Irish nationalism

time period many of the Southeast Asian countries were still under the colonial rule of mainly France and Great Britain. The idea of anti-colonization began to take a foothold within the world around this time in conjunction with the spread of nationalism amongst the colonies, but was put on hold during the Second World War. This was due to the Japanese assaults on colonized portions of Southeast Asia, in which it took allied holdings (Christle 14). After the war, the colonial powers found…

From about 1890 to 1918, the United States embarked on a quest to increase the worldwide prestige of the United States. The United States expanded its territories, adding Cuba, the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico with the victory over Spain in the War of 1898. Imperialists who supported this expansion often used an unique brand of Social Darwinism, referred to as American Exceptionalism, to justify these acquisitions. This heightened American patriotism and American perceptions regarding race…

Thus, the Fist of Fury is a great example of the nationalism depicted in films and also the anti-Japanese sentiments. It is very common to know that in the past and even today, there is still this negative and superior feeling toward the Japanese. There are various reasons why there are these negative sentiments towards the Japanese (and vice versa) but some can be that it may lie in the struggle for power and influence in Asia between China and Japan. Another reason may be because there are…

When thinking about the 1950 's in America, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Is it black and white episodes of “I Love Lucy,” old-fashioned clothes, and simpler times? There is actually much more to the 1950 's than people may generally think about. Americans were striving for social and cultural growth, as well as soaking in the enjoyments of finally being able to relax after the stress of WWII. There was also an enthusiastic period of financial stability during the mid 1950 's…

The difference between nationalism and patriotism is that being a nationalist being proud of and defending one’s country in everything it does or has done, no matter what outcome is or may be-negative or positive, believing that their culture is better than other countries whereas…

 Thirty Years War: Ignited by the conflicting of politics, authority, and religion, the Thirty Years War was a major event in the course of world history. It all began in the Holy Roman Empire when Ferdinand the II began to restrict the religious freedom of his people. The protestants began to rebel against these limitations, resulting in a war that spanned several countries. Countries such as Germany, Sweden, Austria, France, and Spain, all joined this cause of fighting for religious matters.…

emulate Europe and told people that Latin America was, in fact, unique. Nationalist were also against the ideas of Europe and the US that Latin America should be whitened in order for Latin America to progress. They believed in a different form of nationalism, which Chasteen describes as, “Latin America nationalist, on the other hand, emphasizes mixed-race, mestizo identities”(Chasteen 219). Racist ideas of what race was were no longer in the minds of the people. Nationalist were more…

Nationalist Action (LNA) and the Ba’ath Party in the nationalist movements of the 1930s and 1940s. The rise of socialism in Syria was primarily organized by young men that sought a modern nationalist platform through the LNA in the 1930s. The fervent nationalism against the French mandate provided a conceptualization of Syria as a socialist nation through the impact of European ideology of socialist and communist movements. The Ba’ath Party of the 1940s established the roots of Syrian socialism…

says, “A man’s country… is a principle,” that can be seen in source two as “Quebeckers see their province as distinct and having little in common with the rest of the country.” When nationalism is described on such a big stage like this, there are a variety of answers to be said when the question of ‘what is nationalism to you?’ is…

globalisation affect nationalism? 1. Introduction Broadly speaking, there are two schools of thought about the relationship between globalisation and nationalism. One school holds that globalisation points towards a “post-national, post-ethnic or post-racial future” – a new era of cosmopolitanism in which the atavistic nationalist passions of the 19th and 20th centuries come to seem positively quaint (Brubaker, 2009, p. 24). According to this reading, globalisation and nationalism are rival…