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17th Century American Economic Thought

The sole reason for a colony (in the eyes of the sponsoring Nation at least) was to provide greater wealth to the mother country. ...

Mainland China's Policy on Taiwan

. The islands are located in the west pacific located between the Philippines and Okinawa (CIA, 2004). There is a main island, tha...

Gordon S. Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution

more democratic, liberal and capitalistic visions of the 19th century (Wood 95). With republicanism we see that such things as ine...

Americanism

statement also embodies that characteristic which is most American. The American is one who wants the best that life has to offer....

American Southwest and the Severing of Hispanic Regional Control

common practice for the Spanish crown to grant land to individuals, communities and parishes. With the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidal...

Past and Present Multiethnic and Multicultural Politics

came at that time (called the Progressive Movement) that there may very well have been some sort of internal revolt by the working...

Suburban Dream Subverted

In eight pages this paper examines the shift from Orson Welles' perceptions of the American Dream to the subversion represented in...

Mythical American Dream

of many prevailing myths of the time. Keseys belief was that LSD was going to usher in the alternate reality and spirituality that...

Reform and the U.S. Constitution

writes for the Yale Law Journal, provides a very compelling argument in the case of reform. His contention was that the Constituti...

New York City and Asian American High School Students

Asians account for only 13 percent of the high school student population but they account for a disproportionately large percentag...

Paranoia, McCarthyism, and Film Noir

in the destructive power of nuclear energy. Osteen (1994) points out that few events have affected the American psyche in a manne...

An Argumentative Essay on Abortion

27). However, even in late pregnancy, she argues that the emotional well-being of the pregnant women outweighs the value of the fe...

Four Commencement Speakers from American History

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

The Royal Family Depression Era Comedy by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber

between a life in the theater and the offer of a stable marriage to a sensible stockbroker. Fanny Cavendish is the family matriar...

Sights and Culture of the Pow Wow

this perspective the pow wow evolved in accordance with trade needs. Native peoples and those Europeans that had invaded their la...

Fiddler on the Roof and Les Miserables

of Show Boat, American musical theatre--finally--saw the "complete integration of song, humor and production numbers into a single...

Men and Women in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

gender identities not only to themselves but also for society (Samuels 104). In The Last of the Mohicans, womens roles had evolve...

Eric Schlosser Reefer Madness

to Schlosser, the underlying thread that ties these three essays together is the "underground" (8) socioecomic subculture that per...

History of American Women

single women over the age of twenty-one and widows had the power to make contracts and hold property in her own name (22). A marri...

Nursing and Health Care Political Issues

the same sort of indirect methods that they have advocated will aid the economy. For example, the Republicans are pursuing putting...

Assimilation Barriers

into his own. Although racism persists today, it is nowhere near the problem it was during the 1960s and 1970s of which Aschenbren...

American Ideal Man and the West

situation and can emerge unscathed by the trials and tribulations of life. Then for the first time I noticed a...

Asian Immigrants to the U.S. After World War II

been prohibited from becoming citizens in the U.S. thanks to age-old biases and prejudices (Asian American History, 2004). Howeve...

Native American Culture and Way of Life Decimation

intentionally changed, actions which were all believed justified under the predominant mindset of "manifest destiny". The rel...

American West and Its Important Traits

rich contrasts. According to Stegner, the West is America. This is very profound geographically and culturally, because ...

Great Depression Entertainment

The radio was an important entertainment form. Television, in contrast, was just beginning to make its entry into the American ho...

Student Ethics and Nursing

for nurses who come into intimate contact with clients from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Ott, Al-Khadhuri and Al-Junaibi...

US Influence on the History of the Panama Canal

sentiment was expansionist tendencies on the part of Congress. Drew and Snow point out that at this point in history the acquisiti...

History of U.S. Common Law

"a system based on common law, but it has codified the law in the manner of the civil law jurisdictions" (2004). Also, in general,...

American Colonial Regional Comparison of Two Areas

the North and South but there are many differences as well. A student writing on this subject may want to compare and contrast ...