At the same time she did not want to abandon the Republic to the mercy of the Germans or Italians so an attempt at multilateral non-intervention was the preferred policy. ... The Spanish Civil War, as it escalated and as Italy, Germany and the USSR flagrantly violated the Non-Intervention agreement of 15th August, contributed to the failure of such an agreement, which is partly a testament to the weakness of the appeasement policy. ... However, even when the conflict persisted with German, Italian and Soviet aid, the Foreign Office saw no reason to get involved. ... Whether this is true or no...

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The assassination of Achduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on 28 June 1914 and the so-called 'blank cheque' given to Austria by Germany on 05th July 1914 promising 'full support' even if should mean war with Russia, the traditional protector of the Slavs, have been considered the crucial milestone that changed the human history. ... Thus he negotiated treaties with Austria (1879) and Italy (1882). depriving France of potential allies. ... An unlikely partnership was also formed in 1894 between republican France and autocratic Russia, sus...

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The scramble for Africa really has its beginnings in the late 1860's but does not began to fully take off until the 1880's when Britain, Germany, France, and to a smaller degree Italy begin to stake their claims. ...

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From the transcripts of the Old Bailey trials, we learn that these feelings aren't abstract ideals mentioned by history books, but tangible beliefs that recur in the lives of all individuals. ... In fact, Britain is quite an integrated kingdom compared to the other powers of the 18th century: it didn't rely the provincial assemblies that constituted the French Parliament11, and wasn't made up by a puzzle of kingdoms, as the Italian Peninsula and other areas of the European continent were at the time. ...

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In Italy there was a strong reaction against Modernism in the later 1960s and young designers created interiors and furniture, which deliberately challenged the canons of 'good taste'. ... Also, for the first time in history everyday objects, such as soup cans, became the main subject for a painting or piece of artwork. ...

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In Italy there was a strong reaction against Modernism in the later 1960s and young designers created interiors and furniture, which deliberately challenged the canons of 'good taste'. ... Also, for the first time in history everyday objects, such as soup cans, became the main subject for a painting or piece of artwork. ...

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Response Historians consider the industrial revolution as the most significant period in the history of humanity. ... In addition, researchers reveal that some of the industries in Britain tried to imitate the success of their counterparts in France, Italy, Hamburg, and Netherlands. ...

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Esping-Andersen describes three basic types of welfare state regime amongst economically developed countries: liberal regimes such as Britain; conservative regimes such as Germany or Italy; social democratic regimes such as Sweden, Finland and other Scandinavian countries (Dwyer and Shaw, 2013:9). ... The history of modern B...

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These included a small number of German prisoners of war, a large number of refugees from the communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the soviet union (130,00uprising poles arrived the first few years after the war and 14,000 Hungarians after the failure of the 1956 uprising in Hungary), substantial numbers of Irish and Italian laborers, and a wide variety of displaced persons from refugee camps throughout Europe. Our study of immigration to Britain is wide-ranging and complex, and our findings and conclusions bear directly on Britain political immigration and policy issues about econom...

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