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Appalachia: Culture and Social Problems

The mountain peoples who populate the mountainous regions of the southern Apalachias are, by majority, the descendants of English ...

Jacksonville, Florida's Cummer Art Museum

and as such it is a testament to Mr. Cummers dedication to his wifes hobby that he procured them for her. Now, of course, these Li...

Jean Baptiste Colbert and Louis XIV

believed that internal commerce was wholly useless for State wealth and, therefore, did absolutely nothing to promote it. As such...

Alternative School Development

districts in the nation had at least one alternative school and about 88 percent of high school districts had at least one alterna...

A NADDAQ and NYSE Overview

scare for day traders and 401K owners alike. This has caused some investors to liquidate and invest in bonds or simply keep their ...

Homosexuality and Latin American Gender Roles

of their culture to be replaced by Catholicism. In short order the indigenous population was dominated and overcome by the Europea...

Trade Patterns of the United States

a comeback (1994). The economist does think there will be gains in terms of the worth of the dollar in the near future (1994). Al...

A China Overview

decentralized and output would accelerate rapidly (2003). China however has become a valid trading partner for many nations. Stil...

Interpretation v. Historical Fact

not be the facts the book contains, but rather with the historian who wrote it (24). For instance, Carr cites the example of a Bri...

Overview of Taoism

life" which "surrounds everyone and therefore everyone must listen to find enlightenment" (Robinson, 2003). The many gods which ar...

Political Dominance of the Liberalism Philosophy

a choice if deciding which way the world is swinging today, or always has. There is somewhat of a misconception that the world has...

Horror Film Genre

The horror films of the 1960s and 70s served to continue the challenge to the legitimacy of capitalist, patriarchal rule. The evol...

French Guiana and France Trade Relationship

the culture (CIA, 2003). There have also been numerous disputes over boarders with Brazil to the south and east and Suriname to t...

Rights for Children

children received any sort of legal recognition. This occurred with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ...

Business in the United States

bunch of goods and services in an attempt to market to masses of people. Business Structures Whether a business is more of...

British Employers from 1870 to 1914 and Their Changing Power

was a criminal offence (Laybourn, 1997). Therefore at this stage, whatever the degree of solidarity between employers, they are in...

Historical Overview of the Florida Everglades

the bottom of the ocean to form into a solid limestone base. This limestone formation is now known as the Tamiami Formation(The Fl...

Doing Business in Ethiopia for an American Company

In many cases it is not only the firm that benefits economically but also the African people themselves. Many regions of Africa w...

What is Bluetooth Technology

Interestingly enough, the Bluetooth technology was named after Harald Bluetooth, who was King of Denmark during the 10th century ...

Botero Painting 'Mona Lisa' and China

common people school education, which used to be privilege of ruling class...Confucius advocated a set of moral code on basis of f...

1st Generation Indian Americans, Chinese Americans, and Japanese Americans

traditions and societies" (Said, 1979, pp. 45-6). Nakashima (2001) touches upon an issue that has long eluded multicultural...

Teddy Roosevelt's Autobiography

belief in a strong and efficient National Government and Jeffersonian in their belief in the people as the ultimate authority, and...

California's Settlement

would change for the worse. Cortezs men arrive in what is now called Baja, California, and immediately began to colonize the area....

A Policy Analysis of the Adoption and Safe Families Act

time minors spent in "foster-care limbo" (Spake, 1999). When President Bill Clinton signed the law in 1997, he summarized the ASFA...

An Examination of Arab Women

and even covers conditions now, explaining why women are often put in the position they are. This is a subject that confuses many ...

What a Mind Hears by Harlan Lane

deaf teacher who was brought to the U.S. by Thomas Gallaudet. Clerc believed strongly in the use of sign language and also in int...

Tracing the Conflict Between the Israelis and Palestinians

violence and social strife, a history which is replete with conflict between religions and cultures. Unfortunately, these same fr...

Professional Nursing and Theory

are licensed individuals who go through at least one year of formal education in addition to clinical instruction, and the focus o...

2003 Recall Election in California

set off a recall campaign.ix Both the state Constitution and the California election law spell out the administrative requirements...

Perspective on Slavery

Louis Hughes in his autobiography, Thirty Years a Slave (Hughes, 2001). In his account, he discusses how he was separated from his...