...traveling to Spain but this is a country that has had one of the most troubled histories and some argue that problems from it are still going on today. The largest problem that Spain has had to deal with from its past is the legacy of the Spanish Civil War and the Dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. The Spanish Civil was was fought between the Republicans who wanted more of a democratic state, and the Nationalists who favored Fascism. Because of the beliefs of the nationalists they drew much needed support from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy which gave them a large advantage. The war began in 1936 and concluded in 1939 with the victory by the nationalists and their leader Francisco Franco. Following the war Franco got rid of the republic system of government that was in place and instituted a dictatorship that he held until his death in 1975. While the civil war was over, there were still many citizens of Spain that did not support Franco and the dictatorship, but if they were to speak out against the regime there were harsh consequences that sometimes included death. One of the ways many people tried to express their rejection of the regime was through various art forms which included, literature, paintings and films. Since citizens could not overtly talk about the regime they were able to use symbols and metaphors to illustrate their opinion. While this may seem like it was easy, it was actually very challenging because the regime implemented strict censorship...
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...background of European stances on the roles of women must firstly be examined. As established by H. Graham, attempts at preserving socio-cultural conservatism to uphold political ideologies during this era were geared primarily towards the reiteration of traditional gender roles in society. The influence of existent policies in a Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany at this time were, undoubtedly, of great influence on Franco’s regime. Earlier legislation enforcing this conservative perspective in Spain confirms such views, in that under these laws women could only conduct certain economic affairs, make purchases and sign contracts under supervision of a dominant husband - “el permiso marital” being required. This concept of subordination to men permeated Spanish society, restricting women to lives of exclusive domesticity. As ‘queen of the home’, the majority of middle and lower class women were uneducated illiterates, generally ignorant and uninvolved in political affairs and indoctrinated by traditions of Catholicism supremacy. However, several feminist organisations formed in the early twentieth century under the Primo de Rivera rule, along with ensuing reforms under the Second Spanish Republic such as the granting of woman’s suffrage, shifts towards secularization and the implementation of the 1932 Divorce Law, reflected changing times and promoted a modernised society, inclusive of a free-thinking “new” woman. Despite the gradual evolution of the female being...
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...The long term misunderstanding and simplification of RIGHT vs. LEFT terminology in political discourse is responsible for the misconception that “The RIGHT” with its emphasis on traditional, nationalistic, conservative or religious values is inevitably a step in the direction of the FAR RIGHT "ending in Fascism." Yet history has demonstrated that both political extremes share a basic common appeal to the “masses” and depend on a collectivist ideology that glorifies abstractions such as "The Nation," "The People," "The Throne" or "The Working Class." On the eve of World War II, various so called “Right Wing” authoritarian regimes of the conservative, traditional, national and religious type (always considered by the Left to be "proto-Fascist") in Ethiopia (Emperor Haile Selassi), Austria (the “Clerical-Fascist” regime of Engelbert Dollfus and Kurt Schuschnigg), Poland (General Jozef Pilsudski and his successors), Yugoslavia (General Simovic and his supporters in the armed forces) and Greece (Ionnas Metaxas), all stood up and opposed Hitler and the Axis forces that threatened to blackmail, intimidate and subjugate their nations. All these leaders were labeled as “Fascist” by Soviet and Left-Wing propaganda up until the German invasion of the USSR in 1941. The Spanish Civil War has frequently been portrayed as an epic struggle between the forces of the LEFT (variously identified as progressive, liberal, socialist, internationalist, democratic and "anti-Fascist") and the RIGHT...
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...The Dictatorships of Miguel Primo de Rivera and Francisco Franco had many similarities as well as many differences. The way they intended to lead Spain shows how they would employ similar strategies as well as different ones. I will discuss their intentions of how they thought was the best way to fix a broken Spain, the way they treated the working class, their tactic to improve economy, fascism, the use of military in their regime and the roles of women in their society. Firstly, it was argued by authors such as Raymond Carr and Francisco J. Romero Salvadó that Primo only intended to rule Spain for a short amount of time in order to find quick solutions to deal with Spain’s illnesses such as social disorder, economic recession and the Colonial War in Morroco (Romero Salvadó,1960, pg 52). In contrast it was argued that Franco intended to rule Spain for a long amount of time. Franco wanted to find long term solutions to resolve Spain’s issues and make a new clean Spain. Due to these differences, it is inevitable that the strategies employed in the dictatorships of Primo de Rivera and Franco are going to differ somewhat. In addition, the way the working class was treated was different amongst the two dictatorships. The author, Raymond Carr argued that Primo’s regime aimed to improve social justice. In Primo’s dictatorship, there were many schemes for cheap workers. Many social services and housing benefits were offered to the working class (Carr Raymond, pg 102). However, it...
