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Math Through the Ages, A Gentle History

as, in this case, devising symbols for replacing long strings of tallies. In this section of the book, the authors present math ...

Views of World War I

Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...

Islamic Militarism Since 600 A.D.

of Toledo. Bypassing Spanish Christian survivors that were huddled in the mountains of northwest Spain, Muslim armies pushed on an...

G.B. Nash, C. Crabtree, and R.E. Dunn's History on Trial Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past

and the Teaching of the Past" (1997) is written by three educators who were involved in the development and controversy over the N...

Both Modern and Ancient Views of Beruit and Cairo

is still regarded as sacred ground. "The citys long journey across history started more than four millenia ago. Throughout the ag...

Stereotypes and Class

the continued existence of racism also has an effect on the African Americans, and this effect is to make them highly aware of rac...

Mexican Film/Maria Candelaria

establishing the "image" for the decade is "director Emilio "El Indio" Fernandez, cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa and actress Dol...

Mark Monmonier's "From Squaw Tit To Whorehouse Meadow" - Changes To America's Cultural Landscape

respect local tradition (Monmonier 71). The place-naming process outlined in Monmoniers book illustrates the transitional ...

Race And Public Policy

all across the country make their respective appeals for racial equity that much more poignant. Frederick Douglass What To ...

Roman History To The Fall of the Republic

conquests, Rome began to assimilate diverse other deities to join the old Roman pantheon, which may have had its cultural roots i...

The Use of Mascots in the Olympic Games

Olympic game of the host country". This may be a cynical perception of the Olympic mascots, but with the higher levels of investme...

Columbus, More and Renaissance Thought

writing, Columbus vacillates between viewing the American natives as subjects of either the Chinese or Japanese emperors, as he th...

Loss of Culture and Globalization: Fast Food Nation as Compared with the Lexus and the Olive Tree Globalization and the Loss of Culture

fast food industry, in his text, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. According to Thomas L. Friedman, globa...

Contemporary Egyptian Art in a Global Context

been contemporary Egyptian art. 2. Contemporary Egyptian Art and its Historical Western Influence Egypt has been influenced by w...

Art and Visual Culture

or are from cultures different from that of the viewer, nuances in meaning may not be readily apparent. For example, consider the ...

Pharr/Losing Face, Status Politics in Japan

cultural heritage of Confucianism (Pharr xiii). In Confucianism, supreme emphasis is placed on maintaining harmony, which is seen ...

The Amish Culture

use of or involvement with modern conveniences. Their choice to eschew the intrinsic benefits of contemporary technological advan...

Intercultural Communication And Cultural Identity

where the student will provide an analysis of the course theories related to the interviewees experience. II. UNDERSTANDING VARIO...

Ethical Issues - Globalization - Cultural Diversity

even of import-export ventures would change the culture of the society in one way or another. The word, globalization, spurs man...

Why Teach About Ethnicities And Cultures

an overwhelming majority of teachers are White. Census projections suggest that by 2010, 95 percent of public school "teachers wil...

Milton/Satan in Paradise Lost

who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...

The Principal & Transformational Leadership

another factor that Hornett attributes to a lack of leadership. If the principal had "modeled and encouraged helping among staff, ...

How Can Africa And Other Less Developed Countries Utilize Their Culture To Insure Socioeconomic And Political Development?

oil - speaks to the aspect of modernized techniques that are being developed as a means by which to create such commodities faster...

Wal-Mart : Organizational Behavior

are" (MMR, 2005, p. 40). This is one of the controls the company uses with their top managers to constantly improve. It is essent...

Conrad’s Heart of Darkness/The Death of Kurtz

147). Marlows initial reaction is in keeping with the African environment and the darkness that has touched his life, as it did Ku...

Change at FMCool; A Case Study

This 65 page paper is an in-depth case study looking at organizational change, culture and business issues for a fictitious radio ...

Bodybuilding: Counterculture

how something that metamorphoses human muscle to the degree that anabolic-androgenic steroids do must also have an impact upon oth...

Beowulf v. Odysseus/Who is the most attractive?

announces to all listeners that this warrior has the skill to battle the monster that has terrorizing Heorot. Beowulf battles Gren...

The Role Of Food In Carol Shields' Novel "Swann"

kitchen, ultimately expressing the inherent fortitude that comprises the female spirit. Beyond the gender element of food in Shie...

Fiske: Popular Culture Is "A Site Of Struggle"

Jerry Springer is to corrupt the fragile balance that already exists between and among families and friends, all in the name of en...