How Victors Shape History – Napoleon’s Rise and Fall
A sweeping golden cloak, pristine military attire and commanding a white stallion while staring...
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Preparedness for Conflict in Domestic and Foreign analysis
When assessing preparedness for conflict, the institutions for peace conflict with the absence of historical precedent. Hence we must look beyond our borders to observe foreign response to conflict: in doing so we facilitate the transformation of livelihood and relationships in a domestic context of conflict.
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Revising Rosie: The Myth that Encompasses the Riveter
She dominates our perception of female empowerment – the face of modern feminism. Unfortunately, Our perception of Rosie the Riveter is doused in myth, distorting our view of feminist history …
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Fast Food has History!
McDonald’s opens its first outlet in New Zealand, 1976 (© McDonald’s) The golden arches appeared...
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Food Fun From the Archives!
On 14 March 1896 William Hatton, a manufacturing confectioner from Dunedin, registered an application to patent ‘hokey pokey’. He submitted his application under the Patents, Designs, and Trademarks Act 1889, along...
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