Race And Ethnicity Essays

Volksgemeinschaft when translated means “peoples community”. It was the Nazi ideology to try and create a perfect German society, which would be united through different factors, including race, blood and traditional values. Hitler’s aim was to create a class-less society and return German people to a rural way of life; …

It is apparent to see that in today’s society when anything about any of the world wars is mentioned the first thing that comes to mind is Germany, especially if we are talking about the origins of the wars. However if we ponder into this matter further and emphasise on …

When the Reparations of the Treaty of Versailles were finally announced in 1921, the hatred from the German people for the Weimar Republic grew stronger. Most people thought that the amount was far too high, and blamed the government for ‘giving in’ to the Allies. There were many demonstrations and …

States, where many people were abducted from Africa, and transported to the southern plantations to work as slaves for the white people. Around this time in the United States there was a great deal of segregation between different races. Black people were unable to go to public places, which were …

Every Chinese New Year brings mixed feeling to every Chinese family and their traveling members, those who are busy preparing for this momentous festival and those who can’t wait to be on their way home for a family reunion. However, they all find out the homecoming has become more and …

Thomas Hardy’s works often explore the subjects of relationships, mortality, love and the ‘unflinching rigour’ or pattern of time. He uses the image of a landscape to great effect in both the poem ‘At Castle Boterel’ and the short story ‘The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion’. The poem is …

For China to prosper in the global economy it must increase its economic strength. One of these key elements is to be the development of the countries infrastructure. As China develops it urban centres, new factories, offices and homes along with it push into the modern world, it has created …

In 1848, Europe experienced several revolutionary out brakes. These were mainly about issuing constitutions, and the increase of people’s involvement in running the country (I.E. More middle class representation in various parliaments). In Vienna and Berlin, similar revolutions occurred. As in the rest of Europe, these were led by the …

The Cold War was a war of tension that ran for the majority of 20th century and throughout this time Germany was at the centre of many of the key conflicts a crisis points. This can be explained by a number of explanations. Foremost among these was the way that …

The popularity of the various forms of German Nationalism changed and developed greatly in the 100-year period. Similarly, there was much change in the classes in which they found support, and the demographics of Germany. Nationalism began as a cause mainly popular among the middle class and students. However, it …