Category: Colonialism

Fascism vs. Marxism and Liberalism Fascism is a political ideology that emerged in Italy yet spread throughout European countries. The most infamous example of fascism was Nazi Germany and the military agenda correlating with the authoritarian nationalism promoted through the ideology. Fascism opposes other ideologies such as Marxism and liberalism from multiple perspectives. To illustrate…

Table of Contents Introduction Thesis statement Religious Experiences of Women in Colonial Latin America Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Latin America covers “an area of around 19.2 square kilometers” (Socolow 5). The region has twenty sovereign nations covering the Caribbean and South America. Most of “the countries in Latin America are characterized by the use of…

A major part of Algiers’ history’s transformation into the Middle Ages was the Christians’ French occupation in the fifteenth century. Consequently, this led to the influx of Muslim refugees to Algiers. Muslims in Spain made new contributions to the Western region’s Islamic State (Celik & McDermott, 1997). Algiers’ urban arrangement is a symbol of the…

Dutch colonialism in Indonesia is a paradox; it is at once very sophisticated and extraordinarily brutal, just as a modern nation-state must be. As the movie Max Havelaar demonstrates, Dutch colonialism in Indonesia was not brutal because of the Dutch themselves but due to their colonial policies. Kartini’s letters speak of individual stories of suffering…

1931 Colonial Exposition in Paris showed people in cages, often nude or half-naked. The exhibits were people from Senegalese villages and other regions of the African continent, taken to Paris to demonstrate to the public the structure of their life. On the territory of the Colonial Exposition, six villages with different architecture and lifestyles were…

Colonialism was a remarkable and influential process in African countries. It was characterized by the intention of Europe to colonize the region and demonstrate its domination over African traditions and abilities. At the end of the 1800s, several European nations gained control over Africa, using political pressure, military invasions, and other aggressive interventions. The Europeans…

Table of Contents Introduction Analysis Conclusion References Introduction It is worth noting that Jules Ferry was a French public and political leader. He enforced the laws regarding the free and compulsory primary education (Fermer, 2013). During the policy of the government on colonial expansion, Ferry supported such course of action. The purpose of this paper…

The Survival of French Canada and the Historical Revolution of North America The 1759 battle occurred in Quebec because of the British army’s desire to conquer the French territory. James Wolfe, the military’s foremost general, led his troops in attacking farmers in Canada and destroying their farmsteads to create tension. People living in Quebec would…

Spanish and Mexican California Spanish conquest of present-day California was specifically active during the eighteenth century up to 1821. Spanish settlers built fortifications in order to protect themselves from indigenous people and the British. The Spanish traded with First People and gradually occupied their lands (Starr, 54). They brought diseases indigenous people could not resist…

Season of Migration to the North is a postcolonial novel written by Tayeb Salih that was published in 1966. In the novel, Tayeb talks about the civilization in Europe and the colonialism by the British on the African community and the Sudanese culture. The novel talks about Mustafa Saeed, the main character of the story,…