The colonial legacy of the Herero Genocide in Namibia
Essay - 12 pages - Modern history
What is the relationship between Namibia at the dawn of the XXth century, Mein Kampf and UNO? The Hereros establish the link; this community of Southwest Africa who, in spite of it, took part in the ideological elaboration of the genocides century. It is not a very common history which, for...
Assess the influence the United States has had on the European integration in the 1950s
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
The concept of Europe has changed dramatically during the twentieth century. It moved from a collection of imperial systems engaged in a balance of power, through internal division and catastrophic wars, to a more integrated Western Europe. The United States played a huge role in this...
The specific events that shaped the development of Europe between the years of 1914 and 1965
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
In the aftermath of World War II, Europe showed a notable overall decline in both its economic production and its overall primacy in the international community. While some historians have argued that the Second World War is what had served as the impetus for the decline of Europe, when tracing...
What occurred in the United States during the Second World War
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Research on the effects of World War II demonstrates that there few areas of society that were not, in some way, impacted by the event. Although many Americans remained on the home front there were numerous social, political and economic sacrifices that citizens made in order to support American...
The history of U.S steel and the industrial revolution
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Throughout the course of the twentieth century notable changes have taken place with respect to the development of the organization. Many of these changes have been focused on the advancement of the workforce and management, leading to the evolution of the organization. Interestingly, however, a...
The Rise of the Irish
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
The United States is home to hundreds of nationalities, races, and religions. It is the breeding ground for diversity. This was not always the case. The 17th century to the 19th century was the times of immigration to the country. Immigrants came from all over to experience the “free...
What have been the main factors for the success of Social Democratic parties in Scandinavia until the 1980's?
Essay - 11 pages - Modern history
The Social Democratic parties in Scandinavia have been set as examples in many countries since their success over years, and their ability to promote democracy and effective ways of government have been admired. They inspired the socialist movement born in Europe, principally from the thoughts of...
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman provides the author's views on the development of the world since the late 1990s. The central thesis provided by Friedman is that the world is becoming flat. When Friedman makes this assertion, he is not...
What was the role of English Inns ?
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Inns had developed as institution in the later Middle Ages, and had supplanted hospitality in the abbey gatehouse or hospitium. Of all countries, England is richest in associations of this kind and abounds in many types of inns and different houses, like those on lonely countryside, or fronting...
The new challenges faced by the Ulama in Saudi Arabia
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
In Saudi Arabia, the ulama has been providing religious legitimacy for Saudi rule since the 18th century and the foundation of the first kingdom. This group includes religious scholars, judges (qadis), lawyers, teachers, and the imams. They number about 7000 to 10 000 individuals, but only a very...
The Rise And Fall Of The Slave Trade
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
One of humanities most shameful and horrific periods, is the time of the transatlantic slave trade. This system of transporting human captives and agricultural goods to Europe and the Americas started on a small scale, and rapidly grew to catastrophic proportions. Originally, the slaves were...
Korean Unification
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The notable economic and social problems that have developed in North Korea have spurred recent talks to reunify North and South Korea. While this move has been judged by many analysts to be a positive move toward establishing political stability in the Far East, the reality is that this...
Wolfe Tone's Argument for Catholic Emancipation in 18th-Century Ireland
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Theobald Wolfe Tone was one of the founding members of the United Irishmen, and was also a well-known supporter of Catholic emancipation. This paper will examine how Tone's Argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, published the first of August, 1791, changed the way that reformers in...
The Tet Offensive of 1968
Essay - 7 pages - Modern history
In the early hours of January 31 1968, nineteen specially trained Vietcong soldiers leapt from a taxi cab and a truck to attack the American Embassy in Saigon. At the same time all across South Vietnam, urban centers, providence capitals, and military installations were all coming under surprise...
Work and Property in the Founding Fathers' time and mind: The Republican vision of government seen through John Adams's Thoughts on Government and the Federalist Papers #10 and #51
Essay - 11 pages - Modern history
In opposition to the democratic vision stands another school of thought which is at the origin of the belief that America was never intended to be a democracy. It advocates mainly representation by the elites and a separation of powers, and we shall see what becomes of it in the context of the...
