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United East Indies Company | Wikipedia audio article
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00:05:48 1 Company name, logo, and flag
00:07:45 2 History
00:07:54 2.1 Origins
00:11:17 2.2 Formation, rise, and fall
00:11:27 2.2.1 Formative years
00:15:54 2.2.2 Growth
00:21:43 2.2.3 Reorientation
00:30:47 2.2.4 Decline and fall
00:37:02 3 Organizational structure
00:43:02 4 Shareholder activism at the VOC and the beginnings of modern corporate governance problems
00:45:35 5 Main trading posts, settlements, and colonies
00:45:47 5.1 Europe
00:45:55 5.1.1 Netherlands
00:46:14 5.2 Africa
00:46:22 5.2.1 Mauritius
00:46:37 5.2.2 South Africa
00:46:50 5.3 Asia
00:46:58 5.3.1 Indonesia
00:47:09 5.3.2 Indian subcontinent
00:47:41 5.3.3 Japan
00:48:00 5.3.4 Taiwan
00:48:26 5.3.5 Malaysia
00:48:41 5.3.6 Thailand
00:48:54 5.3.7 Vietnam
00:49:11 6 Conflicts and wars involving the VOC
00:50:29 7 Historical roles and legacy
00:54:03 7.1 Institutional innovations and impacts on modern-day global business practices and financial system
01:00:16 7.2 Impacts on social, economic, financial, political, and military history of the Netherlands
01:04:52 7.3 Roles in the history of the global economy and international relations
01:09:30 7.4 Artistic, scientific, technological, and cultural legacies of the VOC World
01:09:44 7.4.1 VOC World as an information/knowledge exchange network in the Dutch maritime world-system
01:12:30 7.4.2 Influences on Dutch Golden Age art
01:13:45 7.4.3 Formation of early modern religious communities and ethnic groups within the VOC World
01:13:59 7.5 Contributions in the Age of Exploration
01:14:50 7.5.1 iHalve Maen'/is exploratory voyage and role in the formation of New Netherland
01:17:38 7.5.2 Dutch discovery, exploration, and mapping of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and various islands
01:22:27 7.5.3 VOC-sponsored inland exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
01:22:39 8 Criticism
01:23:10 8.1 VOC colonialism, monopoly policy and uses of violence
01:23:23 8.2 Dutch slave trade and slavery under the VOC colonial rule
01:28:15 9 Cultural depictions of people and things associated with the VOC
01:32:08 10 VOC world etymologies
01:32:19 10.1 Places and things named after the VOC and its people
01:35:08 10.2 Places and things named by VOC people
01:36:16 11 Populated places established by VOC people
01:37:48 12 Important heritage sites in the VOC World
01:38:33 13 VOC buildings and structures
01:39:11 14 VOC archives and records
01:39:59 15 Field of VOC World studies
01:42:42 15.1 VOC World archaeology
01:42:53 16 VOC timeline and historical firsts
01:43:42 16.1 Proto-VOC period (with the establishment of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
01:46:25 16.2 VOC era (with the amalgamation of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
01:59:07 17 See also
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The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) was an early megacorporation, founded by a government-directed amalgamation of several rival Dutch trading companies (voorcompagnieën) in the early-17th century. It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. The Company has been often labelled a trading company (i.e. a company of merchants who buy and sell goods produced by other people) or sometimes a shipping company. However, the VOC was in fact a proto-conglomerate company, diversifying into multiple commercial and industrial activities such as international trade (especially intra-Asian trade), shipbuilding, both production and trade of East Indian spices, Formosan sugarcane, and South African wine. The Company was a transcontinental employer and an early pioneer of outward foreign direct invest ...
Adriatic Sea | Wikipedia audio article
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The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to the northwest and the Po Valley. The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia. The Adriatic contains over 1,300 islands, mostly located along its eastern, Croatian coast. It is divided into three basins, the northern being the shallowest and the southern being the deepest, with a maximum depth of 1,233 metres (4,045 ft). The Otranto Sill, an underwater ridge, is located at the border between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto, along the eastern coast and back to the strait along the western (Italian) coast. Tidal movements in the Adriatic are slight, although larger amplitudes are known to occur occasionally. The Adriatic's salinity is lower than the Mediterranean's because the Adriatic collects a third of the fresh water flowing into the Mediterranean, acting as a dilution basin. The surface water temperatures generally range from 30 °C (86 °F) in summer to 12 °C (54 °F) in winter, significantly moderating the Adriatic Basin's climate.
The Adriatic Sea sits on the Apulian or Adriatic Microplate, which separated from the African Plate in the Mesozoic era. The plate's movement contributed to the formation of the surrounding mountain chains and Apennine tectonic uplift after its collision with the Eurasian plate. In the Late Oligocene, the Apennine Peninsula first formed, separating the Adriatic Basin from the rest of the Mediterranean. All types of sediment are found in the Adriatic, with the bulk of the material transported by the Po and other rivers on the western coast. The western coast is alluvial or terraced, while the eastern coast is highly indented with pronounced karstification. There are dozens of marine protected areas in the Adriatic, designed to protect the sea's karst habitats and biodiversity. The sea is abundant in flora and fauna—more than 7,000 species are identified as native to the Adriatic, many of them endemic, rare and threatened ones.
