Essays Tagged: "Colonization"

The History of Greek Theater

elfish behaviors and little thought of service to others. As the Greeks grew toward city-states and colonization, it became the destiny and ambition of the hero to gain honor by serving his city. The ...

(10 pages) 311 1 4.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

The effects on the Native peoples from the introduction of the commertial fur trade into Canada

ative peoples managed to maintain, for the most part, the same culture as they had enjoyed prior to colonization. However, this harmonious situation was doomed to disintegrate following the beginning ...

(3 pages) 88 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

The Forced Assimilation of Native Americans

Assimilation of Native AmericansOne of the more horrible and lesser known aspects of the Europeans colonization of the United States is the destruction of numerous Native American societies and cultu ...

(4 pages) 322 0 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Historian Frederick Jackson Frontier Thesis

of the frontier. Up to our own day, American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and ...

(3 pages) 149 1 3.6 Mar/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Life Outside Our Biosphere

e problems associated with overcrowding.In our solar system, a few planetic possibilities exist for colonization. Mars, one of our closest neighbors, was previously a prime choice until it was explore ... ountries. We will always be dependent on the Earth, and some primitive cultures may never leave it. Colonization of outer space, however, is a good solution to the world's energy, overpopulation, and ...

(4 pages) 64 1 4.8 Jun/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

The Opressed. Speaks of Dr. Howard Zinn's " A People's History of the United States"

1492 until the early 1760's, A People's History tells thestory of the "discovery" of America, early colonization by Europeanpowers, the governing of these colonies, and the rising discontent ofthe col ...

(8 pages) 176 2 2.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Young Offenders Act In Canada. Speaks of why it should be changed, and the the reasons and actions taken

ange needed in thearea of delinquency within the First Nations culture is to overcome theeffects of colonization and this must begin with the youth. It is with theyouth that the future of the culture ... ust be alternative treatment programs made available thatdeal with the problems associated with the colonization process thatgenerations of First Nations people have been subjected to. Theprocess of d ...

(6 pages) 100 0 4.4 Feb/1995

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Anthropoligical view of John Davis - Explorer

explorer which simply had one task. Every captain had other motives in mind which could be plunder, colonization, or even to explore and give an anthropological look at what really happened. These exp ...

(3 pages) 54 0 3.7 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Aboriginal deaths in custody - history of colonization in Australia, Australian society, statistics, western society. Includes extensive bibliography - A- mark

iginal deaths in custody against the rates of the rest of the Australian population. The history of colonization in Australia provides vital information about how society acts and how the indigenous g ... Royal Commission and ATSIC are currently developing strategies in order to resolve these issues.The colonization of Australia in 1788, brought about many images and racial discrepancies of aboriginal ...

(10 pages) 291 0 3.7 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

The Ever Changing English Language. How has the American English dialect changed over the years? What are the three main areas of change?

g English LanguageOver the years, the English language has changed in many ways. Through travel and colonization, the language spread like wildfire. From country to country, the dialect changed and fo ...

(2 pages) 152 0 4.2 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

The results of the introduction of the commertial fur trade into Canada

ative peoples managed to maintain, for the most part, the same culture as they had enjoyed prior to colonization. However, this harmonious situation was doomed to disintegrate following the beginning ...

(3 pages) 39 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

The results of the introduction of the commertial fur trade into Canada

ative peoples managed to maintain, for the most part, the same culture as they had enjoyed prior to colonization. However, this harmonious situation was doomed to disintegrate following the beginning ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

Colonization of Mongo basin :Effects

hanges which took place with the arrival of Europeans, first one mustlearn about the Mongo prior to colonization. The Mongo lived in the segmentary lineage model.They were arranged in small-scale vill ... t economic crisis of the 1930's saw the collapse of all commodityprices. Belgium had to change it's colonization structure to increase profits once again. The resultwas a plan called Total Civilizatio ...

(8 pages) 85 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Norce Farmers in Greenland

Evidencefor the Fate of Norse Farmers in Medieval Greenland." Antiquity 70.267 (1996): 88-96.Norse colonization of Greenland, which began in c. AD 985, disappeared within five hundred years. The auth ... s during the second part of this millennium, they did not happen within the time frame of the Norse colonization of Greenland.The article provides some insight as to the background and history of the ...

(6 pages) 95 0 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

This essay describes American slavery.

American slavery was an acquisition, one of necessity to ensure the profitability of the colonies. Colonization was a huge expenditure for the respective nations participating in the grab for land in ...

(4 pages) 161 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

"Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe associates some blame on the Africans for allowing Christianity to take hold in tribal Africa.

to rebut a common stereotype that Africa had no culture before the advent of colonialism. Although colonization definitely plays a serious role in the story, much of the book is devoted to culture. A ... ge a heavily charged theme. Without a detailed picture creating passion in the reader about the pre-colonization Africa, the tragedy of Africa's cultural extinction would not be as acute."The argument ...

(7 pages) 237 1 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Colonization: The Bringing of Light Into the Darkness

metimes creating surprising and meaningful reversals. Through light and dark imagery the horrors of colonization are brought forth, while the theme of civilization versus savagery is emphasized.The op ... 8) referring to the taming of the savages in Africa. The narrator bears certain optimism; he thinks colonization is the key to make the world more cultivated. The narrator, along with the other men on ...

(6 pages) 97 0 4.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Causes and Consequences of the French and Indian War.

hostility of the two large Empires. Although peace was kept surprisingly well, at the beginning of colonization in the New World, the Ohio River brought upon a new battle. Not only the French and Eng ...

(3 pages) 115 0 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The essay covers Columbus and Vespucci and cultural influences on the discovery of the new world.

stood in stark contrast to the classics, were rare. It is from this world that the exploration and colonization of the Americas was begun. The voyages of Columbus and Vespucci reflect some of the dyn ... olumbus and Vespucci were responsible for opening up the Americas to later European exploration and colonization. Neither man would have been remembered without the travels of the other. Those travels ...

(3 pages) 69 0 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Comparison of Jared Diamonds Guns Germs and Steal and The Rise of Christianity by Rodney Stark

mond is more concerned with the epidemics that gave an advantage to Europeans during the process of colonization, which allowed Europeans to become dominant over the societies found in the new world.C ... hin the Roman Empire.Diamond in comparison stresses the importance of epidemic diseases through the colonization and conquering of the new world. The epidemics that the Europeans thrusted upon the loc ...

(3 pages) 53 0 3.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays