First publ. in: Imperialism and After: continuities and discontinuities / ed. by Wolfgang J. Mommsen ... London: Allen & Unwin‚ 1986‚ pp. 290-314 291 Semi-Colonialism and Informal Empire in Twentieth-Century China: Towards a Framework of Analysis JORGEN OSTERHAMMEL Historians studying colonialism in a comparative perspective would be well advised not to neglect modern East Asia. The case of Japanese-dominated Manchuria from 1931 to 1945 provides an almost unique example of largescale
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The Presidency as an institution Both the administration of Carter and Reagan were shaped by the Cold War in the aftermath of Watergate. Watergate created cynicism of the government‚ which in turn made governing difficult both intentionally as well as improvisational because the institution of the President was seen as acting in the best interest of itself. President Jimmy Carter and President Ronald Reagan both had their difficulties as President. Carter had terrible problems with economics as
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Alfred Kinsey In the early twentieth century a time a time where sex was an unspeakable subject‚ when adolescents were taught that masturbation was not only a sin ‚but could cause blindness or hairy palms‚ along came Alfred Kinsey‚ who first started as a biologist studying gall wasps‚ and suddenly turned his interest from insects to people‚ disturbed by the lack of scientific knowledge concerning human sexuality he released a series of books called sexual behavior in the human male‚ next to human
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Angelica Winton Business 100 02/17/13 Enron: One of the Largest Scandals of the Twentieth Century Would you defraud millions of people and steal billions of dollars from them? The very idea likely makes your skin crawl. And yet‚ that is exactly what Enron‚ a massive power company did for many years. We shall see how their insatiable greed and lust for power was the cause of their downfall and ultimate ruin. Enron prided themselves on being ’’the smartest guys in the room.’’ The company
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Document 1: Liver and kidney pills advertisement‚ Sparks Company‚ ca. 1880s 1. What advantages would advertisers gain from using Frances Cleveland’s picture? They would receive more sales because the commonwealth would trust Frances. 2. What advantages might a political candidate get from this phenomenon? It’ They will receive more attention. 3. What does advertising like this tell us about the process of political choice in the 1880s? Political choices try to get appeal towards the commonwealth
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The presidency during James Monroe was known as Era of Good Feelings. Federalist party faded‚ and Democratic-Republican adopted their policies and dominated the politics. However‚ there were constant debates over tariffs‚ the national improvement‚ the national bank‚ internal improvements‚ and public land sales. Also sectionalism tension over slavery became more apparent‚ and soon Democratic-Republican split into two. During Monroe’s presidency‚ Congress raised tariffs (first protective tariff in
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Thomas Jefferson was a member of the Democratic-Republican party and took office on March 4‚ 1801 as the third President of the United States. While holding the title of President from 1801 to 1809‚ Jefferson made many major accomplishments. For example‚ he reduced internal taxes and plans were made to extinguish the public debt. Also‚ Jefferson allowed the Alien and Sedition Acts to end without renewal and had the excise tax on liquor that caused the Whiskey Rebellion repealed. This reduced government
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Leslie Irizarry Irizarry 1 10 November 2012 The Dwight David Eisenhower Presidency Republican candidate General Dwight D. Eisenhower was inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States on January 20‚ 1953‚ becoming the first Republican in twenty years to be elected as president. President Eisenhower broke tradition by reciting his own prayer after taking the oath instead of kissing the Bible and jumping right into his inaugural speech. “When elected for a second term
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appear in the 1900s. With this in mind‚ airplane stability refers to the tendency of an airplane remaining in a straight and upright position despite there being a change in attitude during the flight (Vincenti‚ p. 52). However‚ while the invention of the airplane was gradually gaining the interest of inventors/pilots during the late 1800s into the early 1900s‚ the importance of airplane stability was not always obvious and was often taken for granted. For example‚ in the 1910s‚ airplane stability was
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During the late 19th century to the 1930s‚ workers and managers fought each other for control of the work routine‚ wages‚ and hours in the American industry. Trade unions‚ craft unions‚ and strikes were many of the main forces at work during this time period when people were fighting for better working conditions. As the government was struggling to stay out of free labor‚ they also felt the need to impose as the laws in place may not be helping capitalism in America. The government‚ in response
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