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    native-born and second-generation American citizens saw these immigrants and their foreign values and behaviors as a threat and thus sought to “Americanize” and assimilate them into the mainstream American society. However‚ Americanization in the eyes of the native-born was different from how immigrants understood Americanization. There were formal institutions for learning English and the American government system but the new immigrants learned just as much about the American way of life on the factory

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    subject area - e.g. war photography‚ documentary photography‚ travel photography. (Please note that this question requires you to consider early reactions – i.e. nineteenth century material.) The invention of photography in the nineteenth century exposed the unknown to the general public. Suddenly‚ parts of the world were becoming more accessible to different classes and generations through this new visual means of communication. Where people had previously relied upon the drawings

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    John Levine EDF 4050 Dr. Fer March 25‚ 2006 Summary: Century of the Self Documentary Before the beginning of the twentieth century‚ propaganda was used to promote political ideologies‚ national and international conflicts and mostly‚ the “call to war”. The BBC documentary on the birth of Public Relations‚ explores how many psychological theories developed by Sigmund Freud were used by his nephew‚ Edward Bernays‚ to manipulate the unconsciousness of the masses. By linking mass produced goods

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    During the 20th century African Americans were rapidly entering the prison world for no justified reason other than racial discrimination. According to DuVernay‚ as time passed by‚ The United States prison population number began to increase to about 300‚000 by the year of 1972 and it became the highest in the world. She also stated that‚ “Should a little country with 5% of the world’s population having 25% of the world’s prisoners? One out of four humans beings with their hands on bar‚ shackled

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    the period 1798 to 1867 Word count 1592 The nineteenth century was a revolutionary and constitutional period in Irelands history‚ that somewhat shaped the Ireland that we live in today. This essay will explore the political developments‚ within revolutionary and constitutional Irish nationalism in the period 1798 to 1867. The late eighteenth century marked the beginning of what was to map Ireland’s future through the nineteenth century and to the present day. Ireland at this time was a

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    The development of the germ theory in the nineteenth century revolutionized the understanding of how diseases were identified‚ what caused diseases‚ and set the tone for treatment options. Prior to the theory‚ methods of identifying and diagnosing a disease were inconsistent and often times too late‚ thus treatment options were often futile. Prevention was not a viable option due to the lack of understanding how and why certain individuals fell ill‚ impeding the development of effective treatment

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    The moment human beings could understand that there is a difference in “this is mine” and “that is yours‚” the theory of private security began. The earliest recorded examples of private security were in the thirteenth century where they wealthy individuals would hire private security personnel to protect their land and families. This type of security spread all over the world and when the industrial revolution began to have international relevance‚ so did the crimes and crime prevention methods

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    in the eleventh century and began the Turkish rule. By the sixteenth century‚ Armenia had become one of the many nations absorbed into the growing Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans established a large empire that spanned from Eastern Europe to Western Asia and North Africa‚ but to govern this vast nation

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    American Imperialism Mrs. Dorinda L. Robinson HIS 204 Professor Steven Brownson March 29‚ 2009 [pic] Introduction During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ the United States pursued an aggressive policy of expansionism‚ extending its political and economic influence around the globe. It was the age of imperialism‚ a pivotal era in the history of the United States. Imperialism is defined as the acquisition of control over the government and the economy of another nation

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    racism had begun. The official sanction began for the attitudes that had begun in the sixteenth century‚ by the Spain and the Jews. They had converted to Christianity and their descendants became the victims of a pattern of discrimination and exclusion. Also at this time‚ the Europeans were increasing their contact with Africans‚ Asians‚ and Americans because of their skin differences. The Europeans were making any judgments about them that they wanted. Judgments had continued on‚ in 1667 slaves could

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