Revelations of a new Era brings a new chapter in the lives of its people. The decolonization through the Algerian Revolution marked by historians as the bloodiest confrontation as the liberators struggle to break themselves away from their European colonizers. Both sides saw their actions and motives as justified‚ and would see that their own ways of life conquer over the other. The stages of this battle would continue to plague the Algerian state with the trauma of what had occurred for years to
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both Alexis de Tocqueville and Frantz Fanon concern themselves with the topic national identity‚ both in colonial period Algeria and abroad. For Fanon‚ this comes with the focus of how the colonized peoples can create and rebuild a national identity after many years under foreign rule. In direct contrast‚ de Tocqueville aims to manipulate the multiple identities present in Algeria during the 1830s to best allow
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the struggle for independence. The byproducts of decolonization including political instability‚ border disputes‚ economic ruin‚ and massive debt continue to plague Africa to this present day British troops were
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IDs (Choice of 10‚ 4 points each) Brazzaville Conference -1944 -the move to Decolonization: the French case (after the fall of France during WWII) Charles de Gaulle recognized need to revise relationship between France and its colonies in Africa (conference arranged to bring political‚ social‚ and economic reforms) -created the Brazzaville Declaration (French Empire would remain the same/united‚ new colonial assemblies‚ citizens of colonies have equal rights‚ right to vote + parliamentary
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Chapter 33: The Cold War and Decolonization‚ 1945-1975 1. Introduction a. The end of the 2nd world war exposed a world of mutual antagonism rather than one of mutual cooperation b. The business of nation building c. Cold War technology and environmental impact 2. The Cold War a. The United Nations i. The formation of the United Nations and its basic structure ii. Beliefs and efficacy of the United Nations iii
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Fanon questions the basic assumptions of colonialism. He questions whether violence is a tactic that should be employed to eliminate colonialism. He questions whether native intellectuals who have adopted western methods of thought and urge slow decolonization are in fact part of the same technology of control that the white world employs to exploit the colonized. He questions whether the colonized world should copy the west or develop a whole new set of values and ideas. In all these questionings of
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philosopher who recognized the separation and relations between the oppressed and the oppressors as well as the fight for freedom. He specifically speaks on Algeria as the colonized‚ facing the French who were the colonizers. Fanon was writing mainly during the 1940’ s-60 when decolonization was becoming popular. Fanon was greatly involved in the decolonization struggle‚ and in his book The Wretched of the Earth‚ Fanon explains and observes the ways in which the colonized shall attempt to declare their rights
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arrogant‚ but WW2 destroyed that‚ and gave opponents of imperialists greater influence in Europe - Did not want bloody colonial wars either‚ thanks to politics and moral authority in tatters - India played a key role in decolonization o Nationalist opposition to British rule coalesced after WW1 under British-educated leadership of Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi Built a mass movement in 1920s and 1930s preaching “noncooperation” Got a new constitution that was a
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Cram Packet 1914 to Present BIG IDEAS: The 20th Century was a time when the world got “smaller.” Communication and transportation made it possible to connect to every part of the globe and even into outer space. The United States came to dominate the world during the 20th century and our culture spread everywhere (McWorld) Not every part of the globe felt comfortable with the Americanization of the world. American values can be interpreted as being based upon consumerism‚ greed‚ sex‚ and
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Death and destruction was not the only outcomes that derived from World War II. Discontent with the economy‚ the United States defeat in Vietnam‚ and decolonization were the pertinent issues of 1945 to 1975. In 1944‚ much reform was being made to the way the western part of the world conducted their trade practices. The western capitalist countries created a new international monetary system in which supply and demand determined prices. This prevented producers from manufacturing more of a certain
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