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Essays 211 - 240

Mexican Identity and the Significance of Porfirio Diaz

really contingent on the efforts of the leadership that was around at the time. Meyer explains: "Porfirio D?az controlled the des...

Mythical and Religious Themes in the Eastern Art Tradition

in regard to religious art. Religion, of course, is very diverse in India. Hindu is the primary religion (comprising 82.6 percen...

Imports from Mexico and China and Their Impact Uponn U.S. Manufacturing

the U.S.? A huge trade deficit -- and loss of millions of manufacturing jobs (Anonymous, 2004). In terms of the trade deficit, acc...

Overview of the Inclusion Debate

and profound developmental and physical disabilities has been at the heart of modern debates. In understanding the existing argum...

Modern Medicine and Religious Traditions of the East

were any medical practitioners (Dworkin 3). The major obstacle in incorporating Eastern traditions into modern medicine has been ...

Jamila by Chinghiz Aitmatov

people to some extent. In the beginning he states that it is not a very great painting, and while he is not ashamed of it, he hide...

Hinduism

with God (Eck, 1991). One gets a sense that he people go because they want to and not due to a sense of obligation. Offerings are...

Islam vs. Christianity, a Comparison

sixteenth century when Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, nailed 95 complaints against the Roman Catholic Church on the church do...

North America's Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement

protection, and both of the nations are on an even keel as it respects economic considerations. Mexico fares much worse in that de...

Intellectual Development and Don Quixote, The Mali Epic of Son Jara, and The Epic of Gilgamesh

regard to the acceptance of reality, issues of morality and, perhaps above all, the concept of divine judgment and human guilt. I...

Cheap Mexican Labor, Supply and Demand

of supplies over the Mexican border can be frustrating to say the least. Even when these supplies originate in the U.S. the logis...

Wiccan Traditioins and Last Century's Witchcraft Perspectives

Wiccan traditions and have a long-standing history in centuries of community activity and ritual beliefs. During the Crusades, th...

U.S., Mexico, and Cultural Perspectives on Management

can be seen as nothing more than the relaying of facts. Adler (2001) provides an example of this cultural politeness in the form ...

Pilgrimages in Buddhism and Islam

that the political, social and revolutionary benefits of Hajj have been overtaken by mass production of ritual mismanagement" (Hae...

Tudor Literary Tradition and Utopia by Thomas More

as long as the economy were flourishing, they reasoned they were prospering as well, so there was no need for rebellion (Kautsky, ...

Slavery and the Causes of the U.S. Civil War

Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...

Evolution of Myth

aspects of the people from whom it is spawned. Barthes views on the evolution and purpose of myth are echoed...

A Contemporary Feminist Critiquing of the Liberal Tradition

for the legitimacy of modern civil government is to be found by treating our society as if it had originated in a contract. The a...

Politics of Authoritarianism and Status of St. Petersburg, Paris, Istanbul, and Mexico City

intensified hostilities among those who were previously amicable. Some contend that despite all its past and present global impli...

The Influence of Border Films

drugging and kidnapping his wife, whom he subsequently frames on drug charges (Touch of Evil, 1995). Vargas, and justice, prevail ...

Change and Continuity During the Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries

war between France and Austria and Prussia, prices increased dramatically, and food shortages occurred" (Analysis of the French R...

Comparing Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

their complex social and cultural mores. Tradition was therefore rooted in the memory of the people as was the physical and moral...

Case Study of PepsiCo in Mexico

it was too late. Molina and his family also controlled a number of other enterprises, including sugar. PepsiCo then made another h...

1991 Mexico and the Procter and Gamble Company

P&G was an international company long before "globalization" emerged. Though the company was highly decentralized in operations, ...

Irish Scholar Gareth Higgins

War I (Kazin, 1998, p. 16). As this suggests, pinning down the cultural meaning of Judeo-Christian tradition and scriptural teachi...

Hawaiian Kingdom's Ali'i Ruling Class

foresight that brought all of the various Hawaiian Islands together. He was to be the last of the great Hawaiian rulers, for after...

1847 Mexico and US War

reason for the war and Texas, "In the 1820s and 1830s, Mexico, newly independent from Spain, needed settlers in the under-populate...

'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot from a Modernist Analytical Perspective

glimpses into an embittered world in transition, in which survivors of the war hoped of finding amid the debris and dead bodies a ...

Myth, Fact, and Early Christianity

sacrificed consorts who was killed by the Father Zeus after the fertility rite that coupled him with his Mother (Graves 89). Also ...

Early 20th Century and America's Foreign Policy with Regard to Mexico

In many respects our foreign policy to Latin America in general has been characterized more by neglect than any other factor. Laz...