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Labor Migration of Refugees

In five pages Latino refugee migration is considered within the context of Alejandro Portes and Ruben G. Rumbaut's Immigrant Ameri...

Comparative Analysis of Syracuse, Sicily; Cholula, Mexico; and Burtinti, Albania

In fourteen pages these ancient cities are analyzes from architectural and artistic perspectives. Tens ources are cited in the bi...

Renaissance Italy and City Planning

In twelve pages Rome, Florence, and Venice are the central focus of this research paper that considers the Renaissance role in Ita...

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...

Architect Raymond Hood's Works

In five pages the New York City Skyline, Rockefeller Center, and the American Radiator Building are among the buildings which show...

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

Chinese had been killed. Between 20,000 and 80,000 Chinese women were raped--and many soldiers went beyond rape to disembowel wome...

“Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial Cities”

growth in the 1990s and economic well being of the city residents in 2000 (Vey, 2007). Two indices of economic health were create...

Green Building in New York City

problem in New York City, part of the effort will involved attention to buildings. First, what is a carbon footprint and why is it...

The Joan of Arc Memorial (Reaction Paper)

of Bronze and Mohegan granite ("Joan of Arc Memorial," 2007). This perhaps provides the sculpture with a sense of weight. The obj...

Imagery in Aguilar’s Luminous Cities

about Aguilars work, one author notes the following in relationship to intertextuality: "The concept of intertexuality thus dramat...

Nursing Education & A Humanities Fieldtrip

chosen. The Metropolitan Museum of Art indicates two events that would be appropriate for a humanities-oriented fieldtrip geared...

Monteverdi’s Orfeo

divisions.vi For twelve years he wrote music as a member of the court of the Duke of Mantua, before being appointed as choirmaster...

Detroit, Michigan

has a relevantly new, sharp mayor who has made a lot of progress since his stint in that role. While a struggling entity, Detroit ...

Development Models; Isisbter’s Modernization, Dependency and Marxism Theories Applied to Bangalore in India

Bangalore. In addition to this the approach is one which disregards the need for help for the worlds poor as well is the moral and...

Harlem Renaissance

on the east and Convent Avenue on the west" ("Songs of the soul" SR1). During the 1920s, a "star-studded group of poet, writer, mu...

CHICAGO'S ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY

Though the Fair itself was definitely a source of economic growth for Chicago, turning it from its vision as a "frontier town" int...

Kelo v. New London

before the New London Superior Court, asserting that the "taking of their properties would violate the public use restriction in t...

Denver: A Great Place to Live

are considered to be kind and friendly. While an individual may be put off by conservatism, or by family oriented ideals, the tr...

William Wordsworth’s Natural Imagery

to release the burthen of my own unnatural self and the wearying city days such as were not made for me" (Driver 48). The first li...

Agricultural Needs and Landlessness in Ancient Rome

themselves but produce the food that Rome needed to survive. As a consequence of the scenario outlined above, agrarian laws...

Georg Simmel, Saul Bellow and “Looking for Mr. Green”

postman, then the stores and trades people, then the neighbors (Bellow, 2002). "But youll find the closer you come to your man, th...

Sherman Alexie’s On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City

time" (Alexie 34-36). This is a summation of the conflict of the modern Native, from the eyes of the narrator, today. It speaks of...

Venice, Italy

be seen both across the expanse of water and reflected in it (Lauritzen 12). San Marco is constructed so as to catch the light. Th...

Jazz and New Orleans

ongoing, carried in the people, but the symbols and landmarks, of the music and the culture it has influenced. The loss of the bui...

Fixing Failing Urban Schools

embrace the community is controversial. After all, much of the music and lyrics contain expletives and an overuse of the N word. I...

Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk

there lived another Orhan so much like me that he could pass for my twin, even my double" (Pamuk, 2006; 3). This image is presente...

Baltimore Child Protective Services

specific, desired goals, by employing combination of efforts that support, direct and utilize authority (DHR). The CPS case worker...

“Fist Stick Knife Gun”: Addressing Juvenile Delinquency

in the world and a greater and greater percentage of violent crimes in particular. The behavior of far too many of our nations ch...

Social Psychological Theory and Observation

12.30 p.m. and the stop is busy. Not only that, but a small crowd of perhaps 20 people has collected and remains long enough to li...

Singapore Tourism

theme zones combine historical landscapes, representing the Asia of the past, with commercial innovations that represent the Asia ...