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Overview of Amy Chua's Book

to practice a musical instrument for 30 minutes or an hour each day but Chua requires her children to practice for three four hou...

Perspectives on Human Nature

the pagan world, sex was considered a divine gift and it carried none of the sense of sin and punishment that became associated wi...

American Dream Represented in Literature by Homes and Houses

are proud. The main character, however, although she wants to own the house someday, is embarrassed by the house because she feels...

Public Space Function of the American Street

In five pages this paper discusses the evolving function of the American street as a public space and considers how it may not aga...

Works by Sinclair Lewis, Horatio Alger, Susanna Rowson and the American Dream

In 7 pages this paper examines the portrayal of the American Dream in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger,...

Prejudice and Crime

optimism, there exists an invisible boundary line that, even though race relations seem to be improving, keeps the races separated...

Wall Street Journal on the 2001 U.S. Economy

In six pages this paper discusses how the 2001 American economy is depicted in 5 articles from The Wall Street Journal. Five sour...

Orsi's Madonna

is of utmost importance to the Italian heritage. Each generation represents years of respect, admiration and power that are ultim...

Motown and Berry Gordy

Vegara, and "Urban Crisis" by Thomas Sugrue. Berry Gordy and Motown Berry Gordy is considered to be the father of Motown. "In ...

Sociological Articles on Television Viewing

Articles by sociologists Ien Ang, George Comstock, and Ron Lembo on watching television are compared and contrasted in five pages ...

Sociological Views on Sexual Harassment

resent the fact that they cannot date people they meet at work easily. In fact, some companies have rules against dating, and to m...

3 Sociological Views on the Shortage of Nurses

many contemporary societies still reflect incredible amounts of poverty, disease and homelessness in spite of the fact that their ...

Sociological and Psychological Views of Pregnancy and Teens

In eight pages Erik Erikson's development stages are among the topics considered in an examination of the teen pregnancy problem f...

Sociological Views on School Violence

In thre pages this paper examines statistics regarding violence in US schools in this sociological consideration that discusses th...

Sociological Views on Identity

from real life and using material from class discussions is also a good idea. A student writing on this subject will want to not...

Sociological Views on the Divination Function in 1 Samuel 28

I bring up unto thee? And he said, bring me up Samuel" (1 Samuel 28:11). Samuel does appear, but warns Saul of his upcoming ruin d...

Social Group Familiarity from a Sociological Perspective

another on a regular basis where a pattern of expectations and mutual satisfaction of needs emerge" (Wayne State, 1996). Generally...

Twenty First Century Alienation

psychologically, socially and spiritually. Still, while some people feel fulfilled, a majority appear to be alienated. The main ...

Social Construction, Social Shaping, and Technological Determinism

the process of change, and that technology is an instrumental component in the transformation of organizational and social structu...

Labeling Theory from a Sociological Perspective

Examples the student may choose to use to illustrate the predominance of the labeling theory include two Los Angeles Times article...

Sickle Cell Anemia and its Biochemistry

cells which carries oxygen throughout the body, is spherical and soft and as such is ideally suited to traverse the sometimes cons...

The Origin of the First Americans

the Native Americans undoubtedly traveled extensively in prehistoric times. Their reasons for this travel and their consequent ar...

The Nineteenth Century Ghost Dance Era

In "Sitting Bull and the Paradox of the Lakota Nationhood" author Gary Clayton Anderson details the contradictions which are inher...

Modern Great Britain and Family Diversity

In thirty two pages this paper considers postindustrial Great Britain in a consideration of its family diversity including single ...

Explaining Gang Violence From The Theoretical Perspective of Anomie And Labeling

their vastly segregated social and economic status, leaving the door wide open for resentment and intolerance, which effectively t...

US Imperialism: The Transition Between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Venezuelan border would become a point of contention with Great Britain and ownership of Cuba would become the focus of the Spanis...

America's Clash with the Rest of the World

For much of our history the US has regarded itself as being exceptional to one extent or another...

Comparison of 4 Sociological Theorists

In five pages this paper examines how capitalism, the individual, and society are viewed from the sociological perspectives of W...

'Ethnomethodology,' Hegelian Marxism, and Robert K. Merton

In seven pages and 3 parts this research paper discusses such sociological issues as ethnomethodology, Hegelian Marxism characteri...

Sicilian Mafia, Deviance, and the Sociology of Crime

In five pages this paper examines the Sicilian Mafia in a contrast and comparison of how the connection between agency and structu...