of Basque Nationalism Course: Current International Issues from a Spanish Perspective May 17‚ 2012 Audrey Somalis Brenda La Beatrix Heynig Abstract: The notion of nationalism plays a critical role in the development on domestic and international politics. There are cases around the globe of how ethnically related politics‚ or ethnopolitcs‚ have infiltrated the international political arena. One such case‚ and the focus of this essay‚ is the case of Basque nationalism in Spain. In
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The Spanish came to the Americas not so much to colonize as to seek gold and glory. A decidedly secondary reason was to Christianize the Indians‚ although this was frequently overlooked‚ and demonstrated more by destroying Indian artifacts as "idolatry" than demonstrating Christian virtue. They had no intention of establishing permanent colonies other than to protect their gold and silver interests. Spain at the time was the poorest country in Europe‚ and gold and silver from its Empire was used
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Name Teacher Global II Date Nationalism Nationalism was the strongest idea of the 1800’s its influence spread throughout Europe and the Americas. It created new countries and ended old ones‚ it upset the balance created by the Congress of Vienna and made people want to govern themselves rather than be ruled over. Nationalism is the belief that people’s greatest loyalty should not be to a king or an empire‚ but to a nation of people who share a common culture and history. An example of a
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Final Assignment: The Spanish Civil War Final Paper Marked the “Little World War” by various historians (Beevor‚ 2001‚ pg 17)‚ the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) stood as the most significant conflict in Europe in the Interwar period. It allowed Fascists Italy and Germany to demonstrate the prowess and precision of their growing militaries. Likewise it stood as a last stand for the left‚ a hope for the anarchists and socialists as growing powers in the right looked to crush the common man in
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What is the importance of patriotism in the lives of Today’s youth? Yahoo answer Patriotism is a love for one’s country and a desire to make her better. It is contrasted with simple nationalism (or jingoism) in that nationalism and jingoism represent a blind loyalty to one’s country even when it wrong (an example would be the people of Nazi Germany). Patriotism‚ on the other hand‚ recognizes when its nation is wrong and fights to correct the wrong even as it supports that nation. Patriotism
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South America In 1541‚ the Spanish came to Chile‚ South America and they brought grapes‚ olives‚ walnuts‚ chestnuts‚ rice‚ wheat‚ citrus‚ fruits‚ sugar‚ garlic‚ and spices. They also brought different kinds of meat and dairy such as: sheep‚ sausages‚ chicken‚ beef‚ rabbits‚ pigs‚ milk‚ and cheeses. Most of Chile’s cuisines are influenced by other countries that their settlers have brought over with them. For example‚ their own ingredients and cooking methods. Unlike the US‚ Chileans have
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Women in Spanish America during the colonization: The perception of inequality was evident in the colonial Spanish America‚ man belief that women were lacked in capacity to reason as soundly as men. A normal day for European women in the new world was generally characterized by male domination‚ for example marriage was arranged by the fathers‚ women never go out except to go church‚ women didn’t have the right to express their opinions about politic or society issues. Subsequent to all these bad
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------------------------------------------------- Filipino nationalism Filipino Nationalism is an upsurge of patriotic sentiments and nationalistic ideals in the Philippines of the 19th century that came consequently as a result of more than two centuries of Spanish rule[1] and as an immediate outcome of the Filipino Propaganda Movement (mostly in Europe) from 1872 to 1892. It served as the backbone of the first nationalist revolution inAsia‚ the Philippine Revolution of 1896.[2] -------------------------------------------------
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Midterm The idea of nationalism is a new and complex phenomenon. It is difficult to gain an exact definition was what and how nationalism came to be‚ however there are popular ideas and theories. Two of the main approaches to understanding nationalism is through Anthony Smiths idea of primordialist and Benedict Anderson’s constructivist approach. The primordialist approach explained by Smith is the idea that nations are natural phenomenon which are that have been around since the beginning of
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Moving on‚ in 1898‚ the Spanish American War came into existence under the leadership of President William McKinley. A few years before McKinley came into office‚ Cuba attempted to overthrow Spanish colonial rule‚ and in return‚ the Spanish rulers started using harsh policies that included concentration camps. The rebels received financial assistance from private U.S. interests and used America as a base of operations from which to attack. McKinley originally tried to avoid an armed conflict with
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