Les grands discours The Dutch Tulip Bubble of 1637 The later part of the 20th century saw its share of odd financial bubbles. There was the real-estate bubble, the stock market bubbles, and the dot com bubble, just to name a few. In each instance of price inflation people paid exorbitant amounts for things that shouldn't have been worth anything like the going price. One has to believe that the same thought occurred to the Dutch in the 17th century when they settled down after their bout with tulipomania, wherein the humble tulip bulb began to sell for prices to make New York Realtors blanch. As much as the tulip is associated with Holland, it is not native there. Over the next several decades tulips became a fad among the rich of Holland, and prices began to mount. The height of the bubble was reached in the winter of 1636-37. Looking back through time it’s easy to laugh at the foolish Dutch, paying such prices for simple tulip bulbs, but an economic bubble was nothing new even then.
Library of Congress - Digital Moving Image Collections America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915 Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894 to 1915 are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures, 88 of which are digitized for the first time (62 are also available in other American Memory presentations). Highlights include films of the United States Postal Service from 1903, cattle breeding, fire fighters, ice manufacturing, logging, calisthenic and gymnastic exercises in schools, amusement parks, boxing, expositions, football, parades, swimming, and other sporting events. Prolific inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) has had a profound impact on modern life. In his lifetime, the "Wizard of Menlo Park" patented 1,093 inventions, including the phonograph, the kinetograph (a motion picture camera), and the kinetoscope (a motion picture viewer). American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920 The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906
The Christmas Truce THE "Christmas truce" is a term used to describe a series of unofficial cessations of hostilities that occurred along the Western Front during Christmas 1914. World War One had been raging for several months but German and Allied soldiers stepped out of their trenches, shook hands and agreed a truce so the dead could be buried. The soldiers also used that truce to chat with one another and, some claim, even play a football match. Unofficial truces between opposing forces occurred at other times during World War One but never on the scale of that first Christmas truce. Similar events have occurred in other conflicts throughout history - and continue to occur. THE assassination of heir to the Austrian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo on June 29 1914 sparked a rapid sequence of events which led to the outbreak of World War One. The proximity of the enemies also allowed men to shout out to their opponents or stick up signs on wooden boards. Sergt W.
Britannica.com Patrimathèque : l’histoire du patrimoine en vidéos - Enseigner avec le numérique Accessible en ligne, Patrimathèque utilise les documents audiovisuels comme une entrée dans la connaissance du patrimoine. Sur le site Patrimathèque, toute l’histoire du patrimoine est retracée au fil de vidéos issues des archives de l’Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) [1] , principalement des émissions de télévision datées 1950 à 2016. Cet outil multimédia met également à disposition analyses, textes complémentaires, idées de visites, liens vers d’autres ressources sur le même thème... Issue d’un projet de recherche associant la Fondation des sciences du Patrimoine, le Centre d’Histoire Culturelle des Sociétés Contemporaines de l’Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines et l’INA, Patrimathèque a été lancée en septembre 2017. Le site est pensé pour un public de curieux, mais aussi pour les enseignants et éducateurs à la recherche d’un outil multimédia pour faire découvrir le patrimoine. un parcours chronologique : 7 périodes de 1950 à aujourd’hui 18 pages chronologiques
Retronaut | The past like you wouldn't believe Welcome | Historical Photographs of China Aphra Behn Aphra Behn (/ˈæfrə bɛn/;[1] baptised 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the English Restoration, one of the first English professional female literary writers.[2] Along with Delarivier Manley and Eliza Haywood, she is sometimes referred to as part of "The fair triumvirate of wit." Little is known for certain about Behn's life except for her work as an author and as a spy for the British crown. There is almost no documentary evidence of the details of her first 27 years. She possibly spent time in Surinam, although much of her fiction has become entwined with her apocryphal biography. During the 1660s she was deployed as a political operative in the Netherlands. Facing debt and poverty Behn embarked on a writing career, producing over 19 plays, plus poetry, translation and novels. The bawdy topics of many of her plays led to her oeuvre being ignored or dismissed since her death. Life and work[edit] Versions of her early life[edit] Career[edit] Last years[edit]
Migrants, réfugiés, demandeurs d’asile : le choix des mots Face aux vagues de migrations actuelles en Europe, l'usage de tel ou tel terme, qui recouvre des réalités juridiques et symboliques différentes, n'est pas anodin. La confusion entre réfugiés et migrants est fréquente. L’expression « crise des migrants » ou « crise migratoire » en Europe est employée à la place de « crise de l'asile » ou de « crise de l'accueil ». En effet, le gros du bataillon des réfugiés est en effet originaire de Syrie, où environ 4 millions de personnes sont sorties de leurs frontières, selon les chiffres de l'ONU datant d'août 2015, affirme Catherine Wihtol de Wenden. La confusion entre les réfugiés et les migrants détourne l'attention de la protection juridique précise auxquels les réfugiés ont droit depuis la Convention de Genève (1951). Plusieurs articles récents se sont attachés à définir les termes et à montrer les enjeux des confusions. Journal du CNRS : Migrant, réfugié: quelles différences ? Francetvinfo, "Migrants" ou "réfugiés" : quelle différence ?
Patrimathèque The CURTA Calculator Page (click here) Introducing the classic Curta Calculator poster for all Curta fans. This fabulous poster shows a detailed layout of the inner working of Curt Herzstark's amazing machine. All Curta parts are close to actual size and displayed in multiple exploded views. Every part is labeled with its original name as designated in the Contina A.G. factory service manual. The elaborate and detailed poster design was nearly a year in planning and execution. The Curta Calculator poster is very suitable for framing and will make a wonderful gift to any Curta enthusiast. The poster measures 24 1/2" (62cm) in width and 16" (41cm) in height and is printed on high quality Strobe Gloss 100# cover paper. The Curta Calculator poster printed in the German words of the Great Master, Curt Herzstark. Introducing the classic Curta Calculator poster in German. The Curta German Calculator poster is very suitable for framing and will make a wonderful gift to any Curta enthusiast. Buyer Feedback! Click here
Resources on Racism in the Arab Region — Kerning Cultures Source: @ranaabdelhamid, Instagram All of us have a responsibility to read more, speak up, mobilise, and amplify the voices of those whose rights have been stripped from them for generations. It will require our time, our patience, and our efforts to look inwards, and investigate our privileges and our prejudices. It is an ongoing process and one that we at Kerning Cultures are navigating ourselves. We’re looking inwards to reflect on how we can best amplify marginalised voices moving forward, and hope to release material to reflect these efforts. We hope this conversation is one we can continue to have with you, and that we can take this journey together. Thank you to Hala Sabbah, Sarah Hamed, and Darah Ghanem for their contributions to this resource list.