The Adriatic's shores are populated by more than 3.5 million people; the largest cities are Bari, Venice, Trieste and Split. The earliest settlements on the Adriatic shores were Etruscan, Illyrian, and Greek. By the 2nd century BC, the shores were under Rome's control. In the Middle Ages, the Adriatic shores and the sea itself were controlled, to a varying extent, by a series of states—most notably the Byzantine Empire, the Croatian Kingdom, the Republic of Venice, the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. The Napoleonic Wars resulted in the First French Empire gaining coastal control and the British effort to counter the French in the area, ultimately securing most of the eastern Adriatic shore and the Po Valley for Austria. Following Italian unification, the Kingdom of Italy started an eastward expansion that lasted until the 20th century. Following World War I and the collapse of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, the eastern coast's control passed to Yugoslavia and Albania. The former disintegrated during the 1990s, resulting in four new states on the Adriatic coast. Italy and Yugoslavia agreed on their maritime boundaries by 1975 and this boundary is recognised by Yugoslavia's successor states, but the maritime boundaries between Slovenian, Croatian, Bosnian-Herzegovinian, and Montenegrin waters are still disputed. Italy and Albania agreed on their maritime boundary in 1992.
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United East India Company | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:06:30 1 Company name, logo, and flag
00:08:40 2 History
00:08:49 2.1 Origins
00:12:29 2.2 Formation, rise, and fall
00:12:39 2.2.1 Formative years
00:17:32 2.2.2 Growth
00:23:47 2.2.3 Reorientation
00:33:35 2.2.4 Decline and fall
00:40:18 3 Organizational structure
00:46:48 3.1 VOC outposts
00:47:32 3.2 Council of Justice in Batavia
00:47:52 4 Shareholder activism at the VOC and the beginnings of modern corporate governance problems
00:50:35 5 Main trading posts, settlements, and colonies
00:50:47 5.1 Europe
00:50:55 5.1.1 Netherlands
00:51:16 5.2 Africa
00:51:24 5.2.1 Mauritius
00:51:40 5.2.2 South Africa
00:51:53 5.3 Asia
00:52:02 5.3.1 Indonesia
00:52:13 5.3.2 Indian subcontinent
00:52:47 5.3.3 Japan
00:53:07 5.3.4 Taiwan
00:53:36 5.3.5 Malaysia
00:53:51 5.3.6 Thailand
00:54:04 5.3.7 Vietnam
00:54:23 6 Conflicts and wars involving the VOC
00:58:30 7 Historical roles and legacy
01:02:22 7.1 Institutional innovations and impacts on modern-day global business practices and financial system
01:09:09 7.2 Impacts on social, economic, financial, political, and military history of the Netherlands
01:14:08 7.3 Roles in the history of the global economy and international relations
01:19:10 7.4 Artistic, scientific, technological, and cultural legacies of the VOC World
01:19:24 7.4.1 VOC World as an information/knowledge exchange network in the Dutch maritime world-system
01:22:24 7.4.2 Influences on Dutch Golden Age art
01:23:44 7.4.3 Formation of early modern religious communities and ethnic groups within the VOC World
01:23:58 7.5 Contributions in the Age of Exploration
01:24:53 7.5.1 iHalve Maen'/is exploratory voyage and role in the formation of New Netherland
01:27:53 7.5.2 Dutch discovery, exploration, and mapping of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and various islands
01:33:05 7.5.3 VOC-sponsored inland exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
01:33:17 8 Criticism
01:33:51 8.1 VOC colonialism, monopoly policy and uses of violence
01:34:04 8.2 Dutch slave trade and slavery under the VOC colonial rule
01:39:19 9 Cultural depictions of people and things associated with the VOC
01:43:39 10 VOC world etymologies
01:43:50 10.1 Places and things named after the VOC and its people
01:46:59 10.2 Places and things named by VOC people
01:48:15 11 Populated places established by VOC people
01:49:56 12 Important heritage sites in the VOC World
01:50:47 13 VOC buildings and structures
01:51:29 14 VOC archives and records
01:52:22 15 VOC coinage
01:52:32 16 VOC ships
01:52:47 17 Field of VOC World studies
01:55:57 17.1 VOC World archaeology
01:56:08 18 VOC timeline and historical firsts
01:57:02 18.1 Proto-VOC period (with the establishment of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
02:00:04 18.2 VOC era (with the amalgamation of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
02:14:12 19 Gallery
02:14:32 20 See also
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SUMMARY
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The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) was an early megacorporation, founded by a government-directed amalgamation of several rival Dutch trading companies (the so-called voorcompagnieën or pre-companies) in the early 17th century. It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. The VOC was an early multinational/transnational corporation in its modern sense. The Company has been often labelled a trading company (i.e. a company of merchants who buy and sell goods produced by other people) or sometimes a shipping company. However, the VOC was in fact a proto-conglomerate company, diversifying into multiple commercial and industrial activities such as internat ...
