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équipage européen. Portugais Bartolomeu Dias, repère ce qu'il nomme le « cap des Tempêtes » en raison des vents qui y sévissent et des courants qui y sont très forts. Ce cap est rebaptisé cap de Bonne-Espérance (Cabo da Boa Esperança) par le roi Jean II roi du Portugal car ce dernier y voit une nouvelle route vers l'Asie et ses épices8 et que les Portugais ont désormais « bon espoir » d'arriver bientôt aux Indes9. Mais les portugais préféreront jeter leur dévolu sur la région du Mozambique. Celle-ci

Man (which lies between GB and the island of Ireland) and the Channel Islands (which lie off the North Coast of France). The Isle of Man, otherwise known simply Mann, is a self-governing British Crown Dependency. The head of state is Queen Elisabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The lord of Mann is represented by a lieutenant governor. The island is not part of the UK, but its foreign relations and defense are the responsibility of the UK Government. It is important to remember that Southern

Introduction Since the abolition of slavery in the USA, the American Negro needed changes in his living conditions. With the end of World War 1, and the industrialization in the north, African Americans found it necessary to move north for a better living. They went en mass to big cities and gave rise to a new grand culture. This was “the great migration of African Americans” The great migration expended the Negro’s communities and created a greater market for Negros’ culture, mainly on Art which

Part I : The Hippie Movement A) From the Beat Generation to the Beatniks The Beat Generation's birth occurred in the 50's, in the USA., with an international context marked by the Second World War and, after it, by the Cold War. The USA was, at this time, engaged in an affirmation of its model, advocating its capitalist system represented, in the country, by a growing bourgeois population and by a conservative society. It is in this America that begins the literature, social, and cultural

the 2nd rank of the powerful countries in the world behind USA and Japan. After World War II, Germany was in ruins and its own resources were low, with the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR), but thanks to the implementation of a common market, Germany could overcome its difficulties to become the 2nd powerful countries in the world behind USA and Japan. Moreover, Germany

turning point: the Second World War or “Hollywood in Transition ............. 15 3) The New Hollywood ..................................................................................................... 16 C. The creation of feminine icons in Classical Hollywood 1) 1920s or the beginning of entertainment for the masses .......................................... 18 2) Icons as a reflection of the American woman............................................................ 20 II. Models and counter examples

Cinéma de propagande dans l'Allemagne Nazi (« Le triomphe de la volonté ») → permet de diffuser une idéologie. Effort de guerre américain (« Pourquoi nous combattons » Franck Capra) « Top Gun » 1986 → période Reagan (financé par le Pentagone) « Rambo II » et « Rambo III » plus de rapport avec le 1, devient patriotique Reagan : politique du gros bâton, course à l'armement avec les Russes Période Bush (post 11 septembre) : « Nous étions soldats » 2002, « John Rambo » 2008 Séries stéréotypées patriotiques

economies in one global marketplace. Developments in international economics since World War II have led to the global system that exists today. The global economic system allows nations to engage in international trade, exchanging goods and services. The system also allows labor and capital to move more freely around the world International organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization are important institutions in the global economic system. Global

d’un scientifiques, Cavor, qui ayant créer un métal, fabrique un astronef. Avec Bedford il va sur la Lune où vit une civilisation souterraine. Herbert George Wells est connu pour ses romans de sciences fiction comme La guerre des mondes (The war of the worlds, 1898) Première fusée à carburant liquide : 16 mars 1926 Le physicien américain Robert Hutchings Goddard réalise le lancement d’une fusée propulsée par un carburant liquide à l’aide d’un mélange d’essence et d’oxygène liquide. Elle atteindra

2009 1 Abbreviations • APCM – Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers • AGPCM – Association of German Portland Cement Manufacturers (Verein Deutscher Portland Cement Fabrikanten) • FCF – Fixed Capital Formation • UK – United Kingdom • WWI – World War One Terminology • A cement factory can also be called cement works or cement plant. • Germany in this paper is defined as the area covered by the Second Empire of 1871-1918 (see figure 1). E.g. Germany in 1850: in this paper makes reference to the