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The Sociological Phenomenon That Was Andy Kaufman

In six pages the conflicting views on this late comic's career are noted while the writer applauds his uncompromising slice of Ame...

American and Muslim Faith

"He tolerated all the difficulties of his life to convey the message of God. We can learn from the example of the prophet. We al...

The Depression of the 1930s and Black American Artists

noted that in historic cultures that functional objects, often had a decorative component. The works of these artists f...

The Future of Capitalism by Thurow

most--actually all, as few dispute its dominance-- there are critics of capitalism. There are flaws, such as the fact that America...

Culture, Ethics, and the Issues of Divorce and Adultery

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Caucasian and Mexican American cultural views regarding adultery and divorce and t...

The Application of NAFTA and the Canadian-United States Free Trade Agreement

Five pages and five sources used. This paper presents a view of the application of the Canadian-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the...

Ralph Emerson on Transcendentalism in 'The Divinity School Address' and 'The American Scholar'

In ten pages this essay considers how Emerson represents transcendentalist principles in a comparison and contrast of his two spee...

Spanish Explorers and How They Treated Native Americans

The views of 2 authors regarding how Spanish explorers treated Native Americans are contrasted and compared in four pages. Two so...

Anzia Yezierska and Woodrow Wilson's Vies of 'the American Dream'

In five pages this paper examines how the American Dream is viewed by Anzia Yezierska and Woodrow Wilson in a comparative analysis...

1914 to 1975 American Foreign Policy

In five page the post First and Second World War foreign policy of the United States is examined in a discussion of such topics as...

Urbanization in the 20th Century

This 6 page paper examines the theory put forth by the Chicago School sociologists that all urban areas assimilated their immigran...

Schools Not Color Blind Yet

In spite of all attempts to remove race as a determining factor in American schools, it continues to be a problem. This paper argu...

Reasons Why the US Suffered a Loss in Vietnam

against the US. However, like colonial Americans, the North Vietnamese turned their superior knowledge of the terrain, into a "ho...

School Mascots Debate

has been a debate that has raged for about 30 years (Price 66). The issue is generally over whether names like Braves, Redskins, ...

Solving the Problem of the Homemaker in Feminist Culture

most comfortable for her. This is true whether an individual woman chooses to take work outside her home as the CEO of the worlds...

Publics Served, Public Opinion, and Pfizer Inc.

and it sells Zantac under the Warner-Lambert name, another acquisition (Hoovers, 2002). It was Warner-Lambert who manufactured Lip...

Critical Analysis of Fraser River's Descent

while in other ways in a project such as this, it could spell disaster, and very nearly did. When peoples lives are at stake such...

Overview of the U.S. Presidency

the nation was in crisis--he came through. His famous words which were something to the effect that the people who knocked down th...

Politics and Youth

This paper examines American Generation X's political views in eight pages. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography....

911 and Hostile Behavior from Sociological Perspectives

sad truth may suggest just the opposite. It is also valuable to consider the perspective offered by Oliver Cromwell Cox who note...

Eleanor Roosevelt A Personal and Public Life by J. William T. Youngs

not only who she was as a person, but to also put her contributions and her legacy into a proper perspective. The book details sp...

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Truman Capote and the American Dream, a Critique of the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald's “The Great Gatsby” and Truman Capote's “Breakfast at Tiffany's”

Gatsby, and in Truman Capotes Breakfast at Tiffanys, first published in 1958. Both define the American Dream as the exclusive pro...

The History of African Americans

trader exchanged his cargo of Africans for food in 1619. The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to man...

Oakes's Becoming Good American Schools

tradition, particularly the tension between the very powerful concept of and drive for individualism and the ideals of civic virtu...

Civilization and Progress

Olympic Games that the Greeks initiated. On the other hand, most of the Greek citizens were obliged to labor for the purpos...

U.S. Middle Schools and Deficiencies in Mathematics

implement middle school principles. The predominant theory for the last fifty years or so has been that the middle school is the b...

The American Infatuation with Violence

of violence against women due to popular culture and escalating violence throughout Americas school system. "Televisions role in ...

Marxist Views on America's Poor

soul. Marx saw capitalism as the culprit in creating poverty as it divided the people. Many would think that those in the higher ...

Weber and Marx Perspectives on U.S. Social Stratification

of the day where the lives of the commoners were ruled by the elite. If one examines Marxs original theory on...

Spiritual Perspectives of Native American Author N. Scott Momaday

the world tend to be heavily influenced by their methods of acquiring food, whether by hunting wild animals or by agriculture. Nat...