As a result, he is unable to see that much of the technology that supposedly led to Europe's rise to power can be found in other parts of the world long before it shows up in Europe. In Blaut's analysis of White's work, he clearly sites evidence of the technological advances White suggests as European that can be found in other areas of the world long before they reach Europe (p. 34). ... For example, the dramatic population increase in Europe after the Dark Ages is more directly related to the population rebuilding itself through birth rates and increased settlement as a resu...

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" I recalled when I first watched this film; it was shortly after I presented our Institute's mission with the All Indian Pueblo Council Governors and Tribal leadership. A presentation before me was a discussion on strategies for protecting Traditional Cultural Properties within Federal, State, public and private lands that New Mexico Tribes, Pueblos and Nations considered sacred. ... How ironic I thought, just the day before I had viewed the "In the Light of Reverence" film; a film exploring the non-Natives' relationship to nature and how they failed to respect the sacred site...

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Colleges and universities encourage learning through projects and assignments, by stimulating the mind of the student, rightly believing that after years of basic education, this is the right time to expand his mind by letting him apply the knowledge gained so far, in the practical world. ... Often, the way that he lived before is not accepted as or considered as normal in the new place. ... The life of an international student is a tough one, but it can be made easy, simply by proper information and preparation before he embarks on his studies. ...

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Before that, women had minimal rights and were not allowed to have any say in Canadian politics even though this was the country which they called "home". ... It began the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and it lasted until Japan surrendered. ... Finally, after all this, the government looted all possessions of Japanese-Canadians and auctioned them off while telling the people imprisoned in the camps that they were only temporarily holding onto their valued possessions. ... This is an important defining moment in Canadian History because after this, people looking for a better lif...

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The culprits then proceeded to kick the bowl into the Redeau canal after a night of alcoholic celebration. ... The Cup was to become the most sought after trophy in Canada at the turn of the century. ...

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Africa's population consisted of civilized, organized, technologically advanced people,2 long before the arrival of the European enslavers, who tried to suggest they were backward people. ... After embarking the ships and the journey to the West Indies commenced, many families were separated; split between husband and wife, mother and children. ... African culture was broken from the inception of tribal segregation on the ships, or in the markets before they were sold. ... After broken family ties and tribal separation, the slaves were given new names when they were purchased. ...

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In an article published in 2005, in the New York Times titled "It's a Flat World, After All," Thomas Friedman walks us through the three major turning points in the development of Globalization from a technological standpoint. ... With this possibility for immediate interaction between individuals across the world, the question of how we treat one another from different cultural backgrounds has become more pressing than ever before. ... When Iraq, a less competent country in the eyes of America, was floundering after the US invasion, the US stepped in to take control. ... "It&#x...

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Newton, who was a distinguished British historian in the early 20th century, believed that there was no African history because most of the African society was illiterate before the European intrusion. ... He, as well as others who had the same opinion, failed to realize that African communities existed long before colonialism and so had their own history, even though it had not been put into writing at the time. ... Clark and Soyinka are evidence of the continued dependence and belief in oral traditions by a lot of Africans, even after extensive western education. ...

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The issues are raised after the long statuses of these social structures are broken by the conquering of colonialist powers. ... It refers to the untapped culture before the overtaking by colonialist powers. ... The one and only bridged between the western and non-western culture for many years before the effects of globalization was language. ...

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After he sucks upon the erogenous necks of his innocent victims, they are forever his in body and mind as an unconscious collective. ... This is a similitude of sexual repression because of his willingness not to do what is most natural to him, drink blood; just as sex before marriage is forbidden inside of Mormon culture. ... The LDS church is not wrong to perceive sex before marriage an unclean act; even in today's society women and men who engage themselves in highly promiscuous acts are given names subject to what they have done and are remembered for having participated in something ...

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As Arshad Husain put it, "Globalization is the ongoing economic, technological, social, and political integration of the world that began after the Second World War" (Husain, 2010). ... Therefore, these pages are listed before others. ...

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Even in modern times this wide spread prejudice can been seen "after September 11th, people of Muslim origin have been harassed, blacklisted, even profiled. ... As mentioned before, prejudice starts in the family with socialization. ...

