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…Born in Stockholm in 1833 of Swedish parents, Alfred Nobel moved with his family to St. Petersburg, then the capital of Russia, at the age of nine. There his energetic and inventive father soon acquired a strong and respected position as an inventor…

…, Stalin aimed to erase all traces of the capitalism that had entered under the New Economic Policy, and transform the Soviet Union as quickly as possible, without regard to cost, into an industrialized and completely socialist state. Stalin's first five-year…

…'social' classes (Weber in Ross [ed.] 1968, p. 303). Most of these classes controlled some capital and property. Weber also stated that class inequalities were myths and that people employed power in their own area of the social world. He believed that people…

…Som), home to Cambodia's finest beaches. For the most part, Cambodia is a pretty cheap place to travel. Rock-bottom budgeters can probably get by in Phnom Penh on US$10 a day - accommodation can be as cheap as US$2-3 in the capital, though…

…from handicraft to machine manufactured products. The early stages of technological advances grew from simple changes, which did not require much capital. Investigation of some key industries indicates how early industrialization took off. First of all…

…Shihkai , the enforcement of small private academies were also transformed into larger Universities in provincial capitals. Regional schools in the province capital became high schools and district schools were made into elementary schools. <Tab/&…

…of their religious longing, the site of their ancient Temple, and their historical capital; for Christians, the city is the site of many of the events in the life of Jesus Christ; for Muslims, the city is their third holiest as the site from which Muhammad is said to have…

…Smith is an advocator for capitalism and the wealth that can be accumulated in it, while Karl Marx critiques on the flaws of capitalism and praises communism that will overthrow the capitalist society. However, both of them base their theories…

…1.0 Introduction 1.1 Asian Financial Crisis Until 1996, many developing countries, especially the Southeast Asian countries were developing their financial markets, which attracted huge inflows of foreign capital. Coupled with weak supervision…

…capital (Perkins, 1986). The banking sector dominated financial intermediation and the ratio of non-performing loans was high. Estimates put non-performing loans at China's four leading banks at 25 per cent -- far higher than in South Korea or Thailand before…