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Political Institutions Shaped by the History of Western Europe

why European states are different, but the nations histories also in some way, explain why things are the way they are today. Betw...

'Mysterious' Land of Eastern Europe

they had stepped back into history. These travelers brought back the mythology of the Balkans, which included tales of the undead,...

4 Brief Literature Essays

Pontellier, though she had married a Creole, was not thoroughly at home in the society of Creoles...There were only Creoles that s...

Western Roman Emperors and Power Disintegration

When discussing the fall of the Roman empire, what is actually being discussed is the fall of the "western" empire (including Ital...

'Bearing Illness and Injury' Review

...purpose of this study was to describe the process of bearing illness and injuries among individuals with catastrophic illnesses...

Western English Society and Male and Female Suicidal Behavior

and other obligations, as well as having a higher level of courage to commit such an act, men reflect a significantly higher suici...

Paris During the Eighteenth Century and London During the Nineteenth Century

(Burns, 1969, p. 566). This worldview came to full flower in the eighteenth century with the philosophical movement known as the E...

Western Cultural Visions and National Geographic Magazine

in manner that applies to Western ideals. In fact, it seems as though most of the pictures and stories only inform us about how th...

Western Religion - Trends

faith, new scientific discoveries and theories appear to be offering support for many traditional religious views, particularly in...

Cultural Differences and Business Communications

They may all rely on email, fax transmission, and other forms of immediate and electronic communication but they are still steeped...

Body Image Perceptions and Western Society

is essentially a rejection of the traditional values and argues for an "authority of our own experiences" (Bordo, 1993, 283). In p...

Theme of Revenge in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, 'The Inferno' by Dante, Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles, 'The Odyssey' by Homer

short temper gets him into trouble. In Book IX, Polyphemus, the son of the sea god Poseidon, decides to dine on a few Greeks who ...

Third World Countries and Corruption

(Internet source). Even those nations which seem to receive the greatest amount of assistance from their international "friends" i...

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

at a bar before moving on and a Native American woman deposits a three-year-old girl in her car and begs her to keep the child. ...

Universality, Cultural Diversity, and Human Rights

the imposition of a single set of standards it is argued that there is a loss of cultural diversity, but it is also argued that th...

Western Civilization of the Future

countrys blossoming authority. The two incidents that prompted such a drastic stance toward foreign policy dealt with Russi...

Political Ideologies of East and West Compared

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

Western Dental Clinic and Business Information Systems

to major transportation lines, people from outlying areas also come to see the dentists. The clinic itself was founded by ...

State of Texas is More Western Than Southern

simply because it was one of the nations most important cattle producing states. This was not a state that caused people to thi...

Hunter Thompson/Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

downers, screamers, (and) laughers (Thompson 4). Additionally, their arsenal against sober perception also includes "a quart of te...

Multicultural Communication in the Work Place

manners and mannerisms and all kinds of non-verbal communication that will be interpreted. It is possible that any or all of these...

Culture: Understanding And Accepting Differences

As such, the social, political, economical and religious activities experienced in everyday life represents the very essence of wh...

Canadian Consumer Culture & the Environment

was not, as it had been during the Depression, a function of what the consumer could afford, bur rather what the then could find (...

Habell-Pallan & Romero/Latino/A Popular Culture

and those Latino(a)s who are perceived as "white." The student researching this topic is encouraged to offer a personal opinion ...

The Culture of the Special Court in Sierra Leone

culture, leading to an understanding of the enshrined values and expectations as well as resulting in outward symbols of that cult...

Western History and the Divine Nature of God

of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...

Western Philosophy and the Middle Ages

human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...

Western Civilization Research Documents Summarized

on twelve clay tablets. The epic tale is of a Babylonian king, two-thirds god and one-third man. Another key character in the stor...

Western Civilization and Buddhism's Influence

is thought to have healing properties and it is known to lower blood pressure for example. Yet, meditation stems from Buddhism (Vi...

Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Generations

a shrew mouse" (Remarque, 1987, p. 10). He observes that much of the misery in the world is caused by little men (not an original...