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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...

Family Systems of China

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

In a Different Place by Jill Dubisch and Greek Island Culture

In six pages Dr. Dubisch's text regarding a contemporary Greek Island pilgrimage to Tinos is discussed. Two sources are cited in ...

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...

Hiroshima and Contemporary Japanese Animation

In five pages this paper discusses how contemporary animation in Japan has been influenced by the Hiroshima bombing. Five sources...

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...

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...

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...

Contemporary Social Role Model Mohandas K. Gandhi

In five pages this essay argues how Gandhi could provide a positive contemporary role model to initiate social improvement. Six s...

Labor Productivity and the Concepts of Adam Smith

other words, the individual who unwittingly contributes to the good outcome is not at fault. Perhaps he is propelled by greed but ...

Analysis of The McDonaldization of Society by George Ritzer

rationalization. In a similar manner, for Ritzer, the fast food restaurant is the paradigm of McDonaldization. In both cases, ther...

Borden's Theory and Marketing Mix Development

as more comprehensive that McCarthys 4 Ps. However the 4 Ps does simply these ingredients, bring them into four main categories; t...

Sociopolitical Classes of Plato and Their Parallels

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

Seeing is Believing by Margaret Miles

religion is treated in Hollywood film; what forces of religion are considered "box office" (i.e., profitable); and what values do...

Are American Children Worse Off Today Than They Were at the Start of the 20th Century?

stay away from drugs while they are young. In essence, we worry for our children and think that our present society is no longer o...

Contemporary Political Movements and Terrorism

Terrorism is just a different kind of war. According to a student, "Mamdani...

Critical Legal Studies and Whether or Not They are Outdated

or continual acceptance of the status quo (Berger and Luckmann, 1967). In many ways the artificial reality caused by this phenomen...

Competitive Strategies and Forces

The first force is the threat of a new entrant into the market. There are few barriers so this is a real possibility, indeed, the ...

Modern Times and Foraging Societies

group (or another one) can again use the area to meet its needs at a future time. Because foragers locations are never perm...

Fashion, Safari Themes, and Ethnic Trends

as music and the mass media contribute to the development of fashion trends. It is also important to remember that we are talking ...

Terrorist Organizations and the Growing Number of Women

America, for example, has women representing no less than twenty percent of its fighting throng; similarly, western Europe, the Ta...

Contemporary Society and the Concepts of Productivity, Unemployment, and Inflation

In ten pages this paper examines contemporary society in an assessment of the importance of such concepts as productivity, unemplo...

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...

History, Government, and Bureaucracy of Contemporary South Africa

edge of the plateau is marked by a range of irregular mountains which descends abruptly into a coastal plain. South Africa also in...

Social Class Pressures and Working Parents

these things are, in fact, needed (Overcoming Consumerism). This then is what fuels consumerism and drives people to work harder ...

Arts and Socrates

much that it has immeasurably been altered. Who was Socrates and why was he so influential? Socrates was a Greek philosopher who ...

Negative Moral Influences on Youth

were smoking dope, too. Though I had made up my mind not to make the same mistakes my brother made, my friends coaxed me into hav...