As you all have probably heard, earlier this week a great buisness man of our time passed away. Georges Schwob d’Héricourt was born on January 21st, 1864 in Lure, Haute-Saône, France. He comes from a Jewish family, and is the son of Eugéne Georges Schwob d’Héricourt and Clarisse Anna Cahen, his uncle Édouard Schwob decided to add “d’Héricourt” to the family name after the town of Héricourt because he was the mayor from 1879 all the way until he died. Georges was involved in a wide range of enterprises in France, he is well known for his French colonial expositions and exhibits. Later on in his life he married Emma Gradis who came from an old Jewish family from the city of Bordeaux, Emma owned the Société française pour le commerce avec les …show more content…
In 1900 Georges had a big role in organizing colonial exhibitions, in 1904 helped organize the French colonial exhibition at the St. Louis World’s Fair, in 1905 he was in charge of the commerce and coloniztion at the Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège, and in 1907 he was in charge of the trade and industry section at the National Colonial Exhibition. By 1908 he was a member of the supreme council of the colonies, the administrative council of the colonial office, and the vice-president of the national committee of colonial exhibitions. Although Schwob contributed so many great things and was always involved, many people didnt like him and he was often being accused of things. Schwob was attacked by lots of deputies who accused him of ignoring the themes of exhibitions that needed special skills in favor of their general themes and decorative exhibits. He was also accused of promoting foreign interests because of how much he contributed and his business interests in the Société française des téléphones Berliner and the Brussels-based West African Fisheries company. He was involved in many other colonial enterprises like the gas in Morocco, sawmills in the Côte d’Ivoire, agriculture in Madagascar and distilleries in
Women had important roles in seventeenth century Eastern Europe; they were mothers, wives, and businesswomen. They cooked meals, cleaned houses, and educated children. In addition to the domestic roles women played in society, they also played roles in the trade and commerce. Gluckel of Hameln authored one of the earliest-known Jewish memoirs detailing the rise and fall of her own fortunes (Schachter.) She had great judgment for business transactions, and when she was widowed at age 54 she took over her husband’s business to ensure her children’s future. In her memoir, Gluckel describes her marriage as a business partnership, boasting that her husband would turn only to her for business advice. Jewish women of Eastern Europe were far more influential than the commonly believed. In addition to being housewives and having the daily responsibility of cleaning the house, they were also businesswomen and religious teachers. Gluckel of Hameln’s autobiography was a powerful story that showed the importance of hard work, religion, and family to the common Jew in a Christian dominated Germany.
Gluckel's memoir enables a reader to gain an understanding of what a widowed Jewish woman would face in Christian dominated Germany both from a personal and public perspective throughout seventeenth and eighteenth century. Throughout her memoirs Gluckel describes the worries that a mother would have over her children, her relations with both her first and second husband while addressing the responsibilities she faced as a businesswoman. Gluckel arranged her life narrative in seven books. The first four books and the opening section of the fifth book have been written consecutively in the months or year of mourning after Haim's (her first husbands) death in 1689. The rest of Book 5 was written during the decade of the 1690's but given final form after her second marriage. The sixth book was written in 1702 or shortly afterward, during the initial shock of Hirsch Levy's (Gluckel's second husbands) bankruptcy in Metz, and the seventh and final book was composed in 1715, during her second widowhood, with a final paragraph from 1719 before her death. Gluckel has conveniently broken down her narratives in seven books, which help the reader clearly identify with individual aspects occurring in her life. In her memoirs Gluckel thoroughly encompasses a social, cultural and economical perspective about her life as a Jewish woman while contrasting it to Christian ways which dominated Germany during both 17th and 18th century.
