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Essays 1951 - 1980

'Over There, World War II,' and 'I Sing, Too, America' by Langston Hughes

at Columbia University in 1920, but left after one year to travel. He drifted for several years, finding employment as a merchant ...

America in the Gilded Age by Cashman Reviewed

Cashman (1994) describes the unfolding of the industrial landscape in the years following the end of the Civil War. There were se...

'On Being Brought from Africa to America' by Phyllis Wheatley

arguing that Wheatley was not intelligent, for she was. We are merely arguing that her ignorance of the true realities of slavery ...

Social Life and Intellect in Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

and find neither peril nor advantage in the free interchange of their thoughts. If they meet by accident, they neither seek nor av...

Slavery in America

Although Reconstruction began during the war, the time period traditionally associated with it is 1862-1877. The political, socia...

Warfare of Early America and Technology

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

Latin America and Colonial Rule Resistance by Indigenous Peoples

the Natives of the new land were essentially at their disposal. The colonized what was then considered the most desirable lands, ...

Minorities in America

into the countrys population. There is a discrepancy in earnings between the more than two dozen nationalities that are incorpor...

Latin America and Gay Marriage

wedding is what this event implies about secularization, as a deep fear of the Catholic Church has been that secular attitudes wil...

IKEA AND SOUTH AMERICA

transnational organization? 2009). The definition of the mega-national fits IKEA well; its a company that continues to retain tigh...

OBESITY IN AMERICA: PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS

to hypertension. The problem is that most people havent been motivated to lose weight under the old regime, which has focused on l...

The Story of Arabs in America

World Trade Center, damage the Pentagon, bring down three planes and kill thousands of people; they also confused Americans as to ...

Obesity in America and Around the World

arguably around the world. 2. Approximately 22 million children worldwide who are under the age of five are thought to be obese...

The Revolutions in Spanish America and Their Effect on Spain

early 19th centuries, Spain was perhaps the most powerful nation on earth. It has established colonies in the New World, and treas...

Latin America and Its Persistent Poverty Problem

well as countries of outstanding beauty where tourists come in great numbers. Given all this, it should be a wealthy region, but i...

Predictions: 2050 America

continue to grow? What will things be like in 2050? It seems that the population will increase significantly. Kent and Haub projec...

Colonial Latin America and Manifest Destiny

In five pages this paper examines colonial Latin American and the impact of manifest destiny related to the Spanish conquest and t...

Reform Movements in America from the Progressive Movement to FDR's New Deal

In a paper consisting of ten pages these two reform movements are compared and contrasted along with a consideration of how each m...

Nuclearism and America

on back home. This is where the decision to drop the second bomb came into play, effectively establishing American nucleari...

Urban Informal Economy of Latin America and Ideology

In ten pages this paper examines the urban informal economic structures of Latin American countries and the influence of ideology ...

Revolutionary Government of America and Two Treatises on Civil Government by John Locke

a rewording of Lockes description of the state of nature: "We must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a s...

Religiosity and the Colonization of the Americas

that their greater goal on this earth was to remain dedicated to God in everything they did. Winthrop instructs his listeners to ...

Resistance to a Strong Federal Government in Colonial America

economic crisis deepened, it also became clear that a different form of government was needed. This was the beginning of the Const...

The Justice Systems the United States of America and Iran

has eighteen agencies is supplemented by the notion that it may actually have more than eighteen ("Prosecutor says Iran has 18 la...

Paving America: the Interstate Highway Act of 1956

California to Arizona for example).7 Before the interstate highway system was built, the cities were strong and vibrant; most of ...

How the Industrial Revolution Benefited America

facets of American society would change considerably. New modes of transportation and the new areas to explore combined with a be...

Marketing of the Discovery by Land Rover North America

Land Rover Discovery. The Discovery has been adapted to the US market, the brand role is similar to the Range Rover, but scourin...

Policing In America

for example, the fact that constitutional amendments four, five and six have lost their inherent meaning through severe judicial m...

Mentoring And BBBS of America

p. 41) -- is for one individual to make a positive impression upon another with regard to life choices (Stagle, 2007). In short, ...

Foreign Policy in Central America During the Carter Presidency

issues dominate the low politics of economics and other issues" (p. 465). Adherents of this somewhat rigid mindset believe that ...