Maritime history of the United Kingdom | Wikipedia audio article
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Maritime history of the United Kingdom
00:00:47 1 Chronology
00:00:56 1.1 Eighteenth century
00:01:51 1.2 Nineteenth century
00:03:26 1.3 Twentieth century
00:05:24 1.4 Twenty-first century
00:05:44 2 Royal Navy
00:05:53 2.1 Eighteenth-century navy
00:06:46 2.2 Nineteenth-century navy
00:07:57 2.3 Twentieth-century navy
00:12:01 2.4 The Navy Board
00:12:26 2.5 Ministry of Defence
00:12:44 2.6 Notable wars
00:12:53 2.6.1 American Wars
00:13:28 2.6.2 French Revolutionary/Napoleonic Wars
00:14:06 2.6.3 Maritime events of World War I
00:17:27 2.6.4 Maritime events of World War II
00:22:39 2.6.5 Post War Operations
00:24:30 3 Notable individuals
00:24:39 3.1 Charles Hardy
00:25:11 3.2 Augustus Keppel
00:26:35 3.3 Edward Hawke
00:26:59 3.4 Richard Howe
00:27:37 3.5 Horatio Nelson
00:29:30 3.6 Hyde Parker
00:30:23 3.7 Edward Pellew
00:30:55 3.8 James Saumarez
00:31:41 3.9 William Dampier
00:32:18 3.10 James Cook
00:33:49 3.11 George Vancouver
00:34:23 3.12 Admiral Anson
00:34:49 3.13 Sir John Franklin
00:35:51 3.14 James Clarke Ross
00:36:12 3.15 Robert Scott
00:36:32 3.16 Ernest Shackleton
00:37:10 4 Shipbuilding
00:38:36 5 Famous ships
00:38:45 5.1 iCutty Sark/i
00:39:40 5.2 iEndeavour/i
00:40:45 5.3 iGreat Britain/i
00:41:20 5.4 iGreat Eastern/i
00:42:33 5.5 iTitanic/i
00:43:52 5.6 iQueen Mary/i
00:44:29 5.7 iBritannia/i
00:45:11 5.8 iVictory/i
00:46:07 5.9 iWarrior/i
00:46:50 5.10 iBelfast/i
00:47:43 6 Navigation
00:47:52 6.1 Instruments and guides
00:48:45 6.2 Lighthouses
00:49:27 6.3 Navigation marks
00:50:02 7 Safety and rescue
00:50:12 7.1 Plimsoll line
00:50:49 7.2 Lifeboats
00:51:51 7.3 Maritime and Coastguard Agency
00:52:20 8 Ports and harbours
00:54:26 9 Trade
00:54:34 9.1 Goods
00:57:44 9.2 Passenger liners
00:58:27 9.3 Emigration/deportation
00:59:03 10 Ferries and cruise boats
01:00:07 11 Customs men and smugglers
01:01:22 12 Fishing
01:03:55 13 Energy
01:04:03 13.1 Gas and oil
01:04:59 13.2 Oil spills
01:06:21 13.3 Offshore wind farms
01:06:56 14 Coast
01:08:11 15 Leisure activities
01:08:20 15.1 Resorts
01:09:00 15.2 Rowing, yachting and power boats
01:11:35 15.3 Marinas
01:11:57 16 Marine science
01:12:07 16.1 Hydrographics
01:12:54 16.2 Oceanography
01:14:17 17 Maritime studies
01:14:26 17.1 Colleges
01:15:01 17.2 Admiralty law
01:15:45 18 Law of the sea
01:16:11 18.1 Ship design
01:16:51 19 Maritime museums
01:17:23 19.1 Maritime archaeology
01:18:02 20 Maritime subjects in the Arts
01:18:12 20.1 Art
01:18:44 20.2 Literature
01:20:01 20.3 Music
01:20:16 21 See also
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The Maritime history of the United Kingdom involves events including shipping, ports, navigation, and seamen, as well as marine sciences, exploration, trade, and maritime themes in the arts from the creation of the kingdom of Great Britain as a united, sovereign state, on 1 May 1707 in accordance with the Treaty of Union, signed on 22 July 1706. Until the advent of air transport and the creation of the Channel Tunnel, marine transport was the only way of reaching the British Isles. For this reason, maritime trade and naval power have always had great importance.
Prior to the Acts of Union, 1707, the maritime history of the British Isles was largely dominated by that of England. (See Maritime history of England for more details.)