So when he does this he set up fake chair organizations which only help one to meet but still had and publish Literature but all which course actually from King Leopold and he commissions famous explorer Henry Morgan Stanley best known for finding doctor Livingstone. Stanley was the guy who actually explore Africa for King Leopold and mark out the territory for his organization which pretends not to be Belgium. This is an important powerful book which provides concise account of the abuses which have really held Africa backs for so long. The focus of the colony after a while became the Rubber trade so there we be basically a cowry labor system where people would be a force by the threat of destruction of their villages or suction of their children to me rubber codes. The problem with harvesting rubber is the vines near the village will gets exhausted will not
Daniel J. Schneider was born on the 14th January 1966 in Memphis, Tennessee USA. He is an American actor and writer, better known under the short name as Dan Schneider. Throughout the career he has created several TV shows that became a major success, such as “iCarly” (2007-2012), “Zoey 101” (2005-2008), “Victorious” (2010-2013) and others.
Texas in early 1836, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and his main force of at least 5000 men followed an inland route toward San Antonio. At the same time, Mexican General Jose Urrea with some 900 troops, left Matamoros and followed a coastal route into Texas.
Initially there was a great deal of debate about Benin art and its display, as it did not equate with the perceptions then held about Africa. Until the British conquest of Benin in 1897, little was known about Benin and its culture apart from brief interaction with other Europeans in the sixteenth century. The perception of Africa was of a primitive, savage and uncivilised land, full of ‘abuses and fetishes and idolatries’, (Hodgkin, 1975, p33). Therefore, when the British invaded Benin they treated any artefacts they found as ‘war booty’ (Woods, 2008, p30) and sold anything of any value to pay for the expedition. They removed artefacts and artwork without recording any contextual evidence of form or function. These ideas are evident in the photographs in figures 1.10 on page 31, 2.2 on page 50 in Cultural Encounters (AA100, Book 3) and Plate 3.1.14 in the Illustration Book: Plates for Book 3 and 4 where artefacts are bundled into piles with centralised white figures suggesting only British triumph (Loftus, 2008). The ‘clever workmanship’ (Gallewey, 1893b, p37) and ‘delicacy of detail’ (Bacon, 1897, p39) attest to the quality of the artwork and the subsequent bidding by rival museums and galleries for the pieces did not prevent the perception that Africa, and thus Benin, as being barbaric and primitive.
“The Buergermeister’s Daughter” is a book written by Steven Ozment about the life of a family that entered a path of public gossip and yearlong court hearings in the early 16th century in Hall, Germany. Anna Bueschler is the daughter of Hermann Bueschler, a powerful councilman and the city’s mayor. His family has invested in real estate and selling wine which made him the richest man in town and he owned the grandest house on the market square (Ozment, 8). Due to his success his family was viewed as a role model, someone to look up to. But often Anna did not act how she should have based on their family’s reputation. Witnesses thought Anna dressed immodesty and beyond what was proper. She liked fine jewelry and loved to call attention on her. People recalled a custom-made be...
... to be filled none-the-less, so it was only fitting for Mouret to do it. It took the irreverence for filial morality to achieve the contemporary model for doing business. Denise saw this new functioning of enterprise, and even though she had her reservation from seeing the degeneration of social order, she still was a participant of it. Not only that, she implored others to follow, for she was aware that its momentum would overcome them had they not heeded to her advice. And this is exactly what happened to, Monsieur Bourras, her uncle Boudu and his family, as well as the other small shops of "old" Paris. And as for the misfortunate thievery that was going which did not discriminate by class or position, they were merely trifling consequences of modern achievement. They would be dealt with naturally just like the organic evolution of nineteenth century establishment.
...ermore established imperial rule in the Congo. The Force Publique was Leopold’s governing army. They were to oversee the work of the now colonized people of the Congo. Another of Leopold’s objectives was to gain wealth from his acquired colony. With the Force Publique, he would force the Congolese to gather ivory from the land. Those who refused had their elders, women and children held hostage until they complied. Leopold’s International African Association was to be a humanitarian project that would help to end slavery, however, by forcing the people to work for him, he was enslaving those he supposedly sought to help. When the popularity of the bicycle rose in the late 19th, manufactures were in need of rubber for their tires. Leopold saw this as an opportunity to gain more wealth and quickly had the Force Publique force the people into harvesting rubber.
