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Detroit Michigan's History

In ten pages this report considers the history of one of America's largest and oldest cities dating back to the first years of the...

Photographer and Social Reformer Jacob Riis

16). In 1888, Riis left the Tribune to work for the Evening Sun, at which time he also began work on his first book concerning t...

Mike Davis's The Ecology of Fear Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster

In five pages this paper discusses the city of Los Angeles and the mismanagement and misunderstanding that have led to its geograp...

Essay on Bogota, Colombia

In an analytical essay that consists of eight pages the many contributions and rich cultural history of Bogota are discussed in te...

NY Politics Evolution

In five pages New York City politics and its evolution are discussed in a consideration of its historical development with politic...

Urban Development of Boston and London

In twelve pages this research paper compares London and Boston in terms of the urban development of each city. Eleven sources are...

Comparative Analysis of the Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel

In five pages these two tunnels in New York City are compared in terms of construction, usage, structural properties, and improvem...

Cinematic Technique Known as 'the Long Take'

In six pages this paper examines how filmmakers such as Hou and Orson Welles have employed the long take cinematic technique in su...

Book 4 of Plato's Republic, 'Justice of the City'

what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...

Public Housing Planning

In seven pages this paper discusses a fictitious city council's proposed approach to public housing planning with the example of P...

Expansion of Another Paper on Travel Agencies and Impact of Technology

In thirty five pages an expansion of an earlier paper includes a section on the present and future travel agency changes resulting...

San Francisco's Development and the Impact of the Gold Rush of 1849

In sixteen pages this paper discusses the short and long term effects of the 1849 gold rush on the city of San Francisco. Twenty ...

Explaining the Sagging Jeans of Generation X

In seven pages white America's sagging jeans' trend is chronicled from inside prisons to external society in both the suburbs and ...

Natural Environmental Impacts of Urbanization

The ways in which the natural environment was affected by the birth of cities are discussed in a paper of ten pages which includes...

Urban America and Cultural Wars

In nine pages this research paper discusses how social scientists define the inner city urban culture of African Americans and how...

St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Organized Crime

In eleven pages this paper discusses Minnesota's Twin Cities in an organized crime historical overview that includes Machine Gun K...

Perfect City According to Plato

In five pages The Republic is used to examine how Plato reveals what constitutes a perfect city in his view. There are no other s...

NYC and Puerto Ricans

In five pages this paper discusses Puerto Ricans who call New York City home in a consideration of the status of their living cond...

Peter Hall: Cities of Tomorrow

This 8 page paper examines the 1998 book Cities of Tomorrow by Peter Hall, and argues that the issues Hall raises are representati...

Amsterdam and Its Culture

In five pages this city in the Netherlands is culturally examined in terms of its lifestyle, family structure, history, climate, l...

Crack and Our City School Systems

Over time, drug use itself heightens the bad feelings and can leave the user suicidal. More than half of all adolescent suicides a...

Sumer's Economic Contributions

their conquerors. History By 3000 B.C. a flourishing urban civilization existed. Sumerian civilization was predominantly agricult...

'The NY-911 Demonstration Project' and NYPD Data Collection

In twenty six pages this report discusses the 911 emergency services of the New York City Police Department in terms of its implem...

Oakland, California and Crime

In eight pages the steps the city of Oakland has taken in order to reduce crime since 1997 are discussed with the inclusion of the...

Puerto Ricans in 'the Big Apple'

of employment opportunity, income, welfare payments, and unemployment compensation payments, the author concludes that in the peri...

Medieval Women and the Concepts of Honor and Dishonor

to consider that the concepts of honor and dishonor, as they pertained to Medieval women, were dictated by the attitudes that wome...

Historical Connections Between Liverpool and Shanghai

This paper discusses the common historical aspects of these two very different and distant cities. The author examines how Ninete...

Fritz Lang's Films

the audience. In many modern examples, the most creative thing that can be said about a particular movie maker is his or her abili...

Solitude in the City

refuge in the cafe. In this work the solitude, while sad, is also one of peacefulness. One might also say that it is a juxtaposit...

American Dreams and American Cities

that -- unlike the European countries, from which so many nineteenth century immigrants to the US left behind - the upper classes...