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Edward Saidian Perspective of The Chan's Great Continent by Jonathan D. Spence

authentic reports of Chinese culture. As it turns out, however, Polos accounts are marred with self-aggrandizing elements that cl...

Social Science Predictability According to Alexander Rosenberg

it is (L) that connects human behavior with the environment via "desires and beliefs" that the environment fosters in us (Rosenbe...

Maxine Greene's The Dialectic of Freedom

that take place during ones life. Our free will, on the other hand, speaks to the concept of having full authority over ones aspi...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and the Influence of Charles Darwin

notch to become a tale about the near-extinction of a species - that is, the family called the DUrbervilles - and how they attempt...

1929 Stock Market Crash and Source Reliability

day (1998, 1). The author goes on to report more detail, saying that the trading volume had been approximately three times the n...

Ahmed Rashid's Taliban

into an object of political power by Persians, the Mongols, the British, the Soviets and the Pakistanis over the centuries. From t...

Reason and Religious Belief An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion by Michael L. Peterson

corporate, organized around a concept of ultimate reality" (9). The reality conjured by these beliefs, actions and experiences ca...

The House Giacomo Built History of an Italian Family, 1878-1978 by Donald S. Pitkin

In five pages this 1985 text is examined in terms of its family epic characteristics. There are no other sources listed....

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Adolescence is considered one of the most crucial periods of socialization because of the very pressure it places upon youth. Thr...

Reflections on Helmut Thielicke's A Little Exercise for Young Theologians

and have been intertwined in a complex relationship of foe and benefactor, adversary and patron since the very beginning. This re...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and an Intertextual Comparative Analysis with Francis Ford Coppola's Film Apocalypse Now

in binary opposites, most commonly represented symbolically, in contrasts of light and dark, black and white, culturally in civili...

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

and how it reflected the changes in Russian society and government around the end of the nineteenth century. However, before addr...

Understanding the Old Testament by Bernhard Anderson

of envisioning and grasping the full significance of difficult passages. In his preface, Anderson outlines his general approach....

Jack Weatherford's Native Roots

the first tasks undertaken by Weatherford is to define the term "Native American" itself. Indeed, the term Native American is a c...

The Slave Girl by Buchi Emecheta and the Nigerian Woman's Role

Ojebeta with charms to keep away tempting spirits from the land of the dead, and she was cherished and marked with special tattooe...

Critique of God and Contemporary Science by Philip Clayton

body, so, too, can the thought of God(or what he/she expects of a person) possibly influence the world, or motivate a culture into...

Banking Concept of Education by Paulo Freire and Arts of the Contact Zone by Mary Louise Pratt

aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today" (Anonymous Mary Louise Pratt defines "contact zones", 2002; bod...

Rosa Lee by Leon Dash

In five pages this paper discusses this sociology text in a consideration of the author's featured case study that considers how c...

Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron, George Orwell's 1984, and Egalitarianism

In a paper consisting of 7 pages these texts are compared in terms of their egalitarian philosophies and considers whether or not ...

David Montgomery's Workers' Control in America

David Montgomery's Workers' Control in America is considered in a text overview consisting of five pages. Three sources are cited...

The Human Equation Building Profits by Putting People First by Jeffrey Pfeffer

In five pages a report on this text in business management first published in 1998 is presented with the emphasis being on downsiz...

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Intertextuality

In five pages intertextuality is first defined and then applied to Bronte's novel, relating it to text by such authors as Lord Byr...

Asphalt Nation by Jane Holtz Kay

with environmental degradation and urban decay, and why it must, therefore, be abandoned. Kay first addresses the effect that Am...

Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher and Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

In five pages these texts are contrasted and compared as they portray the pressures of contemporary American culture on young wome...

School Girls by Peggy Orenstein

In five pages this text that discusses junior high girls' decreased self confidence and self esteem is analyzed. There are no oth...

Mike Lupica's Mad As Hell How Sports Got Away from the Fans-And How We Get It Back

In 5 pages this text and the impact of greed on sports and how fans can assist in halting this disturbing trend are examined. The...

The Diversity Machine by Fredrick R. Lynch

In seven pages this text on diversity management is summarized and analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

David Remnick's King of the World Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero

an American Hero brings the world of boxing into a sharp focus of anticipated excitement that is the essence of the match. This m...

Sacred Clowns and Talking God by Tony Hillerman

In five pages this paper examines the unique mystery texts set in the U.S. Southwest written by Tony Hillerman. There are no othe...

Pillar of Fire by Taylor Branch

In five pages this 2nd volume of a civil rights' movement historical text by Taylor Branch is analyzed. There are no other source...