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American Prohibition and the Economic Boom of the 1920s

At the turn of the century, dry legislatures had been favoring womens suffrage and also allowed popular referenda in respect to wh...

American TV

culture, but it has also been an immensely influential source in its own right. Television does influence the people who watch i...

Maquiladoras Zone and the Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement

high (1996). The companies still must share 10% of their profits with the workers (1996). Accounting changes entailed by ...

Customs and Habits that Form the American Character

he saw. After the poverty, political and religious strife and injustice he had seen in Europe, he saw the American as "the new man...

Modern Dysfunctional Culture as Embodied by the Film 'American Beauty'

culture in the discontentment of one mans desire to live more of his life than merely being a cookie cutout of average people. Le...

David O'Brien's Storm Center The Supreme Court in American Politics

written and deserves accolades for its insights and attention to detail. At the same time, OBrien sometimes misses the major point...

Human Rights and Latin American Indigenous Women

roles between the male and female in the more ancient components of indigenous society, these differences were justifiable in term...

African Americans and Substance Abuse

still come to black neighborhoods to buy drugs...Blacks were relegated to the lower rungs of the drug trade, and it exposed them o...

American and Apache Wars

lived by hunting and fishing; they diversified into many different climatic regions and separated into a number of discrete societ...

Post September 11th American Economy

the attacks themselves, the economic cost involved with U.S. retaliation have been tremendous. Each will undoubtedly have a long ...

American Literature's Portrayal of Immigrant Families

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way immigrant families are presented in Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marsh...

Early American Working People and Soldiers

In eight pages Revolutionary War soldiers such as Joseph Plumb Martin are examined along with working men and women which include ...

17th Century Conflict Between English Colonists and Native Americans

They would found the first permanent English colony, New England. Some twenty-one thousand would arrive between 1630 and 1642 (Re...

The Power Elite and White Collar The American Middle Classes by C. Wright Mills

most part, completely unremarkable, having "slipped quietly into modern society... As a group, they do not threaten anyone; as ind...

Singing the Song of the People in African American Literature

her works dealt little with the condition of the slaves in America, and held mainly to classical poetical themes. She was an accom...

African American Athlete Interview

In two pages a sample interview with an African American hockey player is presented with such issues as attitudes of the media, ot...

American International Relations and the Concepts of Capitalism and Liberalism

In two pages this paper examines how America's international relations and domestic policies can best be understood through capita...

John Steinbeck's Writings and 'the American Eden'

In 6 pages this paper discusses how Eden is metaphorically depicted in John Steinbeck's portrayal of America in such texts as Cann...

The Admirable American Business Tycoon Andrew Carnegie

Harold Livesay's Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business is used in this six page evaluation of whether Carnegie should be ad...

American Literary Symbolism

353). Symbols present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Who or what is "Young Goodman Brown" t...

Professional Service Provider Considerations Regarding Native American Culture

In eight pages this paper examines what professional service providers need to be culturally aware of when dealing with clients wh...

Relations Between Jews and African Americans

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the views on relations between African Americans and Jews based upon the contrastin...

Native American Spirituality and Lame Deer

In one page this paper examines spirituality as it pertains to Native Americans in a consideration of Lame Deer. One source is ci...

American Federal Government and its 3 Branches

In eight pages this paper considers the role of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, the checks and balances concept...

Jimmy Santiago Baca's Hispanic Native American Poetry

In five pages this paper examines Jimmy Santiago Baca's modern and totally unique style of poetry. Two sources are cited in the b...

Walter Mosely's American Dream Reflections in Devil in a Blue Dress

In five pages the author's reflections of the American Dream in characterizations of the novel such as that of Easy Rawlins are ex...

Chinese American Communities and Cultural Anthropology

In nine pages this paper examines U.S. Chinese American communities and their traditions in this discussion of cultural anthropolo...

Loman and Gatsby Compared and the American Dream Evaluated

Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is compared and contrasted with F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby character. The Ame...

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...

Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and American Society

In 7 pages the hero mythology is applied to the society of the United States in a consideration of 3 concepts from The Power of My...