This review of the Great Electrical Conspiracy that spanned the length of the 1950’s will use sources that were published well after the events transpired and the following investigation as well as sources and reports that were published while or immediately after the conspiracy unfolded. The former will provide a more extensive overview of the facts in hindsight as well as analysis of the structural organizations of these types of cartels and how that influenced the maintenance of their collusion
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Historiography is the study of how history is written or how it has been passed on, which includes different sources, levels of credibility, motives of the historian(s), and perspectives. “Critical analysis” in history writing means that one is to analyze a text and the author’s purpose of writing it, and how it affects the argument being made and the evidence that is being used. i.e. When writing about the causes of World War I, one would have to discuss both sides because if only one side, like
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Vietnam, planning and conducting more effective learning and teaching strategies for History is considered as one of the most challenging task for educators (Mr. Truong Tan Sang 2012). The quality of teaching and learning History has stood low and even had tendency to get worse in the past few years. A report in Tuoi tre (July 26, 2011) revealed that the year 2011 witnessed an unprecedentedly disappointed result in History of the entrance exam, approximately 80-90% of candidates got the mark below five
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Why should we preserve history? We should preserve history for several reasons. The first reason is because we will learn from the mistakes people made in the past and try not to repeat them. The second reason is so we will understand civilizations got to where we are today. The third reason is to learn about what causes conflicts and wars so we can help identify when they might be occurring. We should preserve history so we don’t make the same mistakes we did in the past. Things would not reoccur
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5. The task of writing a history （撰写历史的使命） The task of writing a history of our nation from Rome’s earliest days fills me, I confess, with some misgivings and even though I was confident in the value of my work, I should hesitate to say so.（我承认，尽管有着些许担忧，但我仍肩负着从罗马时代早期就沿袭下来的记录历史的使命。尽管我坚信这项工作富有价值，我却无法毫不犹豫地说出来。） I am aware that for historians to make extravagant claims is, and always has been, all too common: Every writer on history tends to look down his nose at his less cultivated predecessors,
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The documents about early Christian life depicted how important religion was to society and how polarizing it was. Religion has been at the core of societies throughout history and through our country is “secular” many values and core principles are deeply rooted in our Christian heritage. This has polarized our country and created a government founded on religious biases. In our contemporary world, the battle between religion
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Power Play (A): Nintendo en los videojuegos de 8-bits Una empresa fuerte y el resto a los débiles. Hiroshi Yamauchi, presidente de Nintendo Co., Ltd.1 Los orígenes de videojuegos para el hogar volvió a 1966, cuando un ingeniero de Sanders Associates, un militar de EE.UU. firma de consultoría de sistemas, desarrolló un juego de pelota y pala llamada Odyssey que podría ser reproducido en un televisor. Pero la industria se inició realmente en 1972 con la fundación de Atari Corporation, que gozó de
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A Cultural History Of Modern Science In China. Benjamin A. Elman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. Pp xiii. 336. Benjamin Elman’s book is a complex history of interactions between the European West and Imperial China involving the transmission of scientific, medical, and technological knowledge over a period of roughly three-hundred years, lasting through the Qing dynasty. Previous to the sixteenth century, China was ripe with science and technological innovation; however, the history
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The Introduction of the book (Art Theory) of Robert Williams is generally refers to the existence of art history and art theory at the same time. As far as the importance is concerned, there is no significant difference between art history and art theory. These two always correlated in every way in one aspect, learning art theory; obviously it will provide you the importance of art history at the same time, in studying, and engagement with art. When understanding art, philosophy attempts to come
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Nintendo is a multinational video game company located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889, it began as a playing card manufacturer, followed by a trial and error phase in which the corporation experimented with several niche businesses such as a cab company and a hotel, before settling into video games in 1974. Today, Nintendo is synonymous with innovation and a family friendly gaming atmosphere. [Nintendo Logo] Released in 2006, Nintendo’s “premiere product,” per se, is the motion-sensing
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