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Mainstream Society, Underground Music, and African American Culture

D.C.s prominent African American institution of higher learning Howard University in 1965, he proclaimed that he would introduce b...

Limited English Proficiency and the Problems it Poses

most prosperous nations on earth. Some of these immigrants have arrived here legally but others have arrived illegally. A common...

Social Infrastructure Issues and School Reform

that result in patterns of withdrawal 4. lack of honest communications (overuse of "happy talk") 5. poor internal communications...

Race and Racism in History

which would ultimately leave many African Americans enslaved economically and socially in a very different way as they were provid...

The Biological, Psychological, and Social Obstacles to Understanding Transsexuality

the treatise Feminization of males and masculinization of females (Meyerowitz, 2002). Meyerowitz (2002) claims Steinachs research...

Urban Solid Waste in the Year 2050

during the late 1980s and the decade of the 1990s. This was a time that globalization reigned among the worlds largest busi...

Customs of Chinese Marriage Since 1949 Introduction of Communism

from welcoming" (Watson, 1991, p. 350). The traditional rural peasant view of daughters is still that they are "excess baggage." W...

Canadian Urban Planning, Housing, and Women

housing planners that build neighborhoods based on the old model - that of residential neighborhoods with the neighborhood school ...

Urban Tension Identification

created unforeseen problems with regard to the bustling growth of cities, the complications of new technologies and the reactions ...

URBAN OUTFITTERS - PRICING, SALES AND CULTURE ANALYSIS

to customers that Alexandra Biesada (2008) dubs as "metropolitan hipsters." In other words, younger people, typically unmarried, h...

Best Media Selection

after work. This alone is no sufficient to determine the target market and as such the media that can be used. If we look more c...

Factors Leading to Suburban Expansion

these issues are complicated by the transitional nature of the cities themselves. Changing land use patterns, changing occupation...

Designing Entertainment Venues

gambling establishments has served to completely transform otherwise impoverished communities and even afford them the ability to ...

2 Studies on Orphaned Africans Reviewed

2008, 2005). In Namibia alone, officials expect that 13 percent of all children under the age of 15 will be orphans by 2006 (Aids...

The Threat of the So-Called Urban Coon

caricature was always at the heart of white supremacy" (Malburne). Lets consider that statement for a moment: the caricature of ...

U.S. Culture and the Blues

the blues is slower and contains much depth of feeling. Later on, the acoustic urban would become electrified, but early on, there...

Progressivism and Cities

rivaling New York City in size and development, and those who opposed this vision and wanted to preserve and conserve the flavor o...

Is Urban Sprawl Positive or Negative?

processes of sprawl significantly and negatively impact the environment (Cain, 2000). On the other hand, an extensive analysis p...

Urban Life and Violence in America

people remember many strong disagreements with their first families. Battles during toddlerhood and adolescence are common and wil...

1095 Speech of Pope Urban II and its Relevance

leader promises something as glorious as eternal life, it is likely that there will be followers. Of course, it is also true that ...

Urban Studies and Transportation Planning

achieved. Though transportation projects may be viable, may be logical in terms of meeting goals, and may be cost feasible, there...

Soft City by Jonathan Raban

centers and the changes that occurred in the national identity. Raban wrote: "For the new arrival, this disordered abundance is ...

Cinematic Comparison of Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game and Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times

homeless man, or a prison inmate that has been arrested for some outrageous reason (Nissley 165). To illustrate how technology ha...

Philadelphia and Death and Life of Cities by Jane Jacobs

and at equal distances from this center is formulated four residential square, each identical and formulated for the same use (Jac...

2005 Annual Report for Urban Outfitters

for retail store sales or when merchandise is shipped to customers for wholesale and direct-to-consumer sales, net of estimated cu...

London's Urban Development Process

the rebuilding of this in a more uniform style with a great deal of aid from Sir Christopher Wrenn and his pattern for the streets...

Paris and Gateshead - Urban Development

to take into account not only the need for economic activity, but the interaction with the local communities and the local culture...

Urban Poverty and Housing Policies

absence of an address of the real problems. Inadequate housing is associated with many problems and in many cases these problems ...

US Urban Areas and Homelessness

City, 2003). In the past year, "requests for emergency shelter increased ... by an average of 6 percent ... Requests for shelter ...

Planning and Implementing Urban Policy in the UK

set by the ruling parties at local or national level, with national concerns coming before local concerns in general policy settin...