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Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville and Objects

a true democracy, de Tocqueville noted, quantity or reproductions of objects are necessary to satisfy equal need. In his consider...

Attitudes About Ageism

with people looking upon the elderly as slow, incapable, broken down and virtually worthless individuals. The notion of ageism is...

Slavery in Colonial America and Racism

Europeans were conquerors. They wanted land and they needed slaves to build the country economically. It is also interesting to no...

Promoting Democracy Through Imperialist Power?

to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural persp...

US Debate Concerning Immigration

conglomeration of "ideological white supremacists, armed border vigilantes, nativist think tanks, political action committees, and...

Public Education and the Impact of School Vouchers

beneficial members of a civilized society. While this notion is easy enough to understand, reaching that objective through such p...

Understanding the Cultural Aspect of the Obesity Epidemic Among Children in America

food, something that is very important and relevant in the United States. This author notes, "Technological change (e.g. industria...

Zimmerman: "Whose America?"

so, they failed to follow up on the result of following that doctrine, which was the extermination of Native Americans by whites a...

Foreign Relations Between Venezuela and the United States

and Schaffer (2005) report the intended acquisition of coast guard boats, frigates and aircraft. The country has also contracted ...

Power Status of the United States

varied. Many of these factors of course revolve around the face of our government itself and the factors influencing this governm...

Art of Early America

could envision the bravery of the white people coming to tame savages and a savage land. Then there is "the Pastoral State" which ...

US 'McDonaldization' According to George Rizer

world" (Parks, 2002, p. 33). The four principles listed above have enabled McDonalds to offer "an efficient manner for satisfying ...

Deeper Market Oriented Economic Reforms and Influential Factors

In the example from Peru it is easy to conclude that a crisis situation is a necessity to encourage the high risk type of reform t...

U.S. Cities Growth

moved to the cities (War and prosperity, p. 231). "By 1950, 64 percent of the countrys total population lived in urban areas..." (...

American Society and Racism

in his introduction, "One of the paradoxes of a culture of fear is that serious problems remain widely ignored even though they gi...

The Use of Irony in Fences by August Wilson

have been no time called too early" (Wilson 9). This statement indicates the major theme of the play, which is Troys rage at the i...

Public Policy and the Conspiracist

of conspiracist ideas resulted in the "political constituency that supports official investigations such as those of special prose...

America and Ameican Concepts During the Eighteenth Century

people believed that America, and being American, were incredible realities that spoke of freedom and a bright future. In unders...

Mexican Immigration According to Rodolfo Acuna and Ernesto Galarza

culture and was a leader in the Chicano movement of the 1950 and 60s. Galarza saw the treatment of Mexican agricultural workers as...

Phyllis Wheatley and Edward Taylor

Wheatleys poem begins, "Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,/ Taught my benighted soul to understand/ That theres a God, that...

Latin America and Megastores' Impact

regions economy. These countries are Argentina, Mexico, Chili, Brazil, Panama, El Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Honduras...

Border Control and U.S. Social Attitudes

not the land or water so that the airports became significant. The effect has been to create a situation that is extremely tediou...

US Future and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

hold much power today. One author notes that the novel of Atwoods specifically seems to target "fundamentalist Protestants in Amer...

North American Pow Wow

reality, the pow wow as we see it today has little relation to traditional Paiute culture! In reality the pow wow evolved a...

Cultural Role of Religion in Egypt and the US

time again (Cairo, 2006). During the Christina era, the bishops of Alexandria were always guarding against heresy and the institut...

Octavio Paz and Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Comparative Analysis

college (although neither received a degree) and developed an early interest in writing. Although Marquez initially intended to b...

Different Definitions of PR

encompassing. In the formal definition of "public relations" provided by the Public Relations Society of America, the ter...

Boy Scouts of America and Its Governance Structure

first honorary president of the BSA and Theodore Roosevelt became the first honorary vice-president (BSA, 2006). The Boy Scouts o...

A Self-Study by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Question Manager Volunteer Staff Employee Does your org. offer ed. opportunities? Yes No, not for volunteers Yes Explain tuition ...

External Communication Methods of the Boys & Girls Club of America

America, 2006). Currently the Boys and Girls Clubs of America is comprised of at least 3,000 autonomous local clubs - all of whic...