Helen Hunt Jackson's report
Text commentary - 10 pages - World geography
Dissertation basée sur le report d'Helen Hunt Jackson sur les conditions des indiens dans les missions californiennes. Elle y donne des solutions pour empêcher la situation de s'envenimer, qui sont analysées ici. Dissertation based on the Report on the Conditions and Needs of the Mission...
Tennis .......... The mysterious History
Course material - 5 pages - Ancient history
Village status was an old track of the Kingdom of tennis, which was home to the family's rule in the twenty-second in ancient Egypt. This topic to talk about the history of the old tennis this kingdom, which we do not know of its history, but little, is still much a mystery. Here we are...
Stalin's legacy.
Worksheets - 6 pages - Modern history
Cette dissertation de niveau 3eme année de licence vise à montrer que la mémoire dont Staline fait l'objet en Union Soviétique puis en Russie s'articule autour de deux éléments contradictoires : il est évidemment considéré comme un tyran sanguinaire, responsable de famines et...
American Civil War
Essay - 1 pages - Modern history
The American Civil War was a conflict between the Northern states and the Southern states. The war raged for four years (1861-65) and was marked by some of the bloodiest battles of modern history. The economic situation was very different between the North and the South. There was an industrial...
Bloodlands - Timothy Snyder
Book review - 2 pages - Modern history
Bloodlands : Europe between Hitler & Stalin - Timothy Snyder tFourteen millions people were killed by totalitarian regimes in the countries between Hitler and Stalin from 1933 to 1945. This work reveals a polemic analogy between the Europe from Hitler, the National Socialism and the Europe...
Study of the population in United Kingdom
Essay - 4 pages - World geography
There are 61 million inhabitants in United Kingdom, a territory twice smaller than France . It means that there is an high density in United Kingdom, but also , as in others countries some social problematics. This study will provide you an overview of the population of United Kingdom today. We...
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Course material - 4 pages - Medieval history
Cours très complet et structuré sur la crise des Missiles de Cuba d'octobre 1962. The Soviet theory of peaceful coexistence asserted that the United States and the Soviet Union, and their respective political ideologies, could coexist together rather than fighting one another, and Khrushchev...
The rise of student anti-war protests in the Vietnam War era
Thesis - 3 pages - Modern history
The first explanation that could be found, and maybe the most evident, is the war itself. The concept of war as well as its substance generated strong protests in reaction, because it united the many independent interests that the anti-war movement used to consist of. Indeed, the basis of war...
The access to drinkable and pure water in the third world.
Essay - 4 pages - World geography
Ce court exposé explique les enjeux principaux de l'accès à l'eau potable pour les populations du Sud. A travers un propos précis et chiffré, ce document permet d'appréhender efficacement ce problème majeur, en passant en revu les divers acteurs (Etats, OIG, ONG...) tout en étayant...
TPE européen (en anglais) sur Napoléon Bonaparte
Speech - 2 pages - Modern history
Idéale pour un oral de TPE en anlgais: mise en scène très aisée grâce au texte. "Let us tell you the story of a great man, a man who marked history: Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15th August 1769 in Ajaccio. His parents were very productive: 12 children, 8 survived: 5 boys, 3 girls. He...
Fascisme et dictature en Italie: Mussolini
Case study - 2 pages - Modern history
Essai de niveau L3 perfectionné par la lecture de 5 livres traitant du sujet (référencés en notes de bas de pages). Après la fin de la première guerre mondiale, l'Italie était en proie à un désordre politique et social qui s'est avéré extrêmement favorable à l'expansion fasciste....
1956: The Suez crisis and the Hungarian revolution
Case study - 7 pages - Medieval history
Human history has been riddled with periods of crisis. Such a crisis was the Hungarian protests in 1956 against the government and its Soviet imposed policies. The United States stayed away from the war waged by Israel, France and the UK against the Egypt of Gamal Abdel Nasser. If Morocco and...
Was the Khrushchev period (1953-64) a period of thaw in the Cold War?
Thesis - 6 pages - Modern history
Since the start of the Cold War in 1945, it seemed as if both the USSR and the USA, the two most powerful and influential superpowers, were set to be opponents in the game for world domination. Indeed, as no actual fighting and direct collision between the two nations took place, it was public...
Analyze the evolution of the Cold War between 1945 and 1949
Thesis - 5 pages - Modern history
After the end of the Second World War, the victorious Allies split the post-war world between them. With each superpower focusing on their personal ideological interests, historians have found critical information that would foreshadow future tensions between the Big Three. The harmony which...
The short-lived decorations and installations set up during the parties given by Louis XIV in Versailles.
