Following the Industrial Revolution that started in Europe and the discovery of the America's, scholars of the time began taking a new vantage point called Eurocentrism. ... However the Industrial Revolution started in Europe and was one of the key innovations that helped to catapult Europe ahead of Asia. Due to the Industrial Revolution and the discovery of the Americas, Europe was finally able to surpass Asia in the world economy. ... The Industrial Revolution was another part of the puzzle that allowed Europe to surpass Asia as the dominate economic market of the world. ... The ab...

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His change was called the Roosevelt Corollary and allowed America to intervene with Latin America problems. ... But, during the early twentieth-century, America became more industrialized because of the Industrial Revolution. ... In the past, America's expansion was on the North American continent so America could stay out of international affairs. ... During this period, America had completed its expansion across the North American continent. ... During the period, the American economy became more diverse - agricultural plus industrial - with the onset of the Industrial Revolution. ...

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Mario Llosa said in Interviews with Latin American Writers, that by living in Europe, he received "a broadened education" and a "comprehensive perspective, which helped me understand the things in my own country."3 Other major factors in the change of cultural ideas surfaced from the revolutions and wars that occurred right before and during the twentieth century. Numerous internal movements had been crushed, although they were successful for a time in Mexico and then in Cuba, revolutionist spirit allied the independent Latin American countries in a common fight for emancipation.4 The Cub...

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"The West " is referring to the world's major military-industrial powers, including Britain, France from 1800 on and later being joined by Germany and the United States in 1850. ... Portfolio Diaz is the most famous modernizer in Latin America's history, he ruled from 1876 to 1911. ... The "peace and progress " was broken and exploded into a Revolution. The Mexican Revolution in 1911 left Diaz in exile and eventually led to his death in 1915. ... Kemal's program had fast, radical changes and was known as a "revolution from above " and in order to accomplish this revolution he ne...

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The South was an agrarian society while the North developed an industrial society. ... American cultural identity allowed Americans to see themselves as their own nation. ... Distinct American art, literature, poetry and music developed. Americans began to dress less like Europeans. ... Food also played a part in the Cultural Revolution. ...

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The church had a dual role in Latin America. ... Nevertheless, these were never social revolutions and the poor were never any better off afterwards. ... As stated earlier, the Latin American economies were based on mining and agriculture. ... Therefore traditionally, most technology and industrial products had to be imported. ... During the nineteenth century, many Latin American countries gained their independence. ...

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The video also had clips of groups of African-American men making stereotypical remarks toward the white-Americans. ... But I never realized that the African-Americans of today still feel now, the way the African-Americans of that time felt towards the white-Americans. ... He also made fun of African-Americans and their "Ebonics." ... There were also many African-American pioneers of Industrial Revolution in America. ... Only twenty-two Jews were allowed to step onto American soil. ...

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The video also had clips of groups of African-American men making stereotypical remarks toward the white-Americans. ... But I never realized that the African-Americans of today still feel now, the way the African-Americans of that time felt towards the white-Americans. ... He also made fun of African-Americans and theirEbonics.? ... There were also many African-American pioneers of Industrial Revolution in America. ... Only twenty-two Jews were allowed to step onto American soil. ...

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It is no accident that the Yoruba cultural influence spread across the Atlantic to the Americas. European slave hunters violently captured and marched untold millions of Africans to their demise on over crowded slave ships bound for the Americas. Slave wars launched by the kingdom of Dahomey against some of the Yoruba kingdoms, and slave wars between the Yoruba's themselves made war casualty Africans available for transportation to the Americas. ... In recent years, availability of attainable air travel has enabled African Americans to go back to the essence from which this great culture ...

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