of Martin Guerre has be told and retold throughout French history. Natalie Zemon Davis cleverly told the history of small town French peasants in her version of the story through collected data and journals form the sixteenth-century. Her method of teaching history is ...
- 922: Alfred Binet
- ... Binet developed his Intelligence test. Alfred Binet, born in Nice, France, on the eleventh of July, whose mother was an artist and whose father was a physician, became one of the most prominent psychologists in French history. Having received his formal education in both Nice and later, in Paris, at the renowned Lycee Louis -le-Grand, Binet went on to become a lawyer. This profession, however, was not suited to him ... p.xii). Soon after, Binet was nominated co-director and one year later, became director of the Laboratory of Physiological Psychology at the Sorbonne. He and Beaunis, also co-director, initiated and edited the first French psychological journal 'L'Annee Psychologique', which remains in press today. Although never having attained a professorship in his own country (a bitter disappointment for the proud nationalist) Binet did spend one spring in Bucharest where ... His work was diverse, covering areas such as systematic introspection, suggestibility, research with abnormals, mental fatigue, psychology of legal testimony, experimental study of children and experimental pedigogy. Binet died in Paris in 1911. As a French Psychologist, he was never appreciated, specifically by the French, to the extent that his work and dedication merited him to be. Binet's work was diverse, showing interest in the person as a whole ...
- 923: The Most Heroic Character In I
- ... silk and pearls, yes, for sure, our Dede here is going to be the millionaire of the family." Nevertheless, changes do not come byitself, but come through numerous struggles between the family value and the revolution. For most of the time, she has valued family as a more important factor in her life. Should she be blamed for her so-called woman's selfishness and weakness? No, a good wife should ... once they are caught, she may even bring the whole family into terrible tragedies. That is just too much of a risk for her at that point of her life, she wants to join the revolution but simply she can't. The opinion on what she has done varies according to different point of view. From a radical perspective, she is surely a loser, but from a traditional perspective, what she ... they be admired? Sure, the country revolutionists' spirit must be raised crazily by their braveness against evil and death. However, are they really admirable? Have they accomplished their goal yet? Who will then lead the revolution? And could they face the people who are dying for the revolution in the heaven and tell them "Sorry, because of our sudden urge, your death have been in vain." They not only disappoint ...
- 924: The United States' Involvement In World War 2
- ... had one tank to Germany’s twenty and one plane to Germany’s seven planes. On top of that Poland had no antiaircraft guns to fend off the Germans. So, the Polish depended on the French and British, who had declared war on Germany, to aid Poland’s counterattack against Germany. Yet, the French were only prepared for a defensive war and Britain had insufficient military equipment to aid the attack. America, though having nothing to do with the war, began aiding the allied attack by passing a law ... Britain and France continued to take great losses as Germany moved into the low countries- Belgium, Luxembourg, and Netherlands. Germany made quick attacks on each country. Allied support was called upon, and the British and French reacted. Yet, Luxembourg surrendered in one day, Netherlands in five, and Belgium in eighteen. As the allies moved forward to attempt the aid of the Low Countries, Germany cut behind them and drove the ...
- 925: Leonardo Da Vinnci
- ... While painting Leonardo not only tried to show what his subject looked like, but he also tried to show their mental state of mind. In June 1506, Leonardo returned to work in Milan for the French government. Leonardo's scientific research began to dominate his activities, this led to scientific illustration through his drawings. In 1513 Leonardo went with Pope Leo's X's brother, Giuliano de' Medici, to Rome. While ... While painting Leonardo not only tried to show what his subject looked like, but he also tried to show their mental state of mind. In June 1506, Leonardo returned to work in Milan for the French government. Leonardo's scientific research began to dominate his activities, this led to scientific illustration through his drawings. In 1513 Leonardo went with Pope Leo's X's brother, Giuliano de' Medici, to Rome. While ... While painting Leonardo not only tried to show what his subject looked like, but he also tried to show their mental state of mind. In June 1506, Leonardo returned to work in Milan for the French government. Leonardo's scientific research began to dominate his activities, this led to scientific illustration through his drawings. In 1513 Leonardo went with Pope Leo's X's brother, Giuliano de' Medici, to Rome. ...
