Essays about: "imperial"
Showing result 26 - 30 of 53 essays containing the word imperial.
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26. Egyptology in the Periphery. Valdemar Schmidt and the making of Egyptology in Denmark 1872–1925
University essay from Lunds universitet/HistoriaAbstract : Egyptology in the 19th and early 20th centuries developed simultaneously with increased imperial presence in Egypt by the European imperial powers, which would have influence on how the discipline was practised. The history of Egyptology has for this reason primarily focused on the big four – Great Britain, France, Germany and USA – and on Egypt itself. READ MORE
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27. Detective VS Vampire - A Powerbattle : A Narratological Character Study of ‘SHERLOCK HOLMES VS. DRACULA or the Adventure of the Sanguinary Count’ to Find Underlying Symbolism of Imperialistic Representation
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay is a narratological character study of Loren. D Estleman’s novel SHERLOCK HOLMES VS DRACULA or the Adventure of the Sanguinary Count. READ MORE
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28. Sports of Empire: Squash as Signifier in V.S. Naipaul’s A Bend in the River
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The protagonist of V.S. Naipaul’s 1979 novel A Bend in the River is an ethnic Indian living in Africa as part of an expatriate community of traders in the city at the bend in the river. He sympathises with the Western world, listens to BBC Radio, and tries very hard to distance himself and show himself as different from the native Africans. READ MORE
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29. Countries Divided, Shared Pollution: Whose Mess is it? A Case Study on the issue of Transnational Border Sewage in the Tijuana River Valley Watershed
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : This thesis critically examines the issue of shared border sewage between San Diego and Tijuana. In light of the recent sewage spill in February of 2017, dumping 143 million gallons of raw sewage into the Tijuana River, the phenomena of border sewage in the transnational environment of the Tijuana River Watershed has been a topic of interest in local and international contexts; raising questions of how this issue came about, what is causing it, and why it’s still happening. READ MORE
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30. Once upon a time in Germania Magna. The relation between terra sigillata and the historical events in the northwestern and northeastern Europe (1-400 CE)
University essay from Lunds universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : During the period of the Roman Imperial Period the area north of the Roman limes, Germania Magna, was influenced from the Roman Empire. The varied interactions between the Romans and the Germanic population, living beyond the northern frontier, has broadly been studied during centuries. READ MORE