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie | Wikipedia audio article
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00:05:14 1 Company name, logo, and flag
00:07:02 2 History
00:07:10 2.1 Origins
00:10:10 2.2 Formation, rise, and fall
00:10:20 2.2.1 Formative years
00:14:18 2.2.2 Growth
00:19:25 2.2.3 Reorientation
00:27:22 2.2.4 Decline and fall
00:32:50 3 Organizational structure
00:38:09 3.1 VOC outposts
00:38:47 3.2 Council of Justice in Batavia
00:39:05 4 Shareholder activism at the VOC and the beginnings of modern corporate governance problems
00:41:18 5 Main trading posts, settlements, and colonies
00:41:30 5.1 Europe
00:41:38 5.1.1 Netherlands
00:41:56 5.2 Africa
00:42:05 5.2.1 Mauritius
00:42:19 5.2.2 South Africa
00:42:32 5.3 Asia
00:42:40 5.3.1 Indonesia
00:42:51 5.3.2 Indian subcontinent
00:43:20 5.3.3 Japan
00:43:38 5.3.4 Taiwan
00:44:03 5.3.5 Malaysia
00:44:18 5.3.6 Thailand
00:44:29 5.3.7 Vietnam
00:44:46 6 Conflicts and wars involving the VOC
00:48:07 7 Historical roles and legacy
00:51:17 7.1 Institutional innovations and impacts on modern-day global business practices and financial system
00:56:44 7.2 Impacts on social, economic, financial, political, and military history of the Netherlands
01:00:48 7.3 Roles in the history of the global economy and international relations
01:04:51 7.4 Artistic, scientific, technological, and cultural legacies of the VOC World
01:05:05 7.4.1 VOC World as an information/knowledge exchange network in the Dutch maritime world-system
01:07:31 7.4.2 Influences on Dutch Golden Age art
01:08:38 7.4.3 Formation of early modern religious communities and ethnic groups within the VOC World
01:08:50 7.5 Contributions in the Age of Exploration
01:09:36 7.5.1 iHalve Maen'/is exploratory voyage and role in the formation of New Netherland
01:12:05 7.5.2 Dutch discovery, exploration, and mapping of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and various islands
01:16:19 7.5.3 VOC-sponsored inland exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
01:16:30 8 Criticism
01:16:59 8.1 VOC colonialism, monopoly policy and uses of violence
01:17:11 8.2 Dutch slave trade and slavery under the VOC colonial rule
01:21:28 9 Cultural depictions of people and things associated with the VOC
01:25:02 10 VOC world etymologies
01:25:12 10.1 Places and things named after the VOC and its people
01:27:49 10.2 Places and things named by VOC people
01:28:53 11 Populated places established by VOC people
01:30:17 12 Important heritage sites in the VOC World
01:30:56 13 VOC buildings and structures
01:31:31 14 VOC archives and records
01:32:16 15 VOC coinage
01:32:25 16 VOC ships
01:32:40 17 Field of VOC World studies
01:35:13 17.1 VOC World archaeology
01:35:23 18 VOC timeline and historical firsts
01:36:07 18.1 Proto-VOC period (with the establishment of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
01:38:37 18.2 VOC era (with the amalgamation of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
01:50:01 19 Gallery
01:50:19 20 See also
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The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) was an early megacorporation, founded by a government-directed amalgamation of several rival Dutch trading companies (the so-called voorcompagnieën or pre-companies) in the early 17th century. It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. The VOC was an early multinational/transnational corporation in its modern sense. The Company has been often labelled a trading company (i.e. a company of merchants who buy and sell goods produced by other people) or sometimes a shipping company. However, the VOC was in fact a proto-conglomerate company, diversifying into multiple commercial and industrial activities such as internat ...
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Durham Light Infantry | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:22 1 Formation
00:03:02 2 History
00:03:11 2.1 1881–99
00:05:54 2.2 Second Boer War
00:08:41 2.3 Pre First World War
00:10:36 2.4 First World War
00:12:39 2.4.1 1914
00:14:40 2.4.2 1915
00:19:20 2.4.3 1916
00:24:31 2.4.4 1917
00:30:26 2.4.5 1918–19
00:41:27 2.4.6 India
00:42:21 2.5 Inter-war
00:45:06 2.6 Second World War
00:47:57 2.6.1 France 1940
00:53:24 2.6.2 Iceland
00:54:03 2.6.3 North Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean 1940–43
01:03:44 2.6.4 Burma 1941–45
01:06:50 2.6.5 Sicily, Italy and Greece 1943–45
01:11:09 2.6.6 France and Germany 1944–45
01:15:42 2.6.7 Home Front 1939–45
01:19:07 2.7 Post War
01:20:54 2.7.1 Korea
01:24:33 2.7.2 Post Korea
01:26:47 2.7.3 Borneo
01:27:33 2.8 Amalgamation
01:28:23 3 Victoria Cross awards to the D.L.I.
01:28:31 4 Battle honours
01:29:16 5 Colonels
01:31:42 6 Notable members
01:36:06 7 Regimental museum
01:37:29 8 D.L.I. Memorial
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The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) along with the Militia and Volunteers of County Durham.
The regiment served notably in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II, the Korean War and the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. During times of peace it had duty in India, China, West Germany and Cyprus.
In 1968, the regiment was amalgamated with the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the King's Shropshire Light Infantry to form The Light Infantry, which again amalgamated in 2007 with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Green Jackets to form a new large regiment, The Rifles, which continues the lineage of the regiment.
