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    October; ‘swadeshi ’ (own country) movement boycotts foreign products; radical nationalism; British suppression of leaders 1906 Foundation of All India Muslim League (AML) 1907 Split in Congress at Surat session 1908 Morely-Minto Reforms – modest political reforms giving Indians slightly more representation on legislative councils; Indian Councils Act 1911 Reunification of Bengal 1914 Start of World War One (WW1) – Indian soldiers fight for British 1915 Mohandas Gandhi returns from South Africa

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    The late 18th century and early 19th century is marked with revolution and change. This change was not restricted to just the political and economic landscape of that time‚ instead there was a large cultural response to the revolutionary ideas of the time. These cultural responses can be seen in the art of this time period. We will focus on one major artistic style of the era; and Romanticism. We will also briefly discuss Neoclassicism which preceded Romanticism. We will look at what these styles

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    It Can Only Get… Worse I once considered visiting cemeteries a hobby. I tried to be optimistic every time I returned‚ thinking‚ “It can’t happen again”. That statement was proved wrong again‚ and again‚ and again. I felt as if I were in a dead world and there was no way out‚ no way to ignore the ominous truth that death was near and abundant. The life in my loving great grandparents’ soft grey-blue eyes was just slipping away slowly‚ and there was nothing I could do about it. My parents told me

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    Immigration and the Industrial Revolution in the Twentieth Century The influx of immigrants in the late nineteen hundreds was the factor most directly responsible for the Industrial Revolution in the United States at the turn of the century. As the poor immigrants of Europe flooded America‚ they quickly needed jobs and transportation. To supply these to needy immigrants‚ more and more factories were needed‚ leading to the rise of industrialism in America. Following the Civil War‚ the United States

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    PHL 305: AFRICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT QUESTION: TAKE ONE AFRICAN SOCIO-POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER AND DISCUSS: A. HIS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY B. THE PROBLEM HE TRIED TO SOLVE C. THE EXTENT TO WHICH HE WAS SUCCESSFUL. African socialism was one of the earliest theories proffered by many African leaders at the outset of independence. Leaders such as Dr. Kwame Nkrumah‚ Julius Nyerere‚ Obafemi Awolowo and Leopold Senghor all supported this concept but had different approaches to

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    continent was a developing nation that improved upon its morality‚ virtue‚ and its code of conduct in the upcoming years. In between 1648 and 1815 there were many changes and new laws being implemented that reflected individual liberty amongst men and women. In the readings it states‚ “It follows that the first rule of your political conduct ought to be to relate all your efforts to maintaining equality and developing virtue.” This was a step to fight against monarchs‚ the republic and government systems

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    The term "Imperialism" was used in the end of nineteenth century and the beginning of twentieth century to describe politics and monopolies of the governments‚ aimed at the submission of other nations for their own economic and political gain. With every decade of the nineteenth century‚and especially with the beginning of the twentieth century the demand for industrial products dramatically increased. The consumer market has become more capacious by the need to meet the demands of the population

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    The gilded age was the period of fast economic growth in late 19th century. During that period‚ national railroad and communication network was developed‚ and the corporation became the leading form of business organization. Many small manufacturing factories became corporation and people started to work in those industries rather than in the farm. The wage rate for the skilled worker was better than the many European countries so immigrants from many European countries were came to the The gilded

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    October 2012 -Role of Marketing in the non-business environment since article “Broadening the Concept of Marketing” by Philip Kotler and Sidney J. Levy was published in 1969 -- Written by Anthony Chi Yuen CHAN 1 Abstract Social economic development over the past 40 years has been drastic over the world. From 1970 to 2010‚ global GDP has grown over 20 times from 3‚288 billion USD to 63‚064 billion USDi. Government consumption expenditure per capita increased from 140 USD to

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    ECONOMIC DURESS DURING A PERIOD OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN Introduction Credit crunch good news for the Bar? The Business Secretary‚ Lord Mandelson‚ has expressed concern that banks are suddenly and unilaterally changing the terms of credit facilities with companies making the credit more costly and at the same time charging the companies high administration fees for doing so. Can some of these arrangements be challenged on the ground of economic duress? Two requirements must be

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