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Bouquins, Laffont, Paris, 1991 Emmanuel Todd, 2ème de la biblio Galbraith , Economie Hétérodoxe, Seuil, 2007   1960s - Background - Protest Movements  A short description of the movements  Understanding their significance - The Vietnam War - The end of the Gold Standard 1950S: Period of stability and prosperity in the US and a certain comfort of life, as opposed to a period of high tensions. We can see a shift in the period, this also applies to the economy. Demography From 1950

parallel situations, language and structure in these novels differ completely. The Reader, above anything else is about content; from the nature of the initial relationship between Michael and Hanna to the deeper pondering about what the impact of World War II was on the generations after the Nazis, and how their lives were affected. Lolita, on the other hand, is all about the power of language. Nabokov shows us that language used properly can transform any material to the level of art. In Humbert’s

Port Arthur closes. • 1901. Australian federation - Tasmania becomes a state in the new Commonwealth of Australia. • 1912. Roald Amundsen telegraphs from Hobart the news that he successfully reached the south pole. • 1914-1918. World War I. • 1939-1945. World War II. Location Tasmania is an island group in the southern hemisphere. It is located approximately 240 km (150 mi) south of the mainland of Australia. The Australian map below shows the physical proximity of Tasmania [red] to the

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German protectorate. During their occupation from 1884 to 1914, the Germans advanced into the interior, cultivated large plantations, laid roads, and began constructing a railroad and the port of Douala. When World War I broke out, the territory was invaded by French and British forces. After the war, the League of Nations gave the French a mandate over 80% of the area, and the British 20% adjacent to Nigeria. During the period 1919–39, France made notable contributions to the development of the territory

II – Answer the following questions: A) The immigrants before: 1/ Who bulit built New York? Justify your answer by giving two quotes from the text. People who have builded built New-York are immigrants as well shown them by the following extracts: « New York's debt to immigrants has become almost a cliche. » and < En quoi cette phrase illustre-t-elle la question ? « They literally and figuratively built New York, from the skyscrapers and dockyards to the corner delis and garment factories »OK

Melnik GLOBAL DECISION MAKER Sommaire I. Outils théoriques 1. Vocabulaire des mots clés 2. Genèse et évolution des globalisations précédentes dans l’Histoire universelle 3. Les références clés de la globalisation du XXI ème siècle II. Zoom - synthèse pluridisciplinaire – Pole d’excellence Europe – US – BRIC BRIC : crée par JIM O’NEALS (UK) 2000, il est chez Goldman sachs a 25 ans. → Think Tank chez Goldman sachs : hommes brillants qui génèrent des concepts. Selon lui les BRIC

in fact they can remake the law. For instance, now pollution has a price. • Corporations as a political power Government and industry start to work together. The biggest companies do have a political impact over their own country or even the world. It is now not clear whether some decisions should be taken by the government or the corporation itself. And this directly question the foundations of democracy when corporations have so much wealth and power under the law. B\ What I learned that

The British Empire in the Middle East : Arab Nationalism, the US and postwar Imperialism, Oxford University Press, New York, 1984), néerlandais (McMahon, Colonialism and Cold War : the US and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1981), belge (David Gibbs, The Political Economy of Third World Intervention. Mines, Money and US Policy in the Congo Crisis, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1994), français (moi pour Afrique du Nord, Les Protectorats du Maghreb entre

ministro della mala vita (1919; “The Ministry of Evil”), encapsulated this position. Giolitti also embarked on a colonialist war with Turkey in 1911, with the support of the church and the new nationalist movement. Italy conquered Libya and the Greek-speaking Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea. Both territories became Italian possessions in 1912 and remained so until World War II. Domestic policies The social reforms passed in these years included laws that prohibited child labour, established a compulsory