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Essays 1951 - 1980

French Business People and Negotiations

a good lunch, 2000). One thing that will offend the French quickly is failing to maintain strict formality in addressing in...

Contemporary Western Culture and Humanities

deal of power into one ruler (or, at the very least, a collection of rulers who wont end up fighting among themselves)....

Guatemala's Mayan People

business conducted in Spanish and schools are based on Spanish as well as bilingual programs that are thought to be transitional...

Humanities Makes Life Worth Living Through the Study of Literature, Art, and Music

their own various ways of struggling for coherence, for a compelling faith, for social vision, for an ethical position, for a sens...

City of Quartz by Davis

had been full of light and life and rather innocent. They were optimistic. The debunkers had already seen the seedier side of life...

Marshall Islands and the Significance of the Outrigger Canoe

Islands are indeed impressive. Traditionally they were made of breadfruit logs using only the most primitive of tools, tools like...

Cake Culture and History

or within a pastry case (Stringer, 2004). Then came Renaissance and Italian bakers who were apparently renowned for their abilit...

Reviewing Stuart R. Schram's The Political Thought of Mao Tse Tung

several changes put into the text with the benefit of hindsight. The reason for this was the first version appeared outdated after...

Carolingian Renaissance and its Importance

making Europe, and especially Italy a dominant force in the world. This was accomplished in both the realm of politics and religio...

Folk Culture Conceptualization

Giollain, 2000; 4). In this we can understand that a folk culture is actually something of a rebellion against certain aspects of ...

Nursing Paradigm Concepts and Leininger's Theory

life needs to change in response to the patients health care needs, then the nurse needs to be sensitive to that factor as well. ...

Operation of a Foreign Office

feeling (Conflict Research Consortium, 1998). More real examples of cultural mishaps: * Denise Taylor receives an URGENT message ...

Hospital Setting Language Miscommunication

its founding in the late 18th century, the United States has opened its borders to people from a variety of countries and cultures...

A Book Review of Modern Middle East History

purposes of his text, Cleveland defines the "Middle East" as that region that extends from Egypt in the west to Iran in the east a...

Practice of Culturally Competency

homosexual community should also be considered. While psychologists and other practitioners of psychology do want to have a cultur...

A Globalization View

governments (405). For example, the terrorists attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City on September 11, 2001 caused "s...

Assimilation, Identity, and Jewish History

consistent throughout the centuries of the Diaspora. In order to remain Jewish, individuals could not adopt the customs of their h...

Sights and Culture of the Pow Wow

this perspective the pow wow evolved in accordance with trade needs. Native peoples and those Europeans that had invaded their la...

RV Travel, the Retirees, and American Culture

is a relatively expensive endeavor as RVs do not get great gas mileage. In addition, their RV is not often their home. It is their...

Cultures, Communications, and Comparisons Between Do the Right Thing and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

to give them their blessing before the evening is over. What is interesting to see is that Joanna has turned out just as the Dr...

'Rational' Case Study

their beloved - not as a child abuser but as a victim of society who needed the help and guidance of his family rather than the co...

Caucasian and African American Interracial Marriages

in order to claim her white heritage she would essentially have to have her mother along to prove she was also Caucasian (Hubbynet...

The Education System in Brazil

Social indicators in Brazil suggests that there is inequality in various aspects of human life, and this includes areas such as ed...

Interpreting For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

fresh in the minds of many leaders, this work takes on many topics. One man struggles with his political ideals but in the process...

Conservative Muslim Women and the Difficulties Encountered When Living in Western Countries

and those who resist equality are vilified. In a culture where gender is a key determinant of the role in society equality is not ...

Japan and Abortion

of her people when she states that "Fetuses should be buried properly in accordance with socially accepted ideas even when they ar...

Culturalization and Implementation of Electronic Relationship Management Systems

give up their privacy to tell companies about their likes and dislikes. But with companies becoming more global, its essen...

Article Critique of Charles R. Ridley, Lisa C. Li, and Carrie L. Hill's 'Social Behavior and Multicultural Assessment'

disorders and breaks them down into diagnostic classes. Utilizing the DSM IV along with testing methodologies allows the practiti...

Leslie Marmon Silko

notes, "Silko reveals that living in Laguna society as a mixed blood from a prominent family caused her a lot of pain. It meant b...

Student Submitted Case Study on the Digital Company

with tools such as the balanced score card. If there is the need to change adapt or upgrade the systems this may be a difficult ...