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Urban Modernization, Rights of Workers, and Mexico

remained "destitute of hope" (Meyer and Sherman 464). The Mexican Revolution began in the spring of 1910, with the presidential c...

Place Marketing in Urban Development

the investment take place and the area is improved. This improvement may be with more housing, more industrial or commercial units...

Zambia's Female Trade

skills suited to their new environment, meant huge changes for the socioeconomic system; in particular, it meant that "there were ...

The Use of Irony in Fences by August Wilson

have been no time called too early" (Wilson 9). This statement indicates the major theme of the play, which is Troys rage at the i...

Urban Violence and Drugs

outbreaks of violence are seemingly spontaneous, but may in fact actually be the end result of a long chain of events that began m...

Urban Transformation

quality is poor as well, and the large number of cars coming into the region makes it unlikely that this will improve (Ezcurra and...

U.S. Crime

publication from the University of Maryland, the authors note that one of the reasons for discrepancies in crime statistics is tha...

America's Urban Ghettos

Two developments after 1900 laid the foundations for the black urban ghetto: the industrialization of American and collapse of sou...

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...

Racial and Urban Policy Economics Issues

In six pages racial issues and their impact upon the economic conditions associated with urban poverty are discussed. Eight sourc...

Proposal for a Photography Grant

national surveys on the relationship between marriage, cohabitation, and child abuse have not been conducted in the United States,...

Challenges of a City Teacher

the urban teacher. In the following we see one aspect of this concern: "The need to prepare more educators to teach in culturally ...

Hartford, Connecticut's Adriaen's Landing

In twelve pages this area is examined in an overview of urban renewal politics. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography....

Overview of Empowerment Zones

successful. Reviews have been mixed. Some zones flourished while others did not and while some were justly criticized, voices had ...

Aspects of Urban Concerns

This 5 page paper discusses matters of concern to urban planners and residents, including deconcentration, polarization and sprawl...

Longer Version of a School Voucher Paper

In thirteen pages this paper includes added issues such as voucher effects upon the relationship between administration and teache...

Education, Gore v. Bush

than $1 billion (2000, p.A8) per year in federal assistance for land conservation in particular . Gore supports the use of feder...

Research Questions Formulation

In five pages this paper examines proposed research on sociocultural inequality in the urban placement and assessment of diverse a...

Urban Artistry of Jazz Musician Miles Davis

his first name (Long ppg). Perhaps because in his music, the listener is the musicians accomplice, and from bebop to rap, Miles ...

Gangs, Gender, and Geography

has been suggested that standard theories were used to explain the delinquency of males, and that the delinquency of females shoul...

Chicago's Metropolitan Revitalization and the Effects of Gentrification

In five pages this paper examines older urban section revitalization and the gentrification impacts of revitalization efforts. Se...

When Work Disappears by William J. Wilson

This paper presents an analysis of William J. Williams' When Work Disappears The World of the New Urban Poor in five pages. Ther...

Japan and Population Migration

barrier, anecdotal evidence suggests that substantial transfer of Japanese production methods has taken place and that this transf...

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...

Urban Modernism

In 5 pages this paper examines All That is Solid Melts Into Air by Marshall Berman as it applies to urban areas and the impact of ...

The One Best System by David B. Tyack

In five pages urban education as examined in Tyack's text is analyzed within the context that despite the notion it is 'wise to be...

Proposal for an Emergency Room Expansion

and many others have pondered the difficulties of running ERs around the country. In order to eliminate problems, several ideas ...

Cities Without Suburbs by David Rusk

In five pages this research paper summarizes Rusk's contention that a consolidation of county and city governments can assist urba...

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 ...

Small Urban Baptist Churches and Pastoral Leadership

In fifty two pages this paper discusses small urban churches as they regard pastoral leadership with Baptist Ecclesiology and the ...