European American

of share values, expectations, and structures that composed European international society. Watson examines the expansion of the international society in four steps. Part I chronicles the initial expansion of European society beginning around…

The European Union and North American Free Trade Agreement The European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are two regional trade agreements that promote the trade of goods, people, and services across borders. Both of these regional trade agreements help their member regions reduce or eliminate trade restrictions, quotas, and tariffs. By implementing regional trade agreements, the member regions can improve their economy and promote trade growth throughout the…

The results for the Implicit Association Test (IAT) Race Test was not as surprising to me as the results for the IAT Gender Test. According to the IAT Gender Test, I had a slight association of males with the word “career” and females with the word “family” compared to males with the word “family” and females with the word “career.” I had thought I would score higher on the association of females with family and males with a career. Although there was this difference, these results show that my…

Old and new Imperialism is the extension of power and influence of European nations over other foreign countries by military force. Even though between 1500 and 1800, the Europeans only had influences on the Americas, by the 1800s, the Europeans were strengthened not only in their military, but also in their economy due to them being imperialists in Africa and Asia. There were five motivations that led to imperialism, exploratory, political, ideological, religious, and economic. Even though…

For years, it has been known that the obesity and diabetes rate in American citizens have been rising. However, how does this compare to nearby European nations? Americans are obsessed with the idea of health, yet the United States is one of the unhealthiest countries in the world. Europeans, on the other hand, do not stress over health nearly as much as Americans and continue to eat well and appetizing foods while remaining considerably healthier than the United States. According to the London…

Industry Profile: Europe published in 2012 : « The European fast food market has experienced moderate, consistent growth in recent years. This moderate growth is predicted to continue to the end of the forecast period.” This statement obviously implies that European countries have somehow taken more and more examples on the American ways of living, where fast foods and eating habits would be included in these examples. Over the years, different American brands of fast foods have appeared across…

the humanitarian implications are a detrimental factor. Even with the opportunities in the United States, after “20 years they (are) much more likely to live in poverty, lack health insurance, and access the welfare system than are native-born Americans.” Although the standard of living for arriving immigrants maybe be better than their home countries, this does not mean that they on an entirely equal spectrum with citizens of the country. Technology needed for globalization has allowed…

do. Escaping religious, racial, or political persecution or seeking relief from a lack of economic opportunity or famine still pushed many immigrants out of their homelands. Immigrants from almost all over Europe occupied many jobs that no white American wants to do. The vast majority of immigrants left families in Europe and crowded into the growing cities, searching for their chance to make a better life for their family and themselves in America. However, the benefits of earning money in…

authors' biography: I chose to write a critical account on an edited book entitled Fear, Anxiety, and National Identity: Immigration and Belonging in North American and western Europe edited by Nancy Foner and Patrick Simon. As the title indicates, the book is about the relationship that immigrants have with National Identity in western European countries and North America. When I read the title, the thought that came to my mind was that the issues raised and analysed by the authors in the book…

England, the next cluster of immigrants came from Eastern European countries and now most immigrants come from Latin America and Asia. Current immigrants aren’t as familiar with English as the earlier immigrants were which makes the evaluation of progress much different (Suarez 5). Crevecoeur and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco touch on the American identity and who fits that While Crevecoeur defines Americans as men who are European or descendants of Europeans who have this unique mixture of blood which…