Notes: In Fredrick Jackson Turner’s paper‚ “The Significance of the Frontier in American History-1893” his argument is how the American culture has evolved rapidly throughout it’s history despite certain setbacks and these are some of the highlight points from his article. American society‚ since the beginning of its simple state of formation has always had an urge to colonize to the west and explore for new opportunities of success and power. “The wilderness masters the colonists” is a very
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The senator of Massachusetts‚ John F. Kennedy‚ demanded that the United States moved in the direction of the "New Frontier". Kennedy set forth new challenges for the United States and the term "New Frontier" was first stated in his inauguration speech. His goal was to challenge Americans and he said‚ "Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country." After Kennedy explained that the torch had been passed to a new generation of Americans‚ people responded to his request
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Turner’s essay From The Significance of the Frontier in American History‚ he posits an interesting argument‚ capturing the idea of what Americanization is and how the discovery of the frontier captures the real sentiment of American History. Amongst the many things I appreciated about his essay concerned how westward expansion signaled a detachment from European influence. This‚ to me‚ is interesting because when I think about our nation’s eastern shores I think of the technology and infrastructure
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Western Frontier What happens in the West? What kind of change takes place when an individual crosses over the boundary separating what has been settled from what has yet to be— the frontier. Over the last few weeks I have continued to probe the idea of the West as a place that has yet to be defined. Many times‚ authors and people are not even sure where it starts as it is an invisible border that exists only in the minds of those who seek to cross it. Once across this ambiguous frontier‚ the traveler
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Sexual Affronts and Racial Frontiers‚ European Identities and the Cultural Politics of Exclusion in Colonial Southeast Asia. Ann Laura Stoler & Race and the Education of Desire‚ Fauoult’s History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things. Ann Laura Stoler Introduction We will be presenting two essays by Ann Laura Stoler. The first essay‚ “Race and the Education of Desire”‚ Foucault’s history of sexuality discusses class‚ race and desire in terms of family and state regulations which
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“WWII – Innovations and New Frontiers” HIUS 380 – Modern American Military History Professor Robert Ritchie Liberty University Ken White Student ID – 87118 April 13‚ 2013 War‚ in its raw nature‚ has always allowed mankind to invent and produce better weaponry‚ causing the opposing side to alter their military tactics and strategize over an offensive or defensive position based on the devastation an accuracy of the new armaments. WWII was no exception as history
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essay will discuss social divisions; social exclusion and social inclusion‚ of which there are many definitions and interpretations. Social divisions and Social exclusion has been around for many years. Social exclusion was first noticed in France in 1970s in relation to people who fell outside the range of the social insurance system‚ such as disabled people‚ lone parents and the young unemployed (Townsend and Kennedy‚ 2004). Before 1997 Social exclusion was referred to as ‘poverty’‚ which means where
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can be a source of inclusion and exclusion Identities of place refer to geographic locations and their meanings in relation to how people live‚ work‚ socialise and establish themselves in them. The way they effect the shaping of individual and collective identities plays an important part of who people think they are and who they become‚ which invariably has an impact on societies and how they function as a whole. In relation to this‚ this essay will look at social inclusions‚ which refer to people’s
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DEW Journal November 2010 technology Shale Gas Shale gas-expanding India’s gas frontier? Samir Verma‚ Senior Manager‚ Schlumberger Business Consulting‚ India‚ Asia Shubha Shanthamurthy‚ Manager‚ Schlumberger Business Consulting‚ Europe‚ CIS & Africa The exploitation of shale gas resources is garnering increasing attention in India‚ which relies on oil imports to fuel its growing economy. In November‚ India signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Geological Survey for technical
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Call of the Wild In the book‚ “Call of the Wild‚” by author; Jack London‚ we will be comparing this wonderful piece of work and its characteristics to the early southwestern United States of American frontier literature. We will make a comparison of “The Call of the Wild‚” to other great books‚ such as “Shane‚” “True Grit‚” and “Tracks.” Jack London tells a beautiful story‚ (London‚ 2005) takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon‚ during the nineteenth century. We find a tough
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