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111Producerism — Producerism, sometimes referred to as producer radicalism, refers to a syncretic ideology of populist economic nationalism which holds that the productive forces of society the ordinary worker, the small businessman, and the entrepreneur, are… …
112Great Railroad Strike of 1877 — The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States and ended some 45 days later after it was put down by local and state militias, as well as by federal troops.Economic conditions in the 1870s1873 saw… …
113Free market roads — is the libertarian concept of privately owned roads as opposed to the most normal government owned ones in existence today.Roads are often cited as a justification for the need for government action, both for their creation and maintenance. As… …
114Labor federation competition in the United States — A labor federation is a group of unions or labor organizations that are in some sense coordinated. The terminology used to identify such organizations grows out of usage, and has sometimes been imprecise. For example, nationals are sometimes… …
115Cuban intervention in Angola — Location of Cuba (red), Angola (green) and South Africa (blue) In November 1975, on the eve of Angola s independence, Cuba launched a large scale military intervention in support of the leftist liberation movement MPLA against United States… …
116Cretan War (1645–1669) — Cretan War (Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War) Part of the Ottoman–Venetian Wars A Venetian map of Crete …
117Astana — [ä stä nä′] capital of Kazakhstan, in the N part: pop. 245,000 * * * A·sta·na (ə stäʹnə) Formerly Aq·mo·la (äk mō läʹ) and Tse·lin·o·grad (tsə lĭnʹə gräd ). The capital of Kazakhstan, in the north central part of the country. Founded as a… …
118football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… …
119Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
120England (Since the Reformation) — England (Since the Reformation) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Since the Reformation) The Protestant Reformation is the great dividing line in the history of England, as of Europe generally. This momentous Revolution, the outcome… …
