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Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Locke on America's Problems

fix the problems of the world unless they have no problems of their own. One problem that is quite prevalent in the...

Duality and War in Literature

won by any nation. Caputos work focuses on the primary character who remembers an innocence that will always live within him, bu...

US Urban Areas and Homelessness

City, 2003). In the past year, "requests for emergency shelter increased ... by an average of 6 percent ... Requests for shelter ...

Letters from an American Farmer and the Writings of J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

Once the American Revolution ended, Cr?vecoeur was appointed French counsel at New York, where he remained for a long time. While...

Social Reform According to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Other Writers

reform, but a constant, measured effort. Despite Emersons optimism, there is a lot of truth to the idea that Americans now accept...

History of the Voice of America

probably resulted in more long-term and far-reaching socio-political and socio-cultural consequences than any other war in history...

Critically Examining America's Juvenile Gangs

also by engaging in certain activities or behavior patterns (1999). Also, gangs are universally loyal to their neighborhood, and ...

American Foreign Policy and the 'War on Drugs'

obstacles. Americans have grown accustomed to the status quo" (Nadelmann, 1993, p. 41). The situation is quite different across ...

Life and Poetic Art of Walt Whitman

to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...

The Federalist Papers and Elitism

to the Federalist Papers, the list reads like a whos who of early American Business Owners. A majority of them were property owner...

Overview of America's Federal Reserve System

of paper money, serves as banker for both the government and commercial banks, and acts as lender of last resort. The latter, in t...

Democracy and Latin America

arise in its place. Indeed, the respective governments were not about to allow such a perceived takeover without as much as an al...

Tatiana Lobo's Assault on Paradise

In five pages Spanish America's social system and how it is reflected in Lobo's novel are discussed. One source is cited in the b...

Colonial Latin America and Social Hierarchies

imperialism of the past 500 years. Social Hierarchy The social histories of nations throughout Latin America provide important i...

Overview of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys

"the Boys are back in town." The team has been described as one of the great American sports dynasties and yet it has had to deal...

America's Enlightenment and Pre Revolutionary War Periods

thought as Puritans came to America. Prior to the Revolution such ideals come through in writings by infamous Americans. For examp...

The Journalist in Combat

The history of reporting in war is the history of telling America's story. This paper explores that history and how the war story ...

Cultural Narcissism and the Media

The media also consists of the radio, newspapers, magazines, and all forms of advertisements that promote one product or another. ...

Benjamin Franklin and James Madison

far less celebrated figure. He was a prot?g? of Thomas Jefferson and considered to be a "legislative workhorse" who enjoyed a mast...

Latin American Industry

as Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guat...

US Complementary and Alternative Medicine Status

regulated. Herbs, for example, are not subject to Federal Drug Administration regulation ("St. Johns" 6). That is because they are...

Joint Juice - Going National

Certainly the company can grow while experimenting and learning; otherwise there would be little reason to seek to experiment and ...

Soccer and Baseball in Latin America

consist of up to 27 players!" (Hutchison, 2006). In light of the fact that similar games were played, in ancient times, all around...

Latin America and the Foreign Policy of the United States

is evidence that the U.S. actually supported the revolution. Supposedly, President Kennedy uttered words which would be aligned wi...

Latin America's Megastores

the market; that is, they stop opening them when there are so many that they cant draw enough customers to stay in business. The s...

US Welfare State, its Origins and Complexities

convinced that "the need for immediate relief outweighed the need for long-range social insurance programs" (Kingson and Berkowitz...

North America's Ignimbrite Formations

the Proterozoic and Phanerozoic, at least two Phanerozoic orogenies (Antler, Sonoma), and the development of a subduction zone alo...

Gonzalez's and Flores' Studies of U.S. Latinos on Cultural Hybridity, Free Trade Zones, Immigrant Myths, and Political Participation

compared to only 31 percent of non-Hispanics. Previous to this many Hispanics were not allowed to vote because they could not beco...

A Century of U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia From 1850 Until 1950

that would be followed by Chinas self-strengthening movement and ultimately by another Opium War with Britain in which China would...