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Nations and Nationalism by Ernest Gellner

first addressing how societies first developed in agrarian cultures. Gellner discusses how political units in the agrarian age var...

Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and its Rivals by Ernest Gellner Reviewed

governmental structures on both sides of the Iron Curtain, believed that the downfall of communism was inevitable. Consider, for ...

The Origins of Nationalism

in order to understand the emergence and potency of nationalism we must rely on social communication. That reliance is particular...

The Origins of Nationalism

in order to understand the emergence and potency of nationalism we must rely on social communication. That reliance is particular...

Spain, the Basque Region, and Theories of Nationalism

Michael Hechters theory of what he calls "internal colonialism." He defines it as a sort of colonialism "practised by the center a...

Modernist Views of Nationalism

In six pages the modernist perspective is applied to nationalism in a consideration of Slavic nations' history and present activit...

Mid Twentieth Century Sierra Leone Decolonization and Nationalism

became the elite of the country, marginalizing the remaining portions of the population. And while the freed slaves constituted t...

American Nationalism

Germany, historically, Turkish families who have lived in Germany for generations are not regarded as German (Ignatieff, 1995). ...

Review: “The Sun Also Rises”

and Barnes are the same person. What is clear is that Hemingways experiences make Barnes seem very real. So does Hemingways famou...

Analysis of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea

writer recalls reading once that Hemingway said it really was nothing more than a book about an old man and the sea, nothing more....

Environment and For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

In six pages this paper examines the socioeconomic and physical environments depicted in For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingw...

'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

In four pages this essay analyzes the short story by Ernest Hemingway with an emphasis upon symbolism includiing that represented ...

Nations, Nationalism and Gender

a certain ethnic group. However, this conceptualization of "membership in the national collectivity depends on ones being born in...

The United Nations: Overview

easing poverty and supporting economic development; agricultural development and fisheries; education; family planning; emergency ...

Eastern Nations and Western Nationalism

In 5 pages this paper examines how the Western concept of nationalism is taking root in the East. There are 4 sources cited in th...

U.N. and the League of Nations

In six pages this paper compares the United Nations' success with the League of Nation's failure. Four sources are cited in the b...

John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith's Nationalism and Defining 'Nation'

he believed that nations only come into existence when "several elements have come together, especially economic life, language an...

'Banal Nationalism' According to Michael Billig

they were wholly unaware of what those differences were expected to be. Conditions were different among those who had succe...

Germany's 2nd Reich and Nationalism

In nine pages this paper examines Bismarck's nationalism tactics in this consideration of how nationalism became woven into the Ge...

Ethnicity, Politics, and Nationalism

In five pages this paper examines ethnicity and nationalism as they involve politics in a consideration of communism, nazism, fasc...

Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai

In eleven pages this research paper applies this Indian novel to Indian nationalism's historical development during the colonial e...

A History of Nationalism in Russia

of communist rule may appear to be an interruption in that long history, it was actually a logical stage in Russias development. U...

Assessing an Arab Nationalism Text

both of the World Wars of the twentieth century. Nationalism is a basic devotion to ones nation, it can be wholesome and healthy o...

Advanced Nations Jobs Sought by Developing Nations' Highly Trained Personnel

has been overflowing for several decades now. Nearly twenty million foreign-born people lived in the United States as of 1990, ac...

Comparing and Contrasting the Two Nations of India and Brazil

The writer discusses the development of Brazil and India, gives the early history of both countries and mentions the similarities ...

Yugoslavian Nation and its Collapse

In seven pages this paper examines the collapse of the Yugoslav nation within the context of Andrew Wachtel's Making a Nation, Bre...

Expanding the North American Treaty Organization

opportunities were presented when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 (NATO, April, 2009). The Warsaw Pact was dissolved and the USSR was...

Legal Issues in Commercial Use of Outer Space

The industry is not limited only to the owners of satellite hardware. There are four sectors of the industry that generally are r...

Supreme Court Structure and Function

The Supreme Court is highest ranking court in the nation. It was established in order to oversee the...

ECONOMIC DATA ANALYSIS - UNITED STATES, JAPAN, EUROPE AND CANADA

today and in 2005? Inflation - 2008 Inflation -- 2005 Canada 3% 2.5% Euro Area 2.7% 2.7% Japan 2% -2% United States 2% 3.7% A...