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Sherpa People and High Altitude Cultures and Physiological Responses

Acute mountain sickness (AMS)is one of the more common illnesses that inflict travelers to high altitudes (Jansen, Krins, and Basn...

Communication as Culture by James Carey

in all industrial cultures-and dominates contemporary dictionary entries under the term. It is defined by terms such as imparting,...

Popular Culture, Gender Constructs, and 'New Femininities'

and behaviours, and seen as being in direct opposition to "femininity", which is equally constrained in its parameters, and define...

Culture of China and Corruption

last indefinitely (Ettorre, 1994). The reassurances were of little comfort to expatriate managers who were in the position of hav...

Theoretical Perspectives on Work Culture and Sociology

suggested also is that the new type of corporation, while more flexible is nothing like what work once was. In other words, the go...

Ace Hardware Stores and Corporate Culture

and they do differ of course from company from company. Similarly, in the advertising or insurance industries, each company cultur...

Bechtel Corporation Change and Culture

difficult to isolate. Just as when travelling the world cultural differences can be seen between the diverse countries characteris...

Credit Suisse First Boston and Corporate Culture

as CEO; and the installation of Brady Dougal as the most recent CEO. Without direct experience in the industry or in the organiza...

Middle Aged Male and Culture Shock

is it? 2004). The list of new challenges that confront the outsider can be simply overwhelming, which is exactly what occurred a...

Russia and Germany Business Etiquette and Culture

German engineering remains a marvel of the Western world, however. Business travelers would do well to equate the precision of Ge...

U.S. Culture and Society as Determined by Women's Economic Role

of the novel, traces the life and times of a midwife during the late 1700s to the early 1800s. Through her diary entries one can s...

Cultures and Face to Face Communication

in terms of the context in which that information is transmitted (Hall, 1977). Communication between people is probably the...

Chicago's Mexican Culture

the construction of a vast network of railroads (Robinson, 1998). Even more arrived after World War II to work in Chicagos many s...

Linguistics and Culture

cultures differ in both their material and their philosophical experiences. Languages evolve in accordance with those differences...

Contemporary American Culture and Class and Community by Alan Dawley

his look at one town in America during the Industrial Revolution. Dawley (2000) breaks down his book entitled Class and Communit...

Diversity and Corporate Culture

of any kind (McGraw Hill, 2002, p. 229). These laws also cover the types of questions that may and may not be asked in the intervi...

Italians, Immigrants, and Culture

p. 187). There are, in fact, several authors including Mead who see the ongoing development of identity as an issue of constructi...

Chairman Mao's Views and How They Were Shaped by Culture and History

In five pages this paper examines the 'Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art' and what they reveal about the political, ...

Commerce and Culture

the rebound of the national economy. They did, and with telling results. As Korean citizens curtailed their international ...

Canadian Aboriginal Culture and Family Relationship Changes

In a paper consisting of seven pages sibling relationship changes in Canada's Native American cultures are examined through the us...

Incompatibilities of European and Native American Cultures

many tribes and it was this same clan system which provided guidelines in areas of political and social organization. Clans serve...

Bosnia's Albanian and Serbian Cultures

In five pages this paper discuses Bosnia in a consideration of the Albanian and Serb cultures. Five sources are cited in the bibl...

Literature Review on Culture, Aging, and Women

This paper examines culture and aging as each relates to women in a review of Figuring Age by Woodward, Mother Time by Walker, and...

Himalayan Sherpa Mountain Culture

In five pages this paper analyzes the Sherpa culture associated with the Himalayan Mountains. Five sources are cited in the bibli...

Genders, Cultures, and Communication

field of child development have consistently found that this incongruous approach parents have toward their children begins at qui...

Culture, Sexism, and Racism Issues as They Relate to Women's Health

of women in the medical field, attitudes appear to be altering. Practices are slower to change, however, womens health advocates ...

Filipino Culture and the Concept of Shame

In five pages this paper on the Filipino culture analyzes the significance of the shame concept. Seven sources are cited in the b...

How Culture and History Influenced the Philosophical Perspectives of William James and Rene Descartes

In two pages this paper examines how the philosophies of these two theorists were influenced by history and their respective cultu...

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the Depiction of Greek Culture

In eight pages this paper discusses how in the plot and characterizations featured in Zorba the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis dep...

World Cultures and Family

according to the modernization perspective of womens current roles (1291). This perspective posits that the status of women is en...