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- 631: A Different Mirror
- A Different mirror: A History of Multicultural America Ronald Takaki is one of the foremost-recognized scholars of multicultural studies and holds a PhD. in American History from the University of California, Berkeley. As a professor of Ethnic Studies at the same university, he wrote A Different Mirror: a History of Multicultural America as a fantastic new telling of our nation s history. The book narrates the composition of the many different people of the United States of America. ...
- 632: Marco Polo
- ... about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family of merchants. He also lived during a propitious time in world history, when the height of Venice’s influence as a city-state coincided with the greatest extent of Mongol conquest of Asia(Li Man Kin 9). Ruled by Kublai Khan, the ... if Marco’s account is to be believed, the Polos became great favorites of the khan, and Kublai eventually made Marco one of his most trusted emissaries(Great Lives from History 16765). On these points Marco has been accused of gross exaggeration, and the actual status of the Polos at the court of the khan is much disputed. If at first ... in the khan’s court. Marco, his father, and his uncle not only survived-itself an achievement amid the political hazards of the time-but also prospered(Great Lives from History 1678). Apparently, the elder Polos carried on their trading while Marco was performing his missions; yet seventeen years is a long time to trade without returning home to family ...
- 633: Marco Polo
- ... about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family of merchants. He also lived during a propitious time in world history, when the height of Venice’s influence as a city-state coincided with the greatest extent of Mongol conquest of Asia(Li Man Kin 9). Ruled by Kublai Khan, the ... if Marco’s account is to be believed, the Polos became great favorites of the khan, and Kublai eventually made Marco one of his most trusted emissaries(Great Lives from History 16765). On these points Marco has been accused of gross exaggeration, and the actual status of the Polos at the court of the khan is much disputed. If at first ... in the khan’s court. Marco, his father, and his uncle not only survived-itself an achievement amid the political hazards of the time-but also prospered(Great Lives from History 1678). Apparently, the elder Polos carried on their trading while Marco was performing his missions; yet seventeen years is a long time to trade without returning home to family ...
- 634: John F. Kennedy Vs. Lynden B.
- ... of Kennedy. He lacked the charisma that Kennedy used to win his audiences. LBJ immediately assured the world that America was going to make it through this awkward time in history. LBJ understood that America needed a plan like the New Frontier for support. He created the “Great Society”. The Great Society was a program that used America’s prosperity as ... the average citizen as well. This program ran off of prosperity and it soon produced enough to run itself. LBJ created one of the greatest reform programs in our nations history (in my opinion). Although the New Frontier and the Great Society share similarities and were created on the same circumstances they share different failures and outcomes. The New Frontier, for ... black or white, still were influenced by racism or lack of Civil rights. These reform programs were some of the nations must influential ideas put into everyday use in our history. They not only earned a place in history but they changed it. Some of there plans, bills, and laws are the basis of our society today. With out them ...
- 635: Charles Et Secondat, Baron De
- ... this period that the Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline and the Spirit of Laws were written. In the Considerations Montesquieu used Roman history to prove some of his ideas about reasons for the rise and the fall of civilizations. His most important point was that history is made by causes and effects, by events influenced by man, and not by luck. His ideas are summarized in this passage: I is not fortune that rules the world ... he tried to improve things without turning the world upside down. He was the model figure for the steady advancement of the human civilization. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Hollier, Denis , A New History of French Literature, Harvard University Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1989. 2. The Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, p. 467-476. 3. Loy, John Robert, Montesquieu, New York, Twayne Publishers, 1968. 4. ...
- 636: Caesar And Naopoleon
- ... take in order to achieve success Napoleon devoured books on the art of war. Volume after volume of military theory was read, analyzed and criticized. He studied the campaigns of history's most famous commanders; Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Frederick the Great and his favorite and most influential, Julius Caesar (Marrin 17). Julius Caesar was the strong leader for the Romans who changed the course of history of the Greco - Roman world decisively and irreversibly. Caesar was able to create the Roman Empire because of his strength and his strong war strategies (Duggan 117). Julius Caesar was ... to take over the town and he was able to form a civilization that was strong militarily and politically (Grant, Caesar 187). Caesar was one of the great generals of history; his name became synonymous with leadership, hence the titles Kaiser, and Tsar. Having been promoted over the heads of older officers, Napoleon's unbroken run of victories over the ...
- 637: The Romanovs
- ... At school, until the sixth grade, I was taught that Lenin and his followers (Bolsheviks) were good, however, when the Soviet Union split apart and Democracy came to the power, history teachers were able to support another point of view. Lenin was no longer considered a good guy and it was OK to say bad things about him. One of my history teachers in Russia even brought a newspaper to one of her classes as a part of the lecture. One article spent a whole page talking about Lenin's deficiencies, saying ... they started to destroy Russian culture. They destroyed churches and went around to the houses and took icons and crosses. People didn't know what to do. Half of Russian history disappeared because of Bolsheviks. When Communism was gone it was OK to search for the Romanov's grave. They say that before nobody knew where the bodies were and ...
- 638: Explanation of the Holocaust in Freud's "Civilization and Its Discontents"
- ... the struggle that the Jews faced in Nazi Germany and Europe. Hitler's rise to power and his ensuing reign of terror coincided with the worst worldwide economic depression in history. The effects that the Great Depression had on the people can be used in understanding the German peoples support of Hitler. Hitler offered the people a sense of hope during ... Christ (Rubenstein 5). By the time Hitler came to power, he was able to use the fears of the people to create his form of government and re-write the history of Europe. According to Freud's theories in Civilization and Its Discontents, it may be asserted that the Holocaust was the result of an “uncontrolled liberation of the id, and ... it is not entirely accurate to assert that only uneducated people subscribed to the Nazi ideology. This is so because as Richard Rubenstein writes in his essay The Cunning of History, the enslaved Jews were used as guinea pigs for medical experiments under “some very respectable professors at medical schools,” (49) and used some of the biggest corporations in Germany ...
- 639: Society During The French Revo
- ... on June 21 at Varennes while attempting to escape from France. This study will also include the period when public executions was out of hand. This well-known period in history was called the Reign of Terror. During 1 Harvey. French Revolution. CD-ROM 2 Davis. Social Rebellion in French History. p. 9. this time, society was thought to be in control but went out of hand with the daily executions of nobles, members of the clergy, and rebels. On May ... constant communication with her brother, the Holy Roman emperor Leopold II who was 6 Johnson. French Revolution. pp. 27-28. 7 Seles. The Eighteenth Century. p. 197. 8 Cobban. A History of Modern France. p. 155. against the revolution. With the suspicions around Antoinette and the king’s complicity, on June 21 the royal family was captured at Varennes while ...
- 640: Book Report On The Forbidden C
- ... a seventeen-year old boy named Alex Jackson, his father, a CBC news cameraman, and their adventure in China and how they survived the worst of times during China’s history. The place is Beijing, China and the time is 1989, a year that China's Government tries desperately to cover up and keep buried forever. It starts with Alex Jackson ... Nowlan. Alex isn't exactly a reporter, but rather a tourist or assistant dragged along by his father for the experience in learning and looking at China's beauty and history. This wasn't exactly what was about to occur. Staying in the Beijing Hotel, Alex was able to see the beginning of a civil revolt, as the students began to ... moment. You're like a part of the story. You could tell by the writing, that the writer did a lot of research in areas such as language, culture, and history. He had all kinds of real phrases and names like Shan Da, Alex's Chinese name. He brought into reality actual history and tales which were really amazing. All ...
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