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Duluth Lynching of 1920

Jackson and McGhie were not performers in the circus, however. They were cooks and simple laborers Clayton, Jackson and McGhie. ...

American Cultural Icon McDonald's

Quito, Ecuador, antiwar protestors burned the statue of Ronald McDonald; in Paris, protestors smashed in the windows (Walker 2003)...

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle Past and Present

into food. Meat packers typically used borax and glycerin to hide the smell of spoiled beef and candy manufacturers mixed shredded...

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...

Light Skinned Blacks 'Passing' Themselves Off as Whites in America

In order to enjoy the better things in life, it was better to deny ones heritage, while reclaiming ones heritage, while noble and ...

Steinbeck and Changing America

a real family, "which in a sense he was."3 Steinbecks novels, at least the ones that we remember best, such as Of Mice and Men, C...

Tattoos in America

in prison, and that marks them as a particular type of person, connecting them with gangs and criminal activity. Or a young person...

Police Culture

often are treating negatively. The infamous Serpico did blow the whistle and he paid dearly for it. First, what is police culture...

Hispanic Cultural Diffusion

dominant theme in the culture and in America today. In fact, government agencies publish bilingual literature and it is hard to pi...

Two Views of Immigration

to the suburbs but are leaving the area, even the state (Booth). This is causing what he sees as "the emergence of separate Americ...

Italian and Irish Criminal Groups

may be witnesses who refuse to talk. In fact, because most witnesses realize that their lives could be threatened, a witness prote...

Reducing Dependence on Foreign Oil in the Transportation Industry

of Georgia, a hazardous mission of which most Americans are totally ignorant; American sailors patrol the Persian Gulf, the South ...

Economic Bubbles

that flows. The crashes can result in large levels of wealth being destroyed and the potential for the crash to cause a depression...

Zimmerman: "Whose America?"

so, they failed to follow up on the result of following that doctrine, which was the extermination of Native Americans by whites a...

Politics and Latin America (Annotated Bibliography)

is a compelling subject addressed by the author in the context of various portions of the work. Also, the ideas are summed up nice...

Wal Mart Case Study on Corporate America and Gender

workers. For example, the bags Kathie Gifford would oversee that would claim international notoriety due to the sweat shops utiliz...

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville and Objects

a true democracy, de Tocqueville noted, quantity or reproductions of objects are necessary to satisfy equal need. In his consider...

Attitudes About Ageism

with people looking upon the elderly as slow, incapable, broken down and virtually worthless individuals. The notion of ageism is...

Slavery in Colonial America and Racism

Europeans were conquerors. They wanted land and they needed slaves to build the country economically. It is also interesting to no...

Promoting Democracy Through Imperialist Power?

to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural persp...

US Debate Concerning Immigration

conglomeration of "ideological white supremacists, armed border vigilantes, nativist think tanks, political action committees, and...

Public Education and the Impact of School Vouchers

beneficial members of a civilized society. While this notion is easy enough to understand, reaching that objective through such p...

Understanding the Cultural Aspect of the Obesity Epidemic Among Children in America

food, something that is very important and relevant in the United States. This author notes, "Technological change (e.g. industria...

Power Status of the United States

varied. Many of these factors of course revolve around the face of our government itself and the factors influencing this governm...

Art of Early America

could envision the bravery of the white people coming to tame savages and a savage land. Then there is "the Pastoral State" which ...

Foreign Relations Between Venezuela and the United States

and Schaffer (2005) report the intended acquisition of coast guard boats, frigates and aircraft. The country has also contracted ...

America and Ameican Concepts During the Eighteenth Century

people believed that America, and being American, were incredible realities that spoke of freedom and a bright future. In unders...

Mexican Immigration According to Rodolfo Acuna and Ernesto Galarza

culture and was a leader in the Chicano movement of the 1950 and 60s. Galarza saw the treatment of Mexican agricultural workers as...

Phyllis Wheatley and Edward Taylor

Wheatleys poem begins, "Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,/ Taught my benighted soul to understand/ That theres a God, that...

Latin America and Megastores' Impact

regions economy. These countries are Argentina, Mexico, Chili, Brazil, Panama, El Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Honduras...