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History of public relations. Most textbooks date the establishment of the "Publicity Bureau" in 1900 as the start of the modern public relations (PR) profession. Of course, there were many early forms of public influence and communications management in history. Basil Clarke is considered the founder of the PR profession in Britain with his ...
0–9. 17 July Revolution. 5 October 1910 revolution. 1911 Revolution. 28 May 1926 coup d'état. 1932 Trujillo Revolution. 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. 14 July Revolution. 1962 Burmese coup d'état.
Time logo. Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century is a compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people, published in Time magazine across five issues in 1998 and 1999. The idea for such a list started on February 1, 1998, with a debate at a symposium in Hanoi, Vietnam. The panel participants were former CBS Evening ...
Self-service, whereby the customer roamed the aisles and picked out what she wanted, was innovation in the early 20th century that made possible supermarket grocery chains and other forms of chain stores. Clarence Saunders (1881-1953) launched the self-service revolution with his Piggly Wiggly store in Memphis, Tennessee in 1916. [57]
This article covers worldwide diplomacy and, more generally, the international relations of the great powers from 1814 to 1919. [ note 1 ] This era covers the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815), to the end of the First World War and the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920).
March on Rome. The Revolutions of 1917–1923 were a revolutionary wave that included political unrest and armed revolts around the world inspired by the success of the Russian Revolution and the disorder created by the aftermath of World War I. The uprisings were mainly socialist or anti- colonial in nature.
Qiu Xinhou (秋信候) Qiu Jin (Chinese : 秋瑾; pinyin : Qiū Jǐn; Wade–Giles : Ch'iu Chin; 8 November 1875 – 15 July 1907) was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer. Her courtesy names are Xuanqing (Chinese : 璿卿; pinyin : Xuánqīng) and Jingxiong (traditional Chinese : 競雄; simplified Chinese : 竞雄; pinyin : Jìngxióng).
The Progressive Era (1901–1929) was a period in the United States during the early 20th century of widespread social activism and political reform across the country. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Progressives sought to address the problems caused by rapid industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption as well as the enormous ...