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- 1131: China In The 20th Century
- ... Kristof & Wudunn 326). Why? First of all, the book The Rise and Decline of Nations by Mancur Olson, it addressed the fundamental question of what turns a nation into an economic dynamo. He asked why Germany and Japan performed economic miracles after being defeated in the World War Two. Answer is that, it was the war which created catastrophic losses and then became a motivation of economic dynamo (322). That is ...
- 1132: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... bomb North Vietnam. American troop strength in Vietnam increased to more than 180,000 by the end of the year and to 500,000 by 1968. Like many Americans who recalled the "appeasement" of Nazi Germany in the 1930s, Johnson thought the United States must be firm or incur a loss of credibility. It was the policy of military escalation in Vietnam, however, that proved to be Johnson's undoing as ...
- 1133: Leonhard Euler
- ... In 1744 he became director of the academy's mathematics section. During his stay in Berlin, he wrote over 200 articles, three books on mathematical analysis, and a scientific popularization, Letters to a Princess of Germany (oh la la!). In 1755 he was elected a foreign member of the Paris Academy of Science; during his career he received 12 of its prestigious biennial prizes. In 1766, Euler returned to Russia, after ...
- 1134: Karl Marx 2
- ... C. James Richardson. Sociology for Canadians: Images of society. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryderson Limited, 1991 Mehring, F, Karl Marx, The story of his life, London: Butler and Tanner ltd., 1936 Marx, K, The Communist Manifesto, Germany: J. E. Burghard, 1848 "Karl Marx." Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia. Cd-Rom. Microsoft Corp., 1993-1995 Vesaey, G. and P. Foulkes. Collins dictionary of Philosophy. London:British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data, 1990
- 1135: Italian Renaissance Vs.
- ... theme in an understandable setting. These innovations in painting did not pick up as well in the north, although some were preceded by the Flemish masters in the Renaissance. Also in the northern Renaissance, south Germany gave birth to Durer and the Holbeins. Painting became less symbolic in this period and more of a portrayal of concrete realities as they met the eye. The Renaissance was the time in which new ...
- 1136: Ireland 2
- ... 73% of GDP, a high proportion by international standards. The main areas of growth in Irish exports are the computers/electrical machinery and chemicals/pharmaceuticals industries. The principal destinations for exports are UK: 24.3%, Germany 12.S%, France 7.9%, Netherlands 6.8%, Belgium and Luxembourg 5.0%, Italy 3.3%, other EU Countries 6.8%, United States 11.4% and Japan 3.2%. Imports In 1997 Ireland's merchandise ...
- 1137: Ireland An Expansion Through
- ... longer be sure how many monasteries were founded in Columbanuss name during his lifetime and after his death. But the number, stretching across vast territories that would become in time the countries of France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, would be numerous. (192) For it would be Columbanus that would truly spread Christianity throughout the western world, setting precedent in Italy where the holy city of the Vatican would later come ...
- 1138: Into The Abyss Marquis De Sade
- ... of man. Yet the idea that at the core of man lies not a selfless virtuous being, but an aggressive, amoral individual is still significant. The sadist philosophy sheds light on the horrors of Nazi Germany, of the genocide in Kurdistan and New Rwanda. Sade demands that the individual stop deluding oneself and give to the instinctual demands of man's nature. While one may dismiss the idea of what Sade ...
- 1139: Immigration To Canada
- ... Canada. The century following 1820 may be divided into three great periods of immigration to Canada. During the first period, from 1820 to 1860, most of the immigrants came from Great Britain, Ireland, and western Germany. In the second period, from 1860 to 1890, those countries continued to supply a majority of the immigrants; the Scandinavian nations provided a substantial minority. Thereafter the proportion of immigrants from northern and Western Europe ...
- 1140: How People Interacted With Eac
- ... culture developed around Mantua and Urbino. During the 15th century students came from all over Europe to study in Italy. Also during the Renaissance Italian literature, clothing, furniture, and art were imitated in Holland, France, Germany, Spain and England (Renaissance 30). In the nineteenth-century England and Wales were divided into fifty-two counties. In this century the English hunted foxes (Pool 24). The middle of London, known as The City ...
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