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Issues of Stereotypes and Prejudice

of a belief concerning that type of individual, something discussed often in Jones book "Social Psychology of Prejudice." A black ...

A Latin America Overview

excluding Canada (Latin America, 1993). Latin America contains 20 republics, complete with 20 different governments inclu...

The Media and Agenda Setting

and external strife within Ireland in the early 1920s-1950s the press was dominated by purely British interests. Disparaging remar...

Contemporary American Family

and challenge the idea that gay, unwed parents, or interracial families are beneficial for a child and their welfare. Several boo...

Free Trade in the Americas

the work for which an American could have been paid. In opposition to this claim, the National Bureau of Economic Research produc...

Nations and National Wealth Accumulation

In five pages this paper examines how North America, Europe, and Japan accumulated their national wealth in an historical consider...

Fictional Russian Jewish Immigrant's Story

both a Russian perspective and a U.S. perspective. Scholars tell us that the intent of the Cold War was to stabilize world politi...

Latin America and Land Reform

for mining purposes" (Human Rights in Brazil, PG, 2001). LAND REFORM MOVEMENTS In Latin America although there have been many la...

Terrorism's Growth

And, desperation on many levels may be the cause of terrorist activity, from the perspective of the common soldier following the t...

Rights for Women in America

this issue, such as Craig v. Boren, in which the Supreme Court decided to look more closely at any type of classification based up...

The Cold War Superiority of the United States

as it was during what was deemed the cold war. II. The Cold War The expression "cold war" was used for the first time by...

A Comparison between the Puritans and the Cavaliers

and Cavaliers differ somewhat from those that are associated with Europe. What we most often remember in America is the differenc...

Historical Connections Between Puritanism and Calvinism

world over. Emphasizing the omnipotence and strength of God and contrasting it with the weakness of men, Calvin set out t...

Karl Marx's Predictions and America After the Civil War

of the intelligensia of the period to realize that the revolution would, by definition, evolve from the most non-urbanized corners...

1865 to 1945 Construction of American Railroads

this time construction was taking place in an effort to be able to ship supplies and other necessities to the soldiers at war. It ...

Meaning of the Lyrics 'America the Beautiful' by Poet Katherine Lee Bates

(Nash 12C). At the time of her composition, Bates had traveled to Colorado with an expedition to climb up the 14,000-foot-plus Pik...

Religion and Muhammad Ali

in a very "somber mood" due to his internal and external feud concerning "his mentor, Malcolm, and his spiritual leader, the Natio...

Unnecessary for African Americans to Receive Slavery Reparations

during WWII. In part, the reason why one group should be compensated and the other not, is really due to timing. Some people who f...

Reform and the IMF

are quite similar. There are several inherent differences in the two programs, however. While the International Monetary Fund is...

Latin American Drugs, Children, and the National Political Influence of Global Organizations

which they have had to beg, steal or sell themselves simply to stay alive. Street Children and Drugs Scanlon, Tomkins, Lynch, an...

Process of Electing American Presidents

the Electoral Vote (which is formally ratified upon completion of the election). The problem is, however, that based on this syste...

Impact of the Dred Scott Decision of 1857

contention was that the black slave lived in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost complet...

Relations Between the Soviet Union and the United States and the Truman Doctrine

nations of World War II as destinations for possible conquest. In response, that leader, Josef Stalin, grew to hate and mistrust t...

Economic Dependence and Latin America

true, several attempts to colonise the countries of Latin America through military intervention: however, since these were for the...

The Fourth Amendment and Its Meaning in America Today

of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effect, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be ...

Black Noise by Tricia Rose

or in any number of ways that reflect the current concerns of black male youth. Female rappers, on the other hand, tell stories fr...

Nineteenth Century American Racism and Alexis de Tocqueville

new "homes," black slaves suffered. Plantation overseers thought nothing about whipping slaves to make them work faster (they wer...

Adult Literacy Since the 17th Century

copies so that reading materials could be distributed more widely. One aspect that affected the United States when printed materi...

Creation and Development of the Universal Music Group, Formerly Known as MCA

independent music publishing giant Rondor Music in the summer of 2000 from its co-founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, it became t...

Women's Independence and 1920s' America

it forced people into the underground and made them imbibe with fear always looming over their heads. After Prohibition was repea...