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Family Systems of China

In seven pages traditional and contemporary Chinese families are compared in terms of marriage customs, power according to gender,...

The Common Thread of Ancient and Modern African Music

In comparison, Ethiopias krar music is played on a stringed instrument and carries overtones that are almost (but not quite) remin...

Financial Crises and Panic

virtually all Americans are well-aware of the resultant mass hysteria of the 1929 crash on Wall Street, there has not been signifi...

IMF History

In twenty nine pages the International Monetary Fund is considered from its 1944 origins to its contemporary structure and practic...

The Elementary Forms of Religious Life by Emile Durkheim

In five pages this text is considered with the emphasis being on religious practices being studied by sociologists as a way to und...

Uses and Discipline of Tae Kwon Do

In two pages this essay examines the discipline of the Korean martial art Tae Kwon Do and considers its contemporary social uses. ...

Zen Buddhism Philosophy, Suzuki Roshi, and Immanuel Kant

In six pages this paper examines the philosophical similarities and differences between Suzuki Roshi's and Immanuel Kant's theorie...

Materialism Does Not Motivate Spectacular Church Buildings

In seven pages this paper argues that magnificent contemporary church buildings are not representative of the materialist Christia...

Chicago Architectural and Planning Impact of Edward Bennett and Daniel Burnham

new generation of designers have stepped away from admiring only the beauty and grandeur of the lakeside city and have begun to re...

Culture, Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces

In five pages the contemporary world application of Hartshorne's centripetal and centrifugal force theories is offered along with ...

Nonverbal Communication Issues and Smiling

This essay consists of seven pages and considers what smiling means in contemporary U.S. society and how it is used differently in...

Ancient Rome and Its Culture

In ten pages this paper considers ancient Rome, Julius Caesar's leadership, and what this past culture can reveal about contempora...

Cloning and its Negative Ethical Aspects

In ten pages this paper discusses human cloning and how it can be misused in a consideration that includes past Nazi abuse and con...

Modern Americans' and Native Americans' Rites of Passage

In seven pages this paper compares the contemporary American teenager with Tukuna, Okrika, and Okiek Native American counterparts ...

New Family Paradigms and the Demise of the Patriarchy

it" (Briffault 191). Early kinship groups had a matrilineal structure, that is along female lines of descent, because the paterna...

American Culture and the Engineering Concept

In three pages this research paper discusses how the engineering concept has evolved from the Industrial Revolution to a contempor...

An Analysis of Adam and Eve

powerful persuasiveness to lead man astray, the consequences of disobeying God and the subsequent struggle of all humanity. It is ...

Royal Artillery and Infantry Skills

of various different military sections as well as on the infantry skills of the troops who gathered information for analysis: ther...

Antibiotics Resisting Bacteria and the Theory of Evolution

are prokaryotic organisms. This translates to mean that their cellular nuclei lack a nuclear membrane. Consequently, even though...

Animal Rights, the Environment, and Social Welfare

basic human needs" (Anonymous #2, 1995, p. PG) such as ample food, clean drinking water, uncontaminated sanitation, and the availa...

Three Revolutionary Leaders Compared

lot about he character of this man who was a dominating force in the American Revolution. The French Revolution was bloodier, an...

Charlemagne's Coronation

declare himself King, or to seem eager for the post. Instead, it seemed more pious to have Charlemagne modestly refuse the crown. ...

Attending Church and Religion

of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...

Contemporary Marketer's Dilemma of Balancing Corporate Profits with Issues of Animal Rights, Social Welfare, and the Environment

a question which is constantly being considered in our courtrooms and in the halls of academia as well. It is one which receives ...

Home Lifestyle Changes Due to Computers

make life so much easier. Anymore, there is no reason to slave over a hot stove when one can come home from work with a hot, nour...

Carr, Gillepsie, and Drucker on Business Ethics

It appears that Carr has not even a speaking acquaintance with the concepts of integrity and trust. Neither does he effectively s...

US Students, Schools, and Social Problems

social problems, Henderson reported that "a growing number of children are exposed to stressful family situations" including famil...

Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the Issue of Social Conformity

begins. In an almost philosophical way he compels the reader to examine the amount of control that is mindlessly given over to the...

Literature's Deeper Meaning

the town of Bisbee. "It is July 20, 1989, early afternoon, monsoon season in the Sonoran Desert, and I am going back to Bisbee. A...

Modern Architectural Movement

the past. Nonconformity now took over as the leading force, with cultural retrospection becoming all but obsolete (Berman PG). N...