the most renowned fathers of wildlife ecology‚ Aldo Leopold‚ so famously declared in his important non-fiction book‚ A Sand County Almanac. From his extensive studies of the environment‚ Leopold created the idea of the “land ethic”‚ which called for citizens of the global community to include the “land” with its soil‚ plants‚ animals and waters as part of the ecological community worthy of the respect and moral consideration of humans. Leopold stressed the importance of breaking the previously impenetrable
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What role did the “civilizing mission” play in the expansion of Britain’s empire in the 19th century? At the close of the 19th century Rudyard Kipling preserved the prevailing attitude of Britain’s intellectual elite in a poem - “The White Man’s Burden”. In his work Kipling confirms the hubris of a generation of Britons who were entirely convinced that they were culturally‚ rationally‚ and morally superior to the “new-caught…Half-devil and half-child” natives of the British colonies. This belief
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Civilizing Processes-Myth or Reality? A Comment on Duerr’s Critique of Elias Author(s): Stephen Mennell and Johan Goudsblom Source: Comparative Studies in Society and History‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 4 (Oct.‚ 1997)‚ pp. 729-733 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/179366 Accessed: 21/09/2010 15:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s
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Magnetic and fascinating‚ the use of mannequins can be traced as far back as 1350 BC‚ in Egipt‚ as shown by the wooden torso found in King’s Tutankhamen’s tomb. Although by that time it was preponderately used as a storing device for treasures‚ as the rise of the modern department store began in the latter half of the nineteenth century and plate glass windows and artificial lightning became more common‚ their current usage saw a groundbreaking rise in the bewitching and marvelous Paris. Since then
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streets are packed full of people like an over stuffed box. The closer you get to the end of the road‚ you see two young men climbing out a police car. Like a wave you are instantly hit by the realization. That the two young men are murders Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb‚ and all these people are waiting like hungry lion for the conviction of the two boys. So you pull off on to a shady side street and hurry out of the car into the hot summer heat. To join the pack of lions and await for news about
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Leopold Sedar Senghor‚ a African American writer and politician. A man who had accomplished so much throughout his entire life time. He had done so many things for himself and the country he lived in. Senghor’s writing were greatly influenced with things he had done and things that had happened to him. The poems he wrote had been influenced by his life and things he had achieved. He is one of Africa’s most famous poets. Senghor spoke out about what it’s like to be black. Leopold has written many
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Kingdom of Africa‚ a king known as King Monkey‚ was loved by all of the animals in Africa‚ he kept the animals under control. All of the animals loved and respected the King. They all gathered up around the big Acacia tree where they all lived in peace‚ separated from the rest of the world. All of the animals loved King Monkey‚ apart from one particular animal‚ King Bee. King Bee was the cruel ruler of the other side of the jungle‚ which was the darkest place in Africa filled with King Bee’s
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Leopold II (1835-1909) The King of Belgium 1865-1909. The scramble for Africa began in the mid-1870’s with the purpose to colonize the "Dark Continent". Much of the exploration and European interests were in the southern‚ northern‚ and eastern part of the continent. It was still called the "Dark Continent" because of the large basin of rain forests surrounding the Congo River in the equatorial part of western Africa. This area was virtually unexplored because traveling up the river by boat was impossible
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Main Research In Etwas ueber die rabbinische Literatur (which appeared in 1818 and was the first attempt to reflect Hebrew literature in all its branches)‚ Zunz outlined the program and aims of the "Science of Judaism" and his own plan of work. According to Zunz‚ Jewish literature should not be shut within the narrow confines of religious and halakhic tradition‚ as this literature also embraces the other humanities‚ as well as natural sciences. A knowledge of Hebrew literature in its broader sense
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The Holocaust proved to be a very difficult time for many‚ not only did it crush their physical lives it also denied them of all their freedoms. Leopold Rosner was born in Krakow‚ Poland on June 26 in the year 1918. He came from a family of many musicians that were very talented. At a very early age he picked up the musical trade‚ or family business if you will‚ and began to play the accordion. He played professionally with his father at Jewish functions and then before the war went around Poland
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