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...1. In your opinion, how should the Gdańsk vs. Danzig controversy have been resolved? (100 words or less) In my opinion, voting was the most amicable way to resolve the Gdańsk vs. Danzig controversy. Although there were other options such as allowing a Wikipedia arbitrator to make a final decision, democracy is at the core of Wikipedia’s identity. If the two sides were allowed to debate further, it is unlikely that a mutually agreeable consensus would have ever been reached. The vote allowed both sides to put forth their agreements and provided a definitive conclusion to the conflict. Thus, although the vote didn’t satisfy everyone, it was the most fair resolution. 2. In your opinion, did Essjay do anything wrong? (100-150 words) Essjay was...
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...Jieyi Zhang M. Pitaro ENG2D7b September 24, 2015 The Hand That Signed the Paper The poem, “The Hand That Signed the Paper” written by Dylan Thomas, uses historical and biblical allusions, hyperboles, symbolism, repetition, and cacophony to allow the reader to understand how the impact of WWI and governments affected the citizens of Germany. The speaker’s use of allusion enhances the reader’s understanding of the poem, as it explains the life Germans lived by connecting to examples the reader is likely already familiar with. The fever, famine, and locusts closely resemble the Seven Plagues that God sent to Egypt, and by using this allusion, it lets the reader understand how much suffering the citizens went through and how it is on the same scale as what the wrath of God brought. The historical allusion to the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War One, explains the aftermath of the signing in a way that’s more understandable by describing the ways the people were affected with the use of poetic devices to amplify the reader’s understanding. The sentences “The hand that signed the paper felled a city/halved a country” (line 1, 3), a hyperbole, is a representation of how Germany fell into economic turmoil and how the Allied Forces brought Germany into this situation, shown in line 4, “These five kings did a king to death.”. By using this hyperbole, it gives the impression that the result of the signing of the treaty affected an incredibly large amount of people, and caused...
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...Was The Treaty Of Versailles Fair To Germany? I believe that the Treaty of Versailles was fair to Germany because unlike all the other countries (bar Russia who weren’t even invited to the discussion) they were just brought to the agreement because they were needed to 1) know the terms of the treaty and 2) sign the papers that stated that they agreed to the treaty (which they didn’t have any choice on, it was sign the treaty or have Berlin marched into). I believe this for three reasons: 1) they were never given a choice on what happened with their country 2) they were threatened into submission by the threat of a full scale invasion and the biggest was 3) they were blamed for the whole of the war. I believe that they were unfairly treated because they were never actually allowed a choice in the whole conference so they had to agree to terms that they did not have a say in making. This meant that they had to pay a debt that was way too much for the income of their country could handle which therefore sent them into a large depression. The value of their money went down so far because the government just kept printing more notes so that meant that all of the lower class workers had even less money than they already had and they could not afford to feed their families three meals a day but, even though the people of Germany were starving, the government had no choice but to print more and more money because the League Of Nations made the demands of the debt so high. In the end...
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...zz Location/Geography: The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, which shares with the Republic of Haiti. The country is the second-largest island in the Caribbean, with a surface area of 48,198 square kilometers. It is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and to the south by the Caribbean Sea. The Dominican Republic has a breathtaking topography. Mountains, valleys and beaches make up the diverse photogenic land. Three large mountain ranges run through the island, including the nearly two-mile high peak of Antilles. Nearly half of the island is taken up by the large mountain rages that run through it. The Dominican Republic also has the lowest point in the Caribbean, Lake Enriquillo. It is one of many lakes, lagoons and rivers that accompany the Dominican Republic’s 1,000 miles of beautiful Caribbean beaches. There is plenty to explore. Since temperatures range between 93F and 66 F, the weather will always be ready for an adventure. Culture: There’s no place quite like the Dominican Republic. That’s because its history is the result of an unlikely mixture of influences; nowhere else will you find a blending of European, African, and native Taino Indian cultures. There distinct cultures still drive the social identity f the people today. Every aspect of their food, music, art, sports and religion provides a unique insight into the development of their country. In a single day you can experience both ancient...
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...Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan is result of the disintegration of Soviet Empire. These states are full of natural resources like gas and oil. They have adopted “open door policy” to exploit the enormous wealth of natural resources .They engineered this policy to ensure internal development, strong economy and better foreign relations. In this regards her neighboring country china also there to fulfill the huge needs of energy, to contain U.S. influence in this region, counter terrorism, and make this region as strong economic market, china’s make better policies to achieve these goals and try to enhance better relations with these Central Asian States. The disintegration of Former Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1991 and the five independent central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan opened up phenomenal opportunities for china to exercise its influence in the central Asian region. These states attracted the world, primarily for its vast energy resources and other raw materials. The geo-economic and geo-strategic im to enhance its economic ability, strengthen its security to fulfill the Chinese principle of foreign policy “independence”. China, like other states bordering the central Asian region faced a changed geopolitical situation on its borders. The Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous (XUAR)...
