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Showing 1 to 20 of 497 for “"Imperialism"”.
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Rhetorical Imperialism
<p>José Donoso’s <em>The Obscene Bird of Night</em> is often described as a grotesque labyrinth of symbols and images representative of the Latin Boom literary moment. The novel’s purposefully ambiguous construction opens itself up to two opposing readings that reveal discrepancies and conflicts in …
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Theory of Economic Imperialism
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Imperialism, postimperialism and Iran
The usual explanations of the events leading to the Iranian Revolution have been either an analysis of Iranian culture or an analysis of the exploitation of Iran by imperialist powers. This thesis seeks to expand on imperialist theory by using post-imperialist theory to explore the reciprocal …
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An Archaeological History of Carthaginian Imperialism
… In contrast to previous studies of Carthaginian imperialism, my presentation begins with the evidence preserved in the archaeological and epigraphic records of Carthage, its colonies and dependencies. By switching evidentiary focus and interpretive method, I establish in this dissertation that …
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The sublime, imperialism and the African landscape
In this dissertation the author argued for a postcolonial reading of the sublime that takes into account the racial and gendered underpinnings of Immanuel Kant's and Edmund Burke's classic theories. The thesis used the understanding of the sublime as a lens for an analysis of the cultural politics …
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Social Darwinism and British imperialism, 1870-1900
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American Imperialism in the Middle East: 1920 – 1950
During the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, the United States challenged Britain’s position and became a dominant power in the Middle East. During the 1920s, the rise to power began with American oil companies pursuing economic opportunities in the region’s oil fields. Britain maintained the …
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Marxist theories of imperialism : evolution of a concept
… into the new millennium, critical analysis of imperialism has been a feature of Marxist thought. One of the salient concerns of Marxist theorising of imperialism has been the uncovering of the connections between the capitalist accumulation process and the political and economic domination of …
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’Only a Woman’: women travel writers and imperialism
My study of women travel writers and imperialism is informed by four inseparable concerns, namely the distinctive characteristics of travel writing by women; how these reflected and reproduced spatial differentiation, notably between spheres of patriarchal and imperial power and authority; how the …
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Imperialism and Empire in Iraq: Britain’s Informal Colony.
… identifying informal Empire is understanding how imperialism takes shape. In this instance I outline definitions of informal Empire and use of case studies to show how Britain exerted control over Iraq without bringing the fledgling state into the Empire as a formal colony. Military aid was …
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Egyptian imperialism in Nubia c. 2009 – 1191 BC
… conclusion regarding the purpose of Egyptian imperialism in Nubia. Excavation reports from the 1960‟s salvage campaigns at the Middle Kingdom fortresses, together with data from new excavations in Nubia at Kerma and the New Kingdom „temple towns‟ have all contributed to this research. From …
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Sympathy for the Devil : American imperialism in film.
While empire-building, and imperialism more broadly, are now generally regarded as unacceptable justifications for military action, the fumes of imperialistic rhetoric that surround military intervention to this day are not so easily dispersed. The post-9/11 age of the War on Terror has reinscribed …
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American Economic Imperialism and the Spanish-American War Era
… Spanish-American War era of 1898 as a time when imperialism unexpectedly became foreign policy. However, American imperialism would differ from the form it took in European countries. America would promote a “noble imperialism” that would elevate the culture of these new territories to the …
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British Imperialism, Liverpool, and the American Revolution, 1763-1783
… overseas, to enhance knowledge of British imperialism during the American Revolutionary era (1763-1783).Part One analyses the ‘gentlemanly capitalist’ paradigm of P.J. Cain and A.G. Hopkins. In brief, this theory argues that the landed elite and financial-commercial services, concentrated …
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Education, imperialism and national efficiency in England 1895-1905
Summary available: p.iv-vi.
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WWF's Earth Hour Campaign: ‘Global Village' or Eco-Imperialism?
… and in what ways might it engender a form of eco-imperialism? This research question is operationalised through three subquestions: What kind of environmentalism do global environmental campaigns like Earth Hour promote? How do audiences in South Africa engage with Earth Hour on social media? How …
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