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The Spanish-American War and Its Aftermath

the Spanish-American War, which was publicly motivated by American sentiment to free Cuba from Spanish rule, sentiment grew in the...

Examples of Post-Colonial Strife In Literature

the British rule has officially ceased. And so, through his personal experiences, the character of Camagu mirrors the turbulence ...

History of American Women

single women over the age of twenty-one and widows had the power to make contracts and hold property in her own name (22). A marri...

Revolutionary War Caused by Mercantilism

the task becomes difficult. The only way that countries could survive economically was to encourage colonialism. Colonies provided...

Interactions Between Native Americans and Early Europeans from Columbus to Cortez

came to yearn to sail to that land. He dubbed his plan to accomplish that goal the Enterprise of the Indies. He sought financial...

The Transformation of Virginia and the Church's Impact

make their mark on the land was to build lavish buildings, which also included their churches. Isaac states that through the conti...

Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai

In eleven pages this research paper applies this Indian novel to Indian nationalism's historical development during the colonial e...

Colonial Rule by the Portuguese and Spanish

In twelve pages this research paper discusses the territories ruled by the colonial governments of Portugal and Spain. Six source...

Colonial Art of John Singleton Copley

the people in the portraits are from particular backgrounds. Of course, one may speculate that anyone who commissioned an artist ...

1560 to 1890 European Dominance

process several centuries before. We can argue that one of the first influences was the development of the use of gunpowder and h...

Jean Rouch's 1954 Film Les Maitres Fous

Accra's Hauka community during colonial rule as depicted in Les Maitres Fous by director Jean Rouch is the focus of this paper con...

What it Means to be an American

to think of themselves as true Americans. One can debate the concept today, and consider the American Indian. There are ar...

An Analysis of The Blood Knot

A 22 page analysis of the play by Athol Fugard. The emphasis is one the various aspects of identity that permeate the play. The ...

Colonial to Romantic Period American Literature

In five pages this paper examines how American literature evolved from he colonial times of Jonathan Edwards, John Winthrop, Benja...

Two Literary Examples of Colonial Attitudes Towards Natives

An essay comparing and contrasting colonial attitudes towards natives in both Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would be King and Edga...

Akbar of India's Reign and British Perspectives

In a paper consisting of 6 pages Akbar's reign is discussed from a British perspective and how cultural innovations were altered d...

Red, White and Black by Gary Nash

In five pages this paper presents a colonial history overview as it is represented in Nash's text with cultures and its effects up...

George Eliot and Great Britain

In five pages the history of the United Kingdom from 1819 until 1880 is discussed in terms of such issues as political attitudes, ...

Colonial Peru and Women's Roles

In three pages women's roles during Peru's colonial era are considered in a summary and analysis of Daughters of the Conquistatore...

Colonialism of the Belgian Congo and its Legacy

In six pages this paper examines the colonial legacy in the region of the Belgian Congo and describes its both positive and negati...

Crime and Punishment in American History by Lawrence Meir Friedman

In five pages this comprehensive American history text is examined in terms of the author's detailed consideration of the U.S. cri...

Major Female Characters in Mohicans and Van Winkle

Women had few meaty roles in early American literature. This report deals with Cora and Alice Munro from The Last of the Mohicans...

Ethnic and Racial Inequality in the United States

In six pages this paper considers the internal colonial and assimilation models in a discussion of the ethnic and racial equalitie...

Comparative Analysis of Leila Abouzeid's Return to Childhood and Elizabeth Fernea's Guests of the Sheik

In a paper consisting of six pages Abouzeid's autobiographical account of the French colonial Morocco of her childhood is compared...

Overview of Female Writers from the Post Colonial Era

In six pages this research paper considers post colonial women writers in a discussion of Rosario Ferre's 'The Youngest Doll' and ...

Capitalism and Its Origins in Imperialism

In ten pages this paper asserts that modern capitalism can be traced back to imperialist empires with the French and British colon...

Slave's Life

In seven pages this research paper examines how various texts depict colonial and antebellum South's slave life. Five sources are...

Great Britain's Colonial Power Losses

In five pages this paper examines how Great Britain's colonial power was lost in this case study comparison of the mutinies in Aus...

Things Fall Apart Examines Colonialism

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is in many ways both an indictment of colonial England's arrogance and ignorance about African c...

British Colonialism and Oroonoko by Aphra Behn

In a paper consisting of five pages this paper discusses how structural differentation patterns including status of social class, ...