Ethnic Germans

J.M is a 65 year-old, White American, German descent, upper-middle class male. He is married and father of three (three boys and a daughter; ages 30 33 and 35). He got married three times, and he has been married with his last wife for five years. He was born and raised in Wisconsin, and never lived in another place. He enrolled a couple of universities and departments, but he finally decided to go to the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He still works in a company as a high-level…

people for the purpose of achieving some type of goal. This goal could include vilifying an enemy during wartime so that young men are encouraged to enlist in the military or demonizing a group of people to turn the population against them so that ethnic cleansing is easier to carry out. Both of these goals were pursued during the American Revolution and in Nazi Germany respectfully, and during the time before the actual violence broke out. Propaganda can play a significant role in the theory of…

Napoleon’s intention to occupy German led to the establishment of a movement called German Nationalism that resisted his attempts to invade and conquer Germany. Germans wanted to be independent and thus keep invaders away. Nationalism provoked German under the leadership of Otto von Bismarck to establish the German Unification ideology that provoked the Austro-Prussian War that ensured a win against Austria in 1866 (Smith 59). In addition, the ideology strengthened Germans’ resolve that ignited…

The Holocaust and Bosnian Genocides: a comparison Genocide: from the Greek word “Genos” meaning race, and English “-cide” denoting the act of killing. The systematic mass destruction of a race, of a culture, of a religion, of ideas and ideologies, of precious human life; and they have been going on for a long time. Though most people typically don’t ever hear about it until we talk about the Holocaust, it was not the first one, nor the last. Even after one of the most prolific mass killings of…

Dive bars are broadly defined as a shabby and disreputable establishment—essentially the lowest of quality drinking establishments. Though there are numerous guides to Boston’s “best dive bars,” this complicates the definition of what exactly constitutes what makes a bar a “dive”. If a dive bar is always shabby and seedy, is it possible to be “the best” in being the worst? If so, would the award for the best dive bar actually go to the worst? Many of these common standards that define a dive…

Complementary Field Exam RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN: APPROACHES, INTERPRETATIONS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Race and ethnicity are both important aspects of identity in the modern world. Given their centrality in today’s identity politics, the study of race and ethnicity has naturally found its way into the pages of studies on the ancient Mediterranean. The Greeks and Romans are thought to have been the progenitors of ideas and philosophies which the modern “Western” world…

lost was that many people of the colonies learned European languages, such as French, English, Portuguese, and German, and were forced to practice Christianity. This made for easier communication between colonies and their mother countries, and rallied some of them around a common cause, but native languages and religions were not used, and therefore forgotten. Colonies lost their ethnic identity and uniqueness. After all, variety is the spice of life, so the loss of these rich cultures was…

A Comparison of Death in Milwaukee during the year 1907 and the Environmental and Cultural Changes For this project 247 deaths certificates from the city of Milwaukee reviewed. The birth and death date, age, ethnicity, gender, primary cause of death and secondary cause of death, occupation, duration of illness, and marital statues of each individual was recorded and analyzed. Every individual in the data set died in the months of October or November in the year 1907. The average age of death…

The US has been a blend of races, cultures, and ethnic groups evolving from successive waves of immigration since the very beginning. As far as immigrants coming to the US, Germans were the first in question as to their ability to become ‘real’ Americans. Next, questions were raised about the Chinese, Irish, Eastern European’s and most recently Hispanic-American…

and their economy went down. The news of defeat was unexpected in Russia. There was social unrest, a hatred shown to the military and economic disruption. The revolution of 1905, which included protests from liberals, socialists, workers, peasants, ethnic minorities and even some soldiers and sailors, forced the Tsar of Russia to grant Russia’s first parliament. The Tsar reluctantly granted an elected legislative assembly during the 1905 Russian Revolution. The first two Duma’s were overthrown…