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Southeast Asia and the Proliferation of Small Arms

countries within the area quickly moved to buy as much firepower as they could to match their neighbors. It was a keep up with the...

Western Asia and Eastern Mediterranean Changes

It was inhabited by the Canaanites, a Semitic people, whom the Greeks called Phoenicians because of the purple (phoinikies) dye th...

Asia, the United States, and Blue Jeans

few wore them. Although jeans are considered an all-American item, they were actually invented by German immigrant Levi Strauss du...

U.S. History's Watershed Event, the Civil War

as well as begin to collectively respond as a liberated people rather than race of repressed second class citizens. It was due in...

'Fur Trade History as an Aspect of Native History' by Arthur J. Ray Summarized and Critiqued

(Ray, 2000). Upon initial investigation, Ray had found that most references to Indian involvement in the fur trade were of "shadow...

Causes of the Currency Crisis in Asia

1998). With growth such as this there is demand for the currency of the countries and as such there is an increase in the currency...

Southeast Asia Airlines

is an important topic when reviewing any region. Airlines are again, an important part of the transportation sector and something ...

Myanmar Integration and Economic Development

incomes for the workers who needed the income in countries where the economies where not growing at the same rate as the populatio...

Culture of Asia and the Role of Facework and Saving Face

mere suggestion of scandal, frequently even before any solid evidence is produced (Techawongtham, 2000). On the other hand, in Tha...

Questions and Answers on Issues Pertaining to International Marketing

on a specific product, rather than trying to produce many products for which it has no resources. This would end up being a more c...

U.S. History and American Racism AMERICAN RACISM AND HISTORY

subconscious, if a man has intercourse with a women, he claims ownership of her. Likewise, in a larger world view, if the white ma...

Southeast Asia Development Post 1997

collapse of many of its financial institutions, loans had been made with insufficient consideration, when the economy collapsed in...

East Asia Export Oriented Industrialization and Flexible Labor Markets

all labor and economic strategies in the region and has led to other regions becoming more "outward" or "export" oriented in their...

Gravitational Center of Globalization and Has It Shifted Away from American and Toward East Asia and Europe?

and political consequences as the U.S. and foreign economies slow" (p. PG). The very essence of globalization is that of ch...

Resource Need and Marketing

allow transportation and also to support the construction. This will also include not only the presence of resources such as elect...

The Philippines and Indonesia and Their Treatment of Islam

He was so devout in his beliefs, that eventually he caused the downfall of the Majapahit kingdom, which had been very powerful.7 ...

The U.S. in Asia, 1945-1980

stocking bomb shelters. School children were participating in disaster drills. The focus of this paper will be the invo...

Questions on Currency Exchange

lose value for several months until it had lost nearly 60 percent of its original value by the time the slide halted (Shameen 2005...

Investment Capital Issues

in the direction of the companies in which it invests, increasing the likelihood of attractive return on its investments. Onsets ...

Asia and the U.S. Nonverbal Communication Differences

different between the United States and Asia. In Asia, its best to maintain as neutral an expression as possible, with some seeing...

History's 'Longest War'

to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...

Religions of Asia

over the centuries, and in those changes we can see the way in which the teachings of the religion have turned outward to impact t...

East Asia Negotiations

is macho, it is akin to war, something that reflects their concept of masculinity (Martin et al, 1999). They have already decided ...

4 Articles Summarized and Reviewed

in the past but in the spot on which they stand" (Ryden, 1999, p. 513). Ryden (1999) illustrates how the social function of lite...

Ancient History's Contemporary Social Influence

writing was the mainstay of civilised life. A seated scribe holding a papyrus roll was one of the most popular subjects in their e...

AIDS Trials in Asia and Africa

Declaration of Helsinki, that it is the "duty of the physician to promote and safeguard the health of the people" (414). In fact,...

The Global Health Problems Posed to Asian Children by AIDS

women are five times more likely to be abandoned at the hospital (Neff-Smith, Spencer and Taval, 2001). The leading cause of aband...

20th Century Development and Industrialized Countries' Impact

Part of the "umbrella of protection" that has been extended to lesser developed countries by the more industrialized countries of ...

Southeast Asia and Foreign Policy of China

borders between China and the other nations were subsequently determined, some as recent as the mid-1990s (Gancheng, 2003). The o...

Globalization, Commodity Change, and IMF's Role in Financial Crises of Russia and East Asia

this flows between nations, both wealthy nations and poor nations and in theory, globalization makes all nations an equal player w...