Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier spoke of the truth “As the 19th century was that of the United States‚ so I think the 20th century shall be filled by Canada.” Canada gained recognition worldwide during the 20th century as a powerful country which helped our country to grow as a whole. Canadian victories during the First World War put Canada on the map‚ Vimy Ridge; where pride and awareness of our country and its strength was born. The Last Hundred Days‚ the sense of nationalism grew as Canadians become
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Thucydides is by far the most important of all early historians. He is the most reliable and trustworthy. Throughout this essay I will show how his work contributed to modern history. I will discuss the manner in which Thucydides wrote his history and the importance of it. I will also discuss branches of history in which Thucydides wrote his history such as; the war‚ politics and the plague. Thucydides (c.460-395BC) was born in Athens into what is believed to be a royal family. After proving
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Art in the First Decade is conceptual‚ philosophical and very conscious of its reception. Two prominent artists featured in the ‘ 21st Century: Art in the First Decade’ at the Gallery of Modern Art are Nathalie Djurberg and Ah Xian. (GoMA‚ 2011) Djurberg is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Berlin‚ explores themes of fantasy‚ dreams and sexuality through stop motion animation. Xian is a Chinese artist living in Australia who combines traditional Chinese materials and techniques with a contemporary
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Case Study Analysis Xerox’s "Book In Time" is a revolutionary product‚ presenting some new opportunities for the company. It is simply a matter of costs. The Book-in-Time equipment allows for a publishing company to produce a 300-page book for $6.90‚ something which could have been previously reached only for lots larger than 1‚000 copies. A significant decrease in publishing costs‚ given the fact that these cover up to 20 % (including the paper and binding the book)‚ would create the possibility
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available to the common man. The mechanization increased wages and business but the downside to this was corporations could monopolize an industry which made it extremely hard for small businesses. Another big change in this time period was personal hygiene. Before this time society had not really made a big deal about washing yourself and staying clean. When the germ theory came about and said that germs and diseases transfer from one person to another‚ people became more body conscious. With the
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Towards the end of the 19th century and early 20th century‚ Chicago was one of the most desirable cities for immigration. It had railway access and ports and its slaughterhouse and industrial business provided for unskilled workers. Most immigration to Chicago started in or near the 1830s to 1850s. In the 1840s‚ large amounts of Irish immigrants came to Chicago because of the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. Large numbers of Germans‚ Irish‚ Swedes‚ Norwegians‚ Canadians‚ Czechs‚ Poles‚ Greeks‚ and
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People from all walks of life‚ both young and old‚ enjoy traveling. When traveling‚ the traveler has many exceptional opportunities presented to them. The traveler gets the chance to experience new things‚ make choices‚ reward themselves‚ and to gain knowledge of the world outside their own. First‚ the most exciting opportunity for a traveler is to experience new things. They may get to experience a different religion‚ perhaps. Doing so may attract them towards an area of study to possibly pursue
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past‚ present and future‚ creating global strength and unity. Canada has become very well known for being a multicultural nation made up of many ethnicities‚ however this did not exist up until the second World War (WWII). It was during that period of time that the world realized how devastating discrimination can be and how important it is to be accepting of all races. Previously‚ Canada also showed discrimination against its immigrants through very selective processes and expensive duties. For example
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Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries Before modern medicine and hygiene‚ infectious diseases were much more common and much more dangerous than they are today. This is because with a combined lack of hygiene and proper medical practice‚ bacteria were able to spread rapidly and were harder to contain. This caused for a number of epidemics and outbreaks to occur before major advancements of modern medicine took place in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. One of the most common and fatal
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During the times of the 19th and 20th centuries‚ global development was at a steady to rapid increase. To provided background on the subject‚ industrialization and imperialism were a vital part in world history. Originated in Britain‚ the industrial revolution marked an new era as it (What todays people observe and obtain from texts‚ articles‚ and other sources is that both industrialism and imperialism play large roles in the advancements of the different societies in those time periods. What
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