until the 1930s no statistical data are available on domestic production in Indonesia‚ whether of raw cotton‚ ginned cotton‚ yarn‚ cloth‚ bleached cloth‚ dyed cloth or garments‚ and even in the 1930s these were incomplete. Most of this activity took place in the household and in small scale industry and was not subject to systematic statistical reporting. Secondly‚ most of the relevant statistical data relate to the core island of Java. For example‚ foreign trade data until 1874 refer to Java
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Asylum Seekers: A Political Economic Analysis The arrival of asylum seeker by boat is of great debate in Australian politics. A vast number of competing aspects and differences of opinion makes the issue exceptionally complex and difficult to analyse. The core issues including a brief description of the problem‚ why the problem exists‚ the winners and losers of the current situation‚ why it matters and what can be done to improve the situation will be analysed in this essay. The Australian
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What did the people of the Upper Paleolithic period eat and how did they obtain this food? Throughout Africa‚ the Middle West‚ Asia‚ the Americas‚ and Australia‚ complicated and elaborate technologies and other cultural decorative artifacts are found in abundance (Scupin‚ 2008). This is known as the Upper Paleolithic period‚ which dated between 40‚000 and 10‚000 years ago. This was the earliest era of human development and transformation of the entire human species from apelike to true
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Oil and Economic Change in Texas Oil and Economic Change‚ 1890 – 1945 History 226 Fall 2012 #14 I. Connections a. Memory i. Texans were more innovative and wanting to lead the march into the west. ii. Memory changes from southern memory to Alamo Texas revolution. 1. 1890-1945 attitude changed as Texas Economy grew b. Politics iii. Often been the case that politics either helps or hurts economic iv. Doesn’t have a federal
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Heather Fisher University of Phoenix Social Change and Modernization Social change is when culture and social institutions transform over time. There are four major characteristics in this complex process. The first characteristic is that it happens all the time. There are changes all around us. Two examples would be taxes and death. Taxes have changed dramatically since the 1900’s from little to no taxes to high taxes. Deaths have gone from a lot to a lot less due to higher life expectancy.
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Throughout Africa societies that had been predominantly rural for most of their history were experiencing a rapid and profound reorientation of their social and economic lives toward cities and urbanism. As ever greater numbers of people moved to a small number of rapidly expanding cities (or‚ as was often the case‚ a single main city)‚ the fabric of life in both urban and rural areas changed in massive‚ often unforeseen ways. With the largest and one of the most rapidly growing cities in sub-Saharan
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Homelessness and Social Change Crisis happens to everyone and depending on the severity; it has the potential to render individuals and families without the resources to overcome adversities‚ which can result in homelessness at any given time. The homeless population lives at the edge of poverty often losing connections with family‚ neighborhoods‚ and friends. They face a stigma inflicted by society‚ which often leads to them being isolated and/or rejected. This paper will examine the meaning
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The 1920s was a decade of exciting social changes and profound cultural conflicts. It was the first decade to have a nickname‚ “Roaring 20s" or "Jazz Age." This decade was the birth of mass culture‚ the “new” woman‚ and the “jazz age”. One big and impactful event of the 1920s was the prohibition of alcohol. The 1920s was the birth of mass culture. For example‚ Americans had money to spend on items‚ like clothes and home appliances. Electric refrigerators were created in replace of an icebox to keep
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hypermarkets are having less impact because people are buying online‚ and then they are topping up in convenience stores‚” says another. The Economist takes another perspective‚ reporting on the fact that almost 15‚000 shops in town centers’ closed between 2000 and 2009‚ with a further 10‚000 losses in the past couple of years - leading to the proportion of retail spending captured by town centers’ falling from 49.4% to 42.5% since 2000. Their argument: there is just too much capacity in the high street
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not have any time off to go home and I just started my qualification training. On top of that my father’s last wish was for none of his children to see him in this condition and wanted us to remember him as the strong man that he was. The poem “I Took It as a Sign”‚ relates to the struggle I had to face with because of my faith as a Roman Catholic being tested as I was going through this challenge in my life. The first line someone sent a band to my house‚
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