Rubbing his hands together as if working tobacco for a pipe —Patrick White Spread his hands in front of him, palms up, as if he intended to read in their lines the past as well as the future —Margaret Millar Using his hands like a sculptor to shape the words he throws out —George...
out the implications of these contradictory phenomena and the changing official discourse on education for understanding the possible transition being experienced by the student movement in the era of neo-liberalism, situating this period in the longer history of the student movement since independence.do...
Unhappy with French subjugation, the League for the Independence of Vietnam, better known as theViet Minh, began the First Indochina War. Viet Minh forces took control of North Vietnam, and France struggled to hold on to South Vietnam. By 1956 France had had enough, and agreed to peace ...
1. the practice of independence, especially in politics.2. an inability to make up one’s mind, especially in politics; neutrality on controversial issues. Also mugwumpery. — mugwump, n. — mugwumpian, mugwumpish, adj. multitudinism a doctrine that lays stress on the importance of the mul...
Social movements in India : 喜欢 0 阅读量: 13 作者:Ray,Raka 摘要: Social movements have played a vital role in Indian politics since well before the inception of India as a new nation in 1947. During the Nehruvian era, from Independence to Nehru's death in 1964, poverty alleviation was...
AfterWorld War II, India, Pakistan, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Burma (Myanmar), and Malaya (Malaysia) in Asia and Ghana in Africa achieved independence peacefully from theBritish Empire, as did the Philippines from theUnited States. Other territories had to fight hard for their independence in bitter...
century, the urgent need for social and religious reform movements began to exhibit. It arose in response to the contact with the Western culture, education, and other aspects. At that time, Indians were not that educated and aware of understanding the need for independence and social ...
people with physical and developmental disabilities, in centuries before the rise of the disability rights and independent living movements, and general, ... Gerber,A David - 《Disability Handicap & Society》 被引量: 1发表: 1993年 Declare Independence: Independent Living, Oppositional Devices, and ...
Finally, the recent wave of forty year olds, often widowed or divorced, try to overcome the contradiction between love and independence by building "intimate public spheres". These heroines are increasingly struggling with the renewal of communicative tools within domestic structures that are no ...
Sinn Fein - an Irish republican political movement founded in 1905 to promote independence from England and unification of Ireland; became the political branch of the Irish Republican Army Red Guard - a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles syndicalism - a radical...