SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Soft City by Jonathan Raban

Essays 931 - 960

1800 to 1920 Prostitution

This paper examines why women in New York City and Fort Worth turned to prostitution during this time period in eleven pages. Thr...

Urban Impact of a Hartford, Connecticut Move by the NFL's New England Patriots

of Connecticut would be awarded those funds if the Patriots were to negotiate with anybody else, including their "home states" of ...

Who Was Responsible for the Shooting Death of Amadou Diallo

investigators, including federal agents, at the scene, all anybody found on his decimated body was his wallet and a beeper. And be...

Discussion of Denver International Airport

In six pages Denver International Airport is discussed in terms of its flawed design and construction as described in an Exhibit A...

Safety and Queens' Seventy Fourth Street Subway Station

In five pages this paper discusses the New York City transit system in terms of crime with the focus being on th is subway station...

An Overview of the Health Care System in the United States

The estimated increase for 1999 is between 7 and 10 percent.4 Of the expenditures in 1997, 33 percent went towards hospital costs,...

Auburn, AL and TQM

Andrea Jackson's 'Applying TQM principles to the finance department: the city of Auburn experience' is applied to this considerati...

NYC's Subway History

In eight pages this paper traces the subway system of New York City back to 1904 and considers its widespread impact as well as ef...

Themes in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In three pages life and death as they are thematically represented by the Trojan war and the city of Troy are examined in this ana...

The Evolution of Urban Areas from the Middle Ages to the Present

This 5 page paper discusses the way in which the relationship between man and his environment has determined the economic, social ...

Spanish Civil War Effects Upon Malaga, Spain

In ten pages this paper discusses Malaga with the focus being upon the impact of the Spanish Civil War upon the city. Forty eight...

Indus Valley's Mohenjo Daro

Egypt or Mesopotamia. Aryan invaders from the northwest eventually conquered the region in what is thought to be approximately 1,5...

New York's History and Natural Disasters

In five pages this paper examines the early history of New York State and New York City in a consideration of natural disasters in...

A Look at Bowery Street

The writer describes the Bowery section of New York City from the early 1600s to the present, and discusses the character of the n...

Crime and Contradictory Perspectives

In five pages the contradictory views taken by various news sources regarding the same issue of homicide in New York City are cons...

A History of Racial Discrimination in Portland, Oregon

This paper provides a brief history of legislation and other issues pertinent to race relations in this American city, dating back...

Orange County, NY's Social Services Programs

In four pages this paper considers New York's Orange County and the city of Newburgh in a comparison of how each of these areas'...

Ghetto Life and Lack of Work

This paper examines how work has disappeared from the inner city ghetto landscape and the behavior which has resulted in five page...

New York's Urban Environments

This 10 page paper describes various experiences in urban environments in New York City. The environments include a factory, a wel...

Overview of the Boston Marathon

In eight pages the Boston Marathon and its historical impact upon the city of Boston are examined. Eight sources are cited in the...

The Power Broker by Robert Caro

In five pages this paper examines the biography of Robert Moses by considering his New York City and State contributions as presen...

Phoenix and Mass Transit

market place. In both establishing and evaluating a mass transit system it is necessary to research and develop...

Early American Urbanization and the Impact of Energy and Transportation

improvement of the place is best measurd by the advance of Value upon every mans Lot. I will venture to say that the worst Lot in...

21st Century Urban American Housing

and 1970s that saw record numbers of city dwellers move to the suburbs and has brought a new influx of citizens back into the city...

Victoria, British Columbia, Acid Rain and Water Pollution

This paper examines the water quality and pollution issues of the British Columbia city of Victoria in eighteen pages and consider...

Academic Test Scores in NYC

In five pages this paper examines plummeting New York City school testing scores in a consideration of scandals and Rudy Crew's 19...

The Works of Charles Dickens and Common People

The theme of common folk and the individual is explored in Charles Dicken's classics. A Tale of Two Cities is discussed in respect...

Media and Terrorism

exists after Oklahoma City? Some might contend that the bombing on April 19th was surely an aberration. There was a sick mind behi...

Human Nature as Perceived by Plato

In five pages this paper examines Plato's views on human nature as they are presented in The Republic with the 'Good City,' societ...

Archaeology and the Polis of Ancient Greece

number of other gods who were chosen by each respective community depending upon their preference. "The mountains, which served ...