Economic history of the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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Economic history of the United States
00:00:31 1 Colonial economy to 1780s
00:01:30 1.1 Demographics
00:03:32 1.2 The economy
00:07:14 1.2.1 New England
00:09:52 1.3 Urban centers
00:13:14 1.4 Political environment
00:13:23 1.4.1 Mercantilism: old and new
00:15:04 1.4.2 Free enterprise
00:16:20 1.4.3 Taxation
00:17:42 1.5 The American Revolution
00:23:41 2 The New Nation
00:26:03 2.1 Industry and commerce
00:26:12 2.1.1 Transportation
00:26:51 2.1.2 Automatic flour mill
00:27:23 2.1.3 Cotton gin
00:27:57 2.1.4 Mechanized textile manufacturing
00:29:35 2.2 Finance, money and banking
00:30:07 3 The early 19th century
00:31:00 3.1 Political developments
00:35:18 3.2 Agriculture, commerce and industry
00:35:28 3.2.1 Population growth
00:37:18 3.2.2 Labor shortage
00:38:09 3.2.3 Agriculture
00:40:15 3.2.4 Roads
00:41:56 3.2.5 Canals
00:43:48 3.2.6 Steam power
00:45:18 3.2.7 Mechanical power transmission
00:45:55 3.2.8 Shipbuilding
00:46:22 3.2.9 Steamboats and steam ships
00:48:17 3.2.10 Railroads
00:49:59 3.2.11 Manufacturing
00:53:16 3.2.11.1 Development of interchangeable parts
00:57:10 3.3 Finance, money and banking
01:01:04 3.3.1 Economics of the War of 1812
01:04:50 4 The mid 19th century
01:06:46 4.1 Commerce, industry and agriculture
01:07:04 4.1.1 Railroads
01:09:16 4.1.2 Iron industry
01:10:55 4.1.3 Coal displaces wood
01:12:23 4.1.4 Manufacturing
01:14:32 4.1.5 Steam power
01:15:39 4.1.6 Steamboats and ships
01:17:02 4.1.7 Telegraph
01:17:51 4.1.8 Urbanization
01:18:40 4.1.9 Agriculture
01:21:07 4.1.9.1 Slave labor
01:21:59 4.2 Finance, money and banking
01:23:22 4.2.1 Panic of 1857
01:25:44 4.3 Immigration surge
01:26:05 4.4 Collapse of the South
01:27:28 4.5 Political developments
01:28:30 4.5.1 Treasury
01:31:30 4.5.2 Land grants
01:34:44 4.5.3 Banking
01:35:18 4.5.4 Education
01:35:53 4.5.5 Civil War
01:37:30 5 Late 19th century
01:37:40 5.1 Commerce, industry and agriculture
01:40:04 5.1.1 Railroads
01:41:46 5.1.2 Steel
01:42:47 5.1.3 Electric lights and electric street railways
01:44:59 5.1.4 Communications
01:45:54 5.1.5 Modern business management
01:46:49 5.1.6 Agriculture
01:50:15 5.1.7 Oil, minerals and mining
01:50:24 5.1.7.1 Oil
01:54:27 5.1.7.2 Coal
01:54:40 5.1.7.3 Iron ore
01:55:05 5.1.8 Finance, money and banking
01:56:45 5.1.9 Water supply and sewers
01:57:13 5.1.10 Labor unions
01:57:50 5.1.11 Political developments
01:58:13 6 Early 20th century
01:58:23 6.1 Economic growth and the 1910 break
01:59:42 6.2 Industry, commerce and agriculture
02:00:19 6.2.1 Electrification
02:02:39 6.2.2 Manufacturing
02:05:14 6.2.3 Electric street railways
02:05:47 6.2.4 Electrochemicals
02:06:46 6.2.5 Railroads
02:07:50 6.2.6 Automobiles and trucks
02:08:46 6.2.7 Highway system
02:09:42 6.2.8 Water supply and sewers
02:10:41 6.2.9 Agriculture
02:11:46 6.2.10 Communications
02:11:54 6.2.10.1 Telephone
02:12:34 6.2.10.2 Radio
02:13:18 6.2.11 Finance, money and banking
02:15:30 6.3 Political developments
02:18:57 6.3.1 World War I
02:19:18 6.3.2 Roaring twenties: 1920–1929
02:20:39 6.4 Quality of life
02:21:58 7 From 1929 through World War II
02:22:09 7.1 Pre-war industry, commerce, and agriculture
02:22:43 7.1.1 Manufacturing
02:23:13 7.2 Great Depression: 1929–1941
02:24:27 7.2.1 Spending
02:24:30 7.2.2 Banking crisis
02:26:18 7.2.3 Unemployment
02:28:31 7.2.4 Relief
02:30:40 7.2.5 New Deal impact
02:33:46 7.3 Wartime output and controls: 1940–1945
02:34:01 7.4 Household gas, water, electricity, sanitation, heating, refrigeration
02:34:59 8 Postwar prosperity: 1945–1973
02:37:10 8.1 Agriculture
02:37:39 8.1.1 Farm machinery, fertilizer and high yield seed varieties
02:39:53 8.1.2 Government policies
02:40:02 8.2 Aircraft and air transportation industries
02:41:01 8.3 Housing
02:42:09 8.4 Interstate highway system
02:44:00 8.5 Computer Technology
02:46:04 8.6 Fiscal Policy
02:46:19 8.7 Military and space spending
02:47:04 9 Late 20th century
02:47:40 9.1 Post industrial (service) economy
02:49:18 9.2 Service sector expansion
02:49:27 9.3 Productivity slowdown
02:50:06 9.4 Inflation woes: 1970s
02:50:22 9.5 Deregulation and Reaganomics: 1976–1992
02:50:52 9.6 The rise of globalization: 1990s – late 2000
02:53:34 10 The 21st century
02:59:59 10.1 Great Recession
