... 16:0Regional diversity inthenineteenthcentury 179southern africaDuring the early nineteenthcenturythe African peoples of southern Africaused two strategies in attempting to overcome segmentation ... himself’.11 The western savanna also experienced two jihads during the nineteenth century, but they created less stability. The first, in 1818, was inthe internaldelta of the Niger, hitherto controlled ... year during the late nineteenth century. The main export was ivory,whose continuously rising price drove the traders ever deeper inland. Slaveexports rose to rival it during the mid -century, ...
... habits? The dilemma was whether to increase incentives to large depositors inthe CEMG and invest inthe booming market, running the risk of illiquidity, or to persist inthe policy of favoring ... the Growing from Crises. The Portuguese Saving Bank Montepio Geral inthe nineteenth- century Introduction We started inthe last fall a doctoral thesis dedicated to savings banks in Portugal ... deal to the advance of these queries. Indeed, by analyzing the behavior of CEMG during the two major economic events that occurred in Portugal inthe second half of nineteenth century, we intend...
... Christmas flower, the poinsettia, was named in compliment to Mr.Poinsett. These interesting women for many years were inthe habit of leaving what they called their"Carolina" home for ... giving money andtobacco to the crew, of his being extremely intimate with them, that he had a strange flashing of the eye, andfinally that he was inthe habit of amusing the sailors by making ... hearing my three maiden aunts, my father's sisters, playing in turn the inspiringScotch airs upon the Astor piano that stood in their drawing-room. One of their songs was especially inimicalto...
... reflection of the crisis conditions obtaining in those years. The continuing outflows in 1828 and 1829 were probably due to the decline inthe interest rate on deposits in 1828. The trend in average ... less to the fore in establishing and running banks inthe New World setting than in the Old. Even when—as inthe case of the EISB—clergymen were instrumental in a bank’s foundation, they tended ... the Dublin Savings Bank in 1844 is also interesting in this respect. The bank sub-divided its 14,211 depositors into twenty-seven classes. The variation in average size of deposit across the...
... in holding the castle in 1217. Indeed, Nichola’s defence of power and portrayal 23 Lincoln in 1217 was a significant factor in turning the tide of events in favour of King John. According ... appliesto other twelfth -century saints.44 Women’s testimony and role as sourcesof information on the saint are therefore one way in which they could in uence the shape and content of the text. ... research into the history of women and gender since the 1970s has changed the face of history. Using the insights of feminist theoryand of historians of women, gender historians have explored the...
... minimum drink-ing law, which severely increases the cost of drinking if the youth is caught.† Gross-man et al.10 simulate the hypothetical effect of having all states changing their age ... be justified depend-ing on the willingness of policy makers to intervene into family life. In addition, there is an argument to be made to intervene on the well-being of the individual. Although ... through the interjection of a reverse economic model originally intended to give the middle tier the monopoly of economic control. As authors in the original text point out, in an ever-expanding...
... Cooperation in Business: Managing Dilemmas inthe 21st Century, we take the first steps in exploring thisemerging field of knowledge and practice, lookingfor ways to think about two key business ... result of the largely unconscious evolution ofinstitutions of collective action. Ostrom has taken the lead in making the management principles forthese institutions explicit, combining theory ... exam-ple, in Ostrom’s study of water-use arrangements in the Los Angeles basin, an outside institution (the U.S. Geological Survey [USGS]) was charged withmonitoring, among other things, the salinity...
... pounds sterling.[21] In view of the prevailing east wind in these regions, and the maze of reefs, cays and shoals extending far outto sea from the Mosquito Coast, the galleons, in making their course ... workmen, the increase of imposts, and the prejudice against the mechanic arts, industry was being ruined; while the increased depopulation of the realm, the mainmort of ecclesiastical lands, the majorats ... between the Virginian Capes and the Bermudas to about 38°, in order to recover the strong northerly winds, and then east to the Azores. In winter the galleons sometimes ran south of the Bermudas,...
... with the addition of new vaccine products to the recommended childhood schedule. In diagnosing the problems facing the vaccine financing system, the Insti-tute of Medicine’s Committee on the ... caresetting. Assuring access and sustaining incentives that contribute to the availability of safe and effective vaccines are the twin goals that mustguide vaccine finance strategies inthe 21st century. ... 20 FINANCING VACCINES INTHE 21ST CENTURY health sectors in adapting to foreseeable changes in vaccine development in the decades ahead. The public and private partnership that supports the immunization...
... at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Maintaining stability is likely to become more difficult because the region is producing two rising great powers: China and India. Theyare ... role in securing U.S. interests, in promot-ing American values, and in protecting human rights. While the USAF has had significant success in employing aerospace power in the recent past, emerging ... challenge continues to be the continuing inabilityof the United States, its allies, and the Iraqi opposition to get rid of the Iraqi strongman, Saddam Hussein. Through the end of the Clinton administration,...
... flingingthemselves into the water and swimming off to the ships. At the same instant the guns of the galleons and of the shore batteries opened fire on the Jesus and her consorts, and inthe ... The English, being greatly inferior in numbers, lay waiting for them inside the Spit. The morning after the French came in was still and sultry. The English could not move for want of wind. The ... won, the wisest inthe devising ofenterprises, the calmest in danger, the first to set an example of energy in difficulties, and, above all, the firmest in maintaining order and discipline. The...
... always involved the hiding and covering up of one’sflaws.Think of the many presidents who had an affair during the course of their tenure inthe WhiteHouse. In some cases the press knew about the ... that the group believes promotes its best interest. In seeking to avoid shame, group members areimpelled to submerge their own personal interests for the sake of the common good. In the increasingly ... became increasinglyunwilling to deny their own personal needs for the good of the group. They rebelled againstauthority — the man” — and the idea that a common good should be dictated. In the...
... Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scien-tific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute ... corporation’s intent is the pursuit of private interests and profits for owners of the company, they increasingly are bearing the marks of an undertaking and, to an increasing degree, have been serving the ... (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the insurance industry to incorporate ele-ments of Responsible Caređ in their decision making. In May 2004, the ACC began publishing...
... choices optimized by bringing birth into the open, by freely talkingabout it inthe public domain.By contrast, the degree to which African Americans in Green Rivermaintained some measure of ... foothold in birthing babies and attending pregnant andlaboring mothers in their communities? In always asking why the Southgave up on African American midwives, I wanted to remember that the erasure ... stresses the “relation” of words to “neighboringwords” (White 1992, 84).An African American midwife in Virginia during the first half of the century shared much in common with her counterparts in the...