Ukraine’s history in the 20th century has been dramatic. In two periods‚ particularly‚ there has been a great deal of suffering and death on its territory. During the Stalin era in the 1930s‚ forced collectivisation of agriculture is widely accepted to have led to the death of millions in the Soviet Union‚ mainly Ukrainian peasant farmers. The famine was largely man-made‚ although the episode remains controversial. In 2006 (under the West-leaning Viktor Yushchenko) the government of Ukraine passed
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From Embodying Ornament to Functional and Aesthetic Space in Early-20th-Century Architecture. "If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done." Despite the risk of sounding cliché by opening with a Ludwig Wittgenstein quote‚ this is where we shall begin. It is something that relates back to a basic human instinct that is so deeply rooted in our DNA. Why do we yearn so intuitively for ideas that are silly and nonsensical? The answer is balance. Everything in the universe
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Vietnam and the 20th Century Western Experience Ashley Manuel Religious strife and totalitarian regimes have always been enemies of religious freedom. Dominant religions are sometimes accustomed to wielding legal authority and that power may be abused. Totalitarian religious regimes can be particularly malevolent as they claim divine right for the heinous acts they commit. Nowhere is this more apparent than Vietnam‚ which was heavily influenced by a totalitarian French Catholicism. The Vietnamese
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19th and 20th Century composers: Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok Many composers existed during the 19th and 20th centuries who defied the principles of common practice tonality. In my opinion‚ Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok are great examples of composers who often refused to follow the norms. Each of them created new compositional methods and structures and each had their own reasons for doing so. In the end‚ their innovation and originality is what has kept
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Several conflicts in the 19th and 20th centuries contributed to the shaping of the American identity in separate ways that eventually led up to the America that we know today‚ that is still changing politically‚ socially‚ and economically. Conflicts including the Spanish-American War‚ WWI‚ and the Roosevelt Corollary all changed greatly how the American identity is seen both domestically and internationally. These conflicts caused us to see ourselves as more powerful‚ however‚ more unstable. Other
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conquests‚ and economic exploitations are a few examples of imperialism. A numerous amount of countries were imperialistic during the 19th and 20th century‚ such as Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ and Italy. Many of these countries occupied territory in Africa to collect valuable exports such as ivory‚ rubber‚ diamonds‚ and gold. The imperialist oppression of many countries led to numerous resistances and uprisings; Otto van Bismarck‚ a German Chancellor‚ organized a meeting to map out European colonies in Africa
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Health Care Reform: Lessons Learned from Massachusetts and How They Might Apply to the ACA Introduction For the past several years‚ Massachusetts (MA) has led the country in implementing health reform policies aimed at increasing individual‚ employer and government accountability in the provision of health insurance coverage. The purpose of this report is to analyze the outcomes of MA reform to date‚ determine what lessons to learn from the MA experience‚ and determine whether these lessons
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History: Does the past affect the future? Debra Sharpton Devry Vietnam and the 20th Century Experience HIST-415N Traci Sumner May 10‚ 2014 History: Does the past affect the future? History is “The study of past events in human affairs”. (Oxford Dictionary‚ n.d.‚) Why should we study history? How does history affect people today? Historical knowledge is nothing more than collective memory. Historians work to reinterpret the past‚ search for new sources and new meanings in old documents
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"Robber Barons" Long hours‚ dangerous work conditions‚ and low wages are just a few words to describe the treatment of workers at the turn of the 20th century. This was all in the hands of some powerful industrialist we refer to as "robber barons". There can be no mistaking their motives: wealth. It portrays men like Vanderbilt‚ Rockefeller‚ Pullman‚ Ford and cruel and ruthless businessmen who would stop at nothing to achieve great wealth.They cared little about the lives and treatment of those
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Dehumanization is the best way to describe colonialism that took place in Africa from the 19th and into the 20th century. It has a long history of oppression and effects‚ and Africa proved to have been shaped by imperialistic powers that ruled over them during the 19th and into the 20th century. This era left ideological‚ political‚ social‚ economic‚ and psychological impacts of colonialism on the African continent‚ and the people living within it shows the byproduct of what foreign authorities manipulated
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