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This paper explain the divergent patterns of agricultural productivity growth in France and England. The paper looks at different labor practices, preferences for rural over urban activity and the ability to engage in agriculture given what is provided by the country's geographical landscape. It uses these factors to explain the reasons behind the divergent path phenomena of agricultural productivity growth.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
1900 Agricultural Outlook: France versus England
Pre-1900s: An Early State of Equal Agricultural Activity
Agrarian Transformation and Industrialization
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Meanwhile, England embraced industrialization and urbanization. In the early 1700s, England was far from such industrialization, and there was "little economic growth in Britain in the second half of the eighteenth century" (Mokyr 81-2). When the Industrial Revolution eventually did arrive in England, it did not represent, contrary to popular thought, "a macroeconomic event that led to a sudden acceleration of the rate of growth, although growth eventually became an inevitable corollary" (ibid 82). On the other hand, it represented more of a "wave of gadgets" sweeping over Britain post-1760, which allowed goods to be produced more efficiently and at a higher quality (ibid). It also represented, depending on one's opinion, either the trigger for raised living standards or the signaling of lowered living standards for England (Nardinelli). Agricultural growth was certainly part of this revolution. Many scholars cite one of the main features of the Industrial Revolution as a movement from inorganic to organic materials (E.A. Wrigley, 1987 cited in Mokyr 83). Other important developments were increases in using machinery as labor power, something agricultural England embraced as France selected to retain its human labor pool as its primary agricultural power source. While the French farmers worked on the crops and fields with hand tools, machines in England became commonplace agricultural tools (ibid)."

Tags:industrialization, urban, landscape, labor

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This essay discusses how the experiences of immigrants are different because of divergent social, cultural, and family values in different cultures. When we examine books from different cultural traditions, we are able to compare their different approaches, since we are able to see how the topic of immigration is treated differently.

Tags:divergent, immigrant, experiences

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The paper relates that in Ravenna, Emperor Justinian celebrated his victory over the Ostrogoths in a mosaic "Emperor J and his Retinue" in the Byzantine style that makes plain the supremacy of the Christian Church and his rule. The paper examines how a thousand years later, Masaccio's "The Tribute Money" shows an entirely different, sculptural and lifelike style in a fresco typical of much 15th century art no longer beholden to a now RC Church that was secure in Florence in particular.

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"The exercise of discussing two works of art produced in what is now Italy, a millennium apart, is helpful to an understanding of the development of Christian art, divergence from the Byzantine to Italian style, but with significant carryovers. The mosaic, Justinian & His Retinue (c 540 AD) and Masaccio's The Tribute Money (1426-1427) both present marvels in the depiction of light that has often been typical of Christian art, including strong references to Christ's assertion, I am the Light of the World."

Tags:justinian retinue, the tribute money, contexts

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The divide between the North and the South has long been discussed by scholars. Matters such as the individual, God and religion, community, governance, wealth, and wilderness were all sites of difference between the attitudes of the two regions. The paper shows that perhaps no difference was more important as the nation developed than the way in which religion was viewed. It shows that in many ways the attitudes of the North and the South concerning religion shaped each region's treatment of all the other issues mentioned above. By the outbreak of the Civil War, there was no peaceful way for the two sides to resolve their differences. This paper discusses the main differences between the way the North and South states viewed and practiced religion.

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"Those settlers who founded the colonies in the North were usually of Calvinist beliefs. In addition to their belief that all men were inherently sinful, these settlers generally saw themselves as being God's chosen people in the new world. Their sense of collective responsibility was strong, and it was the basis for John Winthrop's exhortation aboard the Arabella that the arriving colonists should conduct themselves "as a city on a hill" for others to imitate (Winthrop 168). The Great Awakening of the 18th century reinforced the idea that the new Americans should have a proper relationship with God. In addition, the spread of Enlightenment thought led many Northerners to examine how they could combine their own intellectual abilities with their religious beliefs to do God's work in America."

Tags:Calvinist, John, Winthrop, Roman, Catholic, Abraham, Lincoln, Frederick, Douglass

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In this article, the writer discusses the three varied economic views on globalization as they represent the core of the debate regarding globalization, as each camp stresses its take on the negative and or positive outcomes of the increasingly globalized economy. Convergence and divergence in many areas of the global economy are discussed. There is no question that the international economy is in transition, as global economy has become a dominant force in trade and business change. Convergence is yet to be seen in many areas of the market and the most lacking area is income convergence. The writer concludes that it is important to recognize the need for balance, as opening new markets can bring changes that are undesired and must be kept in check.

