Society Essays

From 1923-1929 there is no mistake that life in Germany improved dramatically. After suffering; trying to rebuild the country after the war, reparations ordered by the treaty of Versailles and now after hyperinflation had reached its peak, the economy was starting to boom and cultural life flourish. This turnabout is said to have happened because […]

In the Declaration of Independence of 1776 it was declared that ‘all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness’. In 1791 the Bill of Rights reinforced this and stated that all men have equal rights and […]

Field Marshall Douglass Haig was appointed Commanding Chief on the Western Front on December 15th. He was born in Edinburgh 1861 and was educated at Clifton Boarding School and Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1833, Haig entered Sandhurst Military Academy, where he failed a competitive entrance exam for officer training at Staff College. He also failed […]

Nazism was established in Germany between 1933 and 1939 into a form of totalitarianism. A one ruling party in such a regime practices monopoly of mass communications, legislation power, a centrally controlled economy, a control of armament, secret police apparatus, and racial superiority concepts and racism. I want to investigate to what extend and with […]

Source F is a cartoon from a Russian newspaper on the 10th of November which is the day after the destructions, and source G is a cartoon about Kristallnacht published in a British magazine on the 30th of November. Because source F is published in a Russian newspaper the day after the event, they have […]

The visual “texts” I have chosen for this study vary both in their production standards, target audience, resources, both in human effort and money spent, and in their presentation. What ties them all together however, is that they are all, in one form or another, an attempt by the Nazi authorities to influence the hearts […]

Across time, people have utilized diverse approaches, including both forceful and nonviolent methods, to challenge racism. Founded in the 1960s, the Black Panthers in America advocated for using violence as a means to confront the Ku Klux Klan and were well-prepared and organized in their confrontation with police. Their emergence coincided with an increase in […]

When Prohibition was passed as a law in 1919 the pressure groups who had backed it hoped for a decrease in America’s social problems and criminal activities. Instead prohibition appeared to bring about a totally opposite change to the US society; criminal activity increased, not just within organised crime but also throughout the general public […]

Husaam Bin Ladin led Al Qaeda in executing and organizing the September 11th 2001 attacks, which targeted America’s stock exchange center, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania on the same day. The first targets were the twin towers of the American stock exchange center. The north tower was crashed into at 8:45 am, followed by a second […]

Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London, England in the latter half of 1888. The real name of this murderer was never found out because the killer managed to avoid capture or identification. Source D is ‘the evidence […]

Many people have regarded General Haig as the Butcher of the Somme. Does he really reserve this name? To decide this it is necessary to consider what happened at the battle of the Somme and to what extent it can be blamed on Haig.The Battle of the Somme was intended to relieve pressure on the […]

The main objective of my essay is to analyze the legal processes associated with the killings of Emmett Till and James Byrd, as well as integrating further details obtained from the aftermath of Emmett Till’s case. Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till was a youthful African-American from Chicago, Illinois. On July 25th 1941, Maime Till Bradley gave […]

Constructed in 1853 by Sir Titus Salt, Saltaire was established in close proximity to the town of Shipley. Over the years, there has been a growing debate regarding Salt’s motives for building the village. This is partly due to the lack of evidence available, as Salt did not leave much primary evidence due to his […]

Commander-in-chief during the battle of the Somme, Field Marshall Haig has often been called ‘Butcher of the Somme’ since the battle. A butcher, of course, is someone who kills animals and prepares them to be sold before selling them himself. However, when applied to a person butcher can mean someone who kills heedlessly, brutally or […]

In 1801, the Act of Union between Britain and Ireland saw the closing of Irish Parliament and was therefore routinely denounced by all manner of Irish nationalists. Much of Ireland was owned by absentee protestant ascendancy landlords, which caused a lot of bad feeling among the ordinary Irish people who worked on the land and […]

Source A shows that woman can have responsible jobs in society but not have the vote. For example, a woman can be a doctor or teacher, and for these jobs they would have to be well educated and very responsible but still not be allowed the vote. On the other hand, a man can be […]

Capital punishment is being punished in the worst possible way, by being put to death. Capital punishment has been around for many centuries. Although some see it as a deterrent, it has yet to be proven. With the exception of Turkey and the United States, the whole of NATO do not wish to use this […]

‘Our Country’s Good’ is based on events that occurred in the first penal colony to be set up in Australia in 1789. The play deals with the prisoners in the colony, who were imprisoned for minor infractions, while still in Britain. It tells of the abuse they endured at the hands of their officers, in […]

First of all to find out whether crime statistics are actually a misleading indication of crime in society we need to define what crime is first, in different societies there are different concepts and ideas of what crime is defined as, as legal meanings and shared social understandings differ from societies, most societies or individuals […]

Technology has done many wondrous and phenomenal things for society. One of the positive aspects of technology is that it has brought together and connected people from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds through different forms communication. Also, through the variety of media types, we are able to know what is happening around the world and […]

The palette of Narmer is a highly significant artefact when looking at ancient Egyptian history, and is dated as the final century of the fourth millennium BC (Naqada 3), during the reign of King Narmer. Discovered in 1898 by James Quibell and Frederick Green, at the key archaeological site of Hierakonpolis, the palette’s meaning has […]

According to Yasin et al. (2003), the crucial development of the worldwide tourism industry drives the service economy and demands accommodations for both domestic and international travelers. Hotels are established to meet the expectations of tourists who require sustenance and shelter during their travels. The lines between tourism, travel, leisure, and hospitality blend smoothly, making […]