Misto depicts through distinctive visuals that such acts of injustice against women were also inflicted by the British Empire. ... Friday the thirteenth' to exemplify the danger that the women were in by mentioning to a superstitious event. ... On the screen there are photographs of emaciated male prisoners of war, starving, dying and covered in tropical ulcers. ... The war sticks with the female POW forever and is reinforced by the quote "Probably none. ... And if the only way to get it is to tell the truth then....

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There are two instances that occur almost 50 years apart that demonstrate this clearly. ... Although in reality, US soldiers would not see combat until 1918 and even then only for months rather then the Brits who had been involved for years. ... World War II saw the induction of modern day tactics, modern day technology, and the idea of global domination was in fact an idea of the past that should stay there. Alliances were made in the colossal clash of arms that stand today, but none as strong and stable as that of England with the United States. ... Reparations and the war crimes trials ...

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However, there are inconsistencies in the way Bronte uses history. ... It elucidates to the hierarchy at the time: black on the bottom, then creole, then European, then British, then British upper class. ... Woman were seen as very much inferior to men and the parallels between Jane and Bertha shed light on the parallels between race relations and gender hierarchy. ... Secondly, there are satanic associations; 'demoniac' and 'goblin-laughter'. ... None of the imagery is used to incite compassion or sympathy with Bertha, only to express menace and aggression. ...

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Although there had been a British and greater European presence in Africa prior to the last two decades of the 19th century it was primarily coastal and revolved around the slave trade. With the abolition of the slave trade within the British Empire in 1803 and a complete abolition of slavery across the empire in 1834 there was little interest in Africa by Britain until the end of the century. ... Britain's previous African expansion had been very different then it would be in Africa during the scramble. ... The debts were still not able to appropriately managed and rebellion broke out be...

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In the Gallipoli War, which was a part of the World War 1 there were different sides which were joining the war for different reasons and goals. ... Some could reach few of the things they have planned before, while some could reach none of their goals. ... The terms of the alliance were: 1. ... There were some reasons for Germany to make such an alliance and get Turkey into the war and these reasons and the general strategy that was followed by Germans were illustrated in the text "The intentions of Germans in the Gallipoli War- by Assist. ... Then, the author explains how Germans' ...

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Whilst the Colonies were on the brink of war, they attempted to instigate a mutiny within the Province of Quebec as well. ... However, none of them succeeded in swaying the public opinion in Quebec. i Therefore, the Province of Quebec did not send any delegates to either Congress, nor did the habitants appeal to the proposition of mutiny.ii The likely causes of their indifferences were the cultural barriers. ... Since then, the New England colonists engendered countless movements. ... There must have been some more fundamental divergences between the Colonies and Quebec which were the underlyi...

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There is no query as to whether such a system exists today as that much is clear. ... The slave traders then brought back mostly agricultural products, produced by the slaves in plantations mainly sugar and tobacco until these stocks depleted and cotton became the main commodity involved in Industrial Revolution. ... The Transatlantic slave trade also funded the growth of many port towns such as Bordeaux, La Rochelle, and Marseilles but none succeeded more than Nantes, on the west coast of France which saw over 1,400 slaving voyages during the 18th century alone11. ... France experienced many...

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As assets and responsibilities mounted, the merchants, who had come out as supplicants bearing gifts to local princes for an inside track on trade, gradually became soldiers, and then became local rulers themselves. ... By then, the company had carried home such Indian terms as "bungalow," "verandah," "punch," "dungarees" and "pyjamas." ... Thus, even those he displaced were inclined to see him not as the head of a Muslim state, but simply as the Muslim head of a nonpartisan India. ... If the rewards of a posting to India were high, the risks were higher. ... None of this was helped, of cou...

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While there have undoubtedly been shifts in the form and nature of immigration thousand years, using historical help us to grasp the nature of immigration in 1960s up to 1980s, including how it is different and how it is similar. The years 1960s up to 1980s were chosen for a variety of reasons: because the presence commonwealth immigrants was firmly established, because immigrants had become a national political issue, because certain statistical measures were first recorded finally because 30 years is recent enough to share features with contemporary Britain, but long enough ago to expect si...

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