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Black Odyssey The African American Ordeal in Slavery by Nat Huggins

job of delving deeply into the historical and cultural foundation of racial discrimination during the slave trade. Black Odyssey ...

Linda Gordon's 'The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction'

they packed up the children and set off on a very long trip out West. Consider that in 1904 the only mode of transportation woul...

German Occupation and French Cinema

such, "the French government, recognizing the need to entertain the troops and the civilian population, allowed certain film produ...

Philip C. Kendall's Childhood Disorders

As already noted, Kendall makes a strong case for getting to know the individual child before "pigeon-holing" him or her into a pa...

The Character of Alida Slade in 'Roman Fever' by Edith Wharton

Delphin by the Forum for a clandestine meeting. This Delphin Slade happened to be engaged to Alida at the time. Alida says that sh...

Evaluating The Protestest Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber

of the group. Some groups, as in organization, are sometimes referred to as parties, Weber seems to state. Mostly, parties aim fo...

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness and Bernard Malamud's The Assistant

which Alpine realizes by the novels end, through Bobers example, can be the foundation of a meaningful life. Bober is unsuccessf...

How the Divine Was Represented in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

with not only Odysseus but with the other characters as well" (Athena, the Goddess). For example, "At the opening of the book, Ath...

Whose Justice? Which Rationality? by Alasdair MacIntyre

of the Catholic Church. MacIntyre introduces his principal thesis in Whose Justice? Which Rationality? by pointing out that form...

Moral Education by Laurence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan

Morality (age 4 - 10) - This is when moral value resides in what the person needs and wants for himself (Laurence Kohlberg, 2002)....

Foner and Berlin on Slavery's End

national level and then to the local level. In this publication, Foner avoids popular rhetoric and mawkish sentimentality and cho...

Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death

is the final destiny for man" (Becker, 1973, p. ix). While the basis of his theory may explore that mans anxiety stems from his fe...

The Enlightenment by Peter Gay

inherent in it; there was fighting between the two as well. Gay says: "The philosophes experience, I discovered, was a dialectical...

Definition of Globalization and its Dangers

expense of myriad unsophisticated societies. As such, this dichotomy of progression has rendered globalization a much-contested c...

Robert Shiller's Irrational Exuberance

how to best respond (Irrational Exuberance, 2002). During the period between 1994 and 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tri...

Epic Heroes in 'The Iliad, 'The Odyssey,' 'Beowulf,' 'The Aeneid,' and 'The Ramayana'

than life and serves as a role model for others to follow; they are brave, smart and good in battle; and, the hero embarks upon a ...

Nina and Alik in The Funeral Party by Ulitskya

to speak to a Rabbi, but she wont hear of it. She continues to stand in the way of his speaking with the Rabbi. He also becomes he...

Political Ideals and 'Politics and the English Language' by George Orwell

concomitant of transitional periods" (Orwell). Orwell looks behind the rhetoric to the true meaning of this sentence and offers ...

Education and a Serious Religion Curriculum

between the teacher and the students. In the book, Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum, by Warren Nord and Charles Ha...

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser and the Opinions of Freire and Thoman

technological advancement is doing anything but advancing the very objective of fruitful learning. During a relatively brief peri...

Polingaysi Qoyawayma's No Turning Back A Hopi Indian Woman's Struggle to Live in Two Worlds

represent one of the most fascinating cultures of the earth yet she makes a circuitous trail coming to this realization. Her life...

The Return of Depression Economics by Krugman

Krugman focuses on the cause of the collapse, noting that defeating inflation (i.e., using more dollars to buy products) is one re...

Into the Quagmire Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War by Brian VanDeMark

have since described as "pointless." Summary of "Into the Quagmire" In his introduction to the book, VanDeMark writes: "Vietnam ...

Amazing Grace The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Jonathan Kozol Review and Analysis

in that it calls upon American society to fix the ills within it based on its humanity and in many aspects Kozols arguments rely u...

Mutiny on the Amistad by Howard Jones Reviewed

for the slave trade won their freedom through the Supreme Court. Joseph Cinque and the 53 captives revolted in the Caribbean on th...

Fire In The Lake The Vietnamese And The Americans In Vietnam by Frances Fitzgerald Third Chapter Outline

own troops, who refuse to fire upon the crowds and even encourage demonstrators III. American involvement A. Not a major policy de...

B. Guy Peters' The Politics of Bureaucracy

public administration a more effective field, it has also become an ever-changing one in relation to its modifying climate. One o...

Revolution, George Orwell's Animal Farm and the Film Gandhi

farmer, the oppressor. However, once the pigs were in place and the rules established, the farm animals found themselves under a...

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Covey

that monetary success comes with a price and in the end, it is said that people never regret spending too much time with the famil...

Book Review of Morningstar Mercredi's Fort Chipewyan Homecoming, A Journey to Native Canada

home, Matthew normally lives one year with his mother and the following year with his father. This introduces a number of complex...