Case study - 3 pages - Medieval history
In 1661 Louis XIV decided to spend more and more time at Versailles, the former hunting lodge of his father, the King Louis XII. However, and in spite of the begun works, the interior of the Palace remained too small for the parties. In that way the parties were given in the garden, masterfully...
China's failed modernisation
Essay - 9 pages - Medieval history
Why did China never undergo an indigenous Industrial Revolution in the 18th-19th century despite its high scientific level, wealth and political stability while Western countries did? Alors que la Chine dominait le monde sur les plans scientifiques, techniques et économiques au Moyen-Age, ce...
the American political life
Course material - 1 pages - Modern history
The American political life : principles 1. Major texts a. The declaration of independence 1776 b. The American constitution 1789 From 13 to 50 states: creating a federal union Constitution: the first 10 amendments were added in 1791. Amendment n°10: federalism 2. Main institutions a....
from 1970's to 1980's
Course material - 1 pages - Modern history
The restoration of American power? I. America in dire straits II. Reagan and the economic recovery R. Reagan/G. Bush Sr. 1980-1988 G. Bush Sr./Dan Quayle 1988- 1992 A. A Reaganism = small government Direct responsible of the crisis, the USA no longer trusted to the government because this led to...
american history 1945
Course material - 1 pages - Modern history
The booming 1950s Intro: think about the tree sessions - Context: post war triumphant America - Superpower yet vulnerability - Paradox of prosperity and fear - Booming economy/political conservatism - Segregation - Anti-communism Truman becoming president in 1945/1948-1952 Eisenhower...
1970's : the lean years
Course material - 1 pages - Modern history
Introduction : - From 1960s to 1970s : political continuity - Vietnam - President's crisis from VN to Watergate - Role of the press from JFK to Watergate - Political & cultural contrast From protest & liberalism to conservatism continuity with 1980's - On an economic point of view: 1974...
The early years of the Chinese diaspora (1840 - 1945): From a disorganized migration to an organized community
Dissertation - 8 pages - Medieval history
For centuries, many Chinese migrations have been identified in South-East Asia. It was mostly the initiative of particular elites: economic, like wealthy merchants or political and military, with envoys like Zheng He. The exchanged volume of merchandise traded...
Relationships between the USA and the UK
Sample letter - 5 pages - Medieval history
The particular and strong links between the USA and the United Kingdom emerged between 1607 and 1733 with the establishment of 13 colonies by the Empire of Great Britain on the Atlantic Coast of North America. Following the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, and a...
Geopolitical stakes of the polar regions
Essay - 16 pages - Geography
The Polar Regions are among the major terrestrial deserts. These areas are virtually uninhabited and the climate is very harsh. It is very cold and precipitation is also low. These regions receive only 41% of heat from the Equator, the photoperiod is original: a month of dawn, day time for five...
Was Bismarck Prussian or a German nationalist?
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Count and Prince (born April 1, 1815 - Died July 30, 1898), was the Chancellor of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1862 to 1890. A Junker's son rose in strict discipline, he studied law at Gottingen and Berlin. He entered the Prussian administration in 1836. In the...
The crisis of the years 1590 in England of Tudor
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
In 1588, Queen Elizabeth I, was seated on the throne for 30 years. Although she had to overcome various obstacles and conspiracies, those years were marked by peace and prosperity in general. However, due to several factors, the situation really began to deteriorate during the last decade of the...
The Kennedys
Essay - 10 pages - Modern history
We primarily think of John F. Kennedy when we talk about the Kennedy dynasty, United States. This is so not only because of his worldwide fame as the president of the United States acquired within a short span of time but also because of his assassination on November 22, 1983 in Dallas under...
The Atlantic facade of North America
Essay - 6 pages - Geography
Defining keywords: A coastline is a coastal area, which provides an interface (space contacts, exchanges) between a continental hinterland and a foreland ocean connected by dense and varied communications. This is an area of production and trade activities which led to a phenomenon of coastal...
Britain's stance towards the Briand Plan
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
"Among people who are geographically grouped as the people of Europe, there must be some sort of federal link.” This is how the French foreign minister Aristide Briand presented his plan for a federal European Union or the Briand Project of European Union, as it is known today, for the first...
Germany in the middle of international relations of 1945 to 1990
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
On February 11, 1945, at the Yalta conference, even before its capitulation was signed, Germany was aware of its defeat against its counterparts. The Allies, the United States, Great Britain, the USSR and France, united for the occasion against the common enemy, Nazism, decided that if they won,...
Disputes and protest movements in the United States of 1960 to 1980
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
In 1968, Richard Nixon proclaimed:''If I could choose a time and a country to live in, I would choose the United States of America in 1968.'' The United States enjoyed a peaceful period in 1968; this economic superpower does not have to worry about its industry, its services or...
