Under the N.E.P industrial production was very disappointing to many communists. ... The proletariat was seen as the backbone of the revolution and so to continue the revolution the proletariat had to be increased. ... These concerned were expressed at both high and low levels and the five-year plans were seen as both a revolution from above and a revolution from below. ... The Nepmen were prime targets, but Kulaks, the richer farmers, and bourgeois experts were seen as contrary to the claim of revolution. ... Stalin was shown as the master, forcing the USSR into industrial prominence. ...

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In response to the new thinking that was sparked by the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Industrial Revolution and other changes in society, bloody and peaceful revolutions took place all over Europe. England actually had two separate revolutions to deal with during this time of unrest. The French endured a long and bloody series of one single revolution also, and the world would never be the same. ... He reaffirmed the reforms of the revolution because he knew that his power lie in the middle class. ... Before the French Revolution, England had a series of revolutions that became a source of...

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Even as socialism struggled to define its ideology and win support from workers, the Industrial Revolution continued to alter the life of modern people. ... With the advent of the Industrial Revolution the focus of human activity shifted dramatically, away from the agricultural village and seasonal way of life. The Industrial Revolution changed virtually everything. ... Urbanization, changes in the status of women and children, and new ideologies of liberty and social equality were as much consequences of the Industrial Revolution as were factories, cheaper consumer goods, and weapons capab...

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History of Labor in America The Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. ... To skilled craft workers, the Industrial Revolution meant degradation rather than progress. ... Though living standards generally rose, millions of industrial workers lived in crowded, unsanitary slums. ... Between 1865 and 1900, industrial violence occurred on numerous occasions. ...

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William Blake, one of the greatest Romantic poets, was born in London and lived there most of his life. During his life he witnessed many things that affected him. He acknowledged the power of his country but the poverty prevalent there worried him. He did not go to school but he was taught at home...

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The industrial revolution was such a turning point in history because almost every aspect of daily life was affected in one way or another. ... Another way the industrial revolution improved communication was when steamboats and canals were created in the late 1700's mid 1800's. ... "James Watt is credited as the inventor of what could be considered as one of the greatest achievements of the Industrial Revolution (Industrial Age: Technological & Scientific Advancements). ...

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Social Darwinism in the United States in the late nineteenth century seems to have been the logical path for social theorists after the industrial revolution. The country had just experienced an industrial revolution and business was booming. Of course, along with the industrial revolution came larger separation of the social classes and countless poor. ...

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This conflict, which for man took a new turn after the industrial revolution, has resulted in man and nature living separate from one another even though they are symbiotic. ... This has come about after the industrial revolution, which has led to nature being overpowered by man, as there is no faery's child to stop man. ... "An Advancement of Learning" shows the industrial revolution and its direct affect on nature, as nature has been corrupted with man's waste, which is why the rat is seen negatively. ...

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Despite a continued growth of production and wealth in absolute terms, the economy of "the first industrial nation" began to decelerate after 1870, in comparison with that of her closest competitors. ... Here is the history of an industry that supplied one of the essential ingredients of modern economic life, is clear-cut evidence of a British resistance to technological change" British entrepreneurs were not immune to criticism in the newer chemical industry, although in terms of employment the industry grew faster between 1881 and 1911 than any other industrial group in Britain. ...

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The Developments Caused by Liberalism in the Rise of Socialism Early theories of the Enlightment philosophy formed an underlying theme through the history of liberalism and the development of socialism. However often contradicted through our own human err of bias perception, the works of great thin...

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Iran and the USA in the 1970s The Iranian revolution began in January 1978 and ended with the Shah's replacement by an Islamic fundamentalist government in February 1979. ... Supplementing its strategic importance was its vast oil and gas reserves: possessing 10% of all known oil deposits and being the worlds second largest producer up until the revolution in 1979. ... The Shah sought to lay the foundations of a modern, secular Iran when he instituted the 'White Revolution' in 1963. ... Joining the military advisors came thousands more civilian contractors, engaged on variou...

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Mario Llosa said in Interviews with Latin American Writers, that by living in Europe, he received "a broadened education" and a "comprehensive perspective, which helped me understand the things in my own country."3 Other major factors in the change of cultural ideas surfaced from the revolutions and wars that occurred right before and during the twentieth century. Numerous internal movements had been crushed, although they were successful for a time in Mexico and then in Cuba, revolutionist spirit allied the independent Latin American countries in a common fight for emancipation.4 The Cub...

