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Post Fifties' Equality and Women

to bring in sources that address the womens movement (a social phenomenon of the 1970s), as well as other sources that more accur...

American Perspectives on Christmas

when the U.S. hostages were being held in Iran, and that year only the top ornament was lit (American Christmas Traditions, Facts ...

Making America by Carol Berkin

The writer analyzes Carol Berkin's book Making America: Changes at the Turn of the Century, and relates such events, eras and peop...

Evolution of Black Music Hybrids

combine that indifference, with separatism or racism, no wonder the African American share of performances or broadcasts is consid...

Latin America, Capitalism, and Class

In five pages Latin American capitalism is examined in terms of history and its social relation to class. Seven sources are cited...

Business World and Changing Technology

In five pages corporate America is examined in view of the impact of technology changes with retail, banking, and entertainment in...

U.S. Years of Progress Between 1837 and 1867

In seven pages this paper examines this period of profound change and progress in America as covered in American Passages A Histo...

Slave Culture Euro American and African Style

This paper consisting of five pages discusses by way of Nathan Irvin Huggins' 'Black Odyssey' how the combination of African and E...

Latin America and Caudillo

In a paper that consists of five pages Latin America is discussed within the context of the caudillo age. Three sources are cited...

Art and the Pottery of Pueblo Native Americans

clayware. While the fundamental basis of Pueblo pottery maintains much the same common denominator, there are enough pueblos that...

Rereading America by S.B. Heath and Gary Columbo

Trackton, that power has become constrained due to the atmosphere in which the residents find themselves. Their way of assimilatin...

North America Cultural Identity

of these norms. Although individual identity is also defined along subcultural lines in urban society, researchers must also be aw...

1945 to 1970 Consumer Culture and Women

Mass Market makes it easy to understand the growth pattern of gender-based consumerism that occurred throughout the twentieth cent...

John Locke on Working and the Working Condition of Ned Williams in Stud Terkel's Working

Ned Williams It becomes quite obvious in looking at the story of Ned Williams that he was searching for nothing of value in his ...

Reconstruction to the Populist Party in U.S. History

Lincoln developed a reasonable Reconstruction plan to stitch the nation back together again. But again, remember we are talking a...

Understanding North America and Europe Through Arts Studying

In five pages this paper examines how North America and Europe can be better understood through a study of the arts and their poli...

The Transformation of Attitudes about Death and Dying

11 pages and 11 sources. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of views on death and dying in the 20th century. ...

Examining Books on Racism

This 6 page paper discusses three works on racism: Paul A. Winter's Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints; Faces at the Bottom of th...

Electricity and America

electricity in the City of Anaheim April 13, 1895. On April 11, 1895 the municipal electric system "commenced" operation serving ...

Overview of the Vietnam War and its Impact Upon America

fierce protection of ancestral land was nothing new to the people trapped in between warring factions. The names given geographic...

Overview of The Autobiography of Malcolm X As Told to Alex Haley

questing spirit presented throughout the book no matter what the name of the persona. The young life of Malcolm Little is a tragi...

A Review of The Many-Headed Hydra Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

This 5 page essay reviewing the book by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker. This paper accentuates the thirst for economic profit...

Art and the Legacy of the Puritans

In five pages this essay analyzes the Puritan's artistic legacy in America as considered by art critic Robert Hughes. There are n...

Heteronormativity and the History of Latin America

This paper examines the murder of Hernando de Medina and Gaspar de Peralta's wives. The author argues that Medina and Peralta nee...

America in the Eighteenth Century and Standing Army Support

In five pages this paper discusses the Revolutionary War and the problems associated with the controversial practice of developing...

Contrasting Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America and Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts what each author's intentions are in their respective works along with the sense o...

U.S. and Chinese Immigration Patterns

In 12 pages this paper discusses Chinese immigration patterns in America as described in Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship Immigrant...

US Slavery History

time. Because of the need for manual laborers, the slave trade flourished in the south at that time. It was certainly not due to...

Is Relieving Suffering with Prozac a Good Thing?

is the case as far as prescription sales go, then what we might want to examine is what is the reason for such "chemical enchantme...

Multiculturalism and David A. Hollinger's Postethnic America

with whatever non-descent communities are available and appealing to them" (p. 116). Hollinger calls such a vision "postethnic" t...