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Essays 1741 - 1770

Communism and Karl Marx

In four pages this paper examines historical materialism in this discussion of Karl Marx's perspective of communism and its diffic...

Old Testament Book Of Ruth

(Ruth 1:3). The sons married Moab women but about ten years later, both sons died (Ruth 1:3). Ruth was one of the widows of Naomis...

Historical Validity of Tariq Ali's Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

or Reconquista. The Reconquista culminated in the taking and sacking of Granada. This would lead into the Spanish Inquisition. W...

Perspectives on the Cold War

Cold War possessed many instigators from American paranoia to a lack of mutual cooperation to the outright compromise of foreign p...

Teaching Racism, Historical Context and Irony Using Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

to read and teach to students, especially in the younger grades. Fishkin believes that to fully understand the work, students must...

Reading Education History

eye" which meant that there was more to reading than decoding. Reading was perceived now as a process. The key motto was "reading ...

The Tides of War by Steven Pressfield

dropping bombs from 30,000 feet or sitting in a headquarters building and pushing a button to annihilate soldiers thousands of mil...

Mesopotamian Society and The Epic of Gilgamesh

Is not (even the core of) the brick structure made of kiln-fired brick, and did not the Seven Sages themselves lay out its plans? ...

Feeling A Lack of Control Over One's Environment

2001). Later, he placed new dogs with no harnesses in and unharnessed the original dogs and provided an escape. The new dogs look...

Mathabane/Kaffir Boy

a distinct segment of the society. In US history, anyone with even a drop of African blood was considered culturally to be "black"...

America's Relations with the Two Koreas

of Korea. The orders were fuzzy at best. As early as 1944, the leader of Korea, Syngman Rhee warned the West that the Soviets coul...

The Story of Sonny’s Blues

problem is, he and Sonny have never really understood one another; or rather, his brother has never truly understood Sonny. For So...

Leaders Doing What They Say

lose that feelings and attitudes. Nobody wants to be told to do something only to have the supervisor not follow their own rules. ...

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Islam

believe Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is the son of God, or the human incarnate of God (Hasan, 2009). However, in Islam, Jesus is regarde...

Culture, Food, and Ritual

In five pages this paper discusses food and a funeral ritual as cultural components. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

'Anesthetic' Words and Communication

In seven pages communication is examined in terms of various nuances, phrases, styles, and cultural roles. Six sources are cited ...

Health Care Industry Strategic Planning

In eleven pages this paper discusses strategic planning in the health care industry with HMOs and their impact, the relationship b...

English Language Acquisition and its Value

In nine pages this paper examines the value of immigrants' acquiring the English language in terms of cultural assimilation in the...

Peru's Human Habitation

In two pages the cultural progression that resulted from Peru's early habitation are considered in terms of the impact on the land...

Cultures and Their Similarities

In four pages this paper discusses cultural similarities with the only differences being income and ethnicity. There are no sourc...

Class Struggles in Canada

In seven pages the continuing class disparity between the poor and the rich that exists in Canada is examined with such issues as ...

Culture as Molded by the Media

In five pages this paper considers the cultural influences of the media in terms of belief systems, values, and social perceptions...

A Consideration of Angels in Life, Literatue, and Culture

In a paper consisting of eleven pages the angel is examined in terms of history and cultural representation with the emphasis on t...

Mythic Figures Teiresias and Oedipus

In five pages this paper discusses how these characters featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles can be describes as mythic because th...

Chinese American Communities and Cultural Anthropology

In nine pages this paper examines U.S. Chinese American communities and their traditions in this discussion of cultural anthropolo...

An Article of Cultural Identity Issues Involving British Asians Reviewed

S. Johal's article 'Brimful of ‘brasia;' British Asians and Issues of Culture and Identity' is reviewed with an emphasis upo...

U.S. Southwest and Cultural Influences of Mexico

In six pages this paper examines the cultural influences of these 2 border countries in an assessment of pros and cons with assimi...

Post First World War Culture and Radio

In six pages this paper examines the cultural significance of radio since the First World War and how it led to TV and Internet me...

Literature and Modernism

In six pages this paper examines 20th century modernist literature in a consideration of such concepts as impressionism, postmoder...

Comparing 'Oroonoko' and 'Persian Letters'

uncle was without children, he had been designated his uncle?s heir and began using his name at that time.) The Persian Letters ...