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Puerto Rican Obituary and the Nuyorican Community

of the Puerto Rican dream to its death and the deaths of those who made up his poets society, but it is a stretch to say that it m...

The Loss of 191

Chicago, and the start of the Memorial Day weekend. It was also the day that American Airlines flight 191, bound for Los Angeles, ...

Living in Misery

there was only a small fireplace and we never had enough wood to keep the cabin warm. It was very cold in winter, but at least it ...

Imagination Toward Identity in Lisa Lowe's Immigrant Acts

as "diaspora" and "world citizenship" have no identity within themselves (Bow, 18). To regain a sense of belonging in a new countr...

Rice and Kings and All That Jazz

The writer discusses the efforts made by the U.S. during the Cold War to win other nations to its view. The methods discussed incl...

The Impact of Job Losses in the 1950s

extended families lived under the same roof and shared the costs inherent in it, American families of the 1950s were setting out t...

Battle of San Juan

become the commander of the Rough Riders. President McKinley asked for men to become volunteers, with Roosevelt one of the...

The Justice Systems the United States of America and Iran

has eighteen agencies is supplemented by the notion that it may actually have more than eighteen ("Prosecutor says Iran has 18 la...

The Religious Landscape of Latin American Los Angeles

Mary of the day before she attends daily Mass in a church across the street (Fernandez, 1999). Galvan says she finds the statue i...

Coverage of African American Male Celebrities

relatively minor misunderstanding that in the context of his rough neighborhood might have happened to anyone else. Because it is ...

American Institute Of Conservation (AIC): Preservation Methods

symbols and letters, writing implements that resemble modern day pencils and a legend of some sort to indicate the meaning of each...

The Importance of Voting in the American System

collective goals". Obviously, it is wise to guard against special interest groups who pursue their own wants and desires at the e...

African Americans and Hypertension

p. 12). Additionally, many blacks believe the principal cause of hypertension to be stress, "resulting from being black, experienc...

An African Analysis American Pluralistic Society

Kofi Aprakus book "Outside Looking In: An African Perspective on American Pluralistic Society" offers an interesting view of what ...

American Government and its Branches

liberties of the American people (DoA). For example, Congress is bicameral, that is, made up of two legislative bodies. There was ...

Brief History of American Civil Rights

Institute (LII) of Cornell University Law School points out, a civil right is a privilege that is enforceable and which, if interf...

Social Policy Statement of the American Nurses Association

This section describes how nurses partner with "individuals, families, communities and populations" in order to address a variety ...

Domestic Violence and African Americans

to criminal activity, to substance abuse. These problems have both direct and indirect impacts on the family. A considerable bod...

An American View of Dying and Death

that many adults have to being placed in nursing care (Ciechanowski et al, 2004). The degree of social isolation along with depen...

Robber Barons or Valuable American Leaders Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Carnegie

The post Civil War era was a time in which many suffered greatly....

Causes and Impacts of the American Dust Bowl

The American Dust Bowl was one of the earliest large scale illustrations of the ecological damage that this country incurred as a ...

Identity and Puerto-Rican Americans

whole, as the US Census bureau indicates that 25 percent of all living on the mainland and 55 percent of Puerto Ricans living on t...

First World War to the Vietnam War: The Evolution of American Policy

hoped to increase through increased trade. According to Perlmutter (1997), "The idea of American exceptionalism was a product of ...

Two Periods in American History

importance of political structures that could inherently support a self-governed people and this included efforts to reject the pr...

American Literature and Major Common Themes

shaped by trying to achieve the American dream, but by experiencing what occurs when others achieve and pass on the values of weal...

American Policy in Japan, 1948-1952

pictured Japanese soldiers as monkeys in military garb and machine guns, swinging through the trees (Dower 183). Likewise, the Jap...

American Political Thought: A Look at the Presidency of Ronald Reagan

did. He was so confident in his vision, that people automatically would trust in the things he said. In reviewing his stint as pr...

AMERICAN HISTORY: AN OVERVIEW

having to serve it. These days, of course, television is very much ensconced in the fabric of our lives, with most homes having at...

The Supreme Court: Role Played In The American Political Process

physician assisted suicide and affirmative action most certainly involves heated discussions in the courtroom, however, it is not ...