03:00:47 11 Historical statistics
03:01:26 11.1 GDP
03:04:51 11.1.1 1790–2006 GDP
03:05:01 11.2 Employment
03:05:10 11.3 Manufacturing
03:05:20 11.4 Wealth and Income
03:05:29 11.5 Productivity
03:05:37 11.6 Inequality
03:05:46 11.7 Health spending
03:06:10 11.8 Tariff Rates
03:06:18 11.9 Trade Balance
03:06:27 11.10 Inflation
03:06:35 11.11 US Federal Tax
03:06:44 11.12 Government spending
03:06:52 11.13 Debt
03:07:01 11.14 Deficit
03:07:10 12 See also
03:07:18 13 Footnotes
03:07:26 14 Bibliography
03:07:57 14.1 References
03:08:06 14.2 Special studies
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Dutch East India Company | Wikipedia audio article
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00:06:10 1 Company name, logo, and flag
00:08:16 2 History
00:08:25 2.1 Origins
00:11:58 2.2 Formation, rise, and fall
00:12:08 2.2.1 Formative years
00:16:48 2.2.2 Growth
00:22:47 2.2.3 Reorientation
00:32:14 2.2.4 Decline and fall
00:38:43 3 Organizational structure
00:45:02 3.1 VOC outposts
00:45:44 3.2 Council of Justice in Batavia
00:46:04 4 Shareholder activism at the VOC and the beginnings of modern corporate governance problems
00:48:41 5 Main trading posts, settlements, and colonies
00:48:53 5.1 Europe
00:49:01 5.1.1 Netherlands
00:49:21 5.2 Africa
00:49:30 5.2.1 Mauritius
00:49:45 5.2.2 South Africa
00:49:58 5.3 Asia
00:50:06 5.3.1 Indonesia
00:50:18 5.3.2 Indian subcontinent
00:50:50 5.3.3 Japan
00:51:08 5.3.4 Taiwan
00:51:35 5.3.5 Malaysia
00:51:51 5.3.6 Thailand
00:52:03 5.3.7 Vietnam
00:52:21 6 Conflicts and wars involving the VOC
00:56:10 7 Historical roles and legacy
00:59:53 7.1 Institutional innovations and impacts on modern-day global business practices and financial system
01:06:23 7.2 Impacts on social, economic, financial, political, and military history of the Netherlands
01:11:11 7.3 Roles in the history of the global economy and international relations
01:15:59 7.4 Artistic, scientific, technological, and cultural legacies of the VOC World
01:16:14 7.4.1 VOC World as an information/knowledge exchange network in the Dutch maritime world-system
01:19:06 7.4.2 Influences on Dutch Golden Age art
01:20:23 7.4.3 Formation of early modern religious communities and ethnic groups within the VOC World
01:20:37 7.5 Contributions in the Age of Exploration
01:21:29 7.5.1 iHalve Maen'/is exploratory voyage and role in the formation of New Netherland
01:24:25 7.5.2 Dutch discovery, exploration, and mapping of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and various islands
01:29:24 7.5.3 VOC-sponsored inland exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
01:29:37 8 Criticism
01:30:09 8.1 VOC colonialism, monopoly policy and uses of violence
01:30:22 8.2 Dutch slave trade and slavery under the VOC colonial rule
01:35:25 9 Cultural depictions of people and things associated with the VOC
01:39:36 10 VOC world etymologies
01:39:47 10.1 Places and things named after the VOC and its people
01:42:45 10.2 Places and things named by VOC people
01:43:58 11 Populated places established by VOC people
01:45:34 12 Important heritage sites in the VOC World
01:46:22 13 VOC buildings and structures
01:47:02 14 VOC archives and records
01:47:53 15 VOC coinage
01:48:03 16 VOC ships
01:48:18 17 Field of VOC World studies
01:51:21 17.1 VOC World archaeology
01:51:31 18 VOC timeline and historical firsts
01:52:23 18.1 Proto-VOC period (with the establishment of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
01:55:14 18.2 VOC era (with the amalgamation of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
02:08:20 19 Gallery
02:08:40 20 See also
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The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) was an early megacorporation, founded by a government-directed amalgamation of several rival Dutch trading companies (the so-called voorcompagnieën or pre-companies) in the early 17th century. It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. The VOC was an early multinational/transnational corporation in its modern sense. The Company has been often labelled a trading company (i.e. a company of merchants who buy and sell goods produced by other people) or sometimes a shipping company. However, the VOC was in fact a proto-conglomerate company, diversifying into multiple commercial and industrial activities such as internat ...
