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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...

West African and East African Slave Trade

than one hundred slaves at a time and usually carried other type trading goods on their ships as well, such as ivory, spices, and ...

West Virginia and Education

In three pages the perspective of a resident from West Virginia is used in an examination of the perceived reaction to 'Measuring ...

Japanese Internment at Tule Lake Relocation Camp

This 10 page paper discusses the internment of Japanese citizens by the U.S. government in WWII, and argues that such internment r...

Hedonism, Consumerism, and Xenophobia in Race Matters by Cornel West

often does not occur. A particularly favorite socially psychological marketing tactic that myriad companies employ to help genera...

Dancing Skeletons

A 5 page essay exploring the ethnographic account by Catherine Dettwyler. Medical anthropology entials precise fieldwork, professi...

American Family as Viewed by Playwright Sam Shepard

understanding of family life, much as do shows like The Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle. Families are not always polite to one ...

Contemporary Race Relations' Philosophies

In five pages this paper contrasts the contemporary philosophies regarding U.S. race relations between Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. ...

West Nile Virus Spraying and its Health Impacts

done with the safety of residents in mind. However, while the decision to spray was made to protect potential cases of encephaliti...

Rebecca West, Virginia Woolf, and Characters 'Under the English Queen Mother's Umbrella

This discussion topic focuses on Rebecca West and Virginia Woolf and consists of nine pages. Eight sources are cited in the bibli...

Black Civil Rights Advocacy and Differences in Black Authors' Styles

In six pages the differences that exist between the styles of African American authors and civil rights activists Cornel West, Fre...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and an Analysis of East versus West

illustrated in the frequent comparisons between the Long Island sections of East Egg and West Egg. As narrator Nick Carraway, a W...

Issues Involving Mississippi and West Virginia Higher Education

In eleven pages this paper examines regional differences in college education issues in a consideration of West Virginia and Missi...

Gold Rush and East to West Change of Locations

In seven pages this paper discusses the changes associated with moving from the East to the West during the time of the California...

Books on America's Racism Problems

In five pages this paper examines racism in America as it pertains to the Native Americans and the Japanese during the Second Worl...

Environmental Restrictions and Applying Social Impact Analysis II

In eight pages this paper provides a more specific social impact analysis application in a restrictive environment pertaining to a...

Contemporary Literature and the Maintenance of Identity

In five pages this essay examines maintaining identity in the first 50 years of the 20th century in a consideration of such litera...

Comparing Mark Twain Novels Life on the Mississippi and Roughing It

In seven pages the ways in which Mississippi River people and towns are presented in Twain's Life on the Mississippi are compared ...

Thomas A. Bailey and the Trail of Tears

as noted above deserves some further expansion so that we know how to respond to it. When he discusses Baileys remarks, Peloso is ...

West, East, and Differences in Technology, Globalization, Nationalism, and Industrialization

In nine pages this paper discusses the impact of the Industrial Revolution and the very differences that resulted between the East...

1930s' and African Women's Roles

In five pages this paper examines Beryl Markham's West with the Night in a consideration of African women's roles and how they are...

Cultural Aspects of China and Brazil

The writer examines the cultural aspects of China and Brazil with regard to the way the two nations relate to the West. The writer...

Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and its Rivals by Ernest Gellner Reviewed

governmental structures on both sides of the Iron Curtain, believed that the downfall of communism was inevitable. Consider, for ...

Three Decades of U.S. Foreign Policy from 1945 until 1975

In five pages this paper considers the direction of American foreign policy from the end of the Second World War into the Cold War...

Koreans and Business Communications

In a paper consisting of five pages interpersonal communications between Korea and the West are examined in terms of how this will...

Should the U.S. Sell Jets to China

Peoples Liberation Army is looking at the aircraft with both awe and disdain. The jet he describes is Chinese owned and registered...

Analyzing Twelve Poems

remains rigid. This poem presents us with a rhyme on every line, further adding to the structural content. We note the first fe...

Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid and Cultural Differences

and that ... I was reminded of how uncomfortable new can make you feel" (Kincaid PG). SURPRISING EMOTIONS Lucy thought she was ...

Tourism and Industry of West Virginia

to experience the beautiful fall foliage, the changing seasons, and a multitude of interesting and fun places to go. Without the ...

Pierre Bourdieu and Art Analysis

field of "taste and aesthetics," and among other things, repudiates the idea that there is a "universal transcendent conception of...