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    agriculture. Still using traditional techniques‚ and had distinct lack of revolutionary sprit – farmed for themselves rather than for the good‚ of ’mother Russia’ This lead many communists to believe that collectivisation was essencial for the capitalist peasants to embrace socialism. Political Stalin was motivated to introduce collectivisation from his struggle with Bukharin and the right of the party‚ who were in favour of the NEP. Collectivisation was far more popular than the right wing alturnative

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    revolution claimed many victims on all sides. French peasants suffered‚ the aristocrats suffered‚ and innocent people suffered when the Revolution claims its victims. The unjust French government oppressed the poor peasants until they revolted in a bloody uprising. Everyone has a breaking point‚ and once it was reached‚ it was very hard to go back to a calm state. It was already bad that Marie Antoinette was using the tax money from the poor peasants to pay for her unnecessary dinner parties. Once Antoinette

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    Thesis: In Pieter Bruegel’s painting‚ “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus‚” he uses a Greek myth‚ orientation of objects‚ and an emphasis on peasants to convey that being too ambitious results in negative outcomes‚ which causes the viewer to think that living more simply will lead to a more satisfying life. In the bottom right-hand corner of the painting‚ you can see Icarus upside-down‚ drowning. In a Greek myth‚ Icarus is given a pair of wings made of wax and feathers by his father. As he receives

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    encompass the simple fact that minimum expenditure of physical labor is the way to the good life while trying to produce just enough food to last until the next harvest through the control of land. Though‚ not always the smartest way to live life‚ many peasant farmers and villages would endure many years of hunger and hardship in order to just get by with minimal labor and to just preserve the aspects of subsistence labor norms. Subsistence farming is self-sufficiency farming in which the focus is on

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    demographic reasons for the decline of English feudalism. In order to do so‚ we have chosen a paper by John Hatcher named “England in the aftermath of the Black Death” which presents detailed information about the Black Death’s effects in the lives of both peasants and landlords. We think that this paper will enrich our assignment because the Black Death had a profound impact on feudal society. Economic and Social Changes in Late Medieval England The Growth of Towns Scenes from Medieval England. Encyclopedia

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    twentieth century in the Republic of China and the Japanese War (1937 – 1945)‚ that led to the insufficiency and weakness of the GMD (Chinese Democratic Party) during the Civil War. Their leader‚ Chiang Kai-Shek‚ lost the support of the majority‚ mainly peasants and intellectuals‚ to the CCP‚ which contributed to their success in war. In addition to GMD’s actions‚ Mao Zedong‚ the communist leader was able to take over and declare the Peoples Republic of China. Early twentieth century Failing of Qing

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    How far did Alexander III bring political and social change to Russia? When Alexander III took power in 1881‚ he introduced is manifesto in the April of that year stating all of his intention being the Tsar. With the assassination of his father by democrats‚ he did all in his power to avenge him by introducing laws‚ which went against democratic views. Russification: Being Tsar or the worlds biggest country‚ Alexander III had a big challenge ahead of him to keep the Empire together‚ so

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    there were food shortages in towns and cities. Lack of food and raw materials particularity impacted Petrograd and Moscow. All these shortages and lack of money due to hyperinflation and taxes made workers hostile towards the tsarist government. Peasants were also increasingly angry towards the Tsar because of the conscription of all the young men‚ who often died at

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    mistakes‚ growing peasants unrest‚ bad harvest‚ food shortages‚ famine and growing political opposition can be regarded as short-term causes which determined the downfall of the Tsardom. The Revolution in February and abdication of Nicholas II led to the creation of the Provisional Government led by Prince Lvov. LONG-TERM REASONS 1. Weaknesses of the Russian monarchy: * A failure to match the military strength of European Great Powers * A failure to solve the widespread peasant poverty

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    distribution of wealth between the social classes leads to a rebellion. In these two novels‚ the wealthy class is threatened of being eliminated when the poor begins to rebel. In this case‚ the wealthy class is considered the landowning class and the peasants are considered to be the poor. Paradise of the Blind‚ written by Duong Thu Huong‚ is the story of the struggles of a young girl and her family who are torn apart by communism. The young girl is known as Hang and she lives in poverty with her mother

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