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Barbara Ehrenreich on the Working Poor and Not Getting By in America

could earn $7/hour, she could perhaps afford something that cost $500/month, or $600 with "severe economies," but anything else wa...

Health Care Needs in Contemporary America

the best in terms of healthcare. There are numerous other echelons of society, however, that receive healthcare in somewhat dimin...

The Material Culture of Slaves in Early America

white slave owners, the material culture that the slaves remembered in Africa, and the material culture of the Native American peo...

'On Being Brought from Africa to America' by Phyllis Wheatley

arguing that Wheatley was not intelligent, for she was. We are merely arguing that her ignorance of the true realities of slavery ...

'Over There, World War II,' and 'I Sing, Too, America' by Langston Hughes

at Columbia University in 1920, but left after one year to travel. He drifted for several years, finding employment as a merchant ...

America Three Decades from Now

it would be: an educated guess. Economic trends have an unfortunate history of never continuing long enough to base a true predic...

Crime in America

nearly 13.2 million offenses, a decline of 2 percent from the 1996 level and 7 percent from the 1993 figures" (FBI National Press ...

Capitalism in Out of This Furnace A Novel of Immigrant Labor in America by Thomas Bell

enough leftover for a few luxuries. What they received instead could hardly be construed as luxurious, as one steelworker lamente...

The Political Functions of Mass Media in America

our place in that world. In many ways it could be said that we are being lulled into a sense of complacency by the glowing light ...

The Employment Situations in California and in America as a Whole

with links to Silicon Valley, but the "ripple effect" carried over into the myriad support businesses that depended on the revenue...

Colonization and its Impact on the Caribbean and Latin America

Spanish would greatly control most of Latin America along with the Portuguese. Huge tracts of land were granted to the wealthy in ...

America in the Gilded Age by Cashman Reviewed

Cashman (1994) describes the unfolding of the industrial landscape in the years following the end of the Civil War. There were se...

Latin America and Colonial Rule Resistance by Indigenous Peoples

the Natives of the new land were essentially at their disposal. The colonized what was then considered the most desirable lands, ...

Slavery in America

Although Reconstruction began during the war, the time period traditionally associated with it is 1862-1877. The political, socia...

Warfare of Early America and Technology

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

Coming to America, A Memoir

way in which people routinely act in public. I am currently employed in the Bronx as a home care provider and I have few friends...

Evaluation of Sheila McClain’s Essay, “Fitness Culture: A Growing Trend in America”

collective desire for wellness. She also mentions that economic assistance from employers and health insurance providers in the s...

The Evolution of the Americas

has been noted, the question of precisely when Native Americans arrived in the Americas is surrounded more by speculation than it ...