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domestic history can not be separated from that of the Empire: the processes of state formation and of imperial construction are inevitably linked in the history of the Great Bretagne. British imperial experience is constituting for both the colonized for the colonizers. However, British colonies have been long time an embarrassing legacy for Liberal thinkers of the United Kingdom. Historians, sociologists and intellectuals of the British Empire have highlighted ideological justification of imperialism

countries have accepted it, like, among others, France, some others didn’t, like United Kingdom. The monetary Union (from the European website: europa.eu) The Euro currency is a real symbol of the European building and also a symbol of a common future. As the Union has not finished building yet, the United Kingdom has time to mature its opinion...but, how much did the UK take advantage of keeping its currency in comparison with France which is in the European Union too? Why did France find an

objet. Dans l'architecture, le célèbre Empire State Building (de l'architecte William F. Lamb) est un exemple de design pragmatique. Cette tour est simple et anguleuse comme un buiding. Seuls sa grande taille et sa haute pointe le caractérise, ce qui en fait un des monuments le plus célèbre de New-York. Donc un des avantages du design pragmatique est qu'il ne faut presque rien pour le rendre singulier, comme par exemple la taille de l'Empire State Building ou les capitons du Canapé Ploum... Sa simplicité

being. The core of realism in its classic version, such as the one developed later by modernists like E.H. Carr and Hans Morgenthau in his book Politics Among Nations. On the ontological level, they have three fundamental assumptions: First, the state is the principal actor in international politics. Second, states are not only unitary, and domestic politics is irrelevant, but rational in the use of their means to attain their objectives. Third, its principal interest is power, both as an end and

were also abolished=< this was important to the growth of the economy. The great expedition of 1931: Hydepark=> building especially built fro the occasion, Crystal Palace, Price Albert?????? Peace would come from economic liberalism=> political project Crystal palace was designed by Paxton, exhibitors could exhibit free=> 14 000 exhibitors came from all over the world. ½ of the building dedicated to Britain, the other half to the rest of the world  Change in consumer demand with the creation of the

Report will be studied and the need to establish a “New Jerusalem”. One of the pillars of the future welfare state was established during the war in the shape of the 1944 Butler Act. A closer look will reveal that although this law did provide free education for all children, it also maintained the traditional hierarchy within the school system. The establishment of the welfare state after WW2 was perhaps the ultimate reward for the sacrifices made by the population during the war. Despite Winston

autodafés nazis. Action réalisée près du mur d'Hadrien (liens entre civilisation et barbarie) Douglas GORDON aime les lieux chargés d'Histoire. Il a par exemple exposé à la cité des papes à Avignon. Andy WARHOL, Empire, 1964 : film de 24h (élévation de l'Empire State Building). Christian MARCLAY, The Clock, 2010. Jean TINGUELY, Hommage à New-York, 1960. Hubert Robert, Grande Galerie du Louvre en ruines, 1796. Emprunts A la Culture populaire Gillian WEARING, My L'oeuvre se réfère

présence de l’université de Columbia attestent d’une fonction culturelle majeure. 2) Quelles autres fonctions de NY apparaissent dans ces documents? - La fonction touristique apparaît par différents symboles: la Statue de la liberté, Empire State Building... mais aussi avec Times Square. - New York garde toujours un grand pouvoir de fascination et une grande attractivité. - Mais New York est aussi une ville innovante comme le montre le dynamisme de ses technopoles, notamment dans «

such as Ben-Hur, or Gladiator. So why after so many years have the Egyptian Government, backed by Unesco, chosen to build a major new library at Alexandria? In the preface to Mostafa El-Abbadi’s study of the ancient Library, Fredrico Mayor goes on to state: “The Project… is rooted above all in the symbol. This is not some antiquarian attempt to reconstitute a vanished monument; the intention is rather to commemorate the Library of Alexandria in the only manner appropriate – by restating its universal

transports modernes (bateaux à vapeurs, train) ; - Creusement de grands canaux comme le canal de Suez et de Panama, qu’on doit aux français et aux anglais ; - Le libre échange sans subir le contrôle douanier et - La formation des grands empires coloniaux. A la fin du 19ème siècle, on peut de mondialisation. Définition : Entreprises multinationales qui implantent leurs usines dans le monde – Phénomène historique. II) Société et idéologie à l’âge industriel. a. Une société