Comm 111G Study Guide Authors‚ Concepts‚ Key terms Raymond Williams Keywords Culture and Popular Culture- William discusses how culture is a very hard word to define and has a range of meanings. Primary meaning in the 15th century was husbandry‚ the tending of natural growth Culture- well-liked‚ well-favored‚ constantly changing Culture- a particular way of life of the people‚ period‚ group Three dimensions of culture Material Symbolic Political Popular- was originally a legal term
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offenses alone. The "war on drugs" started over 100 years ago in San Francisco‚ California when the first law against drugs was enacted to stop the "smoking of opium." In all actuality‚ this law was against the Chinese people living in the U.S.‚ because they were known for smoking of the opium as a custom. The government feared that opium induced Chinese men would try to lure white women to them. The next drug that was considered illegal was cocaine. The law enacted against cocaine was against
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This image‚ was made by a man named Phil May. This cartoon was in ‘The Bulletin Magazine’ on the 21st of August. 1886 with the title ‘The Mongolian Octopus’. On one of the tentacles it says customs robbery and shows a customs office. Another one says opium and shows someone smoking the drug. Others say things like cheap labour and bribery even immortality. All of these suggest that the Asians have brought over these terrible things. It suggests that they rob Australians and that if they get rid of the
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the functionalist view that religion benefits both society as a whole and its individual members. Functionalists believe that society is similar to a living organism and that all social institutions perform specific functions in order to help society function effectively. They believe that religion contributes to value consensus and social integration. For example Durkheim sees religion as a method for integrating individuals into a community by
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monopoly on salt‚ alcohol‚ and opium. Doumer concentrated on building railways and lighthouses while denying the people development and education. Before French rule 80 per cent of Vietnamese were literate in Chinese but by the end of 1940 only 20 per cent of boys were at school and a much smaller per cent of girls.
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Consciousness: Sleep‚ Dreams‚ Hypnosis‚ and Drugs Roberto Diaz was very anxious. He was nearing the end of his freshman semester when he suddenly remembered that he had signed up for another class and had never attended it. He couldn’t even remember the name of the course‚ but exams were coming on fast and he was absolutely sure that he was going to fail that “mystery” class. To make things worse‚ he’d been searching for this “lost course” for five nights in a row. Each time he woke up…fearful
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control and many are dying daily. Heroin is a substance that is synthesized from morphine‚ and extracted from the poppy seed plant. The opium poppy has been refined for more than five thousand years for a variety of medicinal uses. When heroin was first created it was used as a cough syrup and pain killer. At first people believe it would help with morphine and opium addiction but then doctors realized people were becoming addicted to heroin. Heroin was first synthesized in 1874‚ and then marketed by
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Lecture 6: Science‚ Technology and Imperialism I. Science‚ Technology and Justifications for Colonization A. The “civilizing” mission justification for European conquest and dominance in 19th century empire-building paternalistic notion that it is the European’s “duty” to better the situation of the native who was not as “civilized” bring peace and order to areas where there are wars‚ constant conflict Europeans considered themselves to be best qualified for this mission because
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result that comes from drug prohibition and the main reason for smuggling is the direct cash profit resulting from the transaction. Illegal drug smuggling can be seen as early in the 1800 ’s‚ a clear example would be the Opium War in China. The Chinese had become addicted to the opium provided to them by the British‚ and once the Chinese government banned it those who had become addicted still wanted their fill. The British then smuggled it into China and got large sums of money for the drug they provided
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First impressions often predetermine your judgment of a person‚ without actually knowing the person at all. Such is the case with Ezra Jennings in the novel‚ The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Ezra Jennings is a good person but he is looked down upon by Victorian society because of his appearance and his background. Even with society frowning down upon him‚ and although he does not have the life that he wants‚ Ezra Jennings proves to be a gentleman who truly values love and friendship. Ezra Jennings
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