setting that Romanticism was born. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact start of the Romantic movement‚ as its beginnings can be traced to many events of the time: a surge of interest in folklore in the mid- to late-eighteenth century with the work of the brothers Grimm‚ reactions against neoclassicism and the Augustan poets in England‚ and political events and uprisings that fostered nationalistic pride. Romantic poets cultivated individualism‚ reverence for the natural world‚ idealism‚ physical
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they were portrayed. All Quiet on the Western Front indeed carried many political implications that may or may not have been intended by Remarque. A recurring theme throughout the book is the danger and even hypocrisy often caused by blind nationalism. It was particularly
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Addressing the concepts of nativism‚ nationalism‚ and racism all in relation to immigration in the United States helps people gain a better understanding of the issue at hand‚ and allows more people to form opinions based on the facts and history rather than opinions based on prejudices and long
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5 How can the Haber-Bosch Process be Political? The whole conflict arose by the implementation of this technology. The application of this new technology if thought beyond common sense is much more unclear. It has political‚ economic‚ nutritional and military aspects. Theses aspects merged during the Great War in resulted in the lengthened the war for an additional war and extending the industrial destruction. The technology had an obvious effect on public life‚ the question is if it was in an authoritarian
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By the 1930s Vietnamese nationalists‚ led by Ho Chi Minh‚ had burnt out most options for achieving self-determination peacefully. The revolutionary activism that followed was the only choice Vietnam had to attain their freedom from the occupying colonial France. A few years before World War I all the way through the 1960s‚ Ho Chi Minh tried persistently to gain basic rights and freedoms for his people to no avail. The French had oppressed the Vietnamese during the duration of their occupation and
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Irish Nationalism: The Fight for Self-Government Since the late twentieth century‚ Ireland has been subject to varying types of English rule. There has been much debate on the degree of English rule in Ireland‚ but the call for a united Ireland was very popular among many Irishmen. Nationalistic feelings in Ireland saw a steady growth in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with many different movements looking to achieve Irish self-government. These nationalistic movements can be
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A NATION OF INTERESTS India‚ the land of thousands years of history‚ hundreds of millions of people‚ a myriad of cultures‚ numerous religions and languages is also home to an puzzle of great importance‚ the Indian national identity. The quest for Indian national identity has set its mark in the Indian history for the last one hundred and fifty years. Think-thanks of both Indian and Western origin sought an answer to the question whether India had a unique nation. Often the differences between
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IIndian nationalism Indian nationalism refers to the many underlying forces that molded the Indian independence movement‚ and strongly continue to influence the politics of India‚ as well as being the heart of many contrasting ideologies that have caused ethnic and religious conflict in Indian society. Indian nationalism often imbibes the consciousness of Indians that prior to 1947‚ India embodied the broader Indian subcontinent and influenced a part of Asia‚ known as Greater India. National
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Romantic Innocence Though Romanticism at large is not concerned with lost innocence only‚ but a whole array of human emotions‚ it is certainly an important theme for writers of this literary epoch. Several Romantic poems testify to this‚ as well as other Romantic or pre-Romantic literary texts. In the England of the 18th century‚ scientific progress along with industrialism had effected great changes in society. Europe on the whole was shifting rapidly: economically‚ socially and politically. In
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Historiography is the study of changing historical interpretations‚ shifting emphases‚ and different research methodologies. It is a valuable tool in helping the average student to interpret assumptions made by historians. There are six schools of historical thought‚ divided into two groups: Domestic and Foreign Policy. The first three are in the domestic school: The Progressives‚ The Consensus Historians‚ and The New Left. The foreign policy group consists of The Nationalists‚ The Realists‚ and
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