Nationalist movements

second world wars were being fought in Europe and partially in the Pacific, there was a nationalist movement underway. Vietnamese people wanted to be rid of the hands of the French. They longed for the day when they would not be under the rule of France, but rather themselves. The Nationalist Movement was eventually under the authority and leadership of Ho Chin Minh. Although having a strong force of nationalists with their passion, their strength as one body and their ability to gain the self-government

Gandhi Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule at the turn of the twentieth century, and is widely considered the father of his country. His doctrine of non-violent protest to achieve political and social progress, and struggles against oppression have been greatly influential globally. He travelled to South Africa as a young law graduate, and returned to India as Mahatma, the ‘great-souled one’. “Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it

variety of reasons, the main one being religious differences (Catholic vs. Protestant) between the Irish and the British. The Anglo-Irish war started in 1919 was a result of the growing frustration and the Irish nationalist movement that emerged from said frustration. The Irish nationalist movement was started by a group of revolutionaries known as the IRA (Irish Republican Army) who believed that the only way Ireland could achieve independence was through

the PFLP has its roots in the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM) and in the political styles of its own principle founders, George Habash and Wadi Haddad—both from Greek Orthodox Christian backgrounds. The Arab Nationalist Movement particularly attracted to Christians, who saw a secular ideology based on Arab unity as a way to equalize their status in a predominately-Muslim world and to shape out a special niche for themselves within the Palestinian resistance movement. Unlike Fatah, the PFLP soon adopted

The Black Nationalist was one of the important components of the civil rights movement in America since 1877. There were two notable developments in 1957 that energized the civil rights advocates namely; the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and secondly, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s decision, of dispatching federal troops to Little Rock, in Arkansas, for restoration of civil order as well be seen as if enforcing a desegregation plan through the admission of nine black students at the all-white

This work is composed of a number of events on some aspects of the relation between politics and opera. The aim of the thesis is to investigate how Verdi`s music come to be associated with the Italian nationalist movement. I will briefly present the debate among scholars that surround Verdi`s status as a bard of Risorgimento. Chapter one presents an overviewing of Italian opera in the nineteenth century known as "the romantic era". Verdi`s contribution to the development of opera as a genre will

The nationalist movement of Zionism emerged out of the Jewish people’s need for a national state of their own. This idea harkens back to the establishment of the Kingdom of Israel after the Exodus. The Holy Land and all of its historic prestige persisted in Jewish culture as they spread throughout the Diaspora for 2000 years. Restrictions and persecution followed the Jewish people as they were met with prejudice throughout Eastern and Western Europe. Organized political Zionism grew from tsarist

Black cultural nationalism was an international, less organized extension of the Black Nationalist movement. The movement focused on the embracing of African culture and values through various artistic forms, including poetry, drama, and music. Emphasizing the need to embrace one’s blackness, cultural nationalism was able to gain much mainstream attention because of the prominence of many of its members. The earliest organized display of cultural nationalism associated with Africa began with the

The years after World War One brought about vast changes to many parts of the world. Places like South Asia and the Middle East were able to see the need for self government away from foreign control. This sparked a number of nationalist movements during the 1920’s and 1930’s. The Middle East had to Westernize to rid foreign control while India had to be united under non-violence and Hindu values. Before WW1, the Middle East was dominated by outside powers. Egypt was under British control

Account for the general failure of nationalist movements in Southeast Asia in the period 1900-1941. The failure to achieve political independence of pre-war nationalism in Southeast Asia was mainly due to the interplay of nationalist factors, impact of colonial response and inherent society composition. Nationalist disunity watered down mass support which was key to success, while colonial rule hindered the development of nationalism and the nature Southeast Asian society made unification hard