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- 2211: Chinese Foot Binding
- ... has been gathered from writings, drawings and photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries. The first documented reference to footbinding was from the Southern Tang Dynasty in Nanjing. Although the history of footbinding is very vague it lasted for at least one thousand years. Early text referred to the Han Dynasty as people who preferred that the women have small feet ... D-6. „h Kam, Nadine. "Oh, how we suffer in the name of beauty." Star Bulletin 10, March, 1998: D-1, D-6. „h Levy, Howard S. Chinese Footbinding: The History of a Curious Erotic Custom. Bell Publishing Company: New York: 1992: 34, 47-49 „h Loiselle, Dawnelle. Footbinding: Lotus Petals. Retrieved, August 1998 from the World Wide Web: http://www ...
- 2212: Chinese Communist Influences
- ... military rescue from Japan brought no significant improvement in the Kuomintang's domestic performance in the political and economic fields, which if anything to get worse. Clearly the pre-Communist history of Modern China has been essentially one of weakness, humiliation, and failure. This is the atmosphere in which the CPC developed its leadership and growth in. The result has been ... bureaucratic capitalism) and still yet accept the passively the leadership CPC. Maoism still possessed two other points that are significant in understanding this ideology, it recognizes the decisive importance in history of conscious, voluntary activity and of subjective forces in more detail than the sometimes compared Leninism which was opposed to deterministic, objective forces. The last point it brings out is ...
- 2213: Communist Containment In Asia
- ... An in-depth look at the success of the communist containment in Asia. Paper Outline I. Introduction. II. What is Communism. a. Ideas b. Policies III. Who was involved. a. History IV. How did communism get there. a. Soviet Union b. China c. Spread V. Events leading up. VI. Why the United States decided to attempt to contain it. VII. Goals ... France. By helping them economically, the Marshall Plan indirectly helped to stem growing Communist sentiment in these countries. Truman's plan for peacetime aid, the Truman Doctrine, was unprecedented in history and he faced a hostile Republican Congress through which to pass it. However, Truman informed Congress of the troubles facing Italy, Germany and France. They and small, fragile Middle-eastern ...
- 2214: Compare And Contrast The Way T
- ... to and content of the news. It has been argued that this is one of the most intense examples of news management and the manufacturing of public opinion in American history (11). Correspondents that were perceived to be critical of the war were not allowed to join accredited press pools or interview senior military officials. However those that did toe the ... was never fully explained and why the public were largely ignorant of how the ground war was waged. The Gulf War remains to date the most widely covered war in history whereas the Falklands war was only covered by a small select group of correspondents. In the Gulf, it has been argued, the media failed to meet its democratic responsibilities of ...
- 2215: Creation Story Of The Iroquios
- ... the good mind visits the people and teaches them what they will need to know in order to survive. One of the most important Native American groups in North American history is the Iroquois. The Iroquois Indians have been estimated to have been around as early as 900 ad. They lived in what are called long houses. The long houses were ... Confederation and the Constitution are strongly influenced by the Iroquois system of government. For these reasons the Iroquois are one of the most important Native American groups in North American history.
- 2216: Countess Elizabeth Bathory Out
- ... intuitiveness, and her distorted moral/family values, Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary has led the life of one of the most fascinating yet neurotic leaders in all of Transylvania’s history. I. Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, born in 1560, retained a childhood of sheer disgust hidden behind the curtain of royalty. A. During her childhood, she witnessed horrific trials and ... attributes that caused this neurotic and mentally displaced individual, hidden behind nobility and a countess’ guise, to kill 650 virgin women. Her name in Transylvania continues to go down in history to this day, known as the “Blood Countess.”
- 2217: Crusades 4
- ... and get a little piece back. Though the wars continued to 1464, the last battles were minor and not consider crusades. Results The definite results of the Crusades on European History is certainly debatable. What is certain is that the Crusades had very little impact on the East, except for their castles. Though it was spurred by the clashing of two ... trade between the West and the East. Many rulers came along and fought for their own causes, but known were successful. These Holy Wars aided in the shaping of European History and left a lasting effect on the world.
- 2218: Crazy Horse
- ... the reservations, one particular event comes to my mind. That event is the Battle of the Little BigHorn. This was one of the few times that the Oglala Sioux made history as being the victors of a battle. When stories are told, or when the media dares to tamper with history, it is usually the American Indians who are looked upon as the bad guys. They are portrayed as savages who spent their time raiding wagon trains and scalping the white ...
- 2219: Consequences Of The 30 Years W
- ... Thirty Years War had clearly resulted in many changes and effected many areas of life. These changes occur politically, religiously, socially and economically. As the most destructive event in German history, the Thirty Years War started as a conflict between the Protestants and Roman Catholics, yet ended up as a fight for political power. The war was divided up into 4 ... the war in every aspect. Germany was of the greatest effected because the war was mostly fought on its land. The war had been the most disastrous event in German history. From the changes of religion, to the change of government and warfare, the Thirty Years War formed a break with the past and the modern world.
- 2220: Compare And Contrast The Aims
- ... couldn't unite with or love another people when they weren't even united or loving of themselves. Malcolm believed self-love could be achieved with knowledge of their true history. A people who loved and had respect for their own race could not believe in nonviolence. "Any Negro who teaches Negroes to turn the other cheek in the face of ... voice, with its power and anger, was as important as the message, achieving a similar reaction to that of King's speeches. He would tell the blacks about their true history and fire the crowd up with talk of how the devil white man raped and murdered. "To get fifteen million of us here to make us slaves, on the way ...
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