Miep gies dies in 2010 on her 101th birthday in a nursing home. She received many awards late in her life for protecting the franks as well as she could. Before she passed away she would teach students about the holocaust and the tragic events that had occurred many of the students referred to her as a hero but she insisted that she was not for she couldn’t save them all. Every august 4th miep and her husband would go to the memorial place and respect those that were lost in the
He was in power during the Opportunist government. The Colonial Consensus was his way of justifying the empire. He illustrated several points that justified imperial rule: economic necessity, civilization, and power. He emphasized the importance of colonies from an economic standpoint. Colonies provided raw material, cheap labor, and a stable market for exports. It was also important for the French to spread their civilization to the native people of the colonies so that they may one day assimilate to French culture. The final point emphasized colonies as sources of power. A large empire would give France more power and allow it to keep pace with the other European nations. These justifications encouraged the government to actively begin colonization. France then conquered the entirety of Vietnam and overthrew the emperor; they then combined Laos and Cambodia with Vietnam and created French Indochina. In Africa the French already possessed Algeria, and they proceeded to take more of the Ivory Coast. When the expansion coincided with other European nations, the Berlin Conference was convened to prevent major conflict. France was officially given Algeria, West Africa, and Equatorial
Philippe Petit changed numerous peoples’ thoughts about the Twin Towers when he performed his high wire walk between them in 1974. Before Philippe Petit walked the high wire between the Twin Towers in 1974, people weren’t certain how they felt about the construction of the World Trade Center. After Philippe performed, people began to warm up to the idea of the towers. Philippe Petit walked the high wire between the Twin Towers on August 7, 1974. This event prompted Andrew McMahon to write the song “Platform Fire” about this event for his band, Jack’s Mannequin. This song was not a hit for the band; however, fans of Jack’s Mannequin seem to have a special place in their heart for it.
In the early 1880’s, the powers of Europe started to take control of regions in Africa and set up colonies there. In the beginning, colonization caused the Africans little harm, but before long, the Europeans started to take complete control of wherever they went. The Europeans used their advanced knowledge and technology to easily maneuver through the vast African landscape and used advanced weapons to take control of the African people and their land. The countries that claimed the most land and had the most significant effect on Africa were France, England, Belgium, and Germany. There were many reasons for the European countries to be competing against each other to gain colonies in Africa. One of the main reasons was that the Europeans believed that the more territory a country was able to control, the more powerful it could become and the more powerful it would be seen as by other countries. Other reasons for the desire to control African land included the many natural resources that could only be found in Africa, such as diamonds, gold, and as time progressed, rubber. It also provided new markets in surrounding places so that manufactured goods could be sold for a larger profit. The Europeans had many motives for imperialism in Africa. Yet the true motives were often shielded as they tried tom present themselves as humanitarians when in reality they were making Africa a terrible place to live with brutality and harsh treatment of the African natives. The ways of the Europeans had many physical and emotional costs for the people of Africa. The imperialism process also took a toll on the people of Europe. The European imperialistic colonization in Africa was motivated by the desire to control the abundant natural resources an...
The New Imperialism and the Scramble for Africa 1880-1914. Jeff Taylor, n.d. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.
The Berlin Conference was started in 1884 by German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck and lasted through February of 1885. It was designed to assist the European countries in developing themselves as a stronger force among world powers to allow them to overtake more unknown territories. “The motives for what became known as the ‘scramble for Africa’ in which Europeans began slicing up that cake, were political, economic, and cultural” (Nardo). King Leopold II, from Belgium, showed the strongest interest in the conference as he was strategically planning the capture of a colony to finally expand his empire. He felt that without the possession of other territories that Belgium held a lower status politically and economically than the countries that had already captured new lands.