Colonialism
Essays

Traditionally, ethnic and armed conflict in general has arisen due to conceptions of nation states and the nationality that they foster. This is a shared point of commonality in the two essays reviewed in this document by Bowen and Huntington. The authors differ in the reason for those conflicts, as well as in the repercussions they attribute to them.

Most African colonies became independent in the 1950s and 1960s amid hopes that this would be the prelude to an era of democracy and development (Cooper, 2002). By the end of the 1980s, Africa was plagued by…

What is meant by 'development?' This paper attempts to answer this question by examining how the status of least-developed, developing, and developed nations has affected the cultural perception of what constitutes development. It also traces the definition of the term from the early days of colonialism to the contemporary era and suggests changes in how we view development.

This essay examines the imperial practice of extraterritoriality in the cross-media character of James Bond. By tracking how Bond exercises extraterritorial liberty across media and time, one is able to see how the justifications for that liberty change. In particular, one can see how the justifications for Bond's extraterritoriality shift from the lingering assumptions of colonial Britain to the overblown rhetoric of the War on Terror.

The Ideology and the Reality of Food Production and Agriculture

With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy. He took the view that the President as a "steward of the people" should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution." I did not usurp power," he wrote, "but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power."

¶ … Great Depression and the end of World War II marked a major shift in economic ideas that transformed not only the international economic order, but domestic policies within most countries of the world as well.

Nazi social organization exhibits psychological, physical, aesthetic, and infrastructural dimensions. These dimensions were already in place at the time National Socialism and the Nazi party became a political entity,…

This paper analyzes David Henry Hwang's Pulitzer-Prize-winning drama "M. Butterfly" in terms of how it constructs a drama out of cultural preconceptions. The paper uses the argument made by Edward Said in "Orientalism" to understand the cultural differences in "M. Butterfly" as being imagined largely in terms of gender differences. The way in which "M. Butterfly" constructs itself in terms of gender-reversal is shown to be part of the way whereby a Chinese-American author appeals to a largely white American audience.

Time is a foundational factor in every culture. The perception of time is different for most cultures and the determining factor to those differences is often based on the means of production.