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An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

This 6 page essay examines author Miguel Leon Portilla's "The Broken Spears : The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico&quo...

Elian Gonzalez and America's Immigration Policy

This paper examines the immigration policy of the United States in a discussion of the incident involving one of the Cuban boat pe...

'Nightmare of History'

In three pages this paper examines the observation by J. Baldwin that James Joyce 'is right about history being a nightmare--But i...

History and Traps

discovered that she was pregnant after Harry left for the War. It sounds like a soap opera because Harry did not return from the ...

Discriminating Against the Mentally Impaired and Mick Jackson's 'The Underground Man'

In an essay consisting of 5 pages, this paper considers the discrimination against the Duke in much the same way as today's mental...

Why People Believe Weird Things; Pseudoscience, Superstition, And Other Confusions Of Our Time by Michael Shermer and Stephen Jay Gould

which has given fuel to his ability to see skepticism for its healthy aspects. In chapter one, the authors take great care in exp...

Teens and the Ad Campaign by Philip Morris 'Discouraging' Them to Smoke

In five pages this paper examines the meaning behind Philip Morris's advertising campaign purportedly designed to discourage young...

TV and America's Children

a fairly even level of knowledge. Some entered the early grades with a rudimentary foundation of writing or phonics learned in th...

Kikuyu Indigenous Tribe of Kenya

In eight pages this paper discusses the people and characteristics of the Kikuyu, a group that comprises the largest tribe indigen...

Working Life in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

held a dance as a means by which to temporarily relieve their minds of the perpetual anxiety that intrinsically accompanies povert...

Atomic Bomb and its Long Term Impacts at Trinity and Los Alamos

In eight pages this paper examines atomic bomb testing and development in 1945 in terms of the regional sociological and environme...

Examination of Code Switching

In ten pages code switching is examined in terms of description of interchangeably using two languages, examples, as well as cultu...

US Health Care and Immigrants

up undocumented immigrants who cross the border. Another twenty-seven million dollars is spent on administering emergency medical...

African American Education and Booker T. Washington

In six pages the role of Booker T. Washington as teacher to his African American people is discussed. Five sources are cited in t...

Soviet Union's Breakup

In five pages this journal style paper examines the breakup of the Soviet umbrella and considers its impact on people and business...

Art Therapy Aspects

In fourteen pages art therapy is defined and examined in terms of how art has assisted people experiences various crises successfu...

Grief, Mourning, and Psychology

In seven pages this paper examines grief and mourning processes of people in this overview of Carl Jung's psychological theories. ...

Increased Retirees and Their Economic Impact

In five pages this paper discusses how the economy is significantly affected by the growing number of people entering retirement i...

Lifeboat Survival Decision

In seven pages this paper discusses a lifeboat with 11 people but space only for 7 with a decision based upon Legalist, Taoist, an...

An Overview of the Health Care System in the United States

The estimated increase for 1999 is between 7 and 10 percent.4 Of the expenditures in 1997, 33 percent went towards hospital costs,...

The Wheelwright's Shop by George Sturt

In six pages this paper discusses how Sturt's text presents the English preindustrial and early industrial society in the lifestyl...

Climate and Political Culture of Norway

of great surprise to both government and business, as well as all of the media. All three entities "had campaigned vigorously for...

'The Old Chief Mshlanga' by Doris Lessing

thematic motif, relating individuals to others, themselves, and, particularly in the African stories, to the land. "The Old Chief...

A Book Review of Milton Meltzer's 'Brother Can You Spare a Dime'

In 5 pages, this paper focuses on a popular middle school textbook's exploration of the Great Depression's economic crisis and the...

How Love is Depicted in A Midsummer Nights Dream

love, the planning of a wedding, the couple appear happy and content, Theseus and Hippolyta are both rulers in their own rights, ...

Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson

This paper examines this exhaustive work by Thomas Jefferson in an analysis of what Virginia, its land, and its people meant to hi...

Messages, Interactions, and Kinesics

This paper consists of five pages and describes people interacting in a mall setting in a consideration of kinesics and messages t...

Lugbara, Swazi, !Kung, and Barabaig Ethnographic Views of Africa

to survive by adapting to their surroundings and building their villages, consisting of 10-30 people. The settlements are semi-pe...

Honore de Balzac's Pere Goriot

In five pages this paper examines how the author intertwines aristocratic and impoverished people in 'Pere Goriot.' There are no ...

'The Machine Stops' by E.M. Forster

In five pages this research story explores how only communication breaks through the isolation of the people. Four sources are ci...