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The Dark Side of Capitalism

system to support the global growing population. To consider this the motivation and ideas behind capitalism need to be assessed ...

The influence of Francisco de Haro on San Francisco

Before California within the hands of the Americans, it was a Mexican territory, with the Mexican soldier Francisco de Haro being...

Hispanic Cultures in the United States

Mexican Americans living in various states, such as California and Texas, that have likely been living in that state since it beca...

Fools Crow

the favor of the spirit world, of the gods, and yet they both approach it differently. Fast Horse is presumptuous and arrogant whi...

Douglas Monroy's Thrown Among Strangers and California Ranchos

were transubstantiated into ranchos" (Monroy, 1993; 127). These ranchos eventually came to have a very romantic depiction in stori...

Review of "Making Horses Drink: How to Lead and Succeed in Business"

Southwest function, "220 adults do the chicken dance ... They clap and flap their wings with abandon - and were only an hour into ...

Review of "Making Horses Drink: How to Lead and Succeed in Business"

rider must understand each other so well that they can move as one, which requires that true two-way communication exists between ...

Mexican American Communities and the Implications of Alcoholism

In eight pages this paper examines how the Mexican American community is affected by the social problem of alcoholism with compari...

Experiences of Immigrants

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the immigrant experiences of the Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and African ...

Short Stories Analyzed from Pickering's Anthology

An analysis of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, Amy Tan's Young G...

Literature and Love

In five pages this paper examines how short stories depict love in terms of similarities and differences found in Susan Minot's 'L...

Mexican Culture and Chicana Feminism

This paper examines the gender inequality that has always characterized Mexican culture in a consideration of Chicana feminism con...

The Cold War Superiority of the United States

as it was during what was deemed the cold war. II. The Cold War The expression "cold war" was used for the first time by...

America's Longest War Critiqued

and instead of taking the lead, Presidents were being relegated to the role of follower. Policymakers envisioned themselves as th...

Reasons for the American Civil War by Bruce Levin

saw slavery as absolutely essential to their economy, Levine argues that American workers viewed the institution of slavery as con...

Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz

In six pages this essay examines how the author utilizes Mexican pachuco in his work....

U.S. Presidents from George Washington to James K. Polk

This paper consists of six pages and considers the formative aspects of these first presidential administration in the early years...

America's Wars

Congressional approval for armed intervention and in 1898 the Spanish-American War began (Trask, 2002). This is one of many confl...

Cancun

This 4 page paper is a narrative essay about a trip to Cancun, the Mexican resort....

Mexican Broadcast History

ever built one man, Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena, invented a kind of camera that was monochromatic which means it was a camera that...

Mexicans and Assimilation in the U.S.

141). In this one can readily understand how her accent, also the title of the novel, is one of her biggest concerns in relation...

'The Mutilation' Known as the Mexican American War

Santa Anna had been dictator prior to the war, but was forced into exile with the Gadsden Purchase. The military was fairly perma...

Terrorism and Globalization

and Iraq today definitely constitutes a terrorist threat and a major challenge to the war on terrorism. Of course, it should be ...

Debating Shoeing Horses

Australian researcher Dr. Chris Pollitt demonstrated in 1993 that the "application of shoes resulted in a visible dramatic reducti...

James Longstreet and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

well he might be, since three of his children died that winter of a fever, within a week of one another (Shaara). He is a good sol...

Analyzing the Ferocious and Prolonged Civil War Combat of 1861 Until 1865

the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War combined."5 It is often inconceivable for the person of t...

Short Stories of William Faulkner and Southern Life

In eight pages this paper discusses how Southern life, history and geography are depicted in the short stories 'A Rose for Emily,'...

Democracy Views of C.L.R. James and Alexis de Tocqueville

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares the democracy perspectives of Cyril Lionel Robert James and Alexis de Tocqueville...

Life and Literary Art of James Joyce

is encapsulated in his writings. Indeed, autobiographical elements are characteristic of much of James Joyces work. This...

Transcultural Nursing

such as communication, space, and time are relevant to these cultural issues. Communication and culture are interrelated, and many...