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My first experience with transportation machines, like so many others, was a bicycle. Inexpensive, the only petroleum product required was lubricating oil for the chain. It was at my own peril that I neglect this small preventative action or the chain would become a useless mass of rusted junk. This lesson was hammered into my brain by my mother 's father, my boat-building grandfather. Fuel costs were a direct function of my ambition and willingness to break a sweat. I was just twelve years old…

The Development of Powerful Monarchies and a Global Economy in Western Europe The transition of Western Europe from many small, decentralized governments and local economies to centralized monarchies and a global economy was due to several factors over a period of centuries. The decentralized feudal system and local economy of the manorial system began to change during the Crusades. The Crusades opened new trade routes and weakened the feudal system. Merchants established new cities and…

In the book Debt, by David Graeber, Graeber provides an alternative to the narratives economist want society to believe. One being the idea that money, a unit for measure, was established after the barter system is a view that Graeber characterizes as a perfectly simple and straightforward answer, which is terribly incorrect. (21) The idea that individual traded item for item runs into a few conflicts which explains the creation of money. For instance, say one neighbor has cows, and the other…

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Since colonialism the function of wealth has transitioned from the barter economy to the gold standard to the use of currency. Throughout history the development of currency and the progression of the financial system has made Canada a more efficient financial power that is recognized worldwide. The Canadian financial system had improved throughout history in many ways, such as the development of chartered banks, the creation of the Bank of Canada, the development of the call back rate, and the…

William Cronon’s Changes in the Land – Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England, depicts the changes that occurred in New England after the arrival of the Europeans. It not only provides a detailed account of the changes that took place from a historical point of view, but also from an ecological pint of view – meaning it not only paints a picture of how the European settlers changed the lives of New England’s Indian inhabitants, but it also clearly shows how the arrival of the…

HST 328 Dr. De Boer 1 December 2016 Garibaldi and Unification For many years, Italy was several city-states conjoined on the peninsula that is now unified. A sense of pride that the people of these individual city-states was overwhelming, which was a major factor in why Italy failed to unify itself for the longest time. Around the 1860’s one individual, Giuseppe Garibaldi, gained a voice among the discontent in Italy, to speak out against the actions of Cavour and Napoleon III. Garibaldi…

The three movies, Erbkrank, The Eternal Jew and Jud Suss, all show case various levels of Anti-Semitism that existed in Nazi Germany. The Jew was seen as the destroyer of the true Germany and were thus the culprit for all of their problems. The idea of the Jew as other was clearly displayed in all three movies, in varying means and styles. The audiences for all of the movies clearly impact the manner in which the movies chose to go about exploring the Jewish problem, that reportedly existed…

Although it can be argued that there are no set boundaries to what Political Economy (PE) is (Watson, 2005, p.1), it can be inferred simply from its name that PE is a field which deals with the relationships between the spheres of politics and economics. These two concepts can be seen as being linked. However, interconnectedness does not necessarily mean analytical concurrence and the field of PE does not always regard the interconnectedness as an axiom. Moreover, the field of PE is often…

Introduction In the next half century, it has been estimated that at least 1500 species will be so endangered that their survival will require captive measures including zoos (Louis P. Cain and Dennis A. Meritt Jr.). Therefore, the survival of the animals will rely solely on the ability of the zoos to provide the care the endangered animals need to repopulate. But these conservation efforts will not work unless the enclosure of these animals are able to meet their needs. In a study done by G. B…