European History

Despite the novel’s richly explored Parisian setting and European characters, Giovanni’s Room is, punctuated with deeply American attitudes and issues. By choosing an American for the protagonist and narrator, David, James Baldwin crafts a novel that is as much about the difficult relationship between Europe and the USA as it is about the difficult relationship between David and Giovanni. Through analysis of the biased, first-person narration of the novel, as well as the dynamics between…

Social history is the thorough analysis of the past and usually has to do with sociology, ethnology or fiscal matters that are mainly based on experiences typically focused on major issues, making it a topic of public interest. There are many ideas that concern social history and it may be difficult to recognize them. Social history is an exceedingly broad term as there are so many situations and examples that can fall into the group. It is popularly considered as an insight on cultural history,…

In March of this past year, Turkey has made a pact with the European Union on how to handle the Syrian refugee crisis. In the recent agreement made with the EU, all recent refugees that have arrived in an EU state will be deported back to Turkey and must start the process to enter the EU from there. For every refugee that is sent back to Turkey, one will be allowed into the EU (European Commission, 2016). This process was made in order to ensure a safer route for refugees…

The book American Slavery by Peter Kolchin provides a detailed history of slavery from its establishment in the 13 colonies to its abolishment in the United States. He analyzes its practices and its effects on the culture of those affected by it, black and white. The topics discussed in the book provide a good amount of insight to the political views throughout the eras discussed. He focuses on three main eras: the colonial era, the revolutionary era, and the post-war era. The practices and…

History 30: Is it Actually Important I think this class benefits students in a ton of ways. We are the society’s future and I think it’s important to know Canada’s successes and failures so we know what to do and what not to do. My generation and generations to follow need to know the past of Canada so the future can be even better. I think it’s important to know what to do and what not to do when it comes to approaching people who are different then us. We need the knowledge of the Beothuk so…

countries, such as Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy. The fear exited that these weak countries will also not receive the required financial support and default too. Which made the situation in Greece extreme in comparison to other economically weak European countries is that only Greece had both high fiscal deficit and high debt (324 Name?). Foreign investors came to a consensus that Greece will not be able to sustain its financial responsibilities because the debt was so significant it would…

fact writing, anecdotes, and personal analyzations of the countries of Poland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. The purpose of the book is to be a messenger to its readers. This book is to make the reader understand Central Europe’s dark history and its struggle to be able to identify itself. Though this book was refreshing after the content dense texts that were previously read, it was quite clear that this book had numerous downfalls. The first, and most apparent defect of this…

and racist, but also extremely misleading. Delusive descriptions like this can create confirmation bias, which is the tendency to search, interpret, prefer, and recall information that confirms preexisting beliefs or biases. This could prevent the European native citizens from accurately perceiving the facts or statistics regarding the refugee crisis. How people are described or labelled in the mass media matters greatly because it can have serious consequences in terms of how people react and…

Director, European Union Center of Excellence University of Miami. • Panel Discussion chaired by Dr. Markus Thiel, Politics & International Relations (FIU) Dr. Hintzen went first with his topic, “The EU, CARIFORUM, AND CELAC: the new multilateral alliance”. He introduced is topic…

crisis, the entire nation was prompted to take action and increasing Greek finances. However, by 2010, Greece was banned from financial markets causing yet another possible financial crisis. Fortunately, the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and the European Commission gave Greece a bailout. This means that Greece, as a failing economy, received financial assistance in hopes of Greece getting their economy back up. In a way, this was a very bad thing. The debt was now…