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Beccaria and the Age of Enlightenment During the 18th century, a movement of intellectual change swept throughout Europe and eventually the rest of the known world. People of modern thought believed that human reason could be used to combat ignorance, superstition, and tyranny and to build a better world. These enlightened thinkers combined logic with…

            The interest in contextualizing the role of Jewish legacy in history has been a task of both Jews and non-Jews, and with the resurging anti-Semitic attitude throughout history, this task has taken a political dimension. In 1940, during the height of Jewish persecution in Europe, Cecil Roth published a book entitled “Jewish Contribution to…

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip of the Serbain Secret society, the “Black Hand” had devastating consequences on the world. The causes of this event can be found in the determination of Serbian nationalism to create a Southern Slav state and the equal determination of Austria to…

I believe that we see some of the early seeds of the anti-slavery movement in the Pennsylvania Colony. William Penn founded this colony with the belief of religious freedom and liberal land policy. William Penn was a Quaker and they were “Protestants who believed that God’s will was directly transmitted to people through “the inner…

In much of the state in the late 19th century. societal tensenesss were defined in footings of rich versus hapless. native-born versus immigrant. and worker versus capitalist. In the provinces of the former Confederacy. despite all the calls for a New South in the old ages after Reconstruction. tensenesss continued to focus on upon the…

            The thesis of Jack Weatherford’s “Cocaine and the Economic Deterioration of Bolivia”, is that cocaine, particularly the results of its demand and production costs, has contributed to the economic, moral, and cultural decline of Bolivia. Additionally, the cocaine trade has increased the number of health concerns for Bolivians. This decline is rampant and pervasive…

            As the general definition goes, the ‘Termination for Convenience’ clause grants the government contracting officer a legitimate right to terminate the contractor’s performance without the government being liable for breach-of-contract damages (What is the effect of the termination for convenience clause?, 2008). In simple language, a termination for convenience allows the federal government to…

In his article entitled “Anglos and Mexicans in the Twenty-First Century” by David Montejano states the close relations between Anglo Americans and Chicanos and the lack of segregation and class policy are likely to result in the decline of  United States’ South (Montejano, Sec.3). Such adverse outcomes, as Montejano envisions, will be associated with relatively…

It was the opinion of Lord Acton, a great English historian, that the discovery of the New World was the greatest landmark in the transition from the Middle Ages to modern times. Certainly the movement of western Europeans beyond the narrow limits of their homelands out to both the East and the West, a movement…

Medieval Society has had much of a affect on society today. For example, many movieshave been based off the Middle Ages and the society there. One of the greatest moviesthat took place in the Middle Ages was Braveheart. Mel Gibson, most likely best movie,had a great affect on society today. It tought many people of…