Modern United Kingdom is the result of more than two thousand years of conflicts between the populations living in the islands located at the North West of Europe. ... It is quite surprising that two fifth of the population think that part of their country should be separated. ... New English-born populations belong to a foreign cultural tradition. ... It could be argued that other countries with such a diverse population have managed to unity everybody under some symbols, as in the United State of America, but the historical inheritance that Britain has is much bigger than USA's. ... Be...

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Industrialization brought major changes among people in society, technology, and the North American economy. ... In the United States between 1860 and 1910, the urban population grew from 6 million to 44 million. ... By 1920, more than half of the population lived in urban areas. ... Nineteenth century American industrialization relied upon poverty and immigration for its success. ... Their arrival to America brought the labourers that the industries and factories needed. ...

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To start, ethnicity is a population of human beings whose members identify with each other, on the basis of a common ancestry. ... The term race refers to the concept of dividing people into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of physical characteristics, which usually result from genetic ancestry. ... In contrast to the makeup of older nations, its population has been, and continues to be, drawn from all over the world. ... Examples of the model minority stereotypes are generalized data such as from the US Census Bureau, where the median household income of Asian Americans is $...

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Moreover, it introduces itself into social spaces that were once void of racial and ethnic population. ... American society is influenced by ethnicity diversity in several ways. ... The Americans are defined by Country music that is for the uptown white republicans, while the Caribbean and Africa-American value Hip-hop and R.n.b music. ... Despite having an African-American president America still languishes in notions of racism until now. ... It also promotes racial and ethnic identities that challenge negative images such .Moreover it introduces itself into social spaces void of racial and e...

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America is a nation of immigrants. ... The largest ethnic group is the British one representing 15% of the American population, on the second place are the Germans with a percentage of 13% and 11% are blacks. As a result of this mixture many Americans don't identify themselves ethnically because they can't. ... Each ethnic group had its own era when it came to America; so that the Irish came in 1850, Jews half century later, and Mexican-American half century after the Jews. ... The American beer industry was created by the Germans. ...

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On November 7th, 1775, Lord Dunmore made his fated proclamation; this utterance changed the course of the American Revolution for the African-American. ... Had the rhetoric of American liberty accounted for the African-American? The injustices served out to the African-American between 1775 and 1776 by the white American patriot made the British promise of emancipation both appealing and logical. ... In April, 1775, Dunmore, in a letter to General Gage, indicated the destructive influence that the slave population could have: "that if any injury or insult was offer"d he would declare freedo...

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By the mid eighteenth century the population of British America was flourishing, and had risen to approximately one and-a-half million people across thirteen colonies. ... These various Acts were very large contributors to the outbreak, or "need" for the American War of Independence. ... The British, however, established a string of colonies along this stretch of coast, the population of which growing to approximately one million settlers and African slaves. ... The 1760's saw the settlers of the British colonies grow in population, wealth and they were starting to separate themsel...

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By the mid eighteenth century the population of British America was flourishing, and had risen to approximately one and-a-half million people across thirteen colonies. ... These various Acts were very large contributors to the outbreak, or "need" for the American War of Independence. ... The British, however, established a string of colonies along this stretch of coast, the population of which growing to approximately one million settlers and African slaves. ... The 1760's saw the settlers of the British colonies grow in population, wealth and they were starting to separate themsel...

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It was, as well, the only possibility for many countries to improve their economy: especially in Latin America, where Mexico just stopped refunding its debt because it couldn't pay anymore. ... In each country, even the population is divided in different economic and social layers. ... Twenty percent of the world's population living in the richest countries have 74 times the income of the poorest. ... In 1960, the average income of the richest 20 per cent of the world's population was 30 times higher than that of the poorest 20%. ... Two third of the African countries depend ...

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Population increases are predicted to increase by over 1 billion, yet globalization - the use of technology to make the globe increasingly smaller - continues to integrate and connect the globe. ... "The world population will increase by more than a billion by 2015, with 95 percent of that growth occurring in the developing world." ... Not only is this trend a continuing factor in the constuction and implementation of United States Foreign Policy, but holds true for the 3 Post-Modern regional powers of the world: The America's, Europe, and East Asia. ... I agree with Kupchan that Ameri...

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-According to Carmichael, how is power shared in the United States, and what steps must the African-American population take to gain power? ... I believe Carmichael's definition of Black Power is that Negro-Americans should stand up against discrimination and racism whether it is violent or non-violent and form their own economic, political, and cultural institutions. ...

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There are two main viewpoints of whether immigrants are good for the American economy. ... These immigrants, back in the late 19th century, would increase the population of the country, which would simultaneously increase the labor force and increase transportation and communications across the country. In turn, this helped with the industrialization of America and its economy back in the day to make it what it is at present. ... After moving to these cities, the population added to the labor force, trying to fill up available jobs. ... Also, new technology such as the first telephone and the ...

