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The [[Second Aliyah]] generation was arguably the most important and influential [[aliyah]]. It took place between 1904 and 1914, during which approximately 40,000 Jews immigrated into Ottoman Palestine, mostly from Russia and Poland, some from Yemen. They were the generation that created the social, political and cultural foundings of the [[State of Israel]]. |
The [[Second Aliyah]] generation was arguably the most important and influential [[aliyah]]. It took place between 1904 and 1914, during which approximately 40,000 Jews immigrated into Ottoman Palestine, mostly from Russia and Poland, some from Yemen. They were the generation that created the social, political and cultural foundings of the [[State of Israel]]. |
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*In [[Romania]] all people who were born in 1989 are called the Revolution Generation because communism fell in 1989 and Romania had [[Romanian Revolution|violent revolution]] that ended brutal regime of [[Nicolae Ceausescu]]. Thousands of innocent people have died fighting to bring [[liberty|freedom]] and [[democracy]] to Romania |
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Revision as of 02:15, 28 November 2015
A revolutionary generation is a generation of people for whom a revolution was a major event or influence in their lives.[1] Such revolutions are usually associated with particular nations.
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China
The political leadership of the revolutionary generation in China, such as Mao Zedong, had extraordinary self-confidence.[2]
Cuba
The revolutionaries of 1959 in Cuba were known as the Generation of the Centenary after the 100 year anniversary of the birth of José Martí in 1853.[3]
France
The Université state education system established by Napoleon created a post-revolutionary generation in France.[4]
Germany
The 1840s were a decisive decade which culminated in the events of 1848 which defined a generation of Germans.[5]
Israel
The Second Aliyah generation was arguably the most important and influential aliyah. It took place between 1904 and 1914, during which approximately 40,000 Jews immigrated into Ottoman Palestine, mostly from Russia and Poland, some from Yemen. They were the generation that created the social, political and cultural foundings of the State of Israel.
Romania
- In Romania all people who were born in 1989 are called the Revolution Generation because communism fell in 1989 and Romania had violent revolution that ended brutal regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. Thousands of innocent people have died fighting to bring freedom and democracy to Romania
United States of America
Evarts Boutell Greene dated the generation of the American revolution as being from 1763 to 1790.[6]
Yugoslavia
The generation that come of age during or immediately after the WWII and subsequent rise of communism. It is generation marked by greater social mobility in comparison to previous period of Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which permitted the large section of population to obtain education. It was also marked by rapid urbanization and industrialization of the country, with a big population shift from rural to urban areas.
References
- ^ William T. Smelser (1963), Personality and social systems, pp. 360–362
- ^ Tun-jen Cheng, Jacques Delisle, Deborah Brown (2006), China under Hu Jintao, p. 34, ISBN 978-981-256-347-7
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Samuel Farber (2006), The origins of the Cuban Revolution reconsidered, p. 46, ISBN 978-0-8078-3001-7
- ^ Jan E. Goldstein (2005), The post-revolutionary self, Harvard University Press, pp. 149–150, ISBN 978-0-674-01680-4
- ^ Frank B. Tipton (2003), "ch. 3 A Revolutionary Generation", A history of modern Germany since 1815, ISBN 978-0-8264-4910-8
- ^ Evarts Boutell Greene (1945), The revolutionary generation, 1763-1790
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