The Imperials

Lost Names by Richard Kim Richard Kim’s short story “Lost Names”, is a historical fiction piece taking place in 1940, in the midst of Japan’s imperial occupation of Korea during World War II. The story follows a young boy’s daily routine, until he is interrupted to undergo an infamous ritual imposed upon colonized Koreans by the Japanese—the replacement of their native names with Japanese names. The boy is trying to understand the bleakness of his surroundings and avoid the pain of being…

Review on the article “A Feverish Desire: the Biological Instability of the Holy Roman Empire”, by Benjamin Reilly. Based on the article I read, “A Feverish Desire: the Biological Instability of the Holy Roman Empire”, I found and learned interesting things. In this essay, I will discuss what I have learned through reading the article and discuss the interesting things that I found in it. I have found some interesting things in the research. One of the interesting things that I have found…

completely. The spread of one organism like the Japanese Cherry blossom is not likely to impact ecology enough to transform the lifestyle of a region, and who lives in it. Crosby might also argue that no change in the US’ ecology can ever again be imperial because, as Fairchild pointed out “the world is toward greater intercourse, more frequent exchange of commodities….a greater mixture of the plants” (Pauly, pg 69). The colonial transfer of plants and animals inaugurated the start of a global…

Western powers held approximately 35 percent of the earth’s surface which had risen to 67 percent by 1878 and a staggering 85 percent by 1914 illustrates how the world, like never before, was united into a single interacting whole by the Western imperial powers (Said 6). The use of the term ‘interacting whole’ to describe the world in the nineteenth century signifies that even in Europe itself there was scarcely a corner of life which was untouched by the facts of empire. Until recently,…

The fall of Singapore had 3 impacts on the state of Australia’s immediate security: Firstly, the fall of Singapore created a lack of immediate military security in Australia, leaving it mostly defenseless from the Japanese Imperial Army that conquered Malaya and Singapore, as Australia was still reliant on Great Britain for defenses. Secondly, the Fall of Singapore facilitated the movement from reliance on Britain to reliance on America. Finally, the Fall of Singapore created a climate of fear…

that French-Canadians identified with the Boers, whom also shared their narrative of minority status in the Empire. French-Canadian empathy for the Boers stemmed from the fact that both Boers and French-Canadians were the linguistic and religious imperial minorities in their respective colonies. The Catholic Church put strain on Anglo-Franco relations because the institution disallowed the assimilation of French in Anglo-Saxon culture, which centered on material successes. British Canadians’…

‘Buddha Ma-hia-wu’” which translates to “The Holy Prophet Muhammad.” It 's important to acknowledge the Chinese language and its use when interpreting key foundations in Islam because it goes to show that the thriving thousand year old culture that was Imperial China, held in high regards the established philosophies that was Islam and its patriarch, the Prophet Muhammad…

My topic is about cheap labor. Our life are formed by countless trade. Fore example,there is a farmer,he need to plant wheat and other vegetables,then he can use these good to trade with others, because he only can product this type good. The force to plant wheat called labor. In my opinion labor is one person’s paying to trade with others. Of course there are different in labor,somebody’s labor is very expensive,someone is very cheap. To day I want to talk about cheap labor. Cheap labor under…

The Roman Empire was the largest and most powerful political state in the western civilization. However, Rome has not always been an Empire. It developed from only a small town and expanded after time to one of the most influential Empire around the Mediterranean sea. Inspired by the drive to expand and by the nature of absorbing other cultures into their own, they created an innovative spirit, which transformed the rural Europe into urban areas. These achievements could not have been achieved…

Mattingly, in ‘Imperium to Imperialism’, undertakes the task of evaluating the Roman Empire in a modern perspective, with focus on the Roman brutality in undertaking its conquests and then its role as occupier, drawing parallels with 19th century empires such as the French or the British Empires, and the American ‘aircraft carrier empire’ of the late 20th-21st century. He does this by illustrating that the contemporary empires looked to Rome for inspiration, which they did, as evidenced by the…