Britain, at its imperial zenith, faced a war that sprung from both ideologies of imperialism and nationalism. ... David Kaiser stated in his book, Politics and War: The South African war eventually demonstrated the costs of more serious economic imperialism "that is, of trying to secure economically significant areas with armed force. ... Since the time of the Boer war he has been generally held responsible for the outbreak of the conflict. ... Sir Milner and President Kruger of the Transvaal initiated a war of diplomacy, which eventually cornered the Boers into the war. ... After th...

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This essay will give detailed analysis on the reasons that contributed towards their downfall such as the rise in nationalism, the Second World War and arguably the First World War, the rise of the US and other such factors. ... 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. ... Countering this, it can be argued that there are two sides to this argument of a spread in nationalism after the war,...

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The first significant voluntary migration came to the island after the 1580 unification of Portugal and Spain under King Phillip II. ... British Colonial Rule 1655-1838) Being occupied by the greater distractions of Ireland and Europe, British interests in the Caribbean remained at a low level until the end of the English Civil War and Charles I's execution in 1649. ...

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It gave white settlers living in Kenya what they wanted also after the war (world war II) in 1945 Kenyans who had fought during the war returned, they were not satisfied with the return to substandard condition in Kenya. ... As the Kenyans soldiers had experience in the war therefore they knew how to fight and they also learnt strength and weaknesses of the British. Also they saw the white man being destroyed in the war (Germany- who were white got beaten in world war II). ... Also Kenyans soldiers were also familiar with the Atlantic charter that Roosevelt and Churchill had signed during the ...

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Despite, difficulties, problems finding in this area immigration continued widely in Britain because of it appeal as a place of security and opportunity after the World War II,and by that time Britain became a country of immigration following the large scale of immigration from its former and current colonies. And at the end of this second world war in 1945, Britain was quickly recognized that the reconstruction of British economy required a large influx of immigrants labour.The Royal commission on population reported in 1949 that immigrants of good stock would be welcomed without reserve, and...

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II. ... During the Napoleonic Wars, the French isolated Great Britain; the English took advantage of Ireland's resources. ... England's economy fell into a post-war depression after 1815, and created further problems among Irish farmers. ... Wars and rebellions were commonplace in seventeenth century Ireland. ... After the Civil War came the industrialization of the United States. ...

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According to the essay read in class about the diamond wars and this charter, the destiny of Africa was controlled by Europe and even the United States in 1963, and is still controlled to some extent today. ... Essays read in class such as Mark Twain's "Soliloquy of King Leopold" and the Diamond Wars essay also demonstrate this. ...

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The first two stanzas refer to the Kenyan conflict, while the second two address the war within the poet-as-outsider/insider, between his roles as blood insider but geographical outsider to the Mau Mau Uprising. ... Ironically, wars between people are described as following the beat of a drum - an instrument made of an animal hide stretched over a cylinder. ... The poet appears to condemn such an attitude by comparing the Mau Mau Uprising to the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Leaders of France and Great Britain wanted to avoid another war that would engulf all of Europe, so they introduced a no...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION i DECLARATION ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii ABSTRACT v INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE 4 MASS MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT...

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"All war is so contrary to our interest," they reminded field employees in 1681, "that we cannot too often inculcate to you our strictest aversion thereunto." ... In 1661 they picked up another site when, for a paltry annual rent of 10, King Charles II handed over a barren island called Bombay, which had been part of his dowry from Catherine of Braganza. ...

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