- 926: Ben Quarles Negro In The Revol
- The Negro in the American Revolution Throughout American history, African Americans have had to decide whether they belonged in the United States or if they should go elsewhere. Slavery no doubtfully had a great impact upon their decisions. However, despite their ... stuck in the middle of a war between white people. Their loyalty was not to one side or another, but to a principle, the principle of liberty. Ben Quarel s, The Negro in the American Revolution, is very detailed in explaining the importance of the African American in the pre America days, he shows the steps African Americans took in order to insure better lives for generations to come. America s ... war, its war for independence from Great Britain was a great accomplishment. This achievement could have been performed if not for the black soldiers in the armies. The first American to shed blood in the revolution that freed America from British rule was Crispus Attucks. Attucks along with four white men was killed in the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770. Even though Attucks was a fugitive slave running from ...
- 927: Economic Espionage
- ... about collecting information from North American companies. The FBI investigations reflect that 23 countries are currently engaged in espionage against North American countries. France is one of the countries that we will look at. The French currently commit 200 full-time agents world wide. These agents are known as the “ General de la Securite Exterieure” and concentrate on the soft business targets. The other full-time group in the French intelligence service is the “Service 7”. This group of spies is also known as the action unit. They carry out all of the operations that require a deft hand,IE break-ins, buggings and covert ... foreign officials and business leaders, pilfer secrets, and even conduct speacial operations and parliamentary activity (Dreyfus:95:1). Proof that the United States is engaged in this type of espionage happened in 1995 when the French government demanded that four business officials leave the country because they were allegedly caught gathering French economic and political secrets. Three businessmen were posing as American diplomats and the fourth was operating under a ...
- 928: History Of The Counterculture
- ... is true then the 1960's was a decade of discovery. It was a decade marred by social unrest, civil rights injustice, and violence abroad. These were some of the factors that lead to a revolution that attempted to bifurcate the fabric of American society. Teenagers were breaking away from the ideals that their parents held, and were attempting to create their own society. If they were to accomplish this they ... decade of social and political upheaval. We are still confronting many social issues that were addressed in the 1960s today. In spite of the turmoil, there were some positive results, such as the civil rights revolution. However, many outcomes were negative: student antiwar protest movements, political assassinations, and ghetto riots excited American people and resulted in a lack of respect for authority and the law. However, with all the talk and ... did voice important concerns about civil rights, the Vietnam War, and the injustices of society. (Constable, 27-28) It is important to first examine the change in music that was the fuel of the counterculture revolution. Rock n’ Roll was born in the 1950's. It was this birth that allowed the counterculture to be born. Without the innovation of the Rock n' Roll of the 1950's the rock ...
- 929: Communism And Socialism In Ani
- ... were happy and treated as equals to high ranking government officials. There has been a time in Animal Farm when all animals were treated equal, but that was only in the start of the post-revolution. In the end of the book however, there is a different story. The motif of the book is that any attempt to achieve the goals of a communist and socialist society would be a continuous ... and benefits will be given based on the needs. In Animal Farm all the animals work and all the types of animals get the type of food they need. The animals felt better after the revolution even though they were underfed because they knew they were doing this for themselves. Napoleon and his other pigs were the government and let their power get to them. They said that all the animals ... is that the production and distribution of products is maintained by the community. In Animal Farm , the animals were put in even more smaller communities by species. There was groups made during the early post-revolution like the Egg Production Committee, the Clean Tails League and the Whiter Wool Movement. Also all political actions are done by the community. There was the Meeting every Sunday where all the animals met ...
- 930: The 1960's
- ... addressed in the 1960s are still the issues being confronted today. the '60s was a decade of social and political upheaval. in spite of all the turmoil, there were some positive results: the civil rights revolution, john f. Kennedy's bold vision of a new frontier, and the breathtaking advances in space, helped bring about progress and prosperity. however, much was negative: student and anti-war protest movements, political assassinations, and ... out." you know why the nation celebrates Martin luther king, jr.'s birthday. all of the social issues are reflected in today's society: the civil rights movement, the student movement, space exploration, the sexual revolution, the environment, medicine and health, and fun and fashion. The Civil Rights Movement The momentum of the previous decade's civil rights gains led by rev. Martin luther king, jr. carried over into the 1960s ... but after his assassination, president johnson, drawing on the kennedy legacy and on the press coverage of civil rights marches and protests, succeeded where kennedy had failed. However, by the summer of 1964, the black revolution had created its own crisis of disappointed expectations. rioting by urban blacks was to be a feature of every "long, hot, summer" of the mid-1960s. In 1965, King and other black leaders wanted ...
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