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  EH.Net Encyclopedia: Economic History of Hawai'i
The advent of the Spanish-American War and the ensuing hostilities in the Philippines raised Hawai'i's strategic value to the United States, and Hawai'i was annexed by a joint resolution of Congress in July 1898.
Originally established to provide financial, labor recruiting, transportation, and marketing services to plantations, they gradually acquired the plantations and also gained control over other vital industries such as banking, insurance, retailing, and shipping.
It came to an abrupt halt with the terrorism attack of September 11, 2001, as domestic and foreign tourism declined sharply.
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 ipedia.com: History of the Philippines Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
One example of pre-Spanish Philippine script on a burial jar, derived from Brahmi survives, as most of the writing was done on perishable bamboo or leaves; an earthenware burial jar dated 1200s or 1300s with script was found in Batangas.
The Philippines were granted free trade status, with the U.S. In 1916, a Filipino House of Representatives was permitted and this body gradually began to take control of the internal government.
The cruelty of the Japanese military occupation of the Philippines is legendary.
www.ipedia.com /history_of_the_philippines.html   (4966 words)

  
 Utah History Encyclopedia
There is no history available for the USS Escalante River; however, she was most likely a sister ship to the Grand River and Green River.
USS Garfield County (LST 784): The Garfield County was commissioned on 1 September 1944 and participated in the island invasions of Tinian and Okinawa.
As one of the Navy's newest nuclear powered submarines, her history is yet to be written.
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 History of technology -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Steam-powered transportation by (Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system) railway, pioneered notably by (English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833)) Richard Trevithick.
The (Click link for more info and facts about Portsmouth Block Mills) Portsmouth Block Mills was where manufacture of ships' pulley blocks by all-metal machines first took place and instigated the age of (The production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques)) mass production.
From MIT OpenCourseWare, course materials (graduate level) for a course on the history of technology through a (Click link for more info and facts about Thomas Kuhn) Thomas Kuhn-ian lens.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_technology.htm   (2913 words)

  
 Read about History of technology at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research History of technology and learn about History ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The history of technology is intertwined with the culture of its civilization; power, wealth,
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
A Short History of Technology : From the Earliest Times to A.D. New York: Dover Publications.
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