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Essay Instructions: The due date is April 30, 2004 by 8:00 A.M. Eastern time or ASAP

The Title: I didn't have a title for the essay, I was hoping you guys can provide with one.

The Topic: Vladimir Lenin stated that imperialism was the root cause of World War I, arguing that competition for land and resources necessarily let to armed conflict between the capitalist nation of Western Europe. Based on the events of 1914 as well as the information of European imperialism, do you agree with the founder of the Soviet Union on this question?

general guidelines essay:
1) Be sure you focus on answering the question.

2) Use Western Civilization History books as your source specially the chapters on Mass Society and New Imperialism of 1870-1914 and the European Imperialism.

Also be sure to use the sources listed below:

-The Maintenance of Empire (1872) by Benjamin Disraeli
-The Boer War Defended (1900) by Joseph Chambelain
-The Boer War Criticized (1900) by David Lloyd George
-An Early Critique of Imperialism by John Atkinson Hobson

3) Always provide support for your opinions.
4) Remember, to use the five paragraph essay for this assignment.
5) Always cite your sources, even if you don?t quote directly.
6) Do not use the internet for to cite your sources.
7) Do not use Anonymous information
8) Essay must be typed, doubled-spaced with normal margins and normal font size (12 or smaller)
9)Also the paper the citation should be cited as MLA style

Essay Instructions: The subject is Discuss and argue the following quote- "Globalization is merely Western imperialism in a new guise". This paper is a research essay that must have a clearly stated thesis statement in the introduction of the paper. There must be a clearly argued point. In the introduction there must be a brief foreshadow of the paper (i.e. where it is going). It must also include at the end a clearly defined conclusion that restates the argument. There needs to be footnotes where appropriate. One of the sources used must be "The New Imperialism, Crisis and Contradiction in North/South Relations", by Robert Biel. This paper must flow and have a highly organized manner where the argument is easy to follow and is well developed. The focus should be on post World War II policies formed in Bretton Woods and should have a strong sense that this "new imperialism" = U.S. hegemony. At least four sources should be journal articles. T

Essay Instructions: Please write a paper about how technological innovations, nationalist movitvations, and new imperialism interact and mutually reinforce each other to set in motion a process that produced a distinctive global system- a "new world order" by the early 20th century. Please use the following 2 sources:
The Tools of Emprire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century, by Daniel R. Headrick, oxford university press, 1981
The Origins of the Modern World: A global and ecological narrative, by Robert B. Marks, rowman & littlefield publishers, inc