Résultats pour "River" dans Idéologies et doctrines

 When Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory, he envisioned an "empire for liberty" populated by self-sufficient white farmers. Cleared of Native Americans and the remnants of European empires by Andrew Jackson, the Mississippi Valley was transformed instead into a booming capitalist economy commanded by wealthy planters, powered by steam engines, and dependent on the coerced labor of slaves.  

In today’s modern world every political regime, even the most authoritarian or repressive, describes itself as democracy or a Democratic People’s Republic. It is also generally accepted that democracy, as a political ideology, began in Greece, specifically in Athens, in the 7th century BCE and reached its zenith in the 5th century under the leadership of Pericles. The Greeks and Romans would not have recognized, or accepted, any of today’s modern versions of democracy as being truly “democratic”.

Mit einfachen Worten und anschaulichen Beispielen erklärt das Buch die Hintergründe, Strukturen und Ideologien hinter diesen Begriffen – ohne Vorwissen vorauszusetzen. Es zeigt, warum es wichtig ist, sich mit dem Thema auseinanderzusetzen, und wie man komplexe Zusammenhänge verstehen kann.