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Rice Riots. 1837. Japan. Famine led to riots, reform.
Barrès, Maurice. 1862-1923. French writer, politician. la Colline inspirée 1913.
Beatrice. c1265-90. Florentine woman immortalized by Dante.
Chevalier, Maurice. 1888-1972. French singer and actor. Innocents of Paris 1929.
Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.
Deflation. Rapid fall in prices.
Denis, Maurice. 1870-1943. French religious painter.
Duplessis, Maurice. 1890-1959. Canadian founder Union Nationale party. Quebec Prime Minister 1936~59.
Five Pecks of Rice. 206-20. Chinese Taoist political movement vs poverty, instability.
Inflation. General rise of prices of goods and services.
La Tour, Maurice de. 1704-88. French portraitist. Influenced by Caravaggio.
Lumumba, Patrice. 1925-61. Congo independence leader. First Prime Minister of Zaire 1960-. Deposed, murdered.
MacMahon, Patrice de. 1808-93. French Marshal. Crushed Commune. President 1873-79.
Maeterlinck, Maurice. 1862-1949. Belgian Symbolist poet/playwright. Pelléas et Mélisande 1892.
Maurice, Friedrich. 1805-72. English theologian. Christian Socialist founder.
Maurice of Nassau. 1567-1625. Prince of Orange 1618-. Dutch military leader. Fought Spanish 1590s.
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. 1908-61. French philosopher blending existentialism, Marxism, phenomenology.
Nabis. 1890s. French painters opposed to Impressionism. Bold colors. Influenced Abstract Art. Bonnard. Denis.
OPEC. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. 1961- International cartel sets prices by controlling supply. Created oil shortage 1973.
Parson’s Cause. 1755,58 Salary dispute of Anglican ministers in Virginia based on inflation of tobacco prices.
Price, Harry. 1881-1948. Famous British medium debunker. Wrote about the most haunted house in England, but faked it.
Ravel, Maurice. 1875-1937. French Impressionist composer. Adopted new forms such as jazz and atonality. Boléro 1928.
Saxe, Maurice, comte de. 1696-1750. French commander, War of Austrian Succession.
Social Credit. 1919. Douglas’ economic theory. Give money to consumers, producers based on social credits, “liberating” production from price system.
South Sea Bubble. 1711-20. England sold trade monopolies to reduce National Debt. Their resale at speculative prices led to financial ruin for thousands. George I implicated. Walpole.