European History

The Refugee Crisis in Europe Throughout world history, many people have tried to leave their homes to go someplace better. This process is called immigration. At this time, Syrians are continuing to leave their homes because they don't support their president's actions. This has made much commotion throughout Europe. This involves letting immigrants into their countries, sickness, and the reason why all of this is happening! Throughout many years, the Syrians will deal with many challenges…

leaving everything they are in the past. Evan Barttlet reminds the reader how kind British people were throughout history when they accepted and received refugees from different parts of the world. Not only during World War Two but also in many other occasions, people from the four parts of Britain welcomed refugees and sheltered them under their arms. Zygmut Bauman refers to history as well but he has a negative point of view on the matter. He claims that humanity has always been moving, this…

During the time period of 1700-1900 there were many changes and continuities in long distance migrations in both Europe as well as in the Americas. The continuity during this time period in long distance migrations was that there was a constant flow of foreign migrator’s that were coming into the United States looking for economic gain. However the change in long distance migrations in both Europe and the Americas was that at first there was a diaspora of Africans coming into the United States…

migrants and refugees in its history.” European leaders and policymakers are now faced with the tough decision of dealing with what many claim to be, “the biggest refugee crisis…

responding to the troubles of Greece and Turkey. Aid was focused for economic and humanitarian relief. However, the Marshall Plan was meant to guarantee the restoration of the economy of all European nations. Marshall’s plan states, “The remedy lies in breaking the vicious circle and restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole.” Specifically, Truman wanted to establish that the United States would support a nation under…

Written history seems to gain more credibility than do oral history. Over time oral history transforms from what it initially starts with. For example, Nazi Germany slaughtered more than just Jews, but there are more accounts of the Jewish atrocities because there are more written records from the Jews. We do not have enough records of the mass murders of the Gypsies because of their oral culture. As time passed their oral history faded. In fact, when people think of the Holocaust it always…

The answer to what seems such a simple question, “ What does it mean to be an American”, is actually quite difficult. Being an American is an abstract idea. Everyone’s experience is different, which creates the diverse nation that we ourselves live in. After researching for and reading on different views of what being an American means, a possible answer has been formed.To be an American one must act as an American. They must pay taxes, vote in elections, and serve their country, whether at home…

neutrality vis-à-vis questions of ownership, and consequently by its Article 345 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), it refrains from subjecting member states to a duty to privatise. Both public and private market participants have been subject to equal legislative requirements, including rules relating to competition. The existence of a system of European state aid control exists to ensure that market competition is not distorted by the granting of subsidies by member…

our being left back as a people and it still acts as the major hindrance of African Americans. In Tariq Nasheeds, Hidden Color, he discusses some of the reasons the contributions of African and aboriginal people have been left out of the pages of history. He also mentions a case where a young black male was told that he was mentally challenged although he was not. This young man, went his whole life being told what he could not do, that he could not perform, and that he did not have the correct…

The founder of orientalism, Edward Said, states, “nations are narratives”, emphasizing that nations produce their beliefs and values through their widespread dialogue. Furthermore, each civilization has its own story, its own past and present, its own distinctions that make it unique. One might argue, that Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations argument is based off of racism, western bias, and white supremacy; moreover, another form of xenophobia and reasoning for quarrelling conflicts. Due…