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strangers. These combine to form new cultural practices. Being Greek, ... psychological changes induced by cross-cultural imitation. Acculturation ...

Myth of the Negro Past, about the African cultural influences on American blacks ... black Americans, according to which all cultural ties between Africans in ...

The Dreyfus Affair convinced Herzl that assimilation into European ... and many, especially progressive Jews, advocated assimilation. ...

to revive and maintain the spiritual, cultural, and physical values and ... preserve, and enhance the spiritual, cultural, and physical values and ...

is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the ... Mediterranean Sea through conquest and assimilation. However, a number of ...

melt and, either wholly or in part, fuse (Cultural Conflict and the Marginal ... #Assimilation: Process whereby once separate groups acquire each other’s ...

and Islamization that has defined its cultural landscape ever since. Questions ... It has a long history of political and cultural contacts with nations and ...

a discrete and (relatively) circumscribed cultural sphere. Indeed, as this ... as far as is possible, within their own cultural milieu. Indeed, it was during ...

The Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (UNESCO, 2001) elaborates ... capacities and interprets cultural diversity as a key element ...

herbs for flavor. Intermarriage and cultural assimilation have made the traditional ... some agriculture. Intermarriage and cultural assimilation have made the traditional ...

and Buddhas") refers to a form of cultural-religious syncretism that ... nation," Japanese Buddhism - A Cultural History, First Ed. (in English ...

Poseidon, is another example of cross-cultural assimilation in the ancient world where a great deal of dialogue and syncretism among different civilizations ...

included personality development and cultural change, providing the foundation ... was given to the problem of immigrant assimilation, and Thomas received a ...

literature was instrumental in the assimilation of the Timurid elite to ... a central place in the process of assimilation of the Timurid elite to ...

A new approach of assimilation was attempted in the eighteenth century ... group. Thus their future on the level of cultural continuity seems somewhat ...

"The Caribs in Dominica: Karifuna Cultural Group,"] Caribbean ... Because of a possible shared ancestry and years of assimilation, the ...

Cultural Anthropologists regard the legend of Dangun to reflect the ... it conflicted with the Japanese cultural assimilation policy. After the ...

Three Fires Confederacy, a political and cultural compact. Walpole Island ... a belief that there is a standard set of cultural values that should be held ...

offer sacrifices to their ancestors and cultural heroes. This festival commemorates ... of Chinese to the south accelerated the assimilation of Miao into Han Chinese. ...

prosperity was combined with cultural assimilation. In the second half ... Sogdians played an equally important religious and cultural role. ...

foundation of Rome until its complete assimilation to Ancient Rome in the ... The high cultural achievements of Rome may have been largely derivative ...

was to change the prevailing view from cultural evolution to one of "cultural ... Enlightenment values, including their assimilation into modern German society ...

In each area, overseas Chinese have retained their languages and cultural ... as Chinese, despite their partial assimilation into Malay culture. People ...

The Prussians were subject to Germanization and assimilation and eventually ... *Bojtár, Endre. 1999. Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of ...

Nordau establishes the cultural phenomenon of fin de siècle in the ... This cultural construct, which could be used to describe anything ...

second half of the seventeenth century. A cultural flowering during the century ... to independence, little of the type of cultural and linguistic links between ...

;Elman Rogers Service: Service developed a theory of cultural evolution ... anthropologist who pioneered the cross-cultural analytical method. His research ...

and Cape Breton increased, beginning a cultural exchange that continues ... the near-loss of this culture to English assimilation. The turn of ...

and métissage—connote a positive ethno-cultural "melting-pot." ... Lopes, "What Next? On Race and Assimilation in the United States and ...

period, but a poet who, by a rare assimilation of the strength of the ... == Cultural references == * He is honored in Austria with a pastry ...

In Communist Eastern Europe, Roma experienced assimilation schemes ... themselves based in part on territorial, cultural, and dialectal differences ...

After the movement of European settlers to the region, cultural and ... towards Euro-American enculturation and assimilation. Christian missionaries ...

territory) that is guided by a nation (a cultural entity), and which derives ... population does not feel their nation (cultural identity) is represented ...

codification which enabled Norman assimilation of conquered territories ... ===English cultural development=== One interpretation of the Conquest ...

culture. Minuchin wrote, that in all cultural contexts “the family imprints ... to other cultures. Research on the assimilation process of new immigrants ...

come to represent an oasis of tribal and cultural identity, providing a base ... changed into a nuclear family system. Cultural values and economic dependency ...

which connected with his patients' cultural backgrounds. He also trained ... mainly in the Kabyle region, to study the cultural and psychological life of ...

that only through independence of the cultural, political, and economic ... ===The Anthroposophical Society and its cultural activities=== ...

shtml Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity.] Retrieved October ... form, depends greatly on the dominant cultural belief systems. However ...

to Christianity and attempted assimilation into German Christian ... he began to write a series of works of cultural criticism, this time in ...

in the rodeo. Cowboys also spawned a rich cultural tradition, made famous throughout ... by the geographic, environmental and cultural circumstances of New Spain ...

