Introduction Morocco is a changing country. Over the course of the last two years there has been a plethora of change and reforms which have substantially altered the political, economic, and social landscape of Morocco. The roots of this reform are based in the 20 February Movement, which was a series of protests that took … Continue reading →
Abstract April 7, 1994 changed the lives of every Rwandan. That spring, the ethnic tensions between the Hutu and the Tutsi had escalated over the duration of the spring. The whole country was about to be embroiled in conflict and, ethnic tensions having built to this point for centuries, there was no stopping it. However, … Continue reading →
Introduction Equality was one of the cornerstones of French Revolutionary ideology; it was also one of the most important principles behind the development of the guillotine, which was adopted as the official means of execution by the Legislative Assembly in 1792. Despite its association with the Reign of Terror, the guillotine itself was never viewed … Continue reading →
Wine production was an economic activity in which certain social groups could act outside their regular social limitations. The two that most obviously did so were the Jesuits of Peru and women in the area of Mendoza during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. However, this mostly came about due to the specific environment of colonial … Continue reading →