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie | Wikipedia audio article
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00:07:24 1 Company name, logo, and flag
00:09:49 2 History
00:09:59 2.1 Origins
00:14:14 2.2 Formation, rise, and fall
00:14:25 2.2.1 Formative years
00:20:06 2.2.2 Growth
00:27:25 2.2.3 Reorientation
00:38:52 2.2.4 Decline and fall
00:46:43 3 Organizational structure
00:54:19 4 Shareholder activism at the VOC and the beginnings of modern corporate governance problems
00:57:28 5 Main trading posts, settlements, and colonies
00:57:41 5.1 Europe
00:57:49 5.1.1 Netherlands
00:58:12 5.2 Africa
00:58:20 5.2.1 Mauritius
00:58:38 5.2.2 South Africa
00:58:52 5.3 Asia
00:59:01 5.3.1 Indonesia
00:59:13 5.3.2 Indian subcontinent
00:59:52 5.3.3 Japan
01:00:14 5.3.4 Taiwan
01:00:47 5.3.5 Malaysia
01:01:04 5.3.6 Thailand
01:01:18 5.3.7 Vietnam
01:01:39 6 Conflicts and wars involving the VOC
01:03:14 7 Historical roles and legacy
01:07:44 7.1 Institutional innovations and impacts on modern-day global business practices and financial system
01:15:39 7.2 Impacts on social, economic, financial, political, and military history of the Netherlands
01:21:28 7.3 Roles in the history of the global economy and international relations
01:27:18 7.4 Artistic, scientific, technological, and cultural legacies of the VOC World
01:27:34 7.4.1 VOC World as an information/knowledge exchange network in the Dutch maritime world-system
01:31:02 7.4.2 Influences on Dutch Golden Age art
01:32:35 7.4.3 Formation of early modern religious communities and ethnic groups within the VOC World
01:32:51 7.5 Contributions in the Age of Exploration
01:33:53 7.5.1 iHalve Maen'/is exploratory voyage and role in the formation of New Netherland
01:37:23 7.5.2 Dutch discovery, exploration, and mapping of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and various islands
01:43:26 7.5.3 VOC-sponsored inland exploration and mapping of Southern Africa
01:43:39 8 Criticism
01:44:18 8.1 VOC colonialism, monopoly policy and uses of violence
01:44:32 8.2 Dutch slave trade and slavery under the VOC colonial rule
01:50:38 9 Cultural depictions of people and things associated with the VOC
01:55:31 10 VOC world etymologies
01:55:43 10.1 Places and things named after the VOC and its people
01:59:23 10.2 Places and things named by VOC people
02:00:50 11 Populated places established by VOC people
02:02:46 12 Important heritage sites in the VOC World
02:03:46 13 VOC buildings and structures
02:04:33 14 VOC archives and records
02:05:33 15 Field of VOC World studies
02:09:03 15.1 VOC World archaeology
02:09:14 16 VOC timeline and historical firsts
02:10:16 16.1 Proto-VOC period (with the establishment of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
02:13:47 16.2 VOC era (with the amalgamation of the ivoorcompagnieën/pre-companies/i)
02:30:19 17 See also
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The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; VOC) was an early megacorporation, founded by a government-directed amalgamation of several rival Dutch trading companies (voorcompagnieën) in the early-17th century. It was originally established, on 20 March 1602, as a chartered company to trade with India and Indianized Southeast Asian countries when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade. The Company has been often labelled a trading company (i.e. a company of merchants who buy and sell goods produced by other people) or sometimes a shipping company. However, the VOC was in fact a proto-conglomerate company, diversifying into multiple commercial and industrial activities such as international trade (especially intra-Asian trade), shipbuilding, both production and trade of East Indian spices, Formosan sugarcane, and South African wine. The Company was a transcontinental employer and an early pioneer of outward foreign direct invest ...
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United States
00:04:39 1 Etymology
00:08:02 2 History
00:08:11 2.1 Indigenous peoples and pre-Columbian history
00:10:36 2.2 European settlements
00:15:56 2.2.1 Effects on and interaction with native populations
00:17:45 2.3 Independence and expansion (1776–1865)
00:22:27 2.4 Civil War and Reconstruction era
00:25:50 2.5 Further immigration, expansion, and industrialization
00:28:11 2.6 World War I, Great Depression, and World War II
00:31:01 2.7 Cold War and civil rights era
00:34:34 2.8 Contemporary history
00:39:02 3 Geography, climate, and environment
00:43:37 3.1 Wildlife
00:45:29 4 Demographics
00:45:38 4.1 Population
00:51:40 4.2 Language
00:53:39 4.3 Religion
00:58:01 4.4 Family structure
00:59:41 4.5 Health
01:03:08 4.6 Education
01:05:10 5 Government and politics
01:09:03 5.1 Political divisions
01:10:53 5.2 Parties and elections
01:13:08 5.3 Foreign relations
01:15:45 5.4 Government finance
01:20:00 5.5 Military
01:22:44 6 Law enforcement and crime
01:28:25 7 Economy
01:33:58 7.1 Science and technology
01:37:06 7.2 Income, poverty and wealth
01:41:57 8 Infrastructure
01:42:06 8.1 Transportation
01:44:31 8.2 Energy
01:45:34 8.3 Water supply and sanitation
01:46:12 9 Culture
01:48:32 9.1 Food
01:50:40 9.2 Literature, philosophy, and visual art
01:54:39 9.3 Music
01:56:19 9.4 Cinema
01:59:09 9.5 Sports
02:01:28 9.6 Mass media
02:04:34 10 See also
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The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2), the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area and slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles (10.1 million km2). With a population of over 325 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century. The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies following the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution, which began in 1775, and the subsequent Declaration of Independence in 1776. The war ended in 1783 with the United States becoming the first country to gain independence from a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, with the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, being ratified in 1791 to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century, acquiring new territories, displacing Native American tribes, and gradually admitting new states until it spanned the continent by 1848. During the second half of the 19th century, the Civil War led to the abolition of slavery. By the end of the century, the United States had extended into the Pacific Ocean, and its economy, driven in large part by the Industrial Revolution, began to soar. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the country's status as a global military power. The United States emer ...