There is substantial genetic, linguistic, cultural and social diversity among ... term refers to "Chinese" as a cultural and ethnic affiliation and ...

influences pervading their art and rich cultural and ceremonial objects. ... Gradual assimilation into American culture has presented both challenges ...

solution to antisemitism in the voluntary cultural assimilation of the Jews, suggesting that they could follow the example of the people of Holstein, ...

anxieties about racial, religious, and cultural differences still find expression ... Aboriginal children was one of "assimilation:" They would be brought ...

of their identities in an era of cultural assimilation and upward social ... a transgression of Jewish-American cultural values and norms, such as ...

of non-Aboriginal commitment to either assimilation or cultural pluralism” ... together children from all sections for cultural and artistic activities ...

Silla and Balhae carried on economic and cultural exchange with Tang China. ... *Lancaster, Lewis R., and Chai-Shin Yu. 1991. Assimilation of Buddhism ...

cross-border trade, investment, and cultural exchange. The processes ... to people with non-Western religious and cultural values. ...

to the political, economic, military and cultural influence of the United ... Miller. 1982. "Benevolent Assimilation" The American Conquest ...

a major role in developing Korea's cultural tradition. Based upon aristocratic ... *Lancaster, Lewis R., and Chai-Shin Yu. 1991. Assimilation of Buddhism ...

had positive aspects or not, it created cultural and linguistic links across ... successful. On the other hand, enduring cultural links were established between ...

simply a matter of social standing and assimilation. Some castes do not allow ... passing of the Special Measures Law for Assimilation Projects, which provided ...

Japan experienced periods of intense cultural and political exchange with ... literary traditions, and social cultural practices. Among Far Eastern ...

10 to 20 years if the present rate of assimilation in the region continues. ... in–excess of one thousand different cultural groups estimated to exist ...

ruled by the Piast dynasty and exposed to cultural and ethnic Germanization ... the barren lands as well as the assimilation of the ruling classes ...

and fostering unity among the various cultural elements that made up the ... of the nation depended on the full assimilation of the foreign elements ...

the French government has stressed assimilation of the populations under ... close to each other but inhabit different cultural worlds. ...

Indeed, it was during this relatively late period in Egyptian cultural ... Mesopotamians and others within their cultural sphere, the Egyptians viewed ...

, an important highway for commerce, cultural exchange, and transportation ... confinement on reservations, forced cultural assimilation, outlawing of native ...

=== In Cultural Fields === * Alexander Kan, Russian-language fiction writer. * Anatoly Kim, Russian-language fiction writer. [http://www.gwu.edu/ ...

are not rare, but do not result in total assimilation. Originating ... The Tatars had preserved their cultural identity and sustained a ...

considering himself at that time a black cultural nationalist. Later, Hettie ... Black America, or more accurately, the assimilation of this community into ...

Pua, and Hmong Xau.Nicholas Tapp, "Cultural Accommodations in Southwest ... Shu) Miao appear, referring to level of assimilation and political cooperation ...

for the first civilizations and a set of cultural practices that have been ... Qur'an) through conversion and cultural assimilation. Many groups came ...

and a systematic campaign of cultural assimilation. In 1938, Japan even ... centuries because of the perceived cultural superiority of Chinese. ...

less regularly than boys do because of cultural attitudes, domestic duties ... Each of Cameroon's ethnic groups has its own unique cultural ...

The NCAI was founded in 1944 in response to termination and assimilation ... of articles about Indian political, cultural, legal, historical and religious ...

Attila (c. 406 - 453 C.E.) was the monarch of the Hun people from 434 C.E. until his death. His empire stretched from the Netherlands to the ...

rivals. But the Aymara resisted full assimilation, and maintained their ... La Paz, which is Bolivia's cultural capital, is located near ...

Others regard the history of inter-cultural tolerance in Transylvania ... the emigration of non-Romanian peoples, assimilation and internal migration ...

and an American cultural icon.Les Daniels. Superman: The Complete ... Superman has also held fascination for scholars, with cultural theorists ...

Scholars credit him for spearheading a cultural renaissance in the Muslim ... settled in Kolkata, which was then the Cultural capital of India (it had ...

of educational, social, economic, and cultural institutions. The absolute ... most of them serving precise religious or cultural groups. Of the high school ...

allocated about $5 million to build a cultural centre in Sakhalin, which ... The rise of the regional economy and the cultural assimilation of ...

diseases such as smallpox, and forced assimilation into the plantation economy ... the dead. Deminán Caracaracol, a male cultural hero from which the Taíno ...

of manga in Japan was influenced by cultural and historical events following ... Translated manga often includes cultural notes explaining details ...

of a wide range of political activism and cultural activity, such as lobbying ... the lesbian and gay movement, then, cultural goals include (but are not ...

