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    the aristocrat‚ bourgeoisie and peasant. The aristocrat is at the of the chain. The bourgeoisie is middle class and the peasant are at the bottom of the group. During this time‚ the raise of taxes where unfair it made the aristocrat class the rich and the other two classes poor. This made economically unbalance and unfair this causes tension between the social classes. The aristocrat social roles would be landowners that took care of the land and usually own peasants for work. The nobles where excepted

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    1949 to 1958 were of benefit to the peasants and to China” Between 1949 and 1958‚ Chairman Mao Zedong implemented large scale changes to China in hopes of rapidly transforming the country from an agrarian economy into a modern communist society. Inevitably‚ the changes that Mao implemented in this period of time had a significant impact on both China and the peasants. This essay will firstly analyze the social impact of the changes on China and the peasants‚ secondly the economic and political

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    The feudal institutions were not prepared for disasters such as the black death‚ peasant revolts‚ or wars like the Hundred Years’ War and were made unfit with a severe population reduction; as well as; the improvement of military technology such as the longbow and standing professional armies. These factors led to Feudalisms’ cessation

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    The Transformation of Andean Peasant Communities Within the formation of postcolonial Latin America‚ communal indigenous inhabitants were disrupted through political and economic oppression of liberalization. Brooke Larson lays out the varying historical patterns between governments of Latin American elites down to the peasant communities‚ in the transgression from colonial corporate forms to the multiple approaches of exploitation in emerging economies in Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru‚ and Bolivia. Larson

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    Comparative Analysis of Two Vincent van Gogh’s paintings Vincent van Gogh made “The Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace” just after he completed “The Potato Eaters.” “Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace” and the “Potato Peeler” both represent women working in the Nuenen period‚ spring 1885. Even though one of the paintings is a self-portrait and the other one shows a peasant women cooking‚ both paintings show working humble women engrossed in their work. Both paintings show his fascination

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    The Emancipation Edict of 1861 The condition of the Russian peasant The most noticeable feature of 19th century Russian society was the high proportion of the population‚ around 80 per cent‚ who were peasants. In 1850 almost half of these peasants were serfs‚ peasants tied to the land they worked. They worked on the land given to them and in return for the use of this land they were required to work also for the noble landowner. Three days in the week was the average requirement but in the worse

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    similarity‚ there were some major differences between city and country life. Most lower class citizens farmed on manors‚ but some moved to the city. Those that did discovered the freedom and exciting aspects of city life. It was better for a peasant to live in a city or a town because they had products and services‚ they had many different job opportunities‚ and they weren’t tied to a manor. Towns and cities during the Middle Ages were well protected.

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    the peasants and industrialization had a great social impact on the people of the Soviet Union. Collectivization was a part of Stalin’s first Five Year Plan that spanned from 1928 to 1932 (Viola 49). Stalin’s The First Five Year Plan placed a focus on converting primarily individual

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    land from the respective industries. There can be different types of agrarian reform measures like credit measures‚ integration of land and training of the farmers. The measures also focus on securing the rights of the farmers‚ the rights of the peasants working on leased land and aiding them in availing loans from private sectors. The government must also offer support services to the farmers which complement the other measures. They also run campaigns to increase the camaraderie level between the

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    landowners and the peasants. The government paid the landowners for their losses‚ which included land and peasant labor‚ and the peasants repaid the government for the cost of the land and labor with interest over a period of forty-nine years. The plan‚ however‚ was not popular with the landowners nor with the peasants. The land owners did not want to part with any of their land and‚ therefore‚ many chose the least profitable land to offer as peasant allotments. The peasants believed it unfair

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