Page 1 South Africa and America Culture South Africa and American Culture Introduction to Cultural Anthropology August 2‚ 2010 Page 2 South Africa and America culture South Africa and America culture South Africa is one of the most multicultural counties in the world it is referred as the rainbow nation due to the different ethnic groups that make up the population. Immigration has brought in white‚ European‚ Indians‚ Indo-Malays‚ and Chinese are just to name a few. South Africa
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As slavery ended in North America and South America‚ differences in how they lived free of authority differed. Even though both of the institutions were formed to the needs of African American agriculture‚ their rights and privileges varied. Down in the South‚ blacks free of slavery were commonly treated with disrespect. Scorned under the black codes of slavery‚ some free blacks owned their own set of slaves. For those who were of the black and or white culture who tried to help any slaves avoid
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The divide between the North and South has always been a common issue. This sectionalism had a large impact on Antebellum America. Although the North and South had some common bonds‚ their differences were far greater.The difference between the North and South can be exhibited with the Missouri Compromise and the Tariff Compromise of 1833. These contrasting views sparked great debate between the states‚ and the Federal government had to get involved. However‚ this created even more tension because
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Culture is what makes up our countries‚ cities‚ states‚ and communities; each place has different foods‚ clothing‚ religions‚ races‚ architecture‚ geography‚ and many more influences. These subjects define us and how we live. They contradict us from everyone else; they are examples of our unique characteristics. In the 1860’s the North and south were different. Besides the fact that we were in the middle of a civil war‚ the cultures were almost opposites. The southern parts of the United States were
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Report on the cultural differences between Australia and the Netherlands Assignment 1: Cross-Cultural Dimensions Describe the effect of the cross-cultural dimensions of both Hofstede and Trompenaars on two subjects for both your home country as the country of your internship
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In Kay Anderson and Colin Perrin’s paper‚ “How race became everything: Australia and polygenism” (Anderson 2008)‚ they document a shift in our idea of the term ‘race’‚ that happened somewhere during the mid-eighteenth century‚ and that moved our thinking from a general Christian‚ monogenetic paradigm to a more scientifically backed polygenetic paradigm‚ due largely to the complexities surrounding the Aborigines of Australia‚ being ‘apparently unimproved’‚ and hence‚ ‘extremely savage’‚ they precipitated
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How Life in the North was Different from the South Before the Civil War there were many differences between the North and the South. These differences created problems between the North and the south. Three of the differences were transportation‚ geography‚ and society. Clearly‚ one of the differences between the North and the South was there source of transportation. In the North they traveled by railroad and steamboats. In the South they traveled by steamboats and railroads. The South’s main
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North and the South have contrasting views over slavery. The North had more cities and factories‚ which caused the North to be more dependent on less skilled laborers in order to work in the factories. Most of the Northerners were also Republicans‚ a party that came from the Free- Soil Party‚ and was anti-slavery. The parties emphasized on business and believed that slavery could negatively impact business as it seemed to be incompatible with free labor. On the other hand‚ the South made living off
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entire difference between economic form of both north and south is the fundamental reason that lead to the war. The north’s economy was based on commerce and capitalism.They built industrial factory and produced mechanical components.So they didn’t need much slave because local people could handle the work needed for the industrialized production.However‚ the south’s economy was largely based on agricultural manufacture—cotton.Being the biggest part of sectionalism‚ economic difference increased
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different from the South LIfe in the North had a lot of differences than life in the South. They both had different economies‚ societies‚ geographies and transportation. For example‚ the North’s economy was based on working on industrial machines and the South’s economy was based on working on their farms and picking cotton out of their fields‚ those are two totally different economies. That shows how they both had different ways of living. Living life in the North was different from the South because they
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