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- 341: History of Rock and Roll
- History of Rock and Roll Punk rock developed in the United States out of the raw and energetic music adored and played by garage bands of the mid-sixties. Many of ...
- 342: History Of Arabic Music
- ... ancient heritage. In the last decades a growing global audience has come to appreciate the richness of this music. The global audience is hungry for information about these traditions, their history, the playing techniques and theories behind them, as well as news about performances, recordings, and concerts. Listeners, performers and students rely on word of mouth to keep current on Arabic ...
- 343: History And Culture Of The Renaissance
- ... as new commercial developments, which allowed them to expand into mercantile societies that greatly contrast with the traditional society of medieval Europe. Renaissance historians rejected the medieval Christian views of history. They were often known as humanists. Humanism was another cultural break with medieval tradition. Scholars under its ideas viewed classical texts on their own terms instead of Christian justifications. They ...
- 344: Economic Theories of Harsanyi, Nash, Selten, Fogel, and North
- ... on subjects ranging from slavery and railroads to ocean shipping and property rights. Fogel, a professor at the University of Chicago, often is described as the father of modern econometric history. He's especially noted for using careful empirical work to overturn conventional wisdom. North, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, was honored as a pioneer in the "new" institutional history. In the Nobel announcement, they specifically mention North's research in 1968 that showed how organizational changes played a greater role in increasing productivity than did technical change. "The Cambridge native has also written a series of books, including "The Rise of the Western World" in 1971 and "Structure and Change in Economic History," which set out with clarity how the role of institutional change, and property rights, could be expected to play in a rigorous theory of economic development." Fogel is identified ...
- 345: Hitler's Ambitions
- ... father. In secondary school Hitler’s grades dropped dramatically (Heyes p21). Hitler was however very interested in German Nationalism and figures such as, Bismarck and Frederick despite his low grades (History place). This is a marked beginning of his ambitions and his career. After Hitler’s father’s death Hitler was left alone to do what he wanted. At the age of sixteen, Adolf Hitler dropped out of secondary school. For the next few years Hitler spend his time reading books about German History and going to operas. After seeing the opera “Rienzi” Hitler led his friend, Kubizek, on top of a hill and spoke about how he was going to lead the people ... fight for Germany. During the war Hitler was very lucky. He had gone two years straight without an injury, even after taking dangerous assignments of taking messages to the battlefield (History place). Luck was a major factor. The war however ended with the Germans losing and Germany becoming a republic (Heyes p13-15). This upset Hitler a great deal. He ...
- 346: The History of the Ku Klux Klan
- The History of the Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is one of America's oldest and most feared groups. Driven by the dream of a world with only one ...
- 347: Brave New World 4
- ... ideas of an individual. The art has a lesser of a meaning because so many concepts have been taken away from the people. But in the Utopia there is no history to depict in art. They have no history, no real pain, and no idea what good art would be because everything is good already so there s nothing bad to compare it to. How could anything stand out ... the only Utopian that ever experiences real emotional love, which was towards john. This shows that love starts from family, then later expressed into others like John to Lenina. b.) History only exists to the very few elite in the Utopia. The only people who knew any history at all are Alphas, probably only Alpha pluses. All they would know ...
- 348: History of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- History of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages the remainder of the public domain ...
- 349: Chinese Americans
- The Lost Ones – Young Chinese Americans Due to harsh immigration laws, in American history, Chinese have often relied on illegal means of entering the United States. For example, in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act (Chinese Exclusion Act, Documents on Anti-Chinese Immigration Policy.) was ... illegal immigration and rings operating these smuggling operations. Therefore increased vigilance at America's doors has led to the capture of many Chinese illegal immigrants. The result of above brief history of Chinese history in America is that these new comers at the time period of illegal entering of America would eventually result the wave of 3rd generation Chinese population along with Baby ...
- 350: Black Panther Party
- ... and Huey P. Newton's leadership of the Party are as significant to the Black freedom struggle as more widely known leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. A typical American history high school textbook not only neglects to mention Huey Newton but also disregards the existence of the Black Panthers altogether. Therefore, we must open this missed chapter in American history and discover the legacy and story of Huey P. Newton. Huey's experiences growing up were centered in his conception of the Black Panthers. Unlike King and many other civil ... to monitor police behavior in black neighborhoods and protect the rights of African Americans. This organization was the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). The Panthers stormed into American history in 1966 when Huey P. Newton wrote the platform for the party. The platform made an aggressive call for "power to determine the destiny of our black community…. with ...
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