I Will Survive: How a Disco Hit Defined the Year 1979
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The oil crisis continued, unemployment remained high, Jimmy Carter's presidency suffered blow after demoralizing blow, disco was the popular music, movies were breaking new ground and television continued remained the number one form of entertainment and relaxation. America was faced with...
The Role of ETA in the Basque Nationalist Movement and its Consequences
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Following the recent ceasefire declared by ETA on 22nd March of this year (2006), never has it been more appropriate to look further into what the American Government has classified as one of the best-organised terrorist organisations in the world. In this essay I will explore the origins of ETA...
Women: What Were They Doing?
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
In the period precluding the 1700's, many different societies existed together and the future shape of the world was taking form. Christopher Columbus had discovered North America for Spain, Cortez had conquered the Aztecs, and Europeans began settling in American Colonies. Disease was killing...
Rosie the Riveter: Teaching High School Students about Women in World War II
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
As men enlisted in the armed services, and the need for more ships, and guns, and war supplies grew, the government focused on the recruitment of women to fill those jobs left open by men. The War Production Coordinating Committee commissioned artist, J. Howard Miller to create one of many...
Tension Through Melodies: Music of the Cold War
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Music serves as a reflection of a society. When a society is prospering, the music is noticeably happier, such as the Big Band phenomenon in the roaring 20's. The same principle applies to a society going through rough times, such as jazz during the years of the Great Depression. The Cold War...
Communist Childhood: The Path to Disillusionment
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
China in the mid-20th century was a country full of change. The country was transitioning from the rule of the nationalist KMT party to the communist CCP party. This change did not come easily and millions of lives were affected by it. Spider Eaters by Rae Yang is a memoir written about...
The Colonization and Independence of South Africa and Kenya
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Independence has been a struggle in the African continent since the first days of colonization. Africa has been territorialized since the days of Jesus, but was not heavily colonized until the Scramble for Africa. The Scramble, which took place during the late 1800s, involved several European...
Ecuadorian Immigration to the NY-Metro Area in the 1970s-80s
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
America has (nearly) always been the destination of choice for the world's migrants. Spanning an entire continent, the country has historically offered land, jobs, and tolerance to those who seek them. For South Americans especially, the United States had been attractive for its accessibility...
Ireland since 1800: In what way did the Lemass government represent a new phase of political and economic thought?
Essay - 7 pages - Modern history
Lemass was, like de Valera, a 1916 veteran, but he was seventeen years younger, and in many ways seemed to belong to a different generation. An Irish patriot as early as the age of 16, Lemass became a freedom fighter in the streets of Dublin, engaging the Easter Rising and other hostilities and...
Culture and Politics in Europe: Was there any place for women in the Republic of Letters ?
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
The Network of private correspondence between "Men of Letters", was, at the beginning, the Republic of Letters. The heiress of Erasmus and her colleagues developed it into a more complex and institutionalized organization. As a universal community of scientists and knowledge, the Republic of...
We still tend to see the nineteenth century as the century of urbanisation, modernisation, secularisation. It was probably more the century of the Virgin Mary
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
It is true that the nineteenth century is usually perceived as the century of urbanization, modernization and secularization. These phenomena, in truth, represent major features of this period. As the European population doubled, the Industrial Revolution laid down the economic pattern of the...
What, in your view, were the significant factors which brought about conflict in Northern Ireland?
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
There seems to be a common feeling among the political and opinion leaders that some conflicts have last forever and will, somehow, always remain. This goes along with the assertion that some people can't overcome their ancient hatreds or differences, such as that between Israeli and...
The Easter rising
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
Methodology: I have partly based my researches on an on-line exhibition of the National library of Ireland and on the BBC web site, which provides very interesting material. I thus hope that the perspective of the document, will not be biased (the National library material comes mainly from...
Defining Republicanism
Essay - 9 pages - Modern history
When the Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolution in 1783, the new American citizens were faced with the challenge of forming a system of government that was functional, well structured, and non-oppressive. Over the course of six years, the former colonies searched for a...
The October Crisis of 1970: Terror in Quebec
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
In October 1970, events took place in Canada that would draw the attention of the entire world. For the first time in its history as a country, terrorism would be brought right to the doorstep of the Canadian government by a radical left-wing organization called the Front de Libération du Québec...
