European History

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  • Immigrant Discrimination

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    Both during and after moving to a new country - immigrants face many hardships. The process of obtaining citizenships is difficult in itself, but even when citizenship is earned, there are still challenges. One major difficulty some may face is xenophobia. Immigrants who experience xenophobic prejudice can find adjustment to a new life very difficult. In contrast, those who are treated with kindness and as equal citizens Sources that give insight into the life of immigrants are “A Tale of Two Americas”L

  • The Never-Ending Quest Of Objectivity

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    unobtainable goal. History being what we document as the truth of the passage of time and historiography being the methods used to obtain information it seems both have flaws in reaching the goal of complete objectivity. History during the ancient times seems to have been more of a tool used to influence people, promote oneself with the elite, or obtain stature and wealth. The methods used to obtain the history seems irrelevant because the intention of the historian was to create a history that supported

  • Canadian Ecocriticism Analysis

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    Canada has a distinct environment, with dimensions both in time and space, that is, in both history and geography, it does possess certain unique qualities. The most distinguishing one about the land is that there is so much of it; secondly to one's surprise its emptiness - which renders the country as largely unknown to rest of the world, even

  • The Bath By Jean Leon Gerome Essay

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    Gerome’s paintings where romanticized, which made his artwork extremely pleasing to the eye and the imagination. First, the scene in The Bath is of two women in a beautiful bathing chamber. The woman being bathed looks European and the woman doing the bathing is an Algerian women. The European woman’s back is to the viewer with her face cast down with modesty. While the Algerian woman is facing forward with her chest bare, dressed in beautiful clothing and jewelry

  • Pablo Picasso Materialism

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    Ever since the 15th century, when capitalism was growing, European art focused mainly on attaining a naturalistic depiction of the world, being an accurate representation of their environment, which was predominantly materialistic (Cohen, 60). European art then took a turn into modern art, provoked by Pablo Picasso. Born on October 25th, 1881, in Malaga, Picasso, perhaps the most famous artist of the 20th century, later passed away April 8th, 1973 in Paris (Cohen, 59). Pablo Picasso is notorious

  • Girls Schooling In The 20th Century

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    During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the interactions between European and Middle Eastern cultures increased dramatically. European merchants, missionaries, and diplomats along with touring students from Istanbul and Cairo to places such as Paris and London had a significant part in this cultural encounter. Two main countries, Britain and France, demonstrated superior power in military, political, and economic stability over Middle Eastern culture. As the Ottoman and Egyptian empires

  • Barbecue In Texas Essay

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    Topic: The origin and history of barbecue, and what it means in Texas Organization: Topical Specific purpose: To inform my audience on where and how a very popular and liked type of food started. I. Introduction a. Attention getter: How do you like your barbecue? Beef, pork, chicken even? What about sauce? Hot, spicy, none? (Engage audience into answering) b. Relevance: Living in Texas, barbecue is a very popular type of food. However, it’s origin does reach beyond the southern United States.

  • How Did Tango Influence The Dance World

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    Europe to Argentina due to the railroad network developed by the British that arrived at the time. The railroad across Argentina made possible the transportation of agricultural goods to export and many European men took the chance for a better life by migrating to Argentina, as the Hidden History of Tango article mentions, "The Argentine government decided to advertise in Europe for

  • Globalism In Contemporary Art

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    Globalism in Contemporary Art reflects the interconnectedness of the evolving modern world, as it causes the expansion of global perception and understanding of various cultures. Conflict also arises from such interconnectedness as varying cultures and ideas flow into the same medium. Such unity on a global scale creates a conglomeration of the Contemporary Art world resulting in an “identity crisis” Characterised the growing diversity of Contemporary Art spectrum as an “anything goes” mindset.

  • Southeast Asia Imperialism

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    those companies, the British East India Company, took interest in Malaysia and founded a settlement in one of its islands. Through rapid industrialization by the Industrial Revolution, by the end of the 19th century, Southeast Asia saw a surge in European colonization, after the United States gained interest in colonizing the Philippines. Almost all of the Southeast Asian countries were colonized, save for Thailand. The British Colonization of Myanmar (Burma) Before the invasion of the British, Burma