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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"national consciousness"”.
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National consciousness in Postcolonial Nigerian children's literature
… in postcolonial Nigeria as a catalyst for national transformation in the wake of colonial rule. My objective is to reveal the perceived possibilities and pitfalls contained in Nigerian children's literature (specifically books published between 1960 and 1990), for the promotion of a new …
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Religious identities and allegiances in the transformation of Ukrainian national consciousness 2013-2018
<p>Although the 2013-2014 Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine was an expression of Ukrainian sovereignty and agency, a number of issues like the war in Donbas, dispute over Crimea, debilitating corruption, and the worst economic crisis since independence have left Ukrainians disenfranchised and …
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When a Pound Weighed a Ton: The Cotton Scandal and Uzbek National Consciousness
… a reactionary way of self-identification on the national level. The culmination of this method of identifying oneself as an Uzbek in the face hostility came to fruition at the onset of independence. Islam Karimov, the president of independent Uzbekistan, saw Rashidov as representative of Uzbek …
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Community and Resistance in the Gateway City: Black National Consciousness, Working -Class Formation, and Social Movements in St. Louis, Missouri, 1941--1964
"Using St. Louis, Missouri as a case study, this dissertation argues that Black working-class formation and urban community-building propelled the major Black social movements between World War II and the early 1960s. The agendas emerging from these movements represented the racial and class …
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Of Mammoths, Mastodons, Megalonyxes, And The Nation: Jefferson And The Question Of American Degeneracy, 1780-1812
… and politics, especially in the context of nationalism. The emphasis Jefferson placed on the American <em>incognitum</em>—what would eventually be identified as the mastodon—reflected the emerging national consciousness of the future United States of America</p>
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Wirydianna Fiszerowa: A Noblewoman’s Perspective on Public and Private Life in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Poland
… with an exploration of the transformations of national identity as the story of her life progresses. The spotlight shifts from the author to the partitioned Commonwealth, from the private to the public, as Fiszerowa ultimately transcends the self to focus on the nation. The main body of the …
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Epistemological and Ontological Elements of Transpersonal Human Development in the Qur'an
… to trace the development of human collective consciousness as a construct of the interaction between the autonomous and homonomous self at the individual, group, and cosmic levels on one plane of reality with the Divine on the other. This analysis, which utilizes Gadamer's conceptualization of …
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National identity and Canadian hockey: Narratives on the 1972 Canada-Russia series
National identity in Canada is rooted in ice hockey. Research on the cultural, social and political significance of hockey have codified Canada’s identity, especially on the international stage. The 1972 Canada-Russia Series, also known as the Summit Series, is not only a national memory – it has …
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The new “old country” the kingdom of Yugoslavia and the creation of a Yugoslav diaspora 1914-1951
… of Yugoslavia’s attempt to instill “Yugoslav” national consciousness in its overseas population of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, as well as resistance to that same project, collectively referred to as a “Yugoslav diaspora.” Diaspora is treated as constructed phenomenon based on a transnational …
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Shakespeare and the Earl of Warwick: the kingmaker in the Henry VI trilogy
… literary osmosis, Shakespeare infiltrates the national consciousness with such figures, refreshing individual and collective memory. The majority of the thesis is taken up with an examination of key scenes which I consider most successfully explore the roots of Warwick’s reputation. Finally, I …
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ΤΑ ΧΕΡΣΑΙΑ ΣΥΝΟΡΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ
… OF THE BOUNDARY IS BASED ON CRITERIA OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS, BALANCE AND SECURITY AND THEY FUNCTION AS REGIONS OF COOPERATION AND OPPOSITION, AT THE SAME TIME, ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLITICAL RELATIONS OF THE BORDERING COUNTRIES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD …
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Au service du marechal? French documentary under German occupation
… its own New Order. A reprogramming of national consciousness was attempted through an emphasis on a return to traditional values which was disseminated in various fora. Despite publications on divers aspects of Vichy's propaganda machine, work on film production of the period has merely …
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British policy and Chinese politics in Malaya 1942-1955
… particularly in cultivating a sense of Malayan national consciousness. At least the majority of the Chinese in Malaya willingly chose this land as their home.
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Walking in American History: How Long Distance Foot Travel Shaped Views of Nature and Society in Early Modern America
… these personal revelations led to changes in the national consciousness. Walking upright was central to the development of homo sapiens as a species, and shaped the way they interacted with their environment. Certain aspects of that earliest walking – creativity, connection, independence – have …
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Siksikaitsitapi Parenting of Children with Disabilities
… with the Indigenous population that entered the national consciousness through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report findings released in June 2015. It illuminated and informed Canadians about the Indian residential school survivor experience when many Indigenous children were …
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The Orphic voice in Garcilaso de la Vega, Quevedo and Bocangel
… humanism and a developing struggle for national self-definition. Although poetic activity in Renaissance Spain took place against the backdrop of an established indigenous tradition, Spaniards felt dwarfed by the literary achievements of the first Italian humanists and found in Italy …
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Wilderness Nation: Building Canada's Railway Landscapes, 1885-1929
Central to Canadian identity is a national consciousness of inhabiting a country of vast landscapes, which are often identified as "wilderness." This thesis explores the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's use of architecture, landscape, and spatial techniques to construct Canadian concepts of …
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The village shop and rural life in nineteenth-century England: cultural representations and lived experience
… projecting images of the rural into the wider national consciousness. It adopts an innovative interdisciplinary approach and offers an integrated analysis of a wide range of visual, literary and historical sources: from paintings and serialised stories to account books and trade directories. …
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“WELL, I’VE WHISPERED ‘RACISM’ IN A POST-RACIAL WORLD”: SATIRE AND THE ABSURDITY OF “POST-RACIAL” AMERICA
… American slavery still haunts and informs our national consciousness. In the final chapter, I address the efforts of Beatty, Johnson, and Riley to foster a greater understanding of the post-racial conditions that force the act of “selling out” racial identity in service of survival. While rich …
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LITERATURE AND THE DEFINITION OF AN AMERICAN NATIONAL IDENTITY: 1763--1828
… During that time, the influences of democracy, nationalism, and enlightenment profoundly affected the values, attitudes, morality, and self-image of Americans. Democratic ideals and nationalism played important roles in bringing about the American Revolution. After 1763 Great Britain's imperial …
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