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West Africa, West Central Africa, and Slavery's Consequences

names which come up when talking about slavery. These coastal areas certainly seemed to suffer. A larger chunk of Africa suffered ...

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...

Colonial Latin America and Social Hierarchies

imperialism of the past 500 years. Social Hierarchy The social histories of nations throughout Latin America provide important i...

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 ...

Women's and Men's Roles in American Literature

to a particular position. Now, interestingly enough, the position of women was not as oppressive as it may sound. In fact, wome...

Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest by Steven Stern

resources against possible intrusions by other groups (Stern 22). Therefore, economic decline or improvement became intrinsically ...

Africa's Colonial Rule and its History

In seven pages this paper examines how Africa developed colonial rule in this historical chronicle that includes the tribal classe...

Colonial Peru and the Short Story 'Rosa's Day'

and private places; the divisions which existed between regular days and festive days; the divisions which existed between the vil...

Colonial Powers and Gender Differences

outwards. When we look at this time we can see that there was already a change, the loss of colonial power was...

Before the American Revolution, King Philip's War

time things were peaceful. The general attitude on the part of the colonists was that they felt sorry for the natives and their p...

United States and Ethnic Conflict

the capitalist system which emphasizes individuality over community and competition over cooperation. Areas that were once ...

Decolonization of the British Empire

well off as the invading country. This can be said of both India and Africa as recently as the 1940s and 1950s. The school of thou...

Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe and Modernity v. Tradition Discourses

come together as one to protect the land during times of war (Olaniyan 22, Lindfors 23). Ezeulu was the arrow of god because the ...

History of Colonial Order Construction

in the art and imagery of history, so too is it represented in todays modern images. The world has witnessed a parade of...

Seventeenth Century Puritan Colonization and Nineteenth Century Reconstruction Explored

sue and be sued, as well as testify in court only in cases involving other black people (Anonymous, 1865). These provisions were ...

Colonial Age and Wilderness Literature

sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, sassafras, furs, or love...when they departed, there remained ...

Wales as the Model for British Colonialism in Ireland and America

of Wales is inextricably linked to the history of the Welsh language and many events were tied to the language; for example, in 14...

Wal-Mart Organizational Culture

(Biesada 2009). Sam Waltons heirs still hold a 40 percent share of the company (Biesada 2009), which gives the family the controll...

Organizational Culture And Cultural Diversity: The Meaning Of Culture

Being able to actualize, even if just in ones mind, the corporations ultimate goal when faced with adversity is instrumental in fo...

Native Americans/Preserving Independence

did improve British relations with Native Americans, the colonials were irate, as they saw the entire point of the French and Indi...

Catholic Church: Colonial Times to Present Day

Mississippi valleys and later in the Spanish regions of Florida, the Southwest and California, Catholics were a decided minority i...

Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' Pamphlet

the style the writing. This pamphlet was phrased in language which was understandable by the common man (Kashatus 53). In this hi...

Depiction of Indians and Puritans in Captivity and Restoration by Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

In seven pages this paper examines how Puritans and Indian captors are portrayed by Mary Rowlandson in her early colonial memoir o...

Structure and Culture

the internal structures. There are a number of different organisational structures which will determine not only how thing are don...

Colonial Women’s Public Role and Legal Status

formal education or technical training, women would be hired. The obvious vocational choices were extensions of their housekeepin...

America (1600-1774): The Land of Opportunity?

hopes and expectations which constantly supported and carried them through all the hardships with patience and resignation. Let us...

Family Life in the American Colonies

(Demos, 2000, p. But this common kitchen tool was also "used by conjurers magicians in obscure ceremonies of fortune-telling" in t...

Historical Anthropology Questions

A 9 page paper that answers three questions about historical anthropology. Topics include evolution of social cultural change, col...

Poverty Articles by Paul Collier and David Dollar and David Slater and Morag Bell Reviewed

if we look at where the aid is going is currently giving the greatest poverty relief to the South East Asian area and the least to...

First Canadian Settlers

morning activities were done with the use of candles for the most part, though some likely had oil lanterns as well. Any candles t...