Bosnia: Ethno-Religious Nationalisms in Conflict Conflict Resolution and Secondary PTSD 1. The area has for centuries been comprised of long-suppressed religious and ethnic differences. Yugoslavia had always been made up of rival ethnic and cultural groups. Historically made up of Catholic Croats‚ Orthodox Serbs‚ and Muslim Bosniaks. In addition to cultural and religious differences‚ the area is strategic in accessing the Mediterranean‚ and has always been a flashpoint between the Ottoman Empire
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Mexico‚ Central America‚ and South America and gave birth to the modern independent nations of Latin America.(Latin American history) The early 1800s radically altered the history of Latin America. Spain had progressively colonized parts of South‚ Central and North America since the early 1500s‚ exploiting the region’s natural resources‚ decimating native populations and importing millions of black African slaves. However‚ in the early 1800s‚ independence movements across Latin America largely put an
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The territorial expansion from 1800 to 1850 did not unite the nation‚ but rather tore it apart. The concept of Manifest Destiny had most citizens believe that the territory of the United States should extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Through the expansion of territory the issue of slavery between the North and the South did not unite the nation but rather split it apart. The territorial expansion can be seen as splitting the nation apart when Missouri was added to the nation from 1819-1821
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baseball during the modern era. Before he signed to the Dodgers‚ baseball in the black community was considered just a pastime and not a career. Integration into professional baseball was unfathomable. Looking through all of the years of baseball in America that led up to Robinson’s debut of 1947 in Brooklyn. The Baseball world before 1890‚ it would be a bit of an exaggeration to say that major league baseball in the North was even the least bit integrated between
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addresses the subconscious effects of soccer and nationalism on fans of the 1988 World Cup game between West-Germany and the Netherlands as well as how they use imagination to relive history through games and how they have all intertwined to prove soccer is a parallel to life. What we can gather from Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities is that nations are merely made up borders to encapsle the ideas and actions of one people. The idea of nationalism feeds off a person’s pride to make them succumb
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eventually prove to be bad for the world as it solely wanted to expand American power for land and market. First of all‚ American foreign policies in the late 1800s were dominated by the same characteristic as all other European powers‚ imperialism. Although the traditional isolationist policy from President Washington remained‚ America became more involved in Asian as well as world affairs. The reasoning behind the interests was‚ however‚ malicious. For example‚ Social Darwinism was a popular theory
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were finding ways to make money. The country was expanding and in some cities population was booming. Over the next decade more and more Americans would move west; however‚ the country would heed problems with money‚ politics and the natives. Nationalism was at a high point‚ but how high would it go before it crumbled again. The cities were becoming overcrowded and people wanted to move west. The westward expansion was caused by the overpopulation. Americans wanted to own their own land‚ make
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focus in social science on genocidal nationalism (Shaw‚ 2003). The new interest in social science with memory‚ truth and suffering (on the latter see Wilkinson‚ 2004) can be attributed to the negative impact that several cases of genocidal nationalism have had on our notion of late modernity as enlightened and progressive (Bauman‚ 1989). The discovery of memory in social science is really the return of genocide to contemporary experience. Theories of nationalism have always been sensitive to the link
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events like the Olympic games to instil nationalism into citizens and encourage a sense of connection. Rider and Llewellyn (2015) determined that the Olympic games are a vehicle for nations and governments to showcase their nation to the world‚ inoculate nationalised feelings and reaffirm national identities. They examined how nationalism has turned the Olympics into one of modern societies most compelling global spectacles whilst exploring how nationalism has intensified in response to globalising
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1800’s Transportation In order to create regional‚ national and international markets‚ strong commerce‚ trade and transportation are necessary. During the 1800’s‚ social change became more prominent in different areas of the country such as the South and Midwest. As economic prosperity grew‚ the need for new and more efficient means of transportation grew as well. Through the development of new transportation technologies such as canals and railroads‚ America saw a large increase in the monetary
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