During this period the Portuguese attempted to acclimatise the native population to Western customs in order to stem the flow of any potential resistance to their rule and gradually eradicate the local cultural and religious ways. ... Whilst some in high places and positions of authority such as the Kandyan prince Vijaya Pala may have accepted Portuguese customs and traditions by adopting them as their own (3), the majority of the civilian population resisted Western religion and culture. ... " (2) Some of the methods the Portuguese rulers used in order to enforce the spread of Catholici...

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In addition, Imperialism was centered on the top two empires from Western Europe: Great Britain and France. ... Eventually, the ambivalent acts of France gave rise to the "the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN), which emerged in a spectacular assault on French positions in Algeria on All Saints' Day" (Prashad, 5). ...

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World War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. ...

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ABSTRACT This dissertation aims to study development and broadcasting in Zambia, to draw conclusions as to the present situation of broadcasting and the direction it should move in the future. The study of the development of broadcasting in Zambia and its current structure are outlined together with details of its structure, policy and the constraints placed upon it. The findings of this study show that broadcasting - radio in particular - has become the dominant news source for the nation, an effective instrument of propaganda for the government and a powerful influence in the political, s...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate