Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson's mystery-suspense novel, provides an immaculate interpretation of a small American coastal island's trial to conquer and expel the ongoing dogmatic narrow-mindedness synonymous with its inhabitants. ... The small community associated with San Piedro Island, recently stricken with the misfortune of a mysterious drowning, soon realizes a more complex situation. ... This conflict, though not visible to tourist mindsets, has been subliminally effervescent since the mistreatment of the Japanese Americans during World War II, and its dormancy beneath...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

Globalisation is defined as the rapid expansion of global interactions and interconnections between places in the world. ... However this occurred on a significantly smaller scale than that of modern day globalisation, termed mini-globalisations, and many collapsed or became more insular, such as attempts made by the Chinese. ...

• Word Count: 1673
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• Grade Level: Graduate

After World War II for example, with the defeat of the tyrannical and imperialistic enemy, Nazi Germany, nations like India gained a new outlook on their place within the world, not needing to be ruled by a greater force, such as the British Empire. ...

• Word Count: 4015
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate