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Society and the Influence of Gangsters

In six pages America during the 1920s and 1930s is examined in terms of the social perceptions of real life and fictional gangster...

America and Democracy

restless even though prosperous is bold. His work is again just as relevant today as it was at the time it was written. In fact, R...

U.S. and its Present Drug Trends

society, and mental and physical health impacts. Whether or not such ambivalence is related to the greater permissiveness of Amer...

Democracy Views of C.L.R. James and Alexis de Tocqueville

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares the democracy perspectives of Cyril Lionel Robert James and Alexis de Tocqueville...

Discussion of the Death Penalty

In a paper consisting of seven pages the social standards that define capital punishment in America are considered in terms of whi...

U.S. Political System

In five pages this paper discusses the American Revolution, Framers of the U.S. Constitution, and the evolution of the political s...

Rural America's Information Needs

In eight pages this paper discusses the impact of restricted information access on rural America in a consideration of social excl...

4 Social Hierarchies

In seven pages this examination of social hierarchies considers the similarities that exist between Confucian China, Hindu India, ...

Elizabeth I's Reign and English Colonization

In ten pages Elizabeth I's reign and the English colonization during the years 1558 until 1603 are examined with the emphasis upon...

A Blueprint For Educational Excellence

This paper examines various thoughts on how to create educational excellence in America. The author addresses social conscience a...

U.S. Ethnic and Racial Groups

In five pages this paper examines ethnic and racial groups in America in terms of the influence of Native Americans within the con...

What People in the Colonial Era Knew

Knowledge and learning were extremely important in America during colonial times. With examples such as Benjamin Franklin and Thom...

Gender Roles and African Women in African and French Literature

This paper examines the depiction of African Women in Camara Laye's The Dark Child and Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood in fiv...

Jane Austen's Writings and Social Conservatism of the 19th Century

In 8 pages this paper discusses how the socially conservative attitudes of the 19th century manifest themselves in Jane Austen's P...

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...

The Significance of Social Networks for the Communities of China

people to make their own destinies - to follow whatever dreams they may have kept harbored deep inside for fear that they would ne...

Mexican Immigration and its Effects on the US

influx of Mexicans, there are ramifications. It seems that the Mexican immigrants are less educated and that has an effect on the ...

What Would Have Happened in America if William Bradford Had Not Prevailed and Thomas Morton Had?

thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven, who had brought ...

Paranoia, McCarthyism, and Film Noir

in the destructive power of nuclear energy. Osteen (1994) points out that few events have affected the American psyche in a manne...

19th Century Developments and the Relevance of Social Darwinism

Darwinism. Old ways were questioned but there was a caveat. Suddenly the mainstream had an excuse for their past and present bruta...

North American Human Social Groupings

human beings approach all of life. Defining and describing this change precisely is not an easy task. As Laslett points out, no ea...

An Overview of Urbanism in America

the proliferation of entertainment and leisure. Films, plays, restaurants and night clubs are a part of the landscape. After th...

An Effective Closing Argument in a Death Penalty Case

one chosen for consumption. Bill was only 14 years old. Mike dies after rescue and Mark seems to have had a psychotic break. Mark ...

The American Capitalists, Carnegie, and Alger

despite Dicks destitute life, he ends up all right in the end. Hes considered the consummate hero, the ideal rags-to-riches boy (o...

American Foreign Policy Development

This paper considers how American developed its foreign policy concerning relations with Europe, Latin America, and the Soviet Uni...

U.S. Constitutional Rights and Minorities

degree throughout the 1950s and 60s. Although 46.4% of all American women between the ages of 18 and 65 now work outside the home,...

Eighteenth Century Social Reformer John Howard

In nine pages this research paper discusses John Howard's 18th century prison reform efforts. Five sources are cited in the bibli...

1914 to 1975 American Foreign Policy

In five page the post First and Second World War foreign policy of the United States is examined in a discussion of such topics as...

Evolution of the Native American Game of Stickball

In eleven pages this paper discusses how Native American stickball evolved into its current lacrosse incarnation and how this is r...

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...