periodical crises
1HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
2pe|ri|od|i|cal — «PIHR ee OD uh kuhl», noun, adjective. –n. a magazine that appears regularly, but less often than daily: »The quarterly magazine is a periodical published every three months. –adj. 1. of or having to do with periodicals. 2. published at regular… …
3History of economic thought — The history of economic thought deals with different thinkers and theories in the field of political economy and economics from the ancient world to the present day. British philosopher Adam Smith is cited by many as the father of modern… …
4United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
5HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …
6publishing, history of — Introduction an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the… …
7Creative destruction — Crowd at New York s American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression. Marx argued that the devaluation of wealth during capitalism s periodic economic crises was an inevitable outcome of the processes of wealth creation.… …
8ANTISEMITISM — ANTISEMITISM, a term coined in 1879, from the Greek ἁντί = anti, and Σημ = Semite by the German agitator wilhelm marr to designate the then current anti Jewish campaigns in Europe. Antisemitism soon came into general use as a term denoting all… …
9CUBA — CUBA, archipelago of islands consisting of Cuba, Isla de Pinos, and 1,600 smaller islands; population (2004) 11,300,000; Jewish population (2004) approximately 1,200. The Colonial Period Columbus discovered Cuba during his first voyage (1492).… …
10LATIN AMERICA — Colonial Period Jews were prohibited from entering Spanish America throughout the colonial period. Although a few Jews who could not be regarded as new christians managed to enter illegally, the history of Jews in Spanish colonial America is… …