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The State and Virtue According to Alexis de Tocqueville and Aristotle

Virtuous action was defined by Aristotle as what a person with practical wisdom would choose. The golden mean, as defined by Ari...

Poverty and Education Relationship

human needs. If they do not know where their next meal is coming from, or where they will sleep that night, they are not likely to...

'The Appeal' by David Walker

faced by the black people. It was practically unheard of for a slave to buy his or her freedom in the United States, it was even ...

Abraham Cahan's The Rise of David Levinsky

was very young, so young in fact that he had only a couple of fleeting memories of him. His mothers life was hard yet she managed...

20th Century Answer from Latin America

ensuing struggles resulted from a clash of the elitists with the poor, but rather was a collision of belief systems(Burns, 1984). ...

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

"one of the largest commercial successes of Steinbecks career" and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature the following yea...

William H. Rehnquist, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice

his Masters from Harvard in 1950 (Barrett, 1995). Returning to Stanford for his law degree, Rehnquist graduated first in his clas...

Late 1940s and 1950s in America

upon closer examination, flaws barely perceptible by the naked eye could be seen which suggests that looks really are deceiving. ...

Twentieth Century Latin America Modernization and the Novel Gabriella, Clove and Cinnamon

In four pages this paper examines how this novel's characterizations reflect the impact of modernization in the Latin America of t...

The Turn of the Century Expansionism of America

co-mingling with people of lesser stature, racial inferiors, and worst of all, the chance of association with non-Christians. Fur...

1960s America and Pop Art

of the bright lights of consumption" (Vincent 96). The art and artists that characterize the 1960s represented not simply a diver...

Education in China

In eight pages this research paper compares the Chinese system of education with that of America and investigates its modernizatio...

Gen. Colin Powell's 2000 Republican National Convention Speech

In ten pages this paper analyzes the rousing speech delivered by Gen. Colin Powell during the Republican National Convention of 20...

The Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska

lives as they struggle to hold together the fabric of society and their authenticity. It is the sacred, discovering that it has a...

Peruvian Racial Prejudice and an Application of Martin Luther King's Theories of Nonviolence

In a paper consisting of five pages the similarities between modern Peru and 1960s America are noted in a consideration of how Kin...

Analyzing Homeward Bound American Families in the Cold War Era by Elaine Tyler May

This 1988 text is analyzed in six pages and include the factors that fueled the enforcement of traditional and gender roles that r...

The People's Banker A.P. Giannini

A discussion of U.S. modern banking pioneer Amadeo Peter Giannini is presented in this report consisting of five pages and include...

American Poverty and Philosophy

The poor in America are considered in a paper consisting of five pages in which various ethical philosophical perspectives includi...

Modern Theater and the Director's Role

In eight pages this paper examines the contemporary theatrical director's role in an analysis of productions of Angels in America ...

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...

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...

2 Articles on the Conscious Choice of Language

In three pages 2 articles Robert B. Moore's Racism in the English Language featured in The Meaning of Difference and Dennis Baron'...

Religion According to Alexis de Tocqueville

replete with meaning, should be required (Smidt 176). That statement is rather strong but Tocqueville did not mean that the govern...

Ghana's Astante Group and Healing Practices

In eight pages the Asante of Ghana are examined in terms of their religious and medical practices with a comparison between those ...

US Women and the Effects of Divorce

is most prevalent. The societal expectation has become that divorced life is less satisfying than married life. Divorce is assoc...

RU486 and its American Societal Impact

In nine pages this paper examines the abortion pill's socioeconomic effects upon America. Six sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Puritan And Victorian America and Gender

Puritan America is examined as well as the Victorian era. Gender is discussed in this context and the eras are compared and cont...

U.S. Homeless Population

In five pages this paper discusses the growing problem of homelessness in America in a consideration of issues, shelter alternativ...

American Colonies and Slavery Origins

In seven pages this paper examines the origin of slavery in the colonies of North America. Six sources are cited in the bibliogra...

U.S. Oppression of Hispanics

In eight pages a fictional interview with an Hispanic father named Jose discussing equal rights, economics, society, and education...