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Gordon S. Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution

more democratic, liberal and capitalistic visions of the 19th century (Wood 95). With republicanism we see that such things as ine...

Suburban Dream Subverted

In eight pages this paper examines the shift from Orson Welles' perceptions of the American Dream to the subversion represented in...

Mythical American Dream

of many prevailing myths of the time. Keseys belief was that LSD was going to usher in the alternate reality and spirituality that...

A Move for the Simplification of Spelling In American and British Society

are spelled. There are far more sounds in the English language than the twenty-six letters which make up our alphabet. As a resu...

American Success of Armenians

half the worlds Armenian population resides in the United States, and through their hard work and diligence, they have found succe...

Macroenvironment and the Impact of Family

During the Depression, people simply made do with what they had. There was little if any excess income in most families, and peop...

Assimilation Barriers

into his own. Although racism persists today, it is nowhere near the problem it was during the 1960s and 1970s of which Aschenbren...

Past and Present Multiethnic and Multicultural Politics

came at that time (called the Progressive Movement) that there may very well have been some sort of internal revolt by the working...

Nursing and Health Care Political Issues

the same sort of indirect methods that they have advocated will aid the economy. For example, the Republicans are pursuing putting...

Eric Schlosser Reefer Madness

to Schlosser, the underlying thread that ties these three essays together is the "underground" (8) socioecomic subculture that per...

Sights and Culture of the Pow Wow

this perspective the pow wow evolved in accordance with trade needs. Native peoples and those Europeans that had invaded their la...

Fiddler on the Roof and Les Miserables

of Show Boat, American musical theatre--finally--saw the "complete integration of song, humor and production numbers into a single...

Men and Women in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

gender identities not only to themselves but also for society (Samuels 104). In The Last of the Mohicans, womens roles had evolve...

African Americans and Differential Law Enforcement Treatment

the subsequent verdict has divided New Yorkers. Since the young, Haitian immigrant was riddled with bullets by police, there have ...

American Cultural Icon McDonald's

Quito, Ecuador, antiwar protestors burned the statue of Ronald McDonald; in Paris, protestors smashed in the windows (Walker 2003)...

Mainland China's Policy on Taiwan

. The islands are located in the west pacific located between the Philippines and Okinawa (CIA, 2004). There is a main island, tha...

U.S. Political Fragmentation

No words could ring truer. The divisions which exist are, in fact, of significant concern. These divisions, however, cannot be a...

Reform and the U.S. Constitution

writes for the Yale Law Journal, provides a very compelling argument in the case of reform. His contention was that the Constituti...

The Struggle for the American Curriculum 1893-1958 by Herbert M. Kliebard

in American schools" (Models of Teaching: Politics of Education). The first is "Social Efficiency curriculum" which is essential...

American Southwest and the Severing of Hispanic Regional Control

common practice for the Spanish crown to grant land to individuals, communities and parishes. With the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidal...

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...

An Argumentative Essay on Abortion

27). However, even in late pregnancy, she argues that the emotional well-being of the pregnant women outweighs the value of the fe...

The Myth of Er and Scipio's Dream as They Relate to American Society

not go to reincarnation necessarily, but rather to the idea that death does not end life. On the other hand, New Ageism, Buddhism,...

Educational Management Business Model

model was the decentralized version that was child-centered proposed by progressives (Gelburg, 1997). Both models were based on ma...

George W. Bush and the Legislative Presidency

In four pages this paper examines the legislative aspects of the American presidency with George W. Bush being the primary focus. ...

New York City and Asian American High School Students

Asians account for only 13 percent of the high school student population but they account for a disproportionately large percentag...

Failed Approaches and Major Events Pertaining to White and Native American Interaction

chapters of the history of European domination in the so-called "New World" sometimes took slightly different directions. Such wa...

Second World War and Japanese Internment in the US

most of whom were U.S. citizens or legal permanent resident aliens. They were detained for up to 4 years, without due process of l...

What Defines Americanness in American Literature

great master and not presented anything really new. As this illustrates, among other points, Emerson present a distinctly American...

'War on Drugs' and its Political Benefits

the creation of organizations. NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is perhaps the best known group that...