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Certain countries cultures look to follow direct orders and not those that are wavering, whereas others are more comfortable with consensus agreements after discussions of important decisions for the organization. ... One way a manager or management team for an organization can learn to effectively manage in a foreign country is by actually spending time in the country before the actual job begins. ...

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Certain countries cultures look to follow direct orders and not those that are wavering, whereas others are more comfortable with consensus agreements after discussions of important decisions for the organization. ... One way a manager or management team for an organization can learn to effectively manage in a foreign country is by actually spending time in the country before the actual job begins. ...

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Examples of this are the fact that after every meeting Miri staff shake Doug's hand and the fact that Miri staff always prefer to wear formal attire. ... What this means to an organization that wants to remain competitive is that managers who are assigned a foreign position must have relevant cultural understanding through training before transfer and continual evaluation and support after the initial period of adjustment. ...

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These parents and family members tend to force their children into first learning their native language and culture before learning English and the American Culture. ... Without a doubt, their children and grand-children will have the pleasure of discovering their parents and family's culture and language after they succeed in learning the culture of their new home. A great example is the Hispanic American author Julia Alvarez, which after mastering in her primary language and making it useful by becoming a successful author, never denied her Hispanic background. ...

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She completed fieldwork in Samoa after completing her studies. ... After her fieldwork, she worked in the American Museum of Natural History as an assistant curator of ethnology (Billings, 2010). ... She was a peace educator and activist before starting her scholarly career. ...

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This was the period known in Japanese history as the Meiji Restoration; after centuries of military governments which had followed a policy of enforced isolation from the outside world a revolution led to the re-establishment of imperial rule and the opening up of the country to overseas trade and technology. ... And so, he had to rise up and denounce the all-important Chinese influence before this weighty opposition. ... Fukuzawa was thinking about the same idea even before The Great Britain, but he gave up the idea later because he wanted Japan to truly become part of the civilized world of ...

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Cultural, ideas and customs soon follow shortly after the exchange of goods cross-national boarders (Kluver). ... The problem is that we are forgetting what our ancestors did and believed in before they moved to the United States (Chase-Dunn 140). ... According to Christopher Chase- Dunn in the Journal of World-Systems Research, people around the world are more connected than ever before. Information and money flow move faster than ever before. ...

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After 1978, Simmons stopped being a family-run business and it changed many hands. ... Right after taking over the company, he launched a $9 million ad campaign on a redesigned version of Beautyrest. ... Eitel believed that the leaders of today must care about their teams because this century's people want happiness and meaning in their lives more than ever before (Perry, 2001). Simmons Culture Before Eitel, the company had four core values highlighting history, innovation, opportunity, and customers. ... After a positive reaction from the leadership team, they rolled out the program for...

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This is something that no other country has done before and is something that was quite an interesting decision on the government's part. ... This department was disbanded after World War II and with the break up of this department came the delegation of duties having to do with the cultural policies. ... The "promotion of cultural development" was something that was going to be handled by the department before it was dissolved. ... After the war, Italy was seen as a country that wanted to start anew on a few things, the film-industry being one of them. ... In seeing it from tha...

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In Johnson's terms, I realized that we, as Americans, prioritize our relationships with one another before our relationships with the earth and our relationship with God. ... Yet after reading Black Elk I felt surprisingly ignorant. ...

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The Future of Chinese Cities Two weeks ago, I went back to my hometown Tianjin. After I got off the train, I caught on a bus. On the way to home, I found that the majority of the former one-story houses have disappeared. The billboards there said there will be several high buildings instead. Nowada...

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Based on Mrieke de Mooij (2004), it is fundamental that, when the business sector supervisors need to study purchaser's conduct inside of every nation, they ought to compare the cultures to discover how these national cultures are different from, or similar to, each other before they implement their international marketing strategies. ... According to marketing administrator in Beijing 2009, when the Chicken Bundle of Old Beijing was initially introduced to the clients in February 2003, the item was presented a play of Beijing Opera, and after then it turned out to be more well known. ......

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Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. ... After the fall of Saigon in April 1975, the South Vietnamese began evacuating with nothing but the hope of returning to their home when the political situation permitted. ... After getting sponsored, however, Vietnamese refugees faced emotional, social, and psychological difficulties adapting to their new environment, being separat...

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