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The Impact of Race and Gender on Adolescent Violence

to the same extent (Saner and Ellickson, 1996). Saner and Ellickson concluded that violent adolescent acts are often the result of...

Model A’s, Model T’s, and the Changing Face of America

few weeks later, the company sold its first automobile, to a doctor in Detroit (Davis). As noted above, the company produced 1,700...

The Need for Cultural Competency Care

African-American culture tends to eat more fat than is recommended. Socioeconomic status as well as education play a role in meal ...

How Cultures Play A Role Where Emotions Are Concerned

only one child per family --otherwise leaving the parents to face fines, taxes and the absence of governmental support -- has been...

The American Revolution is Still Underway!

after the Revolution, of course, the focus became the design and implementation of a new form of government1. The fledgling state...

Varying Definitions of the Civil War

the war, however, women were actually given incentive to expand their role into the typical domain of males. With their men on th...

Kansas and Slavery

that "their Southern brethren" supply "material aid" (An appeal to the south, 1865). Their cause was bolstered by bloody acts like...

The 1980s and a New Era of Conservatism

as the party of minorities and liberals and the Republicans as the predominantly white Christian Right. At the same time campaign...

An American Shame - The Ku Klux Klan

a reputation for brilliant cavalry tactics, was elected the leader of all the Klan organizations, with the title of Grand Wizard (...

American Values in The Glass Menagerie and The Harry Hastings Method

tries to tell the girl that her physical problems are minor and not noticeable-when the girl has her leg in a brace (Williams). Th...

Personal Admission Statement

no country is totally isolated due to the proliferation of media content there is both direct and indirect exposure to other cultu...

The Divergence of Country and Folk Music? ?

music brought to the country by Anglo-Celtic immigrants (Malone, 1968, 1). This music was tremendously influenced, however, by Af...

Women's Roles in Latin America vs. Native America

is helpful to look at the traditional roots of Native American and Latino cultures. Traditionally, the women of Native American c...

Sweeeeet! How Language and Culture Intermix

start of fancy, imagination and humor, breathing into its nostrils the breath of life" (Dalzell, 2005). Since Whitman wrote that (...

The American Revolution in Fiction and in Film

to the settlement of the American frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride...

The Commercial Choice between Equity and Debt As Capital

source of security is a mortgage on real estate. If the firm already has outstanding debts secured on property then this s...

Addressing the Problem of Native American Suicide

water for a significant percentage of these people. The dissolution of the nuclear family is another problem that should be mor...

America's Clash with the Rest of the World

For much of our history the US has regarded itself as being exceptional to one extent or another...

Essay on The African American Museum in Philadelphia

The African American Museum in Philadelphia Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises Inc. by Janice Vincent, 4/18...

Self-Sufficiency v. Entitlement

Triple P Resilience v. The Entitlement State Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises Inc. by Janice Vincent, 4/1...

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, ...

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...

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 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...

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...

American Social Systems in Economic Crisis

retirement for older Americans, perhaps the most overlooked factor in the devastation caused by the economic crisis. Older America...

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...

“Huck Finn” and Creating Characters Who are Romantic and Real

most memorable stories and characters in American literature, and they remain popular to this day. This paper considers perhaps hi...