The Imperials

On December fifth, 1914, a man stood on the deck of a ship with twenty-seven other men, heading towards Antarctica to make history. Who was this man, and what was he planning on doing? Sir Ernest Shackleton was the leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The goal of this expedition was to make a journey to the center of Antarctica and across the other side of the continent, something that had never been done before in history. Little did they know, the journey would not unfold how Shackleton had planned, and that the twenty-eight man crew would have to use all of the courage they had to overcome their predicament. Shortly after beginning the expedition, the Endurance, Shackleton’s boat, became stuck in an ice flow that carried…

I were awakened to sirens blistering in our ears. There was a note left on the table for us from Lincoln. “When you wake up meet me in Sector 7 -L”. We raced outside to see Marge in a panic. She came over to us with a horrified look on her face. “ There has been an attack from the Imperials. Bombs, guns, and missiles. I’m afraid to tell you that your parents. Your parents. Are dead.” And I’m lying on the gray, tile…

Monarchs and merchants accrued many advantages by following an imperial policy instead of a colonial policy. These advantages can be divided into at least three major categories. The first of these is that, when compared to a colonial policy, an imperial policy required a significantly smaller investment into the trade endeavors, allowing short-term maximization of profits. A second category of advantages is the greater focus on expansion, both of power and of trade routes, as more areas are…

By the end of World War I, the United States had become a world power. It was connected to other countries by politics, trade, and joint interests. As the U.S.was becoming mightier than ever, it had come to believe in the concept of social darwinism which reflected the idea that the world belongs to the strong and fit, and these strong nations dominating the weak ones is a part of natural law. By the 1920s, America had started the journey to become an imperial power and had gained new military…

During the imperialization era, Great Britain was the one nation that decided to assert its dominance over the rest. Britain decided to colonize in countries such as Canada, India, North and South Africa, Australia, etc. Colonizing in these nations not only meant British people moving to foreign lands, but also these British people taking over the lands. Great Britain decided to teach their cultures to those other countries. Though, soon enough, it was the British culture that was considered the…

The Imperial Valley: Permanent Oasis by Cory Phillips Imperial County, California has been a major agricultural, political, and commercial center in Southeastern California for over 100 years. Although the peripheral agricultural activities have been the focus and source of the region’s economy, the area’s role in agribusiness has also facilitated much urban growth. The farms in the Imperial Valley bring about $1,000,000,000 to the state’s economy each year. This rural and…

The book "Wrong" by Richard Grossman is being analyzed. The British Imperial Policy in chapter two and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff in chapter seven, are two economic disasters that will be compared and contrasted. The British Imperial Policy speaks about Britain and their need for money, and why they needed to place high tariffs and make American goods seem unwanted. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff discusses the result of losing colonies, and the American Revolution with trade treaties with other countries,…

on what they wanted, regardless what others want. For example Augustus one of the Emperors, he changed the numbers and amount of soldiers in the legions. The Emperor had the over-ruling power in the Empire as they were leaders of the Republic. The Imperial family has changed throughout history as…

Introduction The rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain led to dramatic change within many nations throughout the nineteenth century through the expansion of British Empire abroad, as well as other forms of encounters between British colonisers or conquerors and its vassal states. There has always, however, been a double aspect to such expansions. This gives clear attention to liberalism 's ability to negotiate difference in a context of empire and to inspire the audiences through the analysis…

The imperial gaze is defined by Kaplan as, “a gaze structure which fails to understand that, as Edward Said phrases it, non-American peoples have integral cultures and lives that work according to their own, albeit different, logic.” Since the development of film, television, and modern media, the imperial gaze is something that has affected the representation of colonised women. These integral cultures that they have, seen as ‘not normal’ through white eyes, are transformed into the exotic…