Latin American Studies: Peril and Promise

Watch the PBS documentary Peril and Promise, episode 6:LINK: https://www.pbs.org/video/latino-americans-episode-6-peril-and-promise/ Takes viewers through the past 30 years, with a second wave of Cubans arriving in Miami during the Mariel exodus and with hundreds of thousands Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans fleeing civil wars, death squads and unrest to go north into …

Latin American Studies: Prejudice and Pride

Watch the PBS documentary Prejudice and Pride, episode 5:LINK: https://www.pbs.org/video/latino-americans-episode-5-prejudice-and-pride/ Details the creation of the proud Chicano identity, as labor leaders organize farmworkers in California, and as activists push for better education opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies, and empowerment in the political process. Write a short essay …

Latin American Studies: The New Latinos

Watch PBS Documentary The New Latinos, episode 4:LINK: https://www.pbs.org/video/latino-americans-episode-4-new-latinos/ Highlights the swelling immigration from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic that stretches from the post-World War II years into the early 1960s as the new arrivals seek economic opportunities. Write a short essay response to The New Latinos of …

Latin American Studies: War and Peace

Watch the PBS Documentary War and Peace, episode 3:LINK:https://www.pbs.org/video/latino-americans-episode-3-war-and-peace/ Moves into the World War II years and those that follow, as Latino Americans serve their new country by the hundreds of thousands but still face discrimination and a fight for civil rights back in the United States. Write a short …

Latin American Studies: Empire of Dreams

Watch PBS Documentary Episode 2, Empire of Dreams:LINK: https://www.pbs.org/video/latino-americans-episode-2-empire-dreams/ Documents how the American population begins to be reshaped by the influx of people that began in 1880 and continues into the 1940s, as Cubans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans begin arriving in the U.S. and start to build strong Latino-American communities …

Latin American Studies: Foreigners in Their Own Land

Watch the PBS Documentary Foreigners in Their Own Land: LINK: https://www.pbs.org/video/latino-americans-episode-1-foreigners-their-own-land/ Explores the period from 1565-1880, as the first Spanish explorers enter North America, the U.S. expands into territories in the Southwest that had been home to Native Americans and English and Spanish colonies, and as the Mexican-American War strips …

Humanities

Search online for a news report about an artifact from the humanities involved in a religious controversy, and answer the following questions. Consider searching the religion section of CNN or similar sources.1.Provide a link to the news story and write a short (1-2 paragraph) summary of each sides position 2.How …

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Case study: relations between China and Japan in East China Sea regarding their dispute over the sovereignty of the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkaku_Islands). You have to develop an essay of up to 600 words in which you have to establish how Neorealism and Neoliberalism (separately) would analyse/explain this situation. Very important: …

Outline + draft of introduction

I ATTACHED MY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA. CAN YOU PROVIDE A THESIS ONCE YOU READ THE BIBLIOGRAPHY PLEASE.FOR THE INTRODUCTION, PARAGRAPH HAS TO BE AT LEAST HALF A PAGE. I ALSO ATTACHED THE RESOURCES USED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME …

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Do an essay A review session will be held the week prior to the exam.The exam will cover lectures, documentaries, presentations, and readings. It will consist of essayquestions. The image of the harem has been central in orientalist discussions and portrayals of women and the Middle East. Discuss orientalism and …