Economic history of the United States | Wikipedia audio article | Wikipedia audio article
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The economic history of the United States is about characteristics of and important developments in the U.S. economy from colonial times to the present. The emphasis is on economic performance and how it was affected by new technologies, especially those that improved productivity, which is the main cause of economic growth. Also covered are the change of size in economic sectors and the effects of legislation and government policy. Specialized business history is covered in American business history.
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The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2), the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area and slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles (10.1 million km2). With a population of over 325 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century. The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies following the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution, which began in 1775, and the subsequent Declaration of Independence in 1776. The war ended in 1783 with the United States becoming the first country to gain independence from a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, with the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, being ratified in 1791 to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century, acquiring new territories, displacing Native American tribes, and gradually admitting new states until it spanned the continent by 1848. During the second half of the 19th century, the Civil War led to the abolition of slavery. By the end of the century, the United States had extended into the Pacific Ocean, and its economy, driven in large part by the Industrial Revolution, began to soar. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the country's status as a global military power. The United States emerged from World War II as a global superpower, the first country to develop nuclear weapons, the only country to use them in warfare, and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in the Space Race, culminating with the 1969 moon landing. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the world's sole superpower.The United States is the world's oldest surviving federation. It is a federal republic and a representative democracy, in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law. The United States is a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States (OAS), and other international organizations. The United States is a highly developed country, with the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and second-largest economy by PPP, accounting for approximately a quarter of global GDP. The U.S. economy is largely post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge-based activities, although the manufacturing sector remains the second-largest in the world. The United States is the world's largest importer and the second largest exporter of goods, by value. Although its population is only 4.3% of the world total, t ...
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne | Audio book with subtitles
Around the World in Eighty Days (version 2) Read by Mark F. Smith.
Jules VERNE , translated by UNKNOWN ( - )
Mysterious Phileas Fogg is a cool customer. A man of the most repetitious and punctual habit - with no apparent sense of adventure whatsoever - he gambles his considerable fortune that he can complete a journey around the world in just 80 days... immediately after a newspaper calculates the feat as just barely possible.
With his excitable French manservant in tow, Fogg undertakes the exercise immediately, with no preparations, trusting that his traveling funds will make up for delays along the way. But unbeknownst to him, British police are desperately seeking to arrest him for the theft of a huge sum by someone who resembles him, and they will track him around the world, if necessary, to apprehend him.
This is an adventure novel of the first water, with wholly unexpected perils, hair-breadth escapes, brilliant solutions to insoluble problems, and even a love story. And can this be? - That he returns to London just five minutes too late to win his wager and retain his fortune? (Summary by Mark F. Smith)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction
Chapters;
0:33 | Chapter 1
11:34 | Chapter 2
20:12 | Chapter 3
35:19 | Chapter 4
43:01 | Chapter 5
50:07 | Chapter 6
59:32 | Chapter 7
1:05:37 | Chapter 8
1:13:58 | Chapter 9
1:25:32 | Chapter 10
1:37:10 | Chapter 11
1:56:00 | Chapter 12
2:11:12 | Chapter 13
2:25:11 | Chapter 14
2:38:58 | Chapter 15
2:52:22 | Chapter 16
3:03:48 | Chapter 17
3:16:20 | Chapter 18
3:25:42 | Chapter 19
3:40:38 | Chapter 20
3:53:15 | Chapter 21
4:10:32 | Chapter 22
4:25:20 | Chapter 23
4:39:04 | Chapter 24
4:52:56 | Chapter 25
5:07:22 | Chapter 26
5:18:53 | Chapter 27
5:32:38 | Chapter 28
5:49:40 | Chapter 29
6:04:31 | Chapter 30
6:19:28 | Chapter 31
6:31:58 | Chapter 32
6:39:55 | Chapter 33
6:57:24 | Chapter 34
7:04:37 | Chapter 35
7:16:26 | Chapter 36
7:24:35 | Chapter 37 Audio Book Audiobooks All Rights Reserved. This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org.