Industrial and shipping growth greatly benefited Boneyfiddle ( which is a west-end neighborhood in Portsmouth ), where grand buildings were constructed with the wealth from the commerce.

Throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries the concentration of wealth in Georgetown sparked the growth of many university-preparatory schools in and around the neighborhood.

Tottenville's population is largely white ( nearly 95 per cent as of 1990 ), with extremes of both wealth and poverty being essentially absent, and the neighborhood has a much higher proportion of Protestants than is encountered on Staten Island as a whole, which is heavily Roman Catholic.

Capitol South is located in the south-central section of the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D. C. As such, it is surrounded by a wealth of government offices and buildings.

: By examining the social atmosphere of different Chicago neighborhoods, Klinenberg discovered that many deaths were not dependent on individual factors, such as wealth, but rather on the cohesiveness of the neighborhood.

The church stands in a neighborhood of substantial homes and in a cluster of houses of worship designed to advertise the wealth and status of a group of captains of industry that was remarkably ethnically diverse, by the standards of Victorian England.

These men of wealth as well as the rest of the Czech residents of North Lawndale were heavily invested in their neighborhood, especially civically, with their influence being far reaching.

Gold Rush wealth and business made it the financial capital of the west coast as many banks and businesses set up in the neighborhood.

Historic Filipinotown was created to help continue the history of this part of the neighborhood and promote economic, civic, commercial, cultural, industrial, and educational interests and common wealth of local residents, business owners, and other stakeholders.

During this period, while he served as Secretary of the U. S. Treasury Department, his wealth peaked at around $ 300 –$ 400 million in 1929 – 30.

Cuba and Puerto Rico, reached tremendous levels of development and wealth, to the point that Spain's First Train was between Havana and Camaguey, and the world's first telegraph was in Puerto Rico, as Samuel Morse lived there with his daughter, married to a Puerto Rican businessman.

The debate between proponents of private versus state capitalism is centered around questions of managerial efficacy, productive efficiency, and fair distribution of wealth.

In the context of emerging western imperialism and economic competition between European kingdoms seeking wealth through the establishment of trade routes and colonies, Columbus's speculative proposal, to reach the East Indies by sailing westward, eventually received the support of the Spanish crown, which saw in it a promise, however remote, of gaining the upper hand over rival powers in the contest for the lucrative spice trade with Asia.

Another regularly asserted contrast between classical and modern liberals: classical liberals tend to see government power as the enemy of liberty, while modern liberals fear the concentration of wealth and the expansion of corporate power.

The rich are either unconvinced by the promise of eternal life, or unaware of the conflict between the possession of material and spiritual wealth, and the good Christian has a duty to guide them towards a better life through the Gospel.

In 1978, Hayek came into conflict with the Liberal Party leader, David Steel, who claimed that liberty was possible only with " social justice and an equitable distribution of wealth and power, which in turn require a degree of active government intervention " and that the Conservative Party were more concerned with the connection between liberty and private enterprise than between liberty and democracy.

The connection between the wealth of the banana trade and the influence of outsiders, particularly North Americans, led O. Henry, the American writer who took temporary refuge in Honduras in 1896-97, to coin the term " Banana Republic " to describe Honduras.

Nevertheless, Wells has this very same Time Traveller speak in terms unusual for socialist thought, referring as " perfect " and with no social problem unsolved, to an imagined world of stark class division between the rich assured of their wealth and comfort, and the rest of humanity assigned to lifelong toil: Once, life and property must have reached almost absolute safety.

Its wealth came from controlling the trade in ivory from the Limpopo Valley, copper from the mountains of northern Transvaal, and gold from the Zimbabwe Plateau between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers, with the Swahili merchants at Chibuene.

* The gap in wealth between the richest 10 % of humanity and the poorest 10 % will be greater in 2004 than in 1994.

This basic view can be elaborated in many different ways, according to what goods are to be distributed — wealth, respect, opportunity — and what they are to be distributed equally between — individuals, families, nations, races, species.

Rawls's theory distinguishes two kinds of goods – ( 1 ) liberties and ( 2 ) social and economic goods, i. e. wealth, income and power – and applies different distributions to them – equality between citizens for ( 1 ), equality unless inequality improves the position of the worst off for ( 2 ).

Conflict continued in Ireland between the Anglo-Norman settlers and the indigenous Irish chieftains, with John manipulating both groups to expand his wealth and power in the country.

Leicester's lands in Warwickshire were worth between £ 500 –£ 700 but Leicester's power and wealth, including monopolies and grants of new lands, depended ultimately on his remaining a favourite of the queen.

There are a number of reasons cited for the discrepancy between the vast mineral wealth of the province and the failure of the wealth to increase the overall standard of living.

Occupying a central position on the great highway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, thus uniting the East and the West, wealth flowed into it from many sources, so that it became one of the greatest of all the region's ancient cities, and the capital of the Neo Assyrian Empire.

