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 EH.Net Encyclopedia: African Americans in the Twentieth Century
So a typical African American family at the start of the twentieth century lived and worked on a farm in the South, did not own its home, and was unlikely to have its children in school.
Through the first decades of the twentieth century, resources were funneled to white schools, raising teacher salaries and per-pupil funding while reducing class size.
Because their alternatives were limited, fl workers could be worked very intensely and could also be used in particularly unpleasant and dangerous settings, such as the killing and cutting areas of meat packing plants, foundry departments in auto plants, and blast furnaces in steel plants.
www.eh.net /encyclopedia/article/maloney.african.american   (4912 words)

  
 Folk Dance Association: Twentieth Century Social Dance History - Folk Dance, Contra Dance, Square Dance, Traditional ...
Century has been called "The American Century," as it was a time when the power, prestige, and prosperity of American came into full flower.
Apache (pronounded "aposh") was an early Twentieth Century Parisian term for a gang of ruffians.
As was the case with just about every new dance form of the century, the youth of the period popularized a variety of dance forms, most of which were done without the need for a partner.
www.folkdancing.org /20th_cent_soc_dance.html   (4519 words)

  
 Portuguese history. Portugal from early history to twentieth century.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the 8th century, the Moors crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and commenced a long occupation that introduced their culture, architecture and agricultural techniques to Portugal.
In the 15th century, Portugal entered a phase of overseas expansion due to the efforts of Prince Henry the Navigator.
At the close of the 18th century, Napoleon sent expeditionary forces to invade Portugal but they were forced back by the troops of the Anglo-Portuguese alliance.
www.portugalholidayguide.com /portugal_history.htm   (2737 words)

  
 Twentieth Century World - Review of CD-ROM
This one deals with twentieth century events in Russia, China, Japan, Germany, Spain, Ireland, and the United States.
There are a limited number of video clips, and you can run the program directly off the CD, although this limits some of its functions.
The approach to the subject is reasonably objective, and the anonymous authors don't shy away from difficult issues such as the Nazi death camps, the British domination of Ireland, or the humiliation of the French in Indo-China.
www.mantex.co.uk /reviews/avp-01.htm   (446 words)

  
 Twentieth Century Atlas - Casualty Statistics - Biggest Battles and Massacres
By the beginning of the 20th Century, the concept of battle had gotten extremely vague.
Twentieth Century wars were continuous in both time and space.
The traditional definition of massacre would require that all the killing be done deliberately and face-to-face over the course of a day or two, but I've loosened up that part in order to compare numbers from a variety of concentrated mass killings.
users.erols.com /mwhite28/battles.htm   (5150 words)

  
 Selected Twentieth Century Works: L
A great twentieth century encyclopedia of neurology containing extensive articles by many of the world's leading authorities.
The excitation wave in the heart, by Thomas Lewis.
Interpretations of the initial phases of the electrocardiogram with special reference to the theory of "limited potential differences", by Sir Thomas Lewis.
www.thebakken.org /library/books/20l.htm   (2784 words)

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