Journal Entry #1: Howard Zinn Ch.1 In the first chapter titled‚ “Columbus‚ The Indians‚ and Human Progress” I learned about multiple things. Although‚ I was already informed that Columbus did not actually discover America‚ I knew quite little about the gruesome acts of violence he had committed including genocide. Throughout my education‚ Columbus was introduced as the hero who discovered the new world. Along with history books‚ teachers have also mislead us to believe this. This also showed me
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other hand there is class stratification which is basically divided into two social classes: the working class‚ and the bourgeoisie. In this system the labourers are no different than serfs in the Middle Ages‚ hence the term “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer”. In the first half of the nineteenth century‚ the pitiful conditions found in the slums‚ mines‚ and factories of the Industrial Revolution gave rise to another ideology for change known
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background‚ education‚ health and sexuality‚ social capital and violence‚ and employment and economic activity. Although some topics might seem sensitive‚ it was believed they needed to be addressed as they may have a large impact on the way of life in poorer areas and addressing them could help tackle various social problems. The results of the extensive research and interview process were accumulated into tabulations clearly showing the situation in Northeast Brazil today‚ and the way it has changed
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million and 14000 million by 2050‚ depending on how effectively family planning campaigns were carried out. It was also estimated‚ given the much lower birth rates in the developed world‚ that almost 90 per cent of the people would be living in the poorer countries. During the 1980s the spread of HIV/AIDS reached pandemic proportions; most countries in the world were affected‚ but again it the poor nations of the Third World which suffered worst. The population growth of the nineteenth
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In Chapter 1 “ Columbus‚ The Indians‚ and Human Progress”‚ it explained to the readers how Spain was looking for gold and silver to make Spanish richer using the Columbus expedition. At that time Columbus was promised to get 10 % of the profit and he will be a governorship over new-found lands‚ and the fame that would go with a new title: Admiral of the Ocean Sea. The first expedition‚ Columbus reported to the Court in Madrid was extravagant. He insisted he had reached Asia (but it was wrong because
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My adrenaline was rushing; my heart was beating fast as I was walking on the stage to perform at a violin recital. I was really excited and happy that got I to perform my best potential to play a musical instrument. However‚ at the end of the recital‚ my happiness and excitement were gone because most of the students either receive “The Best performance Award” or “The Most Improve Award‚” but I got neither. My mother said those students were at least two years older than me‚ so they had more time
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consisted of the clergy. The nobles were in the Second Estate and the peasants‚ bourgeoisie‚ and urban lower class made up the Third Estate. In 1789‚ there was a bad harvest that caused an increase to the price of bread and a bread shortage. Many of the poorer people in France ate bread because it was filling and cheap‚ but after the price increase‚ some could not afford
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PART B: The Kop van Zuid Kop van Zuid is a new neighbourhood of Rotterdam and it’s located on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas. Kop van Zuid is built on old and abandoned port areas. A plan to regenerate Kop van Zuid was set out in 1986. It was aiming to “change Rotterdam as a whole‚ not just to transform an abandoned port area” (M. Van Hoek). Before The Kop van Zuid renewal scheme‚ there we’re some issues that had to be addressed. River Maas river was seen as a barrier‚ there were parts
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saturated soil many farmers are stuck growing the Bt cotton‚ and getting poorer at the same time because the Bt cotton seeds cost more than the cotton is being sold for. A similar event was happening in Mexico but the difference is that the no Mexican government tried to stop the spread of the seeds‚ and those with larger farm lands actually promoted the use of the transgenic corn seeds. This resulted in many of the poorer farmers to go out of business or lose their land because they could not afford
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become stuck in the machine age. In the film‚ the machine is owned by the upper class‚ operating for their benefit. In the film it is seen that only the police and people of high authority own cars‚ and in total‚ the machine is detrimental for the poorer people of society. Chaplin’s job causes instability in his life‚ as he found life easier in jail where he did not have to deal with mechanisation that has appeared to have thrown the industrialised world into disarray. The representation of machines
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