Why did black nationalism in South Africa gain such a popular following during the 1940s and 1950s
Why did black nationalism in South Africa gain such a popular following during the 1940s and 1950s yet fail to achieve any of its stated aims?
Entries by Daphne Hanson
Discuss your understanding of oral and literary traditions of the African world before taking this course
Discuss your understanding of oral and literary traditions of the African world before taking this course. What texts are you familiar with that might fit with the categories we will discuss?
Views of the Federalists and the anti-Federalists on the new Constitution
Explain the specific differences between the views of the Federalists and the anti-Federalists on the new Constitution: where do they disagree, and why? Your answer must also include an explanation of James Madison’s views from both Federalist #10 and Federalist #51
The Out of Africa Theory discourages us from dividing mankind into racial groups
The Out of Africa Theory discourages us from dividing mankind into racial groups. But we often use race categories (such as Caucasoid, Negroid, Mongoloid, etc.). How valid and useful is the concept of race (human grouping based on physical characteristics, not on cultural characteristics) as a way of distinguishing the world’s peoples? Does it inevitably […]
How do language and religious ideals impact cultural music styles in the Middle East?
How do language and religious ideals impact cultural music styles in the Middle East? Give examples or share online links to a song you found from a middle eastern culture zone. What makes it beautiful or interesting to you?
Compare the contemporaneous figures, La Malinche and Bartolome de las Casas
Compare the contemporaneous figures, La Malinche and Bartolome de las Casas. How did each navigate the cultural collisions they experienced? What lessons did they leave for us?
Explain how engineers like Frederick Winslow Taylor (see chapter 18), who were interested in maximizing production
Explain how engineers like Frederick Winslow Taylor (see chapter 18), who were interested in maximizing production, could also use Marey’s images to improve working conditions.
Explain the relationship between factory production and factory workers, as depicted in these images
Explain the relationship between factory production and factory workers, as depicted in these images, and mass consumption and consumers, as presented in this chapter.
What led to the unprecedented level of globalization in the twenty-first century?
What led to the unprecedented level of globalization in the twenty-first century? Have the benefits of global economic integration been evenly distributed? Who has benefited and who has not?
Geographers use scale indicators to show how the distances on a map or image compare to actual distances
Geographers use scale indicators to show how the distances on a map or image compare to actual distances. The scale indicator tells the viewer how “zoomed in” a map or overhead photograph is. Are there any images for which you can figure out the approximate scale?
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