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In a period of turmoil when European and international politics were in constant reshaping, immigrants and political exiles living in London set up periodicals which contributed actively to national and international political debates. Reflecting an interdisciplinary and international discussion, this book offers a rare long-term specialist perspective into the cosmopolitan and multilingual world of the foreign political press in London, with an emphasis on periodicals published in European languages. It furthers current research into political exile, the role of print culture and personal networks as intercultural agents and the dynamics of transnational political and cultural exchange in g...
We have many conspiracy theories. This book adds the costliest in money and lives. The conspiracy is to lead professors of finance, economics, political science and law away from understanding today's money supply system. This is accomplished by not requiring professors to study the 1913 Federal Reserve Act to become professors. This is the act of Congress that established our checking account systems. Professors can't teach what they don't understand and they can't understand what they don't study. What wasn't taught to the author by his professors is the 1913 Federal Reserve Act replaced "gold as money" with "checking account balances as money", but it didn't say so directly. The Federal R...
Washington's gradual rise to prominence as an educator, race leader, and shrewd political broker is revealed in this volume, which covers his career from May 1889 to September 1895, when he delivered the famous speech often called the Atlanta Compromise address. Much of the volume relates to Washington's role as principal of Tuskegee Institute, where he built a powerful base of operations for his growing influence with white philanthropists in the North, southern white leaders, and the black community.