Table of Contents:
Summary
Abstract
Introduction
Labor Divergence/Convergence
Agriculture Divergence/Convergence
Voice Divergence/Convergence
Economic and Democratic Divergence/Convergence
Consumerism Divergence/Convergence
Import/Export Divergence/Convergence
Conclusion
References

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"Within the rhetoric of globalization and the economic theory surrounding it is a sense that many experts believe and espouse that income convergence is a logical outcome of globalized markets. In other words that income disparities on and individual and national level will begin to converge, along with the development of convergence of economies in a more general sense, leaving an international economic system where most nations and individuals share in the positive economic impact of increased trade between nations. Yet, many other experts contest that globalization is not creating convergence but is instead creating divergence, or greater disparities between developed and least developed nations and therefore the peoples who reside within them. It is likely that the moderate economist would be able to find examples in the current global market where both are taking place, while those who believe in the early positive predictions of convergence stress that any divergence seen currently is simply a necessary but temporary evil. While those who observe divergence stress that there is simply no incentive for those who have to begin to share profits with those who have not and that the situation will likely get worse, with regard to income and voice divergence."

Tags:global, trade, incomes, profits

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This paper examines how a critical issue in international and comparative human resource management (HRM) studies concerns the perception that ?globalisation? is creating convergence (or contingency) in business and industrial relations practices. It looks at how academic debate centres on the crucial argument of whether convergence is an increasing phenomenon, fuelled by globalisation, or, in reality, the opposite is true ? that national cultures and institutions are a unique force for perpetuating diversity and divergence. Consideration is given to contemporary sources that analyse the convergence-divergence debate in HRM and international management.

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"The convergence perspective originated from the work of Kerr et al (1960), which stated that organisations? use of functional specialisation would increasingly create a convergent dynamic for business - leading to a common structuring of the workforce within and across countries, based on technological changes and work systems. Beardwell and Holden (2001) note the convergent similarities in car production plants worldwide, echoing the findings of Mueller and Purcell (1992), that see globalising forces as a key factor in converging operational and management processes. Ritzer (1998) also applies the convergent paradigm to his studies into fast-food businesses and society. "The McDonaldization Thesis" illustrates the way multinationals use and perpetuate convergence in order to homogenise working practices, business processes and human resource management for increased economies of scale and competitive advantage."

Tags:braverman, hofstede, ibm, mcdonaldization, resource, trompenaars

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Two sets of authors present divergent views on issues related to the management and protection of biodiverse regions. While the topic question is framed in an either/or fashion about National Parks or community based conservation, the authors really do not present a clear either/or answer. Instead they seem to be advising for a more in-depth look at many factors for selecting both locations and methods of preservation.

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National Parks vs. Community Based Conservation These two articles present varied approaches for preserving natural diversity, conservation and land use in the developing world. They do not, however, present opposing approaches nor do they present "national parks" vs. "community based conservation" as the central conflict facing conservationists in their efforts to protect the World's remaining biodiversity. Instead, the authors of both articles recognize that the current methods for conserving the world's shrinking biodiversity are not working. Both articles, however, present optimistic alternatives that suggest that it may be possible to make progress in this endeavor.

Tags:biodiversity, conservation, ecology

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In this paper, the primary scholarship examined in this study relating to poetry between the 9th and 12th century Islamic reveals a slow and ambivalent fusion and eventual divergent view of secular and spiritual themes. The early poems of the Abbasid and Central Asian traditions of poetry reveal the use of many secular images that invariably are connected to the religious values that were part of the strict moral codes of Islam in its early development. However, with the consolidation of these spiritual values over the 10th and 11th centuries, the 12th century offered a far more spiritual look into natural and metaphysical themes in the Andalusian style.

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Tags:islam, poetry, history

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The paper relates that although recorded history has generally overlooked much of Europe's agricultural development, analysis of past patterns of agricultural productivity is important, as such data is "central to economic development" (Allen 1). The paper discusses how investigation into labour productivity is especially essential, as it is an "important variable in explaining the transition of an urban, industrial economy" (ibid), as was the case with England at the turn of the 1900s. The paper looks at how theorists have acknowledged the divergent agricultural paths of France and England in the twentieth century, though debate exists as to the merits of this growth and central factors behind these developments.

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"Though recorded history has generally overlooked much of Europe's agricultural development, analysis of past patterns of agricultural productivity is important, as such data is "central to economic development" (Allen 1). Investigation into labour productivity is especially essential, as it is an "important variable in explaining the transition of an urban, industrial economy" (ibid), as was the case with England at the turn of the 1900s. Theorists have acknowledged the..."

Tags:france, england, agriculture

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This paper contends that divergent cultural values can impede efforts made by multinational corporations to break into foreign markets. It uses the example of China, where 2000 years of shared cultural heritage inform the views and practices of over one billion people. It also advises that western businesses will do well to consider this fact when establishing operations in Asia.

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"In the realm of international commerce before a given corporation begins to conduct business overseas, it must first get acquainted with the cultural values of the region or regions it endeavors to inhabit. This is particularly so when Western corporations .."

Tags:china, international business, cultural norms, cultural values, core values