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In all these actions, the model of the Russian Revolution, although it was only vaguely understood, encouraged the development of local radicalism. ... Neither party preached revolution, yet both urged wide-ranging social and economic reforms. The rising radical tide, especially seen against the backdrop of the Bolshevik revolution, worried other social groups. ... They gained the respect of the middle class and landowners and intimidated many others by forcefully repressing radical movements of industrial workers and peasants. ... The Italian economy was placed under the management of twenty-...

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Increasing levels of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere since pre-industrial times have been well documented. ... The remaining emissions are from methane from wastes in landfills, raising livestock, natural gas pipelines, and coal, as well as from industrial chemicals and other sources. ... However, during the Industrial Revolution, we began altering our climate and environment through changing agricultural and industrial practices. Before the Industrial Revolution, human activity released very few gases into the atmosphere, but now through population growth, fossi...

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The piano has long been a valuable member of American families. The instrument has been around since the 1700's and is still popular today as people own them for the enjoyment of music as well as the eye pleasing elegance of the furniture itself. The music that comes from these magnificent instruments is melodic and graceful. The piano has evolved all the way from the Dulcimer, shortly after the birth of Christ. It has gone through many changes before evolving into the modern day piano we know of today. ...

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The industrial revolution started the bringing of change, but by the mid-1910s much of the change was negative. ... According to David Dowling, many Europeans went off to war to escape the harsh realities of the industrial revolution "to discover comradeship and the satisfaction of physical labor and risk- (8). ...

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As the bourgeois became more wealthy the working class would grow ever more impoverished leading to a revolution and the establishment of what is called the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. ... It ends with Carl marx's stating "let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. ... Revolution Stalin played an important, but not vital, part in the revolution. ... Production of industrial machinery and farm equipment became more important, and production of cloth...

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In pre-industrial or traditional societies, inequalities and thus social stratification were widely held to be natural. ... It was Karl Marx was first scrutinised the 'bourgeois freedoms' created by the English and French revolutions. ... Thus, the landless labourers created as a consequence of the development of industrial capitalism constituted a new class of individuals, a class which would eventually transform capitalist society, the proletariat. ... One of the main sources of empirical evidence for arguments concerning the declining significance of class in late twentieth cent...

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The industrial revolution, which took place in 1789 changed and revolutionised the productive capacity of Europe and transformed European society and was a social revolution with social causes and social affects. ... During the time of Frankenstein writers were increasingly writing about the power of the imagination and of creativity, there was a romantic view of the imagination and creativity, and the mind's power to create something out of chaos, for example the Miller's strike and the industrial revolution. ...

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This election is correctly described in history as "the revolution of 1800". A revolution is when something is completely changed or a balance of power is shifted by force. ... So for all intents and purposes, it could be said a revolution took place during the election of 1800, because from that point on the face of American government would never be the same. 2) The case of Marbury vs. ... The Whigs, unlike their democratic counterparts, believed in the expansion of the federal government's power, they encouraged commercial and industrial development, and they believed that the ...

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The North America Continent was not the main battlefield of the Seven Years' War, yet the aftermath of the war had significantly altered the situation in the British colonies on the continent. When the war was finally brought to an end, the French Colonial Empire had ceded Quebec, the former New France, to Britain; so the British Empire finally established its hegemony in North America. Nonetheless, tremendous public debt had forced Britain to increase the revenue by expanding the taxation in its colonies. This alteration inflamed public feelings in the Thirteen Colonies. Regardless of th...

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Bismarck's Domestic Policy 1871-1890. Along with getting an IB Paper 3 question about Biz's foreign policy, you might also (instead?) encounter a question about the domestic policy that Biz pursued as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1871-1890. So let's deal with that now. OK? ...

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Not until the spread of the Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century, has man possessed the ability to adversely alter, on a global scale, the geologic and climatic cycles that have existed for millennia. ...

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Even liberal powers like Britain and the mother of Revolution, France did not dare to take the risk of a war which may be caused if Italy was united and this might invite foreign intervention in the young Italy. ... His optimism was his main weakness because he thought that Italians, illiterate and divided could carry out the revolution from, that is, to achieve liberty before independence. ... In conclusion the question before Italy was foreign rule on independence, unity in federation, political change from above or social and economic revolution from below. ... In revolution of 1848 frustra...

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industrial estate - an area of modem factories Infrastructure - the framework of roads, railways, power supplies land use zones - areas in a town with the same kind of land use linear settlement - settlement with a long, narrow shape low order services - those used frequently by most people, found in villages as well as towns e.g. post office, general shop nucleated - a settlement with the buildings clustered together residential area - housing area site - the land on which a settlement is built situation - the position of a settlement in relation to other settlements sphere of Influe...

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