The Great Depression was the worst economic decline ever in U.S. history.
It began in late 1929 and lasted about a decade. Throughout the 1920’s, many
factors played a role in bringing about the depression; the main causes were the
unequal distribution of wealth and extensive stock market speculation. Money was
distributed unequally between the rich and the middle-class, [...]
The Great Depression is probably one of the most misunderstood events in American history. It is routinely cited, as proof that unregulated capitalism is not the best in the world, and that only a massive welfare state, huge amounts of economic regulation, and other Interventions can save capitalism from itself. Among the many myths surrounding [...]
Collectivisation
Complement to
industrialisation. Peasants had been encouraged to collectivise in 1949.
Causes
Lack of labour
Increase in
production
Nature
Division of China
China’s land
divided into 70,000 commmunes.
Each commune
divided into 750,000 brigades
Each brigade made
up of 200 households.
Centralisation
Methods, Sales and
Prices dictated by CCP.
Presentation
Presented as
response to the peasant’s wishes
Had the state
become the ultimate landlord?
Effects
Famine
Greatest Ever
No incentives
Use of [...]
Dr. Seuss:
The Great American Children’s Poet
Dr. Seuss is the pseudonym for Theodor Seuss Geisel III, Ted Geisel to
his friends. He originally thought of his pen name being pronounced zo-oice
which is the German pronunciation. He took his middle name from his
mother’s maiden name.
He was born in 1904 to Theodor Jr. and Henrietta Geisel of Springfiel
Massachusetts. Both [...]
In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is an important theme in the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. These eyes watch over the events and characters of the novel like the eyes of God. Many things happen in front of the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg, like the vehicular manslaughter [...]