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Youthful Consumers

approximately $2.2 billion of their own money in 1968; that amount increased to $4.2 billion in 1984, which quadrupled to $17.1 bi...

Materialism, Idealism, Materialistic and Symbolic Anthropology

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares Clifford Geertz's The Interpretation of Cultures and Marshall David Sahlins' Stone ...

Comparing Vygotsky and Piaget

can think about the possible as well as what is concretely before them (Piaget, 1952). Unlike Piaget, Vygotsky was primarily inte...

Jazz Age Lifestyle in Tender is the Night, This Side of Paradise, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

attended but did not graduate from Princeton University. While at Princeton however, Fitzgerald was first exposed to the exceeding...

Application of Montessori Mathematics to Children Between the Ages of Three and Six

children, materials such as colored rods and beads (Kahn, nd; University of Kansas, 2000). Among other things, young children can ...

'Centennial Ode' of Horace

about by Divine blessing. However, Horace also makes the point that human...

Three Age Groups Observed

12 noon to 1 on Friday, April 4, 2003. This "playground" actually resembles a large hamster cage rather than the traditional play...

Effects of the US Progressive Era

include: The Homestead Act, National Urban League, direct election of U.S. Senators, child labor laws, and federal regulation of b...

Civilization's Future, Women, and Liberty According to J.S. Mill

in order to protect society. Mill does advocate freedom to a great extent, but not to the extent that it hurts other members of th...

Overview of the Generation Gap

[was] ...especially intense and disruptive" (Smith, 2000). The 1960s and early 1970s saw the division between generations was base...

Reading Education History

eye" which meant that there was more to reading than decoding. Reading was perceived now as a process. The key motto was "reading ...

Aging and High Blood Pressure

of patients known to be hypertensive are controlled. Hypertension is a risk factor for a multitude of potentially life-threatenin...

The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and the History it Reflects

In five pages this paper considers America following the Civil War and how this time period is reflected in Mark Twain's The Gilde...

Divorce and Children of School Age

(Parks, 1995). The effects of divorce on school age children are sometimes more obvious than in younger children. Divorc...

Child Development as Presented in Harry Potter, Pokemon and the Iron Giant

The writer argues that many things can be learned about child development by reading the Harry Potter books, and by viewing the mo...

Middle Ages

In five pages this paper examines what the Middle Ages were and the events that defined this time period. Three sources are cited...

Television Violence and Its Influences

of theatrical films shown on TV. Reasons for violence? There is never a simple answer to that question. But people often commit...

Protagonist Parallels Between Go Tell It on the Mountain and Catcher in the Rye

are not all that uncommon for an adolescent. In fact, many teens feel they are alone and while Holden experiences a deep sense of ...

Victorian Age National Trust Building Cragside

In eleven pages this innovative Victorian Age building, Cragside, in Northumberland, is examined in terms of Lord Armstrong's usag...

Bildunsroman in 'Great Expectations' and 'Jane Eyre'

In 6 pages, this essay discusses how the coming-of-age is presented in these novels by Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte, with ...

China's Health Problems and Solutions

In eight pages this paper discusses possible solutions to China's health problems and includes such topics as aging, women and env...

Eastern Indonesia, Commerce and Poverty

In seven pages this paper discusses Eastern Indonesia of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in a consideration of economics a...

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton and Renunciation

In five pages this paper examines how renunciation is emphasized in the social structure and in 3 major characters of The Age of I...

Exercise, Diet, and Middle Aged Women

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the importance of exercise and diet in decreasing body fat in middle aged women. Twenty sou...

'Song of Roland' and Medieval Epic Poetry

long before it was ever written down. To use Si!r Philip Sidney phrase pertaining to the oral traditions of epic poetry, it was ...

The Signalman as a Ghost Story

the story may have reflected a time in Dickens life where the writer was significantly more in tuned to the transient aspects of w...

Internet Children's Educational Materials Development

In seven pages developing educational materials for children ages 7 to 12 are examined. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography...

Literature in The Gilded Age

popular movie in which Dorothy wore ruby red slippers, in Baums text the shoes were silver. The story of Dorothy, as the quintesse...

Ida B. Wells, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Women of the Gilded Age

This paper examines the lives of Gilded Age women Ida B. Wells and Laura Ingalls Wilder in five pages. Four sources are cited in ...

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins and Classism

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Collins' representation of social class is discussed in terms of his disdain for title and rank p...