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Conforming By Way of Nonconformity in 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In five pages the ways in which Melville's short story protagonist can only conform to social demands through nonconformity and no...

1980s' Greatest American Hero Ronald Reagan

voice, Reagan began a career in radio broadcasting, but secretly hoped this avenue of work would somehow lead to the silver screen...

American College and University Campuses and the Practice of Illegal Gambling on Sports

that contains a substantial amount of cash and proves the point that in much of todays collegiate sports, it is if you win or lose...

Common Ground, A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families by J. Anthony Lukas

of a city and the vastly different social universes of its neighborhoods. Eventually the turmoil surrounding the desegregation eff...

Harlem's Poet Laureate Langston Hughes

of poetry, ten collections of short fiction, two novels, two volumes of autobiography, nine books for children and more than two d...

21st Century Urban American Housing

and 1970s that saw record numbers of city dwellers move to the suburbs and has brought a new influx of citizens back into the city...

Politics, Labor, and American Citizens

In nine pages this paper examines the philosophies of Mary Wollstonecraft, Samuel Gompers, Frederick Douglass, Plato, and Aristotl...

Our Kind of People Inside America's Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham

and fascinating experiences of upper-class blacks who grew up with privilege and power. Previously known for his provocative New Y...

1941 through 1951 America's Changing Decade A Decade of Change

and done, there were good feelings in the United States. The fifties would soon erupt with its newfound innocence and vigor. Kore...

US Presidency and How It Has Evolved

institution of the presidency has greatly expanded over the course of the nations history (Pynn 304). An examination of the evolut...

Dwight Eisenhower's and Lyndon Johnson's Domestic Programs

In three pages the domestic policies of these two U.S. Presidents are examined in terms of the insights they provide into the ever...

Why the US Fought in the Vietnam War

Bien Phu ended French control of Indochina. (Anonymous PG). Ironically, French General Henri Navarre had wanted this batt...

Ethnic Poetry of Tato Laviera and Chitra Divakaruni

all whistle as she seductively moves her hips. The lover-hero of the film dances in, lip syncing to a song, which is "a little off...

African-American and African Cultural Beliefs on Masculinity

This paper examines the differences in how the concept of masculinity is viewed among African-American and African men. This elev...

American Consumerism and How It Evolved Since the First World War

In five pages this paper examines how US consumerism evolved between the First World War and the late 1940s. Four sources are cit...

American Pharmacy Article 'Improving Adherence in Patients with Asthma' Reviewed

bronchodilators should not be considered as the first choice in treatment therapy. Rather, every effort should be made for the pa...

American Family and Marriage from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this paper examines the many changes to the US family and marriage from a sociological perspective. Four sources ar...

Black Youth of America and Gwendolyn Brooks

In three pages the challenges of American black youth as represented in the Gwendolyn Brooks' poems 'Children of the Poor,' 'The B...

Loman and Gatsby Compared and the American Dream Evaluated

Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is compared and contrasted with F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby character. The Ame...

Chinese American Communities and Cultural Anthropology

In nine pages this paper examines U.S. Chinese American communities and their traditions in this discussion of cultural anthropolo...

Walter Mosely's American Dream Reflections in Devil in a Blue Dress

In five pages the author's reflections of the American Dream in characterizations of the novel such as that of Easy Rawlins are ex...

James McPherson's The Negro's Civil War How American Blacks Felt and Acted During the War for the Union

In five pages this paper presents an overview of this American historical texts and assesses the author's arguments in terms of th...

Overview of Motown and Post 1945 Impacts of Black Identity, Gender, Class, and Race on the United States

In twenty six pages this paper examines the post World War II changes in American culture with regards to race, class, gender, and...

American Federal Government and its 3 Branches

In eight pages this paper considers the role of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, the checks and balances concept...

Jimmy Santiago Baca's Hispanic Native American Poetry

In five pages this paper examines Jimmy Santiago Baca's modern and totally unique style of poetry. Two sources are cited in the b...

Bilingual Pupil and Literature

In seven pages this paper discusses how the bilingual pupil can be assisted through the classroom incorporation of American litera...

U.S. Southwest and Cultural Influences of Mexico

In six pages this paper examines the cultural influences of these 2 border countries in an assessment of pros and cons with assimi...

Issues Supporting the Impeachment of President Bill Clinton

Clearly, the President did lie. That is a given. He lied to the grand jury, the special prosecutor, the Congress, and to the peo...

U.S. Political System

In five pages this paper discusses the American Revolution, Framers of the U.S. Constitution, and the evolution of the political s...

African American Athlete Interview

In two pages a sample interview with an African American hockey player is presented with such issues as attitudes of the media, ot...