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    Decolonisation was a vast process of adaptation for both sides‚ hitherto colonised countries and the colonial powers‚ not just for the former.’ Explain how far‚ and for what reasons‚ you agree this statement. In 1939‚ “France controlled a colonial empire…over twenty times as large as the home country‚ and it contained one and a half times as many inhabitants” (Costa). One such country controlled by France –and my focus for the purposes of this essay- was Algeria. From its initial occupation in

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    Decolonisation of Singapore

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    has achieved independence twice: once in 1959 when it was decolonised by the British;1 then again after it was expelled from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965‚ into which Singapore had integrated in 1963. 2 In contrast to many other independence movements‚ Singapore’s were not violent; political decisions led to the island nation’s independence in both instances. Nationalism and British reluctance to maintain colonialism in the 1940s and 1950s meant that Singapore was handed independence in 1959‚

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    opening of the first movement in Keeping Score: Berlioz starts very slowly‚ then becomes very volatile. After some long and stormy developments‚ the ending alludes back to the opening. The second movement becomes an elegant waltz‚ which completely contrasts the first movement. The ending of the second movement sounds like a whirlwind before it comes to a brilliant close. The third movement is long. While these first three movements sound rather like a dream‚ the fourth movement sounds like a march

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    The social gospel movement was a reform movement that was emerged among Protestant Christians to improve the economic‚ moral and social conditions of the urban working class. One prominent leader of the social gospel movement was a New York City pastor and theologian called Walter Rauschenbusch. Protestant leaders followed Rauschenbusch’s idea that social problems were actually just moral problems on a large scale‚ and they were convinced that many social issues could be cured by what they called

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    The twentieth century saw an upsurge in a new form of protest movement‚ the anti-globalisation/anti-capitalist social movement‚ which is a branch out of what was known as the New Social Movement. The new social movements were a plethora of informal groups‚ organisations and campaigns that surfaced in the 1960s. These included movements that campaigned for racial equality‚ sexual equality‚ gay rights‚ environmental concerns‚ peace groups‚ prisoners rights‚ human rights‚ among others. Because of

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    Reform Movements During the 19th Century there were many reform movements that took place. Reform movements were movements that were organized to reform or change the certain way of things. Reform movements did not always work but the ones that did greatly changed the way our nation operates today. There were three major reform movements that have altered the nation; the abolitionist movement‚ the temperance movement and the women ’s suffrage movement. Without these movements‚ and the great leaders

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    chipko movement

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    INTRODUCTION The name of the Chipko moment originated from the word ’embrace’ as the villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them. The movement practiced Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance‚ to protect them from being felled. The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the GarhwalHimalayas of Uttarakhand‚ then in Uttar Pradesh with growing awareness of rapid deforestation. It was the strong uprising against those people

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    caused great resentment amongst the Muslims & so KHilafat movement was founded to save the Caliph. It is also a fact that Khilafat movement was also formed because of deep seated Muslim distrust of British. Afghanistan & persia were ruled by Russia & British according to their will. The MUSlims in the subcontinent feared that the bristish would take over Turkey & thus would rule other Muslim states such as Makkah & Madinah. So this movement was formed as a result. Gandhi along with Congress wanted

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    chicano movement

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    Chicano Movement Essay Also known as “El movimiento ‘’ *is an extension of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement which began in the 1940s with the stated goal of achieving Mexican American empowerment. The 1960s was a turbulent decade in American history‚ Fraught with conflicts over issues from Civil Rights To the war in Vietnam. The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement‚ one of the least studied social movements of the 1960s‚ encompassed a broad cross section of issues. We

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    rastafarian movement

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    Brewer Rastafarian Movement (Bob Marley) Thirty-six years spanned Bob Marley ’s life and involvement with the Rastafarian movement and left an impact still felt around the world. Marley ’s music was a result of what he saw in himself‚ what he loved‚ and how he saw his people get treated. Followers of the Rastafarian movement are known as Rastafarians‚ the movement is named for Ras Tafari Makonnen‚ who was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia in 1930. The Rastafarian movement began with the

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