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The Idealized America

Our ideas of what it means to be American have changed dramatically over time. Since the arrival of peoples...

The Myth of the Melting Pot

we like, and in public, since these people attacked us first. The problem with this distorted thinking is that it is the product...

American Son by Brian Roley

ways. At the beginning of the novel, they follow a Cain and Abel dichotomy. Gabe is the good and obedient child, "the son who is q...

The Philippine Insurrection

to when the US declared war on Spain, Theodore Roosevelt, who was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, order Commodore George Dewey to...

Vietnam and American Politics During the Turning Point of 1968

achieved (McDougall, 1996). That goal was and is to establish a strong buffer state to protect the nations of Southeast Asia from ...

Ethical Standards Comparison of Counseling and Professional Associations

academic and clinical education to insure that pastoral counselors meet certain competency standards. The AAPC also offers members...

2 Articles on Cold and Influenza “Cold Warriors” Discover Magazine and Disarming Flue Viruses” Scientific American Magazine

that another pandemic can still strike at any time. While such possibility of widespread influenza is a very real threat, the com...

American Individualism According to Emerson, Bellah and de'Tocqueville

This 5 page paper examines various types of American individualism by analyzing literary works. The pitfalls of individualism were...

Movies and African American Males Bad Guys and Buddies

Fifteen films are discussed in this report of fifteen pages to consider how African American males are depicted and how they are t...

West, Cherokees, and Andrew Jackson

In four pages this research paper examines what many consider the American version of the Holocaust, the 'Trail of Tears' imposed ...

African American Women and Body Image

In five pages this research paper compares perceptions of African American women regarding their body size with the perceptions of...

American Foreign Policy in Anders Stephanson's 'Manifest Destiny'

This is a paper of 10 pages that pertains to American foreign policy as it relates to American expansionism. There are 2 addition...

Film Adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans

accusations, which effectively illustrates the films irony. Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe and Steven Waddington play th...

How American Beauty Serves as American Social Criticism

The ways in which the style and storyline of this film can be regarded as critiquing the superficiality of American culture and so...

Face of an Angel by Chavez

In five pages this novel's protagonist is the central focus with comparisons to the depiction of Latin American culture to America...

Purple Heart and Casablanca, Messages to the American Public in the Turbulent Years of World War II

foreign war" (Nachbar). In 1941, the House of Representatives the measure to continue the military draft passed by a single vote ...

Contemporary Society and African Americans' Roles

are unable to advance and thus are thrown into a never ending cycle of self depreciation. Yes, true, the United States Just...

21st Century America and African American Social Mobility

or success is associated with fame and fortune, or achievement in terms of the arts or sciences. Some individuals have not earned ...

Kingdom and Sowell's Views on America

into two very obviously distinct groups. These groups of citizens may not have the same political party affiliation or the same ec...

North American Colonial Period, Native Americans and African Slaves

It was also based on the Europeans ability to see Africans as a source for slave labor. Africans who were captured and shipped to ...

The Influence of Marketing on Consumer Behavior

Many companies of the last decade figured that idea out and figured it out well. Many of the characteristics which Cronin lists ...

Benefits of HRM and Structure Regarding American Express

and while it was eliminating thousands of jobs. Maslows Hierarchy of Needs Integral to American Express person culture is t...

African Americans and the Civil War's Effects

Lincoln, and Northerners in general, are popularly seen as advocates for the black race. However, what is less well-known is that ...

Civil Rights' Struggles of African American Women

Rights Movement would emerge. From a sociological standpoint, Robnett recognized that dangers inherent in applying feminist stan...

The Evolution of Black American English

a mountain range, etc., that has served historically to keep two populations apart also serves to create differences in speech (R...

Russell Bourne/Red King's Rebellion

starving settlers by sharing their corn (Bourne 1). Whenever it is appropriate, Bourne uses the words of both combatants and conte...

The Black Experience Before and After the American Civil War

6 pages and 5 sources. This paper outlines the experiences of Black Americans before and after 1865, relating to the changes that...

Improving American Life with the North American Free Trade Agreement

In five pages this paper examines the economic and labor improvements promised by NAFTA. Six sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Black Americans in the Construction Industry

Kingdom - is still predominantly that of white male, with a low representation of ethnic minorities, including African Americans i...

1960s and 1980s Social Life in America

the Vietnam War is that which involves technology. Never before had people possessed televisions that brought a war into living ro...