Nationalism This essay is about Nationalism and its key factors. Also how it created the world we live in today.
- Date: February 05, 2004
- Level: High School, 10th grade
- Grade: A+
- Length: 1 pages (328 words)
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- Keywords:
ethnic ancestry, nation state, nationalism, nationality, belief, language culture, ...national language, culture history, ancestors, language english, bonds, religion, united states
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Nationalism is the belief that people should be loyal to their nation rather than their king. The six bonds that create a nation-state are nationality, language, culture, history, religion, and territory. While the United States does not share all of these same features, I still believe it is a nation-state.
Nationality is a belief in a common ethnic ancestry. I believe that the United States does not have a common ancestry. Almost everyone is not a true American and has had ancestors immigrate here from another country. We are not all from the same place.
Although there are many bi-lingual people in the US, almost everyone speaks a common language, English. It is our national language ...
... language and it is standardized just about everywhere.
Culture is another area where the US fits into Nationalism. Almost everyone follows the American styles of clothing. We also all, for the most part, eat all of the same foods and behave in the same ways.
I believe the US also has a common history. Even though almost everyone has an ancestor that immigrated from another country at one time or another, most Americans believe that the history of the United States is their own.
There is not one single religion in the United States. One of the United States' selling points was its freedom of religion. While there are some more popular religions, there
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06 February, 2004 00:52:38
You write: "Almost everyone follows the American styles of clothing. We also all, for the most part, eat all of the same foods and behave in the same ways."
This is true on television. Hint: "The OC" is not the real world. We don't all eat the same foods. What is "American styles of clothing"?
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06 February, 2004 14:42:02
However, you need to give more specific examples and use less stereotypes.
07 February, 2004 18:33:11
This is very true. Stereotypes are not fact.
08 February, 2004 15:14:12
It lacks a certain sense of detail a teacher looks for
15 April, 2005 17:47:01
You were correct about the part that a nation state is created by six bonds. However, I seriously think that your description of Nationalism itself (the first line of the essay) was rather vague. Nationalism is more or less a shared ideology of the peoples of a particular nation...a sense of belonging to a particular nation or the aspiration to form a nation-state where everyone shares at least one (but preferably all) of the six bonds. Your essay was not explained enough. The idea of Nationalism is a very broad topic and believe me, it deserves a lot more than just 329 words.
