Kansas City‚ where collections from Asia‚ Europe‚ Africa‚ and Japan increase our understanding and appreciation for different geographical regions. In England‚ the British Museum is arguably one of the best in the world at displaying this kind of internationalism‚ with numerous pieces from numerous places. One particular piece‚ however‚ is passionately debated over: the Parthenon Marbles. Acquired from Lord Elgin in 1812 (willingly with the Ottoman Empire and unwillingly with the Greeks) and placed on
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The effects of Nineteenth Century transcendentalism continues to live with us today. Transcendentalism was a reaction to the grim conformity of the era’s rapidly modernizing society. To be transcendentalists was to believe that one could only achieve personal fulfillment and greatness through individuality and refusal to join the herd. Henry David Thoreau was in the vanguard of the transcendentalist movement and advocated a radically contrarian approach to work. At the dawn of the Industrial Age
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Islands‚ and when the partition of China by the European powers and Japan seemed imminent‚ the United States felt its commercial interests in China threatened the U.S. The United States declines to give aid to Hungarian Patriots in 1849 is isolationism. My research indicates that the U.S. had no reason to not aid the Hungarians. The simply jus did not wish
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broadcast‚ we will attempt to unveil and explain some of the effects the war had on those groups of people as well as how the war impacted the international community. We will also discuss some of the changes that occurred because of the movement from isolationism to expansionism. So‚ sit back‚ relax‚ and discover what impacts World War I had on our society. World War 1 began in 1914 when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by a Bosnian extremist‚ Gavrilo Princip. Because of
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World War I (1914-1918) or “The Great War” had repercussions across the globe in all domains of everyday life‚ as European nations attempted to rebuild their destroyed cities and the United States adopted a position of isolationism. The interwar years (1919-1938) were a dichotomous period in the United States‚ qualified by both a recuperation from the war and the Great Depression through groundbreaking social and economic reforms‚ and a buildup of tension in several domains. Thus the government implemented
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As a little girl‚ I remember my father‚ whose primarily Northern European and minorly Cherokee heritage marked him as other‚ telling me that the old Swiss men‚ the cultural norm of the small California town where he was raised‚ would not even nod to him until after he had returned from active military duty overseas. That cultural pattern saw its origin in the late 19th century where “ethnic identities proved to be a part of ... (white European foreign immigrants) self-identity and affected the way
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reform agenda after the change of sovereignty”. And the background for the various reform emerging after that was complicated and multifaceted. But the motivation can be summarized into two categories‚ internationalization and nationalization. The internationalism aspect indicates the efforts made by education authorities to face “tremendous challenges posed by globalized economy”(education commission‚ 2000). while the nationalism aspect indicates efforts in including national identity elements in the
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particularly eager to imitate Augustan semblance as a way of blending in with their Roman peers.3 The funerary reliefs of these individuals‚ similar to that of Lucius Vibius’ family‚ mimic the styles found on the emperor’s Ara Pacis.4 Thus‚ “internationalism became nationalism‚” and the diversity of the empire hardened into a concrete‚ “collective Roman identity.”5 Architecture‚ too‚ reflected the transformation of Rome from Republic to Empire. As Diane Favro points out‚ the Republican capital‚
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Module 4 Study Guide 4.01 Isolationism The Big Ideas How did demobilization affect labor in 1919? Labor unrest came to a head in 1919 when workers began to protest in response to the difficulties caused bydemobilization. Workers went on strike How did the government react to the Red Scare? started a special "anti-radical" division of the Bureau of Investigation. Most were arrested without warrant and held without charge‚ in violation of the Constitution. How does what happened to Sacco and Vanzetti
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In Robert Frost poem‚ “Fire and Ice”‚ the reader receives the poet’s opinion on the two different ways civilization could end. Frost compares the destructive forces of fire and ice‚ which are allegorical of the passionate nationalism and rigid isolationism of the day. He uses an imperfect rhyming scheme to emphasize points and links throughout the poem. In nine short lines‚ Frost sums up the socio-economic situation of his time. The rhyme link‚ between “fire” and "desire”‚ speaks to the rampant
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