The British came to India in the 1600’s‚ originally to trade but eventually took over india in 1858. The British controlled India from 1858 to 1947. Britain was successful in ruling‚ they had an efficient government‚ army‚ police‚ justice system‚ and civil system‚ they constructed many infrastructures‚ plantations‚ sold lots of cloth‚ educated young wealthy Indians‚ and health and life expectancy improved. Although the British government was efficient and successful‚ it benefited the British not
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“THE TRANSFORMATION OF BRITISH LIFE. 1950-2000” This book has been written by Andrew S. Rosen‚ who has been named president of Kaplan‚ Inc.‚ a leading provider of educational services to individuals‚ schools and businesses. The author has chosen his title carefully: British life in the second half of the twentieth century was transformed but not changed. The book talks about some aspects as life‚ transport and other‚ like customs. The religion‚ for example. There was a division of that. On
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5. British and American Press Nearly 80% of all households in Britain buy a copy of one of the main national papers every day – the British are the third biggest newspaper readers. Newspaper publications are dominated by the national press. Non-national‚ local and regional papers‚ with significant circulations are published mostly in the evenings‚ when they don’t compete with national ones. “The Sunday papers” are mostly national‚ they sell slightly more copies and thicker. British “paper round”
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Keurig at Home ”Case Study#3” 20 million Americans drank gourmet coffee daily in 2003. As a result of this amount of coffee lovers that can’t start their day without coffee‚ Keurig. Inc had the idea that they should be able to brew their own perfect cup of coffee any time they need. People started paying $1.50 or more for a cup of gourmet coffee at coffee shops like Starbucks. This gave Keurig. Inc the idea of offering coffees in a single-cup proportion size to offices. After the placement of
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l’Europe Has British food become trendy? Greasy food‚ unusual‚ doubtful combinations‚ unattractive appearance: British food hasn’t got the best reputation. Even worse‚ according to some rankings‚ it would be the worst in the world. It seems like those clichés are hard to tackle. For many years‚ English cuisine seemed to be odd‚ not suitable for every palate; but things have changed now‚ many foreigners have a very different opinion. According to a study by Visit Britain (a British tourist agency)
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Most of us used to think that there is just one important difference between British and American culture‚ that is accent of English language. However‚ experience of the american exchange students shows that is not true.There are a lot of others cultural‚ social and economical aspects differing USA and Great Britain‚ but still they have got some things in common‚ probably because English culture used to be considered as mother- culture for American. I would like to start with such an interesting
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Although originally control rest into the hands of the British East India Company‚ the home government eventually took command themselves. Ultimately‚ controlling India’s economy benefitted Britain financially and India both politically and economically. However‚ foreign influence resulted in Britain taking control over India’s government‚ creating unrest between the British and the Indians. Once Britain extended their authority into India‚ the British took total control over the Indian government. By
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contrast extreme poverty. British Empire was the dominant power in the world at the Victorian era‚ and by the word empire according to oxford dictionary‚ we refer to “An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch‚ an oligarchy‚ or a sovereign state” (oxforddictionaries.com). At that time‚ the monarch that was ruling is Queen Victoria; she brought England to its highest point of development as a world power. Queen Victoria expanded the British imperial abroad and colonized
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Outline the current legislation covering home based childcare‚ and the role of regulatory bodies. Current legislation: Every Child Matters This was the name of the green paper produced in response to the Laming inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié in 2000. It went on to form the basis of the 2004 Children’s Act. The paper lists five outcomes which were identified in consultation with children and young people: Being healthy: enjoying good physical and mental health and living
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The decline of the British Empire. “The sun never sets on the British Empire” this statement was true for many decades‚ the Empire was ¼ of the world. But why and how did it fall and what were the reasons for decolonization? This I will try to answer in this short essay. The main reasons of the decline was economics and nationalism (including resentment from the rest of the world towards the empire). I have decided to concentrate on post world war events even though you may say the decline already
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