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…at, does little more than flounce about and play the guitar. The Indian setting initially seems clever, because only in a world where arranged marriage is still the norm would the conventions of Jane Austen's world still apply. But why make Darcy American…

…, "Hinduism takes its place at the core of the novel just as it lies at the heart of India" (164). How powerful was Hinduism in India? Historians have pointed out that the Indian masses united with strength only when Gandhi appealed to them through Hinduism (Parry…

…<Tab/>Peru is broken down into different classes of people and Indians are not very high on the social hierarchy. They live mostly in the highlands of Peru and are employed by the Mestizo people as servants and laborers. The Indians…

…it difficult to travel, but the Indians told them an easier route so they traveled up the Illinois River that led them to Lake Michigan. They traveled from St. Ignace in May, 1673, then went west along the north shore of Lake Michigan to Green Bay, up the Fox River…

…physically and introspectively. Along with environmental and personal struggles came social struggles with the Indians. Landing on the same continent, William Bradford and John Smith give similar accounts of the new world while having completely different motives…

…elected President of the United States many things may have turned out different. He was against President Jackson's war with the Seminole Indians, and he was for the national bank and making internal improvements at national expense. He was against the war…

…for days at a time. Nature called him farther away from the camp and further into the deep woods. One day when buck came back from a long journey he found the camp raided. Indians had attacked the camp, killing everyone. Buck was devastated, his master had been…

…more efficient way to move people and goods west and east. Since wagon trains are now moving large amounts of people and goods west what happens when encounters with the western plains Indians are not ready to except all of these new people who now occupy…

…baile are obscure and murky yet can be pieced together through historical facts and contemporary similarities in the dance of various cultures. Baile flamenco is believed to be descended from ancient religious dances of the Indian Hindus including…

…among Hindus were drawn from this English educated class. Until very late in the nineteenth century, most politically articulate Indians were willing to collaborate with the colonial administration. However, a shift from collaboration to criticism began…