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The income for most people was largely destroyed, and a deep depression spread among the population. ... The funds approved by the American Congress assured the German population's food requirement be attained (Kissinger, T L.) ... Marshall took part as the new Secretary of State, convinced the American Government of the need to counter the advance of communism. ... A further conference, this time of all the West European countries, was held in Paris on July 12, 1947, to discuss the American aid. ... American foreign assistance took its name from the initials of the Act's title: ...

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Subsequent to the Middle Ages, populations in Western Europe began developing technology that enhanced their ability to generate products and which led to significantly higher standards of living than populations elsewhere on the planet. ... In 1500, Europe was third in population in the world, behind China and India. ... It is estimated that at the start of the fourteenth century, the combined peoples of France, Germany and Britain supported 15 percent of the population through peasant work (meaning that 85 percent of the population were peasants). ... By keeping a large population from which...

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The United States and United Kingdom are very similar in terms of prison population. ... While holding the statistic of a 59% overcrowded prison rate, the United Kingdom reports that the growth of prison population is actually beginning to slow down. ... (BBC, 2012) The United States is projected to become 45% over the maximum population levels by the year 2018. ... " The driving factor in many prison population crisis' today is unreasonable drug sentences. ... My perception of American prisons has definitely been altered since I've learned of the various problems inside of thes...

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Legislation was introduced to cut down immigration and to promote equal opportunities for ethnic minority communities. 3.3 million Britons are now from an ethnic minority which accounts for 5.5% of the population, but there are numerous differences between the groups in their standards of living, access to opportunities such as jobs, education or housing, as well as in their belief systems, likes and dislikes. ... The first Afro Caribbeans arrived in 1948 to work in public transport, manufacturing and the National Health Service.According to the Office for National Statistics figures for 1...

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A recent online survey tried to find out how the population thinks about this issue by asking over six thousands adults from Britain, America, France and Germany. ... In all this three parts, only around 50% of the questioned Americans want the state to intervene in these social issues. ...

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Within this article he made the shocking suggestion to the Poor Irish population in regards to their children. ... Swift also made a few implications about the attitude of Americans towards their fellow citizens when he wrote. "I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, food ". With in this statement it become obvious that his impression of American society is that it is no better than the British hierarchy. Considering the tension between the British and American government...

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There are three different dimensions that under the theme of multiculturalism: it is a demographic reality in cities which racial and ethnic dissimilarity exist in the population; meanwhile it is a national philosophy that the whole nation is celebrating diversity; finally, it is the framework of a range of government policies that promote the social solidarity, reduce the impact of the urban inequality between the immigrants and local people, and related to urban planning issues. ... First of all, the ethnic composition of Tokyo's population is simplex. 98% of the total residents are Jap...

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"Australia has undergone enormous changes since the Commonwealth came into being on 1st January 1901."1 Since this time its population has increased four-fold, as Australia is now home to one of the world's most diverse societies, with almost every culture and religion being practiced within our land. ... The surfer and the bushman are common interpretations of Australian people, but a typical Australian would most likely describe him or herself as any other person in either America or Europe. ... It is however, the European way towards democracy, liberalism and capitalism that we have...

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The population of Allied countries was much more involved in the war and the war industries than in any previous war, "whole of the warring nations are not only soldiers but the entire population The workmen are soldiers with different weapons." ... The Americans kept sending tanks down the road. ... Finally we ran out of ammunition and the Americans didn't run out of tanks." ...

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After the wars, they introduced the new terms they created in the war to the general population. ... The code talkers were mainly bilingual American natives who used phrases to refer to things, places and people and then translate them into their native language before dispatching a message. ... For the German-Americans, that meant their use of German would be prohibited, including letters to and from their family and friends who were in the war. During that period, German-Americans were forced by circumstances to "Americanize" their language as much as they could and that included s...

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Despite Columbus looking up to the Native Americans in this way, he viewed their savage lifestyles as ungodly. ... In an attempt to prevent this from happening, Columbus did everything in his power, including murder and torture, in an attempt to convert Native American's to Christianity. ... Even though Columbus' control of territory in America had nothing to do with Britain, his methods and justifications for this colonization provided an insight about how the British Empire dealt with these same situations. ... Since these types of labor were necessary to the survival of the Empir...

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In the political climate of the times in which many women and African-Americans were advocating for equality and civil rights, linguistic minorities began to demand their right to preserve their languages and cultures as well as to receive quality English instruction that would guarantee them equal access to educational and economic opportunities. ... With new research showing the cognitive benefits of obtaining bilingualism (Bialystok, 2005), an increasingly global society offering greater economic opportunities for those who can speak more than one language, and the U.S. population becoming ...

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Thise increase of wages helped civilians the population save more and buy more, including vehicles. ... America, having warned Britain not to invade Egypt and refusing to offer support, Relations with America weakened as America uncovered Britain's financial issues and started a run on the pound; weakening Britain's relations with America further. ... Britain had in actual fact shot itself in the foot:; it had weakened relations with the U.S. relations due to the Suez Crisis, yet Europe could not trust Britain due to its history of close relations with America. ... Britain had in act...

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