East End of London

Attack the Block. The BUDGET of the film was £8 million and the FILMING LOCATIONS were in the London District of Brixton as well as consisting of various estates across London such as Heygate Estate in Elephant and Castle, Myatts Field in Brixton, Oval Tube Station in Kennington, Bernerton Estate in Islington and the interior scenes were at Three Mills Studios in the Newham part of the East End of London. PRODUCTION COMPANIES such as Film4, Studio Canal, Big Talk Productions and UK Film…

Women Without Men, Sultana’s Dream, and Brick Lane depict women who free themselves from their restricting home lives and societal pressures in favor of living without men. They are initially controlled by patriarchal traditions and expectations placed upon them. The protagonists in these novels are women who are initially restricted by patriarchal limits and societal expectations. The attempt to break free of those restrictions marks the strength to gain freedom from their respective situations…

The Opium War starts with the conflict between British and China, and ends with an unfair treaty and began the ‘century of Humiliation’. Before the 1800s, China, after its development through many centuries, revealed almost no difference with British and other European countries in many aspects such as agriculture, revenue & consumption, handicraft manufacturing and so on. It becomes diverse after British’s great technical improvements whereas China continued to stay in same situation over time.…

Roger Louis, eds., The Transfer of Power in Africa (New Haven and London, 1982) -Hargreaves, John D., Decolonization in Africa (New York, 1988) -Henderson, I., ‘The Origins of Nationalism in East and Central Africa: The Zambian Case’, Journal of African History, 11, 3 (1970) pp591-603 -Iliffe, John, Africans: The History of a Continent (Cambridge, 2007, second…

Western Democracies Respond to Crisis Western democracies responded to the Great Depression and the spread of radical ideologies by enacting laws, creating programs, and leading revolts. Nevertheless, their actions proved futile because what ended the Great Depression was an even worse crisis: World War II. On October 24, 1929, the American stock market crashed. On this day, known forever as Black Tuesday, the American economy plummeted into debt. Furthermore, international trade collapsed as…

who becomes a double agent to try and undermine the head of the Communist intelligence agency in East Germany. Everything is going smoothly until Leamas discovers himself before a person that will do everything in their power to bring him to the light as a British spy. The story begins with Leamas as the head of the British Intelligence in West Germany, who checks and inspects the spy missions in East Berlin. When his agent, Karl Riemeck, is shot down crossing the border into West Berlin, Leamas…

was a filthy slum full of prostitutes, violent gangs, corruption, and crime. In these “bad old days,” the police were already dealing with many crimes and gang violence. The Metropolitan Police had become more organized to reduce gang activity in London; their detectives were not trained for something like the Ripper. “Until 1842, the police saw themselves primarily as performing the function Parliament had established them for: prevention of crime.” A detective unit did not even exist until…

‘Black Thursday,’ the day the US stock market crashed, resulted in a massive wave of ‘depression’ that swept through the world. As the US market failed, the US looked to other nations to repay their outstanding debts. As a result of the other nations’ inability to pay, the world economy became stagnant (BBC). With the Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s definition of a ‘depression’ as “a period of low general economic activity marked especially by rising levels of unemployment” one begins to…

Bath Salts are also known to the world as Synthetic Cathinones. First recognized in France, originally made for medical use but quickly banned for their vicious side effects. Bath Salts are made by humans from a plant known as Khat. Khat comes from East Africa and Southern Arabia(NIDA). This is a very strong and overwhelming drug that can be deadly. It has the look of sugar or brown sugar and is packaged with the labels saying, “Not for Humans” (NIDA). Just by seeing that on the package, you…

countries economic growth, therefore increasing its power. As companies such as the East India Company, South Sea Company and the Royal African Company became more successful and powerful, Britain’s international relationships were strengthened and provided the ability for a gradual conversion from trading presence to political presence in locations such as the Indian subcontinent, the slave coast and the gold coast. The East India Company was granted a charter in the 1600’s, however in 1670,…