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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...

Color Perceptions from Cultural and Scientific Perspectives

Underneath those cell layers is a layer of brown melanin (Raxworthy, 2002). By opening and closing their melanophores, a term use...

James Rachels and the Theory of Cultural Relativism

as backward and wrong. They are even more critical of such practices as infanticide, a practice affecting female infants among th...

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...

'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' by Langston Hughes

societal scheme. This poem is a direct assault and repudiation of this stereotypical image of blacks, as it presents African Ameri...

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...

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...

Blues, Growth, and Cultural Wisdom in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

a reference to "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy which is one of the very first, and most popular, of blues songs (Morrison 25). F...

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...

Celebrating Cultural Diversity in the Classroom

that honors cultural diversity, the teacher begins the same unit by reading a Native American folktale that describes the first fo...

An Analysis of Fitzgerald's Gatsby and Larsen's Passing

basis for Nicks disillusionment with the decadence of east coast American society (Fitzgerald 3). Gatsbys pursuit of the American ...

Failed Approaches and Major Events Pertaining to White and Native American Interaction

chapters of the history of European domination in the so-called "New World" sometimes took slightly different directions. Such wa...

New York City and Asian American High School Students

Asians account for only 13 percent of the high school student population but they account for a disproportionately large percentag...

Alternative Adult Education Models

adult education within the confines of a college, university or junior/community college. Adult students attend such institutions ...

Buddhism's Cultural Transitions

China is great, but Kitagawa (1980) argues that it truthfully had not had a vital influence on the principles inherent in Chinese ...

Human Resource Management Expatriate Issues

legislative requirements for working conditions. Acts such as the Employment Rights Act 1996, and Employment Protections (part tim...

U.S. and Japan Cultural Memory Influences of the Atomic Bomb

the United States make it as clear as possible that there was to be no more armed conflict. This second attack was instrumental i...

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...

Elderly and Cultural Behavior

bias that exists in the media - particular in television but also clearly apparent in music, advertisements and all other entities...

French Music and Culture Promotion

In 7 pages this paper examines how French cultural music can be promoted. There are 5 sources cited in the bibliography....

Biological Evolution and Cultural Evolution Compared and Contrasted

In five pages the ways in which the human population has been shaped by evolution is examined in a coparative analysis of genetic ...

Cheyenne Culture's Sacred Pipe

In five pages this paper examines the cultural significance of the return of the Sacred Pipe to the Cheyenne. Three sources are c...

United Kingdom and Problem with Racism

This research paper considers the issue of racism within the cultural context of the United Kingdom and that nation's history. Thi...

Application of Criminal Schools of Thought

In ten pages this paper examines criminology in this theoretical overview that discusses conflict, social process, cultural devian...

Overview of the Ancient City Ephesus

In five pages this ancient Asia Minor commercial and cultural center is examined in an informational overview. Six sources are ci...

Boston's Immigrant Newcomers

In six pages this research paper examines Boston and the profound effect 19th century immigrant newcomers had on changing the city...