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    of a Slave Ship‚” describes in detail‚ the tragic experiences of Olaudah Equiano as a captive slave. Equiano suffered many sleepless nights; he was flogged and kidnapped multiple times. In the article‚ the author is trying to give the reader the feeling by giving details of the brutally floggings and desperation as many slaves suffocated to death as they were placed in an overcrowded deck. Overall‚ the author tries to give readers their point across of the difficulties in being a captive slave.

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    Chinese Culture - The Culture of Shanghai Shanghai University 30.11.2012   Shanghai – Brief Overview Shanghai is an important commercial harbor and the most important industrial town of the People ’s Republic of China. The administrative area has more than 23 million inhabitants. The status of the town corresponds to that of a province; the town is subordinated directly of the central government. Shanghai is an important traffic interchange and an important cultural center and educational

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    Consequences of the Slave Trade…… Why go back five centuries to start an explanation of Africa’s crisis in the late 1990s? Must every story of Africa’s political and economic under-development begin with the contact with Europe? The reason for looking back is that the root of the crisis facing African societies is their failure to come to terms with the consequences of that contact. Start 15th century- Expanding European empires in the New World lacked one major resource -- a work force. In most

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    The origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade were products of Western Europe’s expansion of power that began at the beginning of the 1500’s through the 1900‘s. The main contributing European countries to the Atlantic Slave Trade were Portugal‚ Spain‚ the Netherlands‚ France‚ and England. Portugal lead the movement during the 1400’s and arrived in Western Africa in hopes to find Christian allies to spread Christianity against the Muslims of Northern Africa. But they soon became more interested in trade

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    Culture and Transmission of Culture Socialization Social interaction does not come naturally. The article Culture begins by stating “A primary reason for the complexity of social interaction is that our species has no instinctive patterns of behavior.” With that being said‚ we realize that we are not programmed to know how to act‚ what to value‚ morals‚ ethics‚ and so on. Clearly‚ our behavior is shaped by the culture we reside in. However‚ we are born into our culture‚ which means we must

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    How does the concept of ‘civic culture’ differ from that of ‘political culture’? To what extent can the latter explain why the politics of countries differ? "When we speak of the political culture‚ we refer to the political system as internalized in cognitions‚ feelings‚ and evaluations of its population." Almond and Verba In their classic 1963 study‚ Civic Culture‚ political culture was defined within very narrow parameters‚ concerning only ‘political’ attitudes. This neglected the existence

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    "Culture is communication and communication is culture." Every culture around the world has a unique language. This language is made up of ideals‚ values‚ beliefs‚ traditions‚ and further attributes that constitute the essence of one’s ways of communication. Understanding how a culture communicates will‚ not only‚ allow people to convey a message to one another the way it was intended‚ but it will also help individuals to find identity in the differences and commonalities of the numerous cultures

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    Ceylin Kocagöz L3A 948 26th September 2012 Reflection #3 Culture Clashes in Multi-Cultures In 21st century the most visible fact about society is that they comprise too many types of culture in it together. This is due to the cultural and physical wars which have existed for million years between big communities and also every single little one included in them. This multi-cultural structures societies are usually the return of the colonialism. Big and strong communities having the little

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    Clash of Cultures Anthony Reyes‚ History/110 August 21‚ 2013 Clash of Cultures Native Americans and Colonist had sophisticated differences with so many factors‚ adding West Africans to the new world would contribute to even more catastrophic events to the three cultural groups during the changeover‚ the a chronologic and historical event leads to what is known today as the “Clash of Cultures.” Native Americans and Colonist at Jamestown Jamestown‚ sits in the fort of Virginia where

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    Cultural Shock * Cultural Context * High-Context Culture * Low-Context Culture * Individualism * Collectivism * Masculine * Feminine Why Study Culture? * Globalization * Rise in intercultural Shock * Avoid Culture ShockCultural Contexts * What is cultural Context? * The relative emphasis different cultures place on nonverbal communication * High-Context culture * Low-Context cultureCulture Values * What are culture values? * Four categories of cultural values:

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