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The 'Traditional Family' That Never Was by Wren Walker

how men of the 1950s entered into marriage for their own gain: to have someone tend to their needs, wants and desires. It is only...

Changing Perspectives on Welfare and the US Federal Government

funded job. That was the theory. In practice, the bills drafters (of whom Clinton was one) knew Congress would not be able to...

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996

approximately twenty percent, according to Heritage Foundations Robert Rector. However, in spite of the fact that the numbers did...

American Family Changes and the Response of Schools' Changing Role

the child, and this comes through in an essay or a complaint by the student, the school is in immediate contact with social servic...

Human Characteristics and Latin American Literature

Parenting styles differ significantly, therefore, leaving much open to interpretation and inference. Certain aspects, such as nur...

American Family and a Character Study of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the Joad family matriarch featured in this classic American novel in a consideration of her role...

Historical Plausibility of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In 5 pages this great American novel is analyzed in an historical overview of the relevant 19th century issues including children'...

Overview of Guillain Barre Syndrome

may act as triggers. A front-running candidate for the latter is Campylobacter jejuni infection. Since vaccines exert their effect...

U.S. Political Environment, Social Change, and Families

In ten pages this paper examines American families in a consideration of U.S. sociopolitical environmental changes. Three sources...

Aspects of Asian Culture

In two pages Asian culture is examined in terms of a brief historical overview, religious practices' description, family significa...

The Industrial Revolution in America

the world" (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 550). Raw materials and finished goods could now be shipped all over the country. The Cumber...

American Family Values

is much more acceptable for families to be "blended" or for couples to have babies out of wedlock now. In fact, to some extent, Ho...

Making American Families

the connection most first generation Filipinos maintain with the Philippines is positive in many regards, it is also detrimental t...

Family Life in the American Colonies

(Demos, 2000, p. But this common kitchen tool was also "used by conjurers magicians in obscure ceremonies of fortune-telling" in t...

American Family, Absentee Parents, and Cultural Differences

home. In this concept it is the mother who stays at home and cares for the children and the father who works outside the home in ...

Family in A Raisin in the Sun and American Beauty

kind of money people like Lester makes. He has all these schemes and dreams and he ultimately learns they are pointless, just as L...

American Revolution and Family Metaphors

of England. It is not something that seemed fair and of course, the colonists had a restless, adventurous spirit and one that drov...

The History of California Native Americans Prior to 1900

of peoples in the area, as settlements were logically more concentrated around water. Members of all groups were particularly dev...

Modern American, Aztec, and Yanomamo Families and Gender Structures Compared

agriculture, they are also considered fierce warrior tribes. Researchers have determined that the average population of a Yanomamo...

American Literature's Portrayal of Immigrant Families

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the way immigrant families are presented in Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marsh...

American Family Represented in The Simpsons Cartoon

In five pages this paper discusses how the humor, goals, dreams and family life of America are reflected in the FOX cartoon series...

Analyzing Homeward Bound American Families in the Cold War Era by Elaine Tyler May

This 1988 text is analyzed in six pages and include the factors that fueled the enforcement of traditional and gender roles that r...

Reviewing Closing of the American Mind Closing of the American Mind / Book Review

In The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom decries the lapse of teaching of traditional American values in American universi...

American History, Sex, and the Nuclear Family

In seven pages this paper examines how the concept of the nuclear family and sexual perceptions developed in America during the ni...

The Way American Families Never Were and the Nostalgia Myth

Americans were actually upset over their own perceived decline of morality. And if you read headlines in the 1950s about juvenile ...

American Family and Marriage from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this paper examines the many changes to the US family and marriage from a sociological perspective. Four sources ar...

American Families and Single Parents

In ten pages this paper discusses single dual parenting and considers the differences between Caucasian and African single parents...

African Americans: History, Culture, Families, Beliefs and Religion

African slaves brought to the New World were sent to what is now the United States (Horton, 1997). Most of the rest went to the Ca...

The Depiction of Reality in the Age of Global Production

In all cases they may be seen as art that is breaking boundaries as they are seeking to break down social barriers and taboos, dea...

Karl Marx, A Life and A Philosophy

history. This paper describes his life, how he formed his beliefs, and what his contemporaries thought of him. It also discusses h...