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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...

“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...

“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...

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...

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...

Nurse Salaries

the politics found in hospitals and other environments (Reuters, 2008). Supply and demand is always a major driver of salaries in...

Middle Eastern Immigration in America

During the earlier waves of immigration the Muslims would move to rural areas in addition to urban areas (Smith, 2008). There was ...

Decision Making at Disney

creation of a Disney theme park in Europe and the acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC. Thee were very different decision and can be ...

Art Deco: New York City

style included repeated shapes and icons such as an automobile profile or the stylized shape that one would see in a gear or a whe...

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...

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...

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...

Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney,

This essay discusses characteristic features of Bright Lights, Big City, a novel by Jay McInerney. Three pages in length, no othe...

Federal Standards of Safety

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration has standards for everything that has to do with employment. Violations can be cos...

Waste Management

This essay pertains to the topic of waste management. It focuses on the importance of recycling and the concept of the "zero waste...

A Theology As Big As the City by Ray Bakke

This book review pertains to Rau Bakke's A Theology As Big as the City. First of all, the writer/reviewer describes Bakke's primar...

Dog Day Afternoon, Directed by Sydney Lumet

This essay uses the remarks made in Sydney Lumet's book "Making Movies" in order to theorize why Lumet featured a montage of scene...

City Managers and Ethics

This essay offers a discussion of the evolution of ICMA Codes of Ethics for City Managers from 1924 to the present. Three page in ...

Cry of the Urban Poor by Viv Grigg

This book review is on Viv Grigg's Cry of the Urban Poor, which relates the author's experiences living and ministering to the urb...

Ancient Jewish Leaders

The major challenge in constructing histories of Israel and Judah is the fact that they were individuals but they also had cities ...

Class Hegemony and City Governance

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at the governance of cities. Policies and their relationship to economic class are expl...

The Reform Movement and Political Machines

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at political machines and governance. Reform movements are highlighted as well as their...

Reduce Health Costs by Targeting Resources

The New York City Police Commissioner was successful in reducing crime by targeting high crime areas and allocating resources to t...

Satellite Campus, A Proposal

This research paper/essay offers an hypothetical proposal for a satellite campus that will be located in an inner city neighborhoo...