Great Western Railway

speculation and how it has shaped the western world. The book spans from the Romans to Modern day but in keeping with the theme of this course observations will be restricted to the pre 1900 section as much as possible. The book focuses on western economies as the Asian world considers the whole stock trading for profit as being ruinous to a healthy economy. Individual profit taking does not contribute to the wealth of the community. Oddly modern Japan is viewed as a western culture and its economic woes

Phileas Fogg, a British man who undoubtedly suffered from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, always had to be right. He fired his former manservant because when he brought him his shaving water, it wasn’t the correct temperature. Phileas Fogg belonged to the Reform Club, a members-only Gentlemen’s club. Phileas Fogg had the need, or urge, to be as precise as possible: Phileas Fogg, having shut the door of his house at half-past eleven, and having put his right foot before his left five hundred and

Industrial Revolution took place. It caused a mass migration of people from rural areas into urban ones. Western Europe went from an economy based on farming to a capital economy based on machines, industrial factories, and specialized labor . However, this sensation did not happen overnight, the process was a long 100 years from 1750 to around 1850. As the Industrial Revolution spread throughout western Europe it quite literally transformed everything in their societies, such as; the balance in power

Industrialization is a starting point for many of the technologies and factories around and exists today, despite the negative influences of the industrialization, people gained many benefits from it too. For example, because of the industrialization workers are more efficient producing goods and products, also industrialization helped many people walked out of the countryside which broadens their perspectives. For many countries, industrialization is a voluntary movement within the country, but

With the aim of enticing British Columbia in joining the recently formed Dominion of Canada rather than succumbing to the rule of the United States of America, Prime Minister Sir John A. McDonald promised a transcontinental railway in return. The ulterior purpose behind the multi-million dollar project was connecting regions within Canada and initiating the act of nation building. Nevertheless, a project built upon the hopes of a unified nation quickly escalated to one projecting

During the late 1800’s, Westward Expansion influenced the U.S society and their economy. Theodore Roosevelt described saying, “the great leap westward.” The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was greatly aided to spark the western movement. Which was later followed by the Lewis and Clark expedition. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 authorized President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern U.S, which forcibly moved them to Arkansas and Oklahoma. This journey was known as theTrail of

Union in 1850, the Western boundary of the American Frontier...had reached the Pacific Ocean.” (568). Settlers started moving West even before the civil war started, but a majority of them moved after the civil war ended. A popular way to travel in the west was by railroad, there was not a ton of railroads, just a couple small ones. Soon after more settlers started moving west the need for a transcontinental railroad was tremendous. The transcontinental Railroad impacted Western settlement in a way

with the main source of power were the shogun and daimyo as the emperor was only a head figure. The new political system that was introduced in the Meiji period had a great effect on Japan completely changing their way of living. This new system was responsible for the development of Japan’s infrastructure in areas such as railways, shipping and technology. Political role of leaders in the late Tokugawa period During the late Tokugawa period

publication of his work. His thesis, that war between great powers was impossible, focused on the social, political, and economic ramifications caused by the increase in fire power and destructive potential of new technology. Despite du Bloch’s accuracy in predicting the characteristics of the First World War, he failed to see that characteristics

Also, as capital goods and industry developed, military power was increased. A great part of the industry was focused on military production, something that contented the Tsar greatly. This also meant that Witte was partly fulfilling the aim of making Russia powerful, as military strength is directly linked to power. On the other hand