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Essays 511 - 540

Martial Arts' Overview

such practice that date as far back as 1066-256 B.C. during the Zhou dynasty (Short History of Chinese Martial Arts, 2005). Wit...

Comparing Two Regional World Civilizations

differences. In respect to the Islamic and Asian societies that sprang up, these occurred largely by 1000 B.C. (Roberts, 1993). ...

Asian Economic Recovery

and recession moved into the nations of ASEAN, Singapore was set to exceed the per capita GDP of Great Britain. When economic exp...

Economics and Trade Liberalization

Obviously, much of this process will depend on the extent to which trade barriers,...

Depiction of Asian Americans

(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...

Portrayal of Asian Women as Whores in Miss Saigon

babies, which it did not do after World War II. However, even in this, the message is that America saves the day, while Vietnam r...

Martial Arts and Screen Legend Bruce Lee

in Hollywood features he decided to pack up his wife Linda and two young children and move to Hong Kong, where his ambitions would...

An Examination of Asian Family and Culture

that makes it quite different from Western societies, is that the family is not considered part of an individual society. Families...

United Kingdom's Asian Community Housing Needs

was and is true in all areas of housing, from social housing and private rented areas to more affluent privately owned up market a...

United Kingdom and How to Meet Asian Housing Needs

is genuine and stills exist and how, despite government polices which focus on nuclear families, there have been some projects whi...

Eat Drink Man Woman, To Live, and Survival of the Asian Family

This begins to change with the comment, "I have an announcement to make." Whatever follows is guaranteed to prompt anger and trial...

Contemporary Melting Pot and America

the great melting pot that is the United States. They will no longer be seen as outsiders, but an integral part of the society of ...

From Ellis Island to JFK by Nancy Foner, Asians, and Hispanics

from South America and Mexico are not the same. They possess different traditions, religions, social practices and are in essence,...

New York City and Asian American High School Students

Asians account for only 13 percent of the high school student population but they account for a disproportionately large percentag...

Positive and Negative Aspects of Globalization

true that there are still numerous problems, injustices and inequalities that stem largely from the greed and self-interest of the...

Statistics of Decision Making

control is the means by which manufacturers achieve that end. Probability can add a measure of confidence to decision making that...

Asians As They Are Depicted in The Legend of Miss Sasagawara by Hisaye Yamamoto and Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn

the mid-80s, and concentrates on the chaotic Seventies, in which martial law was firmly in place. Perhaps the books most memorabl...

Vietnam Investment

well to take a broad perspective not only on the countrys recent economic development but also the constraints which might affect ...

The Life and Influence of Ban Zhao

a book of precepts to guide the behavior of women" (Condravy). The book had an enormous "impact on the life of women from late-Min...

Comparative Analysis of Pregnancy and Birth in Asian and Western Cultures

This paper contrasts and compares the pregnancy and birth rituals of Asian and Western cultures in ten pages. Five sources are ci...

The U.S. in Asia, 1945-1980

stocking bomb shelters. School children were participating in disaster drills. The focus of this paper will be the invo...

Asian Society Changes

sense of cultural nationalism and this is viewed as an Asian challenge (Subramaniam, 2000). Another trend that has emerged is that...

THE COBBLER VS. THE MULTINATIONAL: A GLOBALIZATION DILEMMA

business and not limiting imports for several reasons. First, while the competition could mean that unfortunately, some of...

Film and the Shaping of Stereotypes

the Bruce Lee craze of the 1970s created a new stereotype of the Asian man: namely, the martial artist, which still permeates in H...

Asian Footwear and Development of a New Product

What is not so obvious is that it is also a hot market for sport footwear. Adidas for example reported a 22% increase in Asia, in...

Asian Tigers and Theories of Dependency, Mercantilism, and Economic Liberalism

is the inherent relationship between dependency theory and mercantilism by the blatant progression of strong nations at the comple...

The Dominican Republic and Asian Status

be wise and benevolent at times, but at other times it became clear that he was "a tyrant bent upon retaining the Dominican Republ...

The Extent to Which Theories Of ‘Late industrialization’ Explain The Development of The East Asian Economies During The Second Half of the Twentieth Century?

took decades. Although the British case may be seen as a blueprint for many development models it is not accurate for Asia where a...

South Korea and the IMF during the 1997 - 1999 Crisis

At this level it is hoped that further currency instabilities should not occur. The result was the largest financial aid package...

EBay and the Problems in Asia

is dealing with the Asian markets. When looking at China as an example some of these problems may be easier to assess. The strat...