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- 911: Censorship and the Internet
- ... paper, freedom of speech is a right that many in the world don't know, but is something that all Americans know and are taught. By picking up an American history book it isn't difficult to find many examples of what happened when the citizens of this country where forced to give up this right. They took up arms, and ... the First Amendment. How Free Is Speech in Cyberspace?" Human Rights Vol. 23, No.2. [http://www.eff.org/pub/Censorship/human_rights_960420.article]. Spring 1996. Sterling, Bruce. "Short History of the Internet." The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Feb1993. [gopher://gopher.isoc.org:70/00/internet/history/short.history.of.internet]. 17 Apr. 1996. http://www.eff.org/pub/Censorship/human_rights_960420.article Steele http://www.hotwired.com/special/indecent/rally.html Irwin http://www. ...
- 912: Child Abuse in Today’s Society
- ... love, support, and security - can be the most abusive group that a child belongs to. The significance of the family in American society has been essential to our Nation’s history and tradition. Society assumes that parents act in their child’s best interest. Therefore, parents have the right to care for and protect their own children. When parents cannot meet ... of Cruelty to Animals challenged the court to recognize that a child was covered under the laws which prevent the cruel treatment of animals. This was the first time in history when society accepted the responsibility to protect children, even if it is from their own parents. (Bender and Leone, 1994, p. 12) Child abuse data is collected in many inconsistent ... Child Abuse Prevention Research showed that drug or alcohol abuse was one of the two top causes of child abuse in 61 percent of the states. Another factor, a family history of abuse, continues to be the most studied factor of child abuse. Studies show that nearly one-third of the victims of child abuse become abusers when they have ...
- 913: Karl Marx
- ... sacrifice on behalf of humanity." In October of 1835, he started attendance at the University of Bonn, enrolling in non-socialistic-related classes like Greek and Roman mythology and the history of art. During this time, he spent a day in jail for being "drunk and disorderly-the only imprisonment he suffered" in the course of his life. The student culture ... involved mainly in the "new literary and philosophical movement" who's chief figure was Bruno Bauer, a lecturer in theology who thought that the Gospels were not a record of History but that they came from "human fantasies arising from man's emotional needs" and he also hypothesized that Jesus had not existed as a person. Bauer was later dismissed from ... same views, pooled their "intellectual resources" and published The Holy Family, a criticism of the Hegelian idealism of Bruno Bauer. In their next work, they demonstrated their materialistic conception of history but the book found no publisher and "remained unknown during its author's lifetimes." It is during his years in Brussels that Marx really developed his views and established ...
- 914: 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 ...
- 915: Racial Discrimination and its Effect on Our Society
- ... something about somebody else, all you have to do is listen; they are just as equal as you are. If you do it, pretty soon they’ll quit. Racism’s history goes way back. The Constitution of the United States recognized the legality of slavery, the ultimate form of discrimination. The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the constitutional amendments that followed ... S. attorneys were authorized to sue noncom plying state agencies; similarly, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, established in 1964, was authorized to file suit. For the first time in the history of the United States racial and ethnic groups, once thought of as minorities, are beginning to outnumber the percentage of white Americans. Our nation's diversity has already begun to ... some human races are superior to others whether it's based on language, religion, or manners. Causes of racism may be very complex and cannot be reduced to one reason. History plays a big role in the way some people feel today. Racism has commonly accompanied slavery, colonization, and other forms of exploitation and inequality. Proving the equality of all ...
- 916: Come Home
- By: Anonymous A History of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Growing from its humble beginnings as an ash dump in the late 1800's, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has come to represent today the very ... up to 35 students. Finally, BBG offers special services and memberships for teachers to help them become more proficient in teaching botany and its related subjects. Below is a chronological history of important dates in the Garden's history. Highlighting some important developments are photos from our archives taken by Louis Buhle from 1915 to 1968. These charming black and white photos truly capture the evolution of the ...
- 917: The French Revolution
- ... French Revolution was the disputes between the different types of social classes in French society. The French Revolution of 1789- 1799 was one of the most important events in the history of the world. The Revolution led to many changes in France, which at the time of the Revolution, was the most powerful state in Europe. The Revolution led to the ... which administered his policies. Together, Louis XIV and the bureaucracy worked to preserve royal authority and to maintain the social structure of the Old Regime. At this time in French history, the social classes played an important role in the lives of the people. The social structure of France was divided among three groups: the First Estate, the Second Estate, and ... General in 1789. The Estates General was the place where representatives from each social class could be represented. Here, many issues would be discussed, and at this time in French history, it would be centered around the economic crisis. When the Estates General met in 1789, the deputies, or representatives, from the Third Estate demanded that the three estates meet ...
- 918: The Empire of Mali
- ... Niger bend, and as far north as the Sahara desert. They built a great empire between 1240 and 1337 that underwent a course of slow decline until the seventeenth century. History The empire of Mali originated from a small country known as Kangaba. Its people where known as the Mandingo (they have also been called the Malinke and the Mandinka). After ... It was a great empire that fell only due to bad ruling. Daniel Chu and Elliot Skinner A Glorious Age in Africa Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1965 Basil Davidson Africa in History Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991 Basil Davidson Africa History of a Continent Macmillan Company, 1972 Kevin Shillington History of Africa St. Martin's Press, 1989 Maragaret Shinnie Ancient African Kingdoms Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd. 1965
- 919: Fanon's Three Stages Related to the Indigenous People of Chiapas
- ... of a national culture. Five-hundred years ago when the first Europeans came in contact with the Mayan Indians, the first stage of Fanon's theory, assimilation, began formalizing. Throughout history the colonizers of Mexico were more technologically advanced than the natives. The Europeans had guns, cannons and massive ships. Not only did these possessions enable them to have greater brute ... 42 One half of the Mexican army is stationed in Chiapas, reminding the campesinos daily of the futility of their situation. In Fanon's second stage, the colonized person explores history in an attempt to learn about his culture. Fanon explains "Perhaps this passionate research and this anger are directed by the secret hope of discovering beyond the misery of today ... with Zapata. From the very beginning of colonialization, the area of Chiapas has had periods of revolution.(Marcos 46) Fanon's stages describe a cycle that has continued throughout the history of the oppressed campesinos. The day the cycle stops is the day the third stage succeeds in converting dignity and rebellion into dignity and freedom.(Marcos 47) The campesinos ...
- 920: The Vikings
- The Vikings Viking History The Vikings were a group of Scandinavian raiders that were around from about the 8th century to the 11th. They mainly attacked the British Islands , the Frankish empire, England, but ... return again. Even so, after landing on Greenland they colonized themselves there, and ancestors of the Vikings still live there today. So now that you know a little about the history of the Vikings lets go into detail about the specifics of the Viking age. (Peter Sawyer, Oxford Ill. History of the Vikings p. 1-19) On the Holy Isle of Lindisfarne, which is located between England and Scotland Irish monks had built a monastery; there they wrote many ...
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