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Luther Burbank was a horticulturist. A horticulturist is someone who uses scientific knowledge to cultivate and propagate plants, and then uses that knowledge to provide technical information to fruit-, vegetable-, and flower-growers as well as farmers. Luther Burbank was born March 7, 1849 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. After his father's death, Burbank moved with his family to a small farm in Groton. At the age of twenty-one he purchased seventeen acres of land near Lunenburg and began a 55-year

Alice Walker states that ‘The Colour Purple' remains for her the "theological work examining the journey from the religious back to the spiritual". How successful is she in revealing her purpose to the reader? <br> <br>In the preface to ‘the Colour Purple' Walker identifies her religious development as the inspiration for her novel and labels religion and spirituality as the principle themes in the book. There are a number of principle characters who complete this journey however in many instances

Explain what is meant by the term imperialism. Discuss the causes of imperialism in the 1800s. Kamar Findlay ID# 092165839 Mico University College Imperialism in Africa Mrs. Pitter October 29, 2011 Imperialism is "the creation and or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination" (Johnston, 2000.p.375). In its simplest form Farah and Karls (2001) describes imperialism

In victimology, there are still many unanswered questions and difficulties to find patterns that would easily classify victims, because nobody is exempt from becoming a victim. Nevertheless, some clichéd views about victims are embedded in our society. For example, Christie (1986) describes the idea of the ideal victim, which is, in fact a person who is easily given the status of being a victim. Ideal victims are perceived as blameless, law-abiding, usually female, vulnerable and worthy of help

The third method that Paul A. Cohen uses is that of describing the Boxer Rebellion as a myth. Myths, or mythologization, is essentially the manner in which later groups and people would use the Boxer Rebellion to suit their own ideals or social movements. Chen Duxia, future head of the Chinese Communist Party, provided a scathing critique of the Boxers, especially regarding the 5 causes of their rise in power. Given the continuing prevalence of these 5 causes, primarily religious beliefs, Chen warning

affiliation: Colonization is the governing influence, control or acquiring partial or full political control past another country, occupying it with foreign settlers and manipulating it economically. It also is when a group or society of people migrates from one area to another but keep their original homeland language and culture. Colonialism is establishment and preservation for a lengthy period, of rule over foreign people that are independent from and subordinate to a power

Umuofia was a known village that became feared by neighbors due to their local values. The tribe gained enemies, but were respected because they did not declare war unless invited. The smart villages were given an option of war on everyone, or just their one targeted victim, and most surrendered the one. Beheading showed strength within a warrior, violence being the foundation of their culture. In Nigeria, around the early 1900’s, a young man applying his local values to reach high ranking across

Dublin City University Portfolio Assignment 1 HIS2 2016/2017 Name: Anita Hilderink Student ID: 15212972 Date: 13 November 2016 Programme: BA Humanities Module: History 2 Europe and the wider world? HIS2 Tutor: Dr Barry Whelan Content Assignment Report Form 3 Essay 4 ?What were the causes and motivations behind the ?Scramble for Africa??? 4 Bibliography 11 Assignment Report Form ASSIGNMENT REPORT FORM Student Name: Anita Hilderink Summary of Performance* Performance Components

Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon. The local Indians helped the colonists with food during their first hard winters and taught them how to farm and live off the land. The Indians had experienced small parties of Spanish explorers and missionaries in

contact between the Europeans and the Islanders was often transient and socially distanced, but the arrival of the London Missionary Society in 1871 on the Islands resulted in their attempt to impose Christian discipline on the Islanders, therefore manipulating their identity. Although they typically didn’t allow music, when they did the ‘teachers’ from the London Missionary Society were especially suspicious of the islanders’ traditional dances and songs, but tolerated South Sea dance. Cambridge