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Contrasting and Comparing Native Americans and Buddhists

In six pages differences and similarities among the cultures of Native Americans and Buddhists are examined. Seven sources are ci...

Ethnic Poetry of Tato Laviera and Chitra Divakaruni

all whistle as she seductively moves her hips. The lover-hero of the film dances in, lip syncing to a song, which is "a little off...

African-American and African Cultural Beliefs on Masculinity

This paper examines the differences in how the concept of masculinity is viewed among African-American and African men. This elev...

Chicago Pizza in the Czech Republic

for there to be many cultural differences. Being fluent in the language may serve to create understanding, but alone it will not ...

Gangs and Gender Variations

This paper analyzes the gender differences that exist between male and female American gangs in eleven pages. Seven sources are c...

1830s' Lives of American Women

In five pages this paper considers the differences in 2 autobiographies and 1 diary chronicles the varied experiences of 1830s' Am...

Capitalism and Exploitation of Chinese, Irish, and Italian Immigrants and Native Americans

In seven pages the ways in which capitalism has exploited the Native Americans and discriminated against immigrants most notably t...

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Care Porters and A. Philip Randolph

offensive against the union" (Anonymous Biography: Chronology: In Search of A. Philip Randolph, by Juan Williams, 2002; aprbio.htm...

Comparing Putnam and Volgy

general are a group of hardworking and honest people with our good in mind. The focus of Volgys book is local government since it...

“Chimpanzee Politics”

the quest for power. For chimps that quest is most often loud and apparent. For humans it is often more subtle and calculated....

Chinese Culture and Parenting Approaches

2002). Furthermore, the idea of mien (face) is very important in the Chinese culture and very directly related to respect and t...

Second U.S. President John Adams

a transformational leader. According to Burns, Burns, transformational leaders are change agents, they take more risks than others...

Flood Stories Among the Toltec, Maya, and Navajo

(variously called Teocipactli) and Xochiquetzal survived to repopulate the earth (Leon-Portilla). In the Toltec version of ...

Ancient Japanese Architecture, an Overview

This research paper offers a brief overview of ancient Japanese architectural history. Three pages in length, three sources are ci...

'Urbanization' in the Architecture of Early Rome

city. The system that the early Romans devised for delivering water to where it did not naturally travel on its own has been a ma...

Abstract on Architecture and the Role of Virtual Reality

it impacts architectural development. In particular, this study relates the fact that virtual reality systems have changed the op...

Hagia Sophia or the Church of the Holy Wisdom

analyzed the chemical composition of the cement through the use of an electron microscope. One of the scientists on the team descr...

St. Sernin and Chartres Cathedrals

bell tower is the most notable feature of Saint Sernin and is located directly above the transept crossing. Consisting of five ti...

Roman Cultural Life and Architecture: Analysis and Interpretation

gender bias in the favor of men, who were lords and masters of their wives and children as well as their slaves. All male Roman c...

Architectural Analysis of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

with the names of the more than 58,000 U.S. men and women who were killed or missing in the Vietnam War" (Vietnam Veterans Memoria...

Urban Planning, Architecture, and the Contributions of Rome

track generation after generation stand in great testimony to the true greatness of this civilization. If the nature and worth of ...

Chartres Cathedral and Toulouse's Saint Sernin

that has always, apparently, been associated with the Virgin Mother. One author notes that "The town of Chartres had been a center...

Overview of Early Architecture

In four pages early architectural sites Old Saint Peter's Basilica, the Pantheon, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Am...

Classical Greece's The Parthenon.

construction of the Parthenon and the agora in Athens. Under the watchful eye of the architect Iktinos, these constructions, like ...

Architect of the Vietnam Memorial Maya Lin

something happens within the viewer. Its like reading a book. I purposely had the names etched ragged right on each panel to look...

Overview of New York City

out in the city and night, look at the stars and sense the quiet and peaceful nature it contains. New York City is also one reple...

Architecture and Use of Natural Light

below the point where they end. The placement of the walls invite the individual to look up, to take note of the space above him ...

Chicago's Soldier Field Renovations

recent years. Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations that it should be local governments responsibility to provide public stru...

The Life and Work of Architect Marcel Breuer

In six pages the life and architectural style of Marcel Breuer are examined with a discussion of his Lincoln, Massachusetts home a...

Later Years of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright

In six pages this paper considers the latter stages of Wright's amazing architectural career focusing upon the 1950s. Seven sourc...