This wealth was shown by the many monuments that were particularly imposing considering the relatively small size of the urban area: the forum, laid out in two terraces on both sides of the main road, was constructed in several phases between the reigns of Claudius and Antoninus Pius, and the theatre was enlarged and expanded in order to hold Roman games.

Bahrain offered great potential wealth because of the extensive pearls found in its waters, however, in 1782, war broke out between the Zubara-based Al-Khalifa trading clan of the Bani Utbah tribe and the Madhkurs.

The wealth of its coal deposits and their large-scale industrial exploitation, coupled with its location on the border between France and Germany, have given the Saarland a unique history in modern times.

In a country that is said to " belong " to the royal family and is named after it, the lines between state assets and the personal wealth of senior princes are blurred.

Another distinction can be drawn between analytical concepts of social class, such as the Marxist and Weberian traditions, and the more empirical traditions such as socio-economic status approach, which notes the correlation of income, education and wealth with social outcomes without necessarily implying a particular theory of social structure.

Mbeki has used his position on the world stage to call for an end to global apartheid, a term he uses to describe the disparity between a small minority of rich nations and a great number of impoverished states in the world, arguing that a " global human society based on poverty for many and prosperity for a few, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable ".

The competition for oil wealth has led to an endless violence cycle between innumerable ethnic groups, causing the militarization of nearly the entire region that was occupied by militia groups as well as Nigerian military and the forces of the Nigerian Police.

One of the main arguments for capitalism, presented for example in the book The Improving State of the World, is that industrialisation increases wealth for all, as evidenced by raised life expectancy, reduced working hours, and no work for children and the elderly.

At the same time, Spain was using most of its wealth from the New World to import manufactured goods from the more industrialized countries of Europe, notably Britain.

Most of France's wealth in the New World had come from its sugar plantations on Saint-Domingue and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, but production had fallen after a slave uprising.

The arrival of Americans with their informal demeanour and relative wealth during World War II was instrumental in the rise of nationalism in the islands.

Charles R. Forbes, the energetic Director of the Veterans Bureau, disregarded the dire needs of wounded World War I veterans to procure his own wealth.

Combe's wealth also extended to becoming the first patron of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and he and his wife Martha bought most of the group's early work, including The Light of the World by William Holman Hunt.

It was a way to gain for themselves some of the wealth the Spanish and Portuguese were taking from the New World before beginning their own trans-Atlantic settlement, and a way to assert naval power before a strong Royal Navy emerged.

The French first came to the New World as explorers, seeking a route to the Pacific ocean and wealth.

The novelty of the invention is the focus ; while the invention may in the end accomplish some good, that social end is usually far from the inventor's mind ... inventions seem to be either for the military, especially during World War I ( giant cannon, aerial warship, war tank, and air scout ) or for the wealthy, who buy the Swift Pigeon Special as a private plane, all contributing to the bottom line for Swift Enterprises ... invention is an avocation, a diversion, made possible by wealth and the already existing advanced technology.

He is rivaling them in the wealth department and has occasionally claimed the titles of " The Richest Duck in the World " and " The Second Richest Duck in the World ".

Disparities in wealth spread during this period, following an export boom during World War I and subsequent crop failures in the Tohoku region.

Joplin was established in 1873 and expanded significantly from the wealth created by the mining of zinc ; its growth faltered after World War II when the price of the mineral collapsed.

This practice is problematic for that region because absentee landlords drain local wealth into their home country, particularly that of rural areas and the Third World.

Oliver " Daddy " Warbucks first appears in a September 1924 strip and reveals a month later he was a small machine shop owner who acquired his enormous wealth producing munitions during World War I.

On the other hand, the United Nations defined the First World on the wealth of the nation's Gross National Product ( GNP ).

Present inter-world relationships are not so rigid, although there is a disparity in terms of the First World having more influence, wealth, information and advancements than the other worlds.

His foreign policies were centered around anti-imperialism, with his government eschewing all foreign aid, pushing for odious debt reduction, nationalizing all land and mineral wealth, and averting the power and influence of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and World Bank.

The ceremonial architecture at Quiriguá is quite modest, but the site's importance lies in its wealth of sculpture, including the tallest stone monuments ever erected in the New World.

During World War I he opposed conscription, arguing that the conscription of wealth should precede the conscription of men.

For example, Ukrainian immigrants from the " first wave " immigration ( 1890 – 1924 ) greatly resented the immigrants who came in the " second wave " after the Second World War, as the latter group were perceived not as " poor refugees " but as persons who had managed to leave Europe and bring considerable wealth with them.

After the Second World War, during the 1960 ’ s many researchers in the U. S. particularly, and from other countries in common, brought forth a wealth of research work and theory.

Spanish neutrality during World War I allowed the Catalan textile industry to amass enormous wealth through supplying the warring parties.

He is often depicted as an American World War II serviceman who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow him.

According to Merrill Lynch and Gemini Consulting's “ World Wealth Report ” for 2000, one third of the wealth of the world's “ high net-worth individuals ”— nearly $ 6 trillion out of $ 17. 5 trillion — may now be held offshore.