One variant of neocolonialism theory suggests the existence of cultural ... or imperial rule, latch onto physical and cultural differences between the ...

enemy he laid the basis for the eventual assimilation of the Danes, who became English, sharing their language, faith and customs. His rare example—compare ...

much of the focus was on equal rights, cultural acceptance, and removing ... and other minorities and focuses on cultural issues and identity politics ...

has served to imagine a kind of racial or cultural unity for the autochthonous ... peoples of the Americas although cultural practices were shared within ...

which likely led to the quick assimilation of Buddhism by the people ... also brought with them significant cultural achievements in many areas ...

has imposed upon their religious, cultural, economic, and social lives ... Currently, Turkic and Islamic cultural elements are dominant in the ...

forests, beaches and landscape and rich cultural heritage make it a famous ... community emerged well after the assimilation of various ethnic groups ...

defectors, overcoming the barriers of cultural heterogeneity, and offering ... * Chang, Carrol Jung. "The toil of Talbukja assimilation, identity ...

racism and threats to their culture by assimilation, the Māori culture has ... populations, many Māori retained their cultural identity. ...

and made cave paintings. This speed-up of cultural change seems connected with ... in a secure context and associated with cultural debris, including hearths ...

knowledge through processes of "assimilation," in which they evaluate ... *Macrosystem: The larger cultural context (Eastern versus Western ...

confronted with the choices of full assimilation (statehood), autonomy ... religion and the vast majority of their cultural and moral values and traditions ...

practices as well as a program of cultural adaptation to the realities ... return to tradition and turn away from assimilation to white ways. ...

have different modes of subsistence, cultural practices, languages, and ... The Torres Strait Islanders possess a heritage and cultural history ...

are facing problems in preserving their cultural heritage. As human achievements ... of thousands. The subsequent process of assimilation was no less devastating ...

“Copernicus’ Innovation,” “The Assimilation of Copernican Astronomy ... the role of evidence and to accentuate cultural relativism"(Ontological ...

Eva Plach. The Clash of Moral Nations: Cultural Politics in Pilsudski's ... National Democrats' "ethnic-assimilation" with a "state ...

are often deeply embedded into specific cultural contexts, these traditions ... conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation to the people in ...

been able to stop their demographic and cultural spiral towards extinction ... of the second International Hindukush Cultural Conference., 359-376. (Hindukush ...

Because of the linguistic, ethnic, and cultural differences between ... related features, increasing consonant assimilation (for example, kumlu, meaning ...

into the Presbyterian Church due to the cultural assimilation of the second and third generations. The work of the American Waldensian Society ...

of intellectual life which saw the assimilation of many German Jews into ... week of Jewish culture and the Jewish Cultural Festival in Berlin, held ...

rivals. But the Aymara resisted full assimilation, and maintained their ... The cultural development of present-day Bolivia is divided into three ...

most alienated from the ideals of cultural assimilation and social integration ... (i.e., mosques), and made the NOI such a cultural phenomenon among the black ...

a policy of reconciliation and assimilation of Hindus (including Maryam ... Akbar's empire supported vibrant intellectual and cultural life ...

land had been in decline. However, the assimilation of the Hiberno-Normans ... memorial in the form of a dolmen at the Irish Cultural Center. ...

responsible government and the assimilation of French Canadians into ... continued to worry about their cultural autonomy as American television ...

Today, there is a strong Philippine cultural and political affinity with ... * Miller, Stuart Creighton. Benevolent Assimilation: The American ...

The growing interchange of ideas, cross-cultural encounters among tradesmen ... suffered from the loss of a unified cultural and educational milieu of ...

and peaceful exchange of ideas, the assimilation of various outside cultural ... during the Mexican Revolution, cultural identity had its foundation ...

Inuktitut was adopted by the Inuit Cultural Institute in Canada in the 1970s. ... "Eskimo problem," meaning the assimilation and end of the Inuit culture ...

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), principal author of the Declaration ...

to effort to exterminate the religious or cultural "other" perceived ... (including resettlement and forced assimilation) at the hands of the central ...

"Russification," the cultural assimilation definable as "a ... implemented policies to reduce Polish cultural influences. In the 1870s ...

its flower shows, has been designated a [[Cultural heritage|heritage]] monument]] ... amp;sig=FcVm_5QykIKNsXVvt7YoeYTc1CA Assimilation: A Study of North Indians ...

Around 1935, the Japanese began an island-wide assimilation project ... such as hyperinflation. Furthermore, cultural and linguistic conflicts ...

* Annexation of the West Bank and assimilation of the Palestinian ... In the 1990s, Palestinian cultural expression began to stabilize. ...

Istanbul is the financial, economic and cultural heart of the country. Other ... such as advocating an Islamic state or cultural rights for an ethnic minority ...

include the fixation of nitrogen, its assimilation, nitrification, anammox ... * Curtin, Philip D. Cross-Cultural Trade in World History. Cambridge ...

the territory, isolated peoples developed cultural, educational, linguistic ... the old Empire had a common linguistic, cultural, and legal tradition further ...