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...Geographically located at the crossroads of the West and East, the Republic of Azerbaijan has embraced the positive elements of various civilizations. The Republic of Azerbaijan shares the European values and as an inalienable component of the Euro-Atlantic security architecture contributes to the security of this area. At the same time, the Republic of Azerbaijan, as part of the Islamic world, shares the progressive heritage and spiritual values of the Islamic civilization. The currently unstable region where the Republic of Azerbaijan is located has vast potential and opportunities, which can be used effectively for development in a friendly and cooperative manner with regional and wider international partners. The rich natural resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan open perspectives for the country's prosperity and national welfare and transform the country into an important energy source and a crucial integral part of the international energy supply system. The development of international transportation and communication corridors, including the construction of oil and gas pipelines, already contribute to the development of the economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan and of its...
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...8 elements of Culture in Romania Geography —Romania is located in Central Europe, bordering the Black Sea, the neighbors are Bulgaria, Ukraine and Hungary. The Danube is the second longest river after Volga in Europe, it originates in Black Forest in Germany, and flows through 9 European countries: Germany (7.5%), Austria (10.3%), Slovakia (5.8%), Hungary (11.7%), Croatia (4.5%), Serbia (10.3%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Moldova (1.6%), Ukraine (3.8%) and Romania (28.9%). —Conclusion: Romania is a Central European country, and has close connection with neighbors (both Western and Eastern European countries). Ethnic Group —About ethnic group in Romania, the main group is Romanian, which is 89.5% of whole population in Romania. The second one is Hungarian which is 6.6%, Roma is the third one that is 2.5%, the next two groups are German and Russian which are 0.3% and 0.2% respectively. There are some other minorities that is 0.4%. —Conclusion: According to information of ethnic group in Romania, this obviously is a diversified country that includes various minorities. Language —About 89% of the people are ethnic Romanians, a group that-in contrast to its Slovakian or Hungarian neighbors-traces itself to Latin-speaking Romans, who in the second and third centuries A.D. conquered and settled among the ancient Dacians, a Thracian people. As a result, the Romanian language, although comtaining elements of Slovakia, Turkish and other languages, is a Romance language related to...
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...Imperfections of Our Ancestors: Haiti and Dominican Republic The island of Hispaniola is inhabited by two countries but why is it that these countries never share their influences with one another, rather than praising each other their animosity is not only present in their island but also in America too with first and second generation Haitian and Dominicans Americans. Why one island praises their African roots while the other tries to eliminate and hide it? Growing up in a predominate Haitian household you are opened to the culture, the cuisine, the music and the history, and this is for the same for a Dominican household, but imagine being of both ethnicities and wanting both. In some instances, the families allows both cultures to influence...
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...considering. However, there is the try to outline the most significant causes and effects of great historical event. Let’s start with the causes of the French Revolution. A major cause was social injustice and class inequalities. 18th century in French history was the time of feudal abutment. Naturally that is accompanied by different rights and duties for its members. The division of French society members was provided by Estates. In fact, prerevolutionary France experienced three of them: first, second and third estate respectively. The contrast between them was too significant and frustrated the lowest class. The first most privileged Estate was for about 2 percent of the entire population. At the end of scholastic influence era, the power of the Church was unrestricted. As for corresponding benefits, the Estate was out of tax duty. Moreover, the Church was authorized for income tithe claiming. Curiously enough, this minority owned more than 15% percent of France’s lands. The second Estate was nobility. As well as the Church, this class was free from taxes. The power of it was gathered around lands earning. The main sources of incomes were land rent and payments for land exploitation. As the land was the basis of producing relations, it is natural that its owners were the richest. The rest of the population was the third Estate, so called bourgeoisie. Logically that this class had to take entire tax...
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...Political influence on a country’s economic development: According to the book “Global Business Today” there is many debates about which political systems are better for the economy development. There are two types of political systems: autocratic and democratic systems. Autocratic system is described as totalitarian regime, where one person is in power and citizens don’t have free voice, equal rights. The best examples of dictatorship countries are Asia, Latin America and also Soviet Union. The positive side of this king of political system is that totalitarian regime with use of strong protection of property rights leads to economic growth. However, there are no guarantees that this system would allow growing for long time. It is very risky and unpredictable. This political system forgets human rights, which is not good for the country, because to develop successfully citizens have to feel safe and free. The other political system is democratic, where human rights are at the top and citizens have free voice. Most of the Western countries adopted the democratic system. This system is more committed to free market capitalism, where is less government control and more role of free market. The most world’s strongest countries like Poland and many other countries where democratic system was implemented helped the country successfully developed economically. Economic influence on a country’s economic development: Two main steps in the economic system are deregulation and privatization...
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