HIS242H5 Lecture Notes - Social Darwinism, 1905 Russian Revolution, Niagara Falls
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Social darwinism: race is applied to nations. Shows that people will not choose the best possible choice because they are moved by their subconscious. Leader in all industry, even modern, ie, electric. Conflict of falure of govt emperor is old: hungary-magyars. Magyars were not willing to share power with any other nation in the terriroty: ottoman empire, balkan conflicts- bosnia herzogovina. While on paper austria is huge there are tensions between groups that cause it to be a weak state. Not terribly bright, was educated by a man involved by the russian orthodox church. Economic reforms under count witte and stolypin. To say that russia was backwards would be to say that niagra falls is damp . Mostly agriculture- if there is a strain on this then starvation occurs this and wwi leads directly to russian revolution. Humiliated by the war that created the united germany.
