INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH HISTORY Instructor: Nguyen Duy Mong Ha‚ M.A. & M.Sc. USSH-VNU-HCMC Email: ndmongha@yahoo.de‚ ndmongha@gmail.com Mobile phone: 0919694811 Office hours: Monday afternoon‚ Block C‚ DTH Campus Content • Review of physical setting of British Civilization • The historical setting of British Civilization - Earliest times - The early middle ages - The middle middle ages - The late middle ages - The modern times 5 things you know & want to know about British history KNOW • • •
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Creolization within the Caribbean can be said to have emerged from or catalyzed through colonization‚ the slave trade and migration‚ all of which caused individuals from a variety of ethnic‚ cultural and geographical backgrounds to integrate within one society. This by extension caused the formation of a new culture within the Caribbean to facilitate the coming together of these people. It must be noted however‚ that the concept of creolization is not limited to the Caribbean only and is a process
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Caribbean Human Capital Development Caribbean political leaders such as Sir Grantley Adams (Barbados)‚ Sir Norman Manley (Jamaica) and Dr. Eric Williams (Trinidad) believed in the principle of enhancing Human Capital. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of the Human Capital Theory in its application to Caribbean societies. As the world industrializes‚ the desire to optimize efficiency and maximize profits is paramount to societal development. Many have written on this‚ proposing numerous
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communities and the environment. BP’s systems of governance‚ management and operation are designed to help us conduct our business while respecting safety‚ environmental‚ social and financial considerations. Across all BP international operations‚ established practices support the management of potential environmental and social impacts from projects and operations. These practices cover projects from pre-appraisal stage through to operations; and reinforce BP’s values‚ responsibilities and
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Most Caribbean nation’s interpretation of Yemoja is “Mami Wata”. She appears as a curly to kinky haired woman‚ with long black hair combed straight back. Yemoja is visualized as a mermaid or humanistic water being. She is often unclothed from the waist up. “Mami Wata” regularly carries luxurious trinkets such as mirrors‚ combs‚ and watches. Though she is a beautiful mermaid complete with tail‚ she is also said to walk the streets of modern African cities. The colours differ from Yemoja; the colours
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1. THE BRITISH MONARCHY IS AN OUTDATED GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD A monarchy is political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch‚ an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his position through heredity. Succession usually passes from father to son or follows other arrangements within the family or the monarchical dynasty
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Social Economics In the story of The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays themes such as: betrayal‚ time‚ greed‚ the American dream‚ and power. Among the possible themes‚ one of the more important is social-economic class. Fitzgerald places his characters into distinctive classes and shows how each group has its own character and its own troubles to deal with. The two classes Fitzgerald uses in his novel are socioeconomic‚ the rich and the middle class. Fitzgerald does an explicit
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Alisa Perry Mrs. Dwell English 9‚ Per 1 January 15‚ 2013 The Human Condition The human condition is based on attitudes‚ but not reactions. The human condition regrets the actions our emotions cause us to do. The human condition is an expedition where it encounters good and bad. The good of helping others or our surroundings in general. The bad of turning our mixed emotions into something more hurtful where we want the people whom have hurt us to experience the pain
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Rita Hung Mr. Fitzpatrick World History 1/30/2013 British Imperialism was a large factor in the development of India economically‚ politically‚ and socially. Imperialism is the relationship between countries that out of the purpose of seeking more authority by conquering other countries or by establishing economic and political dominance over other countries. The “dominating” nation benefits from the relationship in an economic way; this often leads to the collapse or damage of the “lesser dominant”
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buds swayed gently in the warm ocean breeze. Although I couldn’t see very far past the dense wall of palm trees and bushes behind the cottage‚ I could make out the soft‚ crystal blue waves of the Caribbean in the distance. It was 2011‚ and my family and I were in Dominica‚ a small island in the Caribbean. My mom stood in front of me‚ an ecstatic smile
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