The Imperials

adventure and employment. Historians have extensively explored imperial mobility through the upper middle class, aristocracy, and gentry such as with the Nabobs of India. Although they left fewer sources, the lower classes wrote travel accounts that reveal the spatial and social mobility they achieved as the voyaged around the empire, as it expanded all over the globe. The genre allows for the lower classes to describe their imperial experiences with how their perspectives and place within…

current ratio illustrates Imperial Brands ability to pay their current liabilities. Imperial Brands were not likely to pay their current liabilities in 2012 and 2013, since a current ratio that is below 1 is not a good sign. However, their current ratio increased significantly in 2014 and 2015, since their current liabilities reduced and their current assets increased. Moreover, Imperial Brands’ current ratio is lower than the industry current ratio, which illustrates that Imperial Brands is not…

The imperial crisis was the beginning of the war for independence. It was a conflict between Britain and its 13 colonies. The imperial crisis’ conflict was the colonists living in America were fighting for their right not to be deprived of their property without their consent. In 1763 Britain was finally not at war with any other companies. At this time, they started to see all the debt they have incurred from previous wars. King George III was the new king on the throne. He was young and quite…

In Imperial Encounters, Roxanne Doty analyzes the issue of North-South relations and how their respective identities have been constructed via the discourse that took place during their encounters. She pays particular attention to the dominant (“imperial”) mode of discourse and representation, and how its framing made possible many of the acts that took place in the colonial histories as well as subconscious though regarding identity that is promulgated in today’s speech. However, despite the…

While attending the Fresno Art Museum I came across a specific piece by Hung Liu, titled Huang-Jun: Imperial Warriors drawn in a oil canvas in 2001. This painting depicts a group of possibly Chinese soldiers. The group of soldiers seem to be part of the medical staff during a time of war since they’re all wearing red crosses on their chests and the background of the image seems harsh. Hung Liu is no strange to drawing paintings related to this subject since she is known for drawing about things…

English Imperial System Name: Institutional Affiliation: English Imperial System The mention of the terms imperialism and colonization cannot be used in the current society without inciting some political pasts. Even so, some people such as the Europeans believe that the terms do not have adverse connotations and has resulted to most of them claiming that their imperial reach brought forth economic progress in their colonies. However, some human activists have maintained that the…

By 1750, three main countries emerged as imperial powers in the New World: Spain, England, and France. As with most European countries, in the 15th Century, they had learned about the riches of Asia from the Crusades, in which soldiers journeyed to the Middle East to reclaim Jerusalem. The land road to Asia was generally dangerous and expensive, but the European desire for fine goods caused a race to find another route to that continent. Ships from Spain, England, and France sailed westward in…

Imperial Britain, Ultra-Nationalism, and Propaganda. Ultra-nationalism can be defined as the extrema devotion or advocacy of the interests of a nation, especially regardless of the effect on other nations. Where’s, propaganda is information biased or misleading to promote a particular point of view on a topic. Why do these definitions matter? Because each definition can be found in Churchill’s inspiring Fight on the Beaches speech of June 4th, 1940. Initially, motivation, strength, and not…

Pacific theater in which the United States was able to capitalize on the momentum gained at the battle of Coral Sea and the application of decisive leadership and the use of timely intelligence in order to dispel the aura of invincibility held by the Imperial Japanese Navy. While the discussion of the battle of Midway has been evaluated and dissected many times over— to the level of detail that has spawned many volumes of books—this paper is intended to merely identify the lessons learned and…

Prior to the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Imperial Navy of Japan had eliminated of its enemies from the Pacific Ocean. At the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese won their first victory, but they also suffered from defeat. It did not invade Port Moresby in New Guinea and set up a base from which land-based…