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Leisure and Work in 1900 to 1920 Urban US

This paper discusses early 20th century leisure and work as conceptualized in urban America in a consideration of Kathy Peiss' 'Le...

Review of America's Progressive Era

as progressive as it may have seemed at the time, in hind sight, it may have only served to make matters worse. Immigration wa...

The House Behind the Cedars by Chestnutt

and clear -- quite in harmony with her appearance. That it had a faint suggestiveness of the old womans accent he hardly noticed, ...

Homeless Population in San Diego, California

In five pages this paper discusses rural and urban homeless in San Diego and throughout the U.S. Four sources are cited in the bi...

Cold War History/Role of Geo-Political Motives

rationalized by President Theodore Roosevelt on the grounds that the U.S. had an "obligations to intervene elsewhere in the Wester...

Past and Present Immigration

came to America as well, settling in the Midwest ("Migration of People"). This group of immigrants was generally welcomed, but in...

The Meaning of American Imperialism

In a research paper consisting of three pages U.S. imperialism as it existed in 1900 is examined along with the gains and the risk...

U.S. Government Actions from 1861 through 1900

Confederate owner (Emancipation Proclamation PG). In 1861, Congress passed an act that classified all slaves who had been used in...

The Growing Middle Class of Urban Immigrants 1877-1900

each other. "Throughout Americas history, White privilege allowed Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, Asians, certain European i...

Leisure Categories

that work is negative and it is a task that is chosen rather than enforced or necessary. If this is considered in terms of the 196...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Basingstoke's Report on Leisure Services

The Arts and Heritage section, for instance, lists the new...

The Way in Which Technology and Telecommunications Have Transformed Urban Spaces

This 14 page paper discusses the way in which technology and telecommunications have transformed the urban environment, which is w...

Herbert Gans/Urban Villagers

slum" and while its residents had their own problems, these difficulties did not evolve from living in this neighborhood (Gans xiv...

Factors Leading to Urban Sprawl

This 8 page paper discusses some of the factors that lead to urban sprawl. The writer argues that urban sprawl can have a negative...

1870 to 1920 US Economic and Political Development

In fifteen pages this paper examines the Progressive Period of the United States in which political and government paths converged...

U.S. Prohibition Movement from 1920 to 1933

per centum or more of alcohol by volume which are fit for use for beverage purposes" (Volstead Act of 1919, 1997, p. 1). Furtherm...

US Presidential Elections of 1920, 1940, and 1950 and the Role Global Issues Played

pledged to render the election a "solemn referendum" in respect to the Treaty and League of Nations in the hopes that the popular ...

American Business, 1900-2000 How It Worked by Thomas McCraw

Thomas McCraw's text is critically reviewed and analyzed in this paper consisting of five pages. There are no other sources liste...

Women’s Work: 1900-1945

be things like housecleaning, cooking, caring for children, taking care of elderly relatives, and generally making a home. When th...

Urban Art as a Reflection of Urban Culture

This 5 page paper examines the concept of urban art. The writer argues that the term is ambiguous, but is usually understood to me...

Latin America and U.S. Interventions from 1900 until 1935

In this paper consisting of five pages the reasons behind U.S. interventions in Latin America during the first portion of the twen...

Urban Planning & Participation by the Public

associated with collaboration. This paper will provide a brief overview of the process, in addition to identifying lessons and val...

Urban Planning, the Role of the Public

PG). Those buildings collectively comprise cities, in which increasing numbers of people live. By 2015, the United Nations (UN) ...

Post 1900 US Baseball Labor and Wage Issues

pension scheme. The players were fed up with low wages, especially as the revenue for baseball were increasing with the televising...

1900 to 1921 Foreign Policy of the US

came to be the inciter of "a series of huge blows" (1995, PG) that would endanger the very presence of capitalism as it existed in...

Novel and Film Comparison of The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

of a visual masterpiece that demonstrates that Scorsese is an artist who understands the tone of the original work from which he c...

People's Political Needs as Met by the U.S. Constitution

that national character is essential (1989). While the authors of the Federalist Papers did support states rights to an extent, th...

'The Fire Last Time' by Nathan Ward

driver fled and the dynamite exploded a few minutes later. Ward (2001) quotes Charles P. Dougherty of the Sun, as saying that the ...

Canadian Social Development Periods

Upper and Lower Canada as the Province of Canada (Francis, Jones & Smith, 2000, Origins). In addition to uniting Upper and Lower C...