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Blues People Negro Music in White America by Leroi Jones

continent, yet, in many ways it has been African-American influences which have stimulated creativity in others, both within the b...

Mexican Americans' Culture and History

Mexican American identity in San Antonio, then, demonstrated the self-definition that took place that separated the Spanish Mexica...

The Art of Healing and Frontier Medicine

This paper addresses various facets of medicine during the settlement of North America. The author addresses various cultural med...

The Cultural Transformation of Los Angeles

This paper examines two works regarding cultural changes in LA. The author discusses Mike Davis' book, City of Quartz, as well as...

Zoot Suit History

In five pages this paper considers the importance of the Zoot Suit that includes its enduring African American cultural influence....

Survival of Native Americans and the Importance of Memory

In five pages this paper examines the importance of memory to the Native American cultural experience in a consideration of memory...

U.S. Society, Success, Human Social and Cultural Capital

In thirty pages American society is examined in terms of what it regards as success in a discussion of theories by Becker, Bourdie...

Academic Performance and the Acculturation of Native Americans

In nine pages this paper examines how Native American educational achievement is affected by cultural barriers. Six sources are c...

Cultural Diversity Among Native American Women

An analysis of cultural diversity among Native American women and issues they face in the field of law enforcement. This five p...

Health Care and Native Americans

In five pages this paper examines the health care of Native Americans and considers the impact of their cultural traditions. Six...

Reviewing Closing of the American Mind Closing of the American Mind / Book Review

In The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom decries the lapse of teaching of traditional American values in American universi...

U.S. Immigration Policy - 1800's to the Present

suffering and difficulty adjusting associated with Immigration. Even the relief of being removed from whatever hardship that brou...

Increasing Significance of Long Distance Migration

In four pages this paper examines the increases in migrating long distances since the sixteenth century in a consideration of Amer...

How Japanese Americans Experienced a Cultural Loss During World War II

The true story of 'Nisei Daughter' by Monica Stone is utilized in this paper consisting of six pages as the social and cultural pr...

Irving Bartlett's John C. Calhoun A Biography

In nine pages various concepts pertaining to this biographical text are considered including the culture of the American South, th...

'Guest of the Sheik' by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

In five pages Fernea's story is analyzed in terms of social constructs that are gender based and considers the Eastern cultural ex...

Female Circumcision, Tradition or Mutilation

Europe, and North America (Kluge 1993). Parents may use traditional practitioners or seek medical facilities to reduce the morbidi...

Culture and the Mortuary Practices of Native Americans

In thirty pages this paper discusses the cultural importance of Native American mortuary practices and burial rituals. Sixteen so...

U.S. Society and Multicultural Identities

In four pages this paper discusses American cultural and society adaptability means employed by a variety of ethnic leaders. Six ...

Festive and Ceremonial Attire of Native Americans

In nine pages this paper examines the clothing styles of Native Americans in a consideration of cultural influence and the primary...

'Passing' and the Harlem Renaissance

hiding ones true race be significant? Two points must be made in order to answer this question. First, the literature of the Harl...

Training Considerations for American Managers in Mexico

This paper is a training manual that provides an outline of procedures and techniques as they exist in a fictional company based i...

American Colonies and Lives of Slaves

In nine pages this paper considers what slavery was like in the American colonies with North and South differences duly noted alo...

The Depression of the 1930s and Black American Artists

noted that in historic cultures that functional objects, often had a decorative component. The works of these artists f...

U.S. Ideology in Terms of Cultural Uniqueness, Revolution, Freedom and Slavery

In five pages the concepts of cultural uniqueness, freedom and slavery are examined within the context of American revolutionary h...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and the Marlow Characterization

In 6 pages the novel's narrator characterization is analyzed in a consideration of Marlow's imperialism support and cultural bias ...

Cultural Considerations of Native American Reservations' Casino Gambling

In a paper consisting of fourteen pages this issue is first presented in an overview and then a thesis that the Native American re...

Culture, Ethics, and the Issues of Divorce and Adultery

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Caucasian and Mexican American cultural views regarding adultery and divorce and t...

Reading Analysis of Cary et al, Eds.' The Social Fabric

doing, they demonstrate that each group that collectively contributed to the American "quilt" had to face enormous hardships. By d...

The importance of coffee in social culture in the US

This paper looks at the relationship between coffee consumption and American cultural ideology. The writer explores coffee's histo...