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Society and Tattooing and Body Piercing

is now considered to be part of mainstream culture (Armstrong 236). Iverson contends that the discomfort society has with tattoos ...

Why Did the Roman Empire Fall?

life-span of cities and the formulation and decline of the empires and civilizations. The Romans themselves took many elements of...

The Development of a Methodology for the Study of Urban Immigration 'New' Immigrant Communities of the West

An overview consisting of 8 pages that provides a methodological perspective on historically studying new populations of immigrant...

Presentation on the History of the US Army

his 12 slide PowerPoint presentation traces the history of the US army from the origins of the army through to the twenty-first ce...

Strauss and Howe/The Fourth Turning

Summary and review of the major points made by Strauss and Howe in this fascinating history text, which predicts near future for t...

Wild Swans and the Realities of Communism

"Slaves Who Have No Country of Your Own-Ruled by Different Masters (1945-1947)" (Chang, 1991, p. 75). This title conveys the attit...

Tuberculosis and New Mexico

threatened almost everyone, regardless of social status. The disease ultimately led to many states implementing what was called ...

Analysis of FedEx

authority and an important role for policies and rules. In complex organisations the power may need to be spread over the organisa...

Ecological Diversity and Value in Los Katios National Park

also the understory plants and the myriad of other organisms associated with the various resources. Los Katios is not an isolated...

The Poor Treatment of the American History

for the Native Americans and they did this without a thought to their natural human rights. American historical facts supports thi...

West Misperceptions of the History of East Asia

of French historian Michel Foucalt, and makes three principal arguments. The first argument that Said presents is that Orientali...

Beauty, Consumption and Habits of Thought

If we look at the way that conspicuous consumption today and in the past there is still an element of class differentiation in the...

Rise and Fall of of the Qin Dynasty

considered to be "xian" or districts, but larger administrative districts were later formed. These were the "jun" or provinces (Qi...

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's HIstory Writing

providing a complete description of the village, its geography, demography, religious beliefs, social beliefs, families, sex, food...

Bell Hooks and Feminist Thinking

black women, from their perspective, was racism, not sexism. Hooks relates that her students often asked her such questions as "Ha...

A Case History of Angina

of angina, but no indication of muscle damage or clotting (as would be the case in coronary thrombosis). It should also be...

A Book Review of Modern Middle East History

purposes of his text, Cleveland defines the "Middle East" as that region that extends from Egypt in the west to Iran in the east a...

The Relationship Between Personal and Organizational Ethics

ethics. Personal differences and preferences have the capacity to impact organizational ethics in a variety of ways. This is mos...

Health from a Sociological Perspective

having insufficient income to purchase services and items required to maintain good health, with many mothers go to in order to fe...

Background Information on GE

and Coffins companies expanded, but it soon became apparent that it would be difficult for either company to the alone, relying on...

Issues in African History

peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...

Five Events That Speeded the U.S. on Her Way to Full World Involvement

U.S. interaction in world events has changed radically...

Health Histories and Self-Critiques - A Sample

the cancer come for me at last". - Past History Mr. Skuulovich reported a lifelong history of combatting illness and diseases, ...

Racism and its Relation to Misperceptions

There are, unfortunately, many reasons for societal discord. Often as not these reasons revolve around the misunderstandings and ...

Two Issues/Social Stratification

surpass them (Kerbo, 2009, p. 52). As this indicates, issues of power, status and economics have tremendous influenced the ways in...

Criminal Justice I

doctrine established in Plessy v Ferguson in 1896 that kept the black and white races legally separate for 70 years. The aparthei...

Unique U.S. Southern State of Louisiana

has been proactive in respect to opposing racism at every turn. Going back to an earlier time, in the all white groups which did...

Websites on Black History and Information Verification

Europe" (also by Rashidi) also identifies Moors as synonymous with black Africans and describes how Moorish soldiers cross over fr...