... trade with China. The company's decisions went all the way across to the Americas, and it could be said that their trading caused the American Revolution. The company also changed India forever. The law, constitution, economy, and culture would never be the same after the company dominated for over 100 years. It also set the stage for Britain's control of ... territories of princes and the destinies of India and acting as an agent of British imperialism of India. India would never be the same after the company took control. India's economy and government will never be the same because o...

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... until just after the Second World War. During this century, the British Empire stretched all over the globe extending its language, its culture, and its economy throughout Africa, India, and Asia. For the most part, the British preferred to rule its empire informally for reasons such as finances, fear of ... colonies. Without enough money, British citizens couldn't even afford to buy the products of the colonies, sending the already poor citizens of countries such as India even further into despair (Cain, 194.) As the poor got poorer, the richest member of the colonies tended to become e...

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... but no less challenging. National governments give biased preeminence to selected Inner Circle varieties as the only standard of English, considering local varieties 'deviant' forms (Jenkins 152). In India for example, Indian English has been seen as a deviation from British English instead of as a legitimate variety to be taught in schools. Indian English has retained both existing features ... has encouraged teachers to prioritize the teaching of an Inner Circle English over a local variant or other mother tongues and its retention as the official state language (such as in India...

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... behind the attacks. In the Middle East, religion is the glue that holds citizens together and the knife, which cuts them apart. Western culture imposes upon religious beliefs and the influence that the United States has through soft power creates animosity among these nations. In the case of ... of dominance. Nye refers to the following countries as the main contenders to the heavy weight belt of world dominance: China, Japan, Russia, India and Europe as the European Union. He then goes on to express each countries strengths, weaknesses and relationships with one another and how they ......

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... the English language; more than one-third of humanity (U.S. Bureau of the Census). English is also the national language of many countries- countries with a multiple of different cultures- including India and several populous countries in Africa. People in those countries use English to conduct common and official business, but they continue to speak many different languages as well. It seems ... almost synonymous with English, does not have it as its official language. In those countries, the people still have their own unique backgrounds, and still manage to preserve their own culture...

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... the war between 1946-1950. After 1950, immigration was encouraged from Southeastern countries that were British colonies or in the Commonwealth, - this included India and Pakistan. This was again due to the labour shortages. After the partition of India, many people found themselves homeless, therefore by 1958; thousands of Asian's had come to Britain. Another pull factor was the fact that the ... buy houses for black people. The Asian communities also set up self-help groups and they set up their own religious buildings and areas where they became familiar with their culture again. In ...

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... (Irish, Jewish, Polish, Chinese),but a new pattern of immigration was established after 1945. The end of World War II brought about new flows of immigrants coming from the New Commonwealth (India, a few African countries, the West Indies) and from Pakistan. The Commonwealth had taken part in the war and soldiers had fought under the Union Jack with the British troops, and ... opportunities plan in 1997 and the plan means to increase the number of black and Asian soldiers fivefold to 5.2%. The lifestyles of ethnic minorities Ethnic minorities have contributed to British culture and polit...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate