Frontier

written around the time of ancient Greek poetry and music. Greek folk music can by categorised in two mainly genres: Akrtic and Klephtic. Akrtic being “between the ninth and tenth centuries A.D. and expressed the life and struggles of the Akrites (frontier guards) of the Byzantine Empire.” Klephtic being “born between the end of the Byzantine period and the beginning of the Greek Revolution that led to the Greek Independence in 1821. This style was created by the "kleftes", the heroes who…

As a result of the Industrial Revolution, the U.S. became a true world power for the first time in history. There were four major reasons for the U.S. to develop an empire in the late 1800's, which were the closing of the American frontier, economics, religious and moral reasons, and geopolitics (Schultz, 2013). The idea behind manifest destiny was that the U.S. was destined by God to control all of the lands between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. After the all of that land was conquered, many…

Instead Krakauer depicts a picture of a young man with a strong moral compass seeking a higher truth. Krakauer believed that Chris was different than the other men and women that went into the Alaskan wilderness thinking they could conquer the last frontier, but quickly learn that Alaska is unforgiving. McCandless was a Transcendentalist who went out to seek a higher purpose. Chris read many books…

wholeness, embodied in the abnormal who is the other who bars access to the subject’s wholeness, which demands action. Because of society’s desperate clinging to the delusion of wholeness, integration of the abnormal which is confronted on the external frontier of the norm appears impossible. In order to understand more clearly the way in which the specific case of America’s system of disproportionate mass incarceration is a sign of this false belief in a seamless social identity, we must look…

also had a little brother named Charles, who was birthed November 1, 1875, but died at nine months old. (article 6) As a child, Laura moved around quite a lot and really only settled in some places for a year and moved again. She was born on a farm frontier around Pepin, Wisconsin.…

The article I read was, “What does Occupy Wall Street have to do with internet freedom and media reform? Everything.” By Mera Szendro Bok, it discusses how important it is to call for media reform that has the best interest of people in mind, by providing people with news that cover political movements and issues that are happening within communities. For citizens to get the most out of the media, their internet freedom should not be limited, because this enables citizens to communicate and…

It is here that Cronon’s central thesis comes into play much more prominently, but no less important, than the other chapters In this chapter, Cronon argues that it was in the stockyards that the western frontier met the city, as the place for killing hogs was an ideal meeting location. It was because of the railroad that this relationship began to diminish and many people coming to the city grew to be disconnected from the hinterlands where they were raised…

rigid stance on foreign policy, to that of progressing involvement in world affairs, was due to intrinsic changes in the American economy and development in the mindset of the people. The onset of the Industrial Revolution, a lack of unexplored frontier remaining within the continental U.S., and a newfound trading and diplomatic relationship with China greatly influenced this shift in foreign policy. The United States began its extension of power and influence into the Pacific as it worked to…

This led to poor living conditions and a decrease in pay (Gorn, 393). Then, many people began migrating to the west. The western territory held a promise for a new life. At this time, Native Americans inhabited much of what was referred to as the frontier. The Americans felt that they had the right to this land due to Manifest Destiny and the Native Americans inability to “better” the land. One idea that the colonist held that encouraged their movement to the west was the idea of Manifest…

being “mobile” intellectually, sexually, and geographically. If one were to step outside their official geography, they risk being attacked by some monstrous border portal or even become a monster themselves (Cohen 16). For example, as the American frontier expanded, tales swirled about Indians who…