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Russian Modernization and 'the Liberator' Peter the Great

and embarked on a plan of self-improvement that would later define his leadership (Riechers, 2003). An impatient man who had tire...

Overview of Ethnomusicology

seen with a study on Chinese music by J van Aalst in 1884 and Japanese music with F T Piggotts Music and Musical Instruments of Ja...

Augustus, Alexander, Pericles and Western Civilization

excellent sense of humor" that made him popular with his troops (Syvertsen). His values and character, and his rapid conquest of m...

The “Communist Manifesto” and “All Quiet on the Western Front”

War can be seen as an event that ends in ruin for all concerned. He also says that society in general was dividing into two "grea...

Pa Chin's "Family" - Author's Message

both grand and far-reaching; that this conundrum proves damaging to the familys whole infrastructure speaks to the underlying mess...

BOOK REPORT: COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY WITH THE CHINESE

report is that China is beginning to open up as a large power as far as economics is concerned. As the Chinese government continue...

THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND WESTERN EUROPE

Empire was Romes attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire, which was dissolving and being replaced by independent kingdoms in th...

Asian Cultures and Business Management

separate provisions that include: equipment and supplies; games and practice schedule; per diem and travel; academic tutoring; coa...

The Varied Viewpoints of Hinduism

Trinity, both the father and son, as well as the pure spirit. This is a very difficult concept (how can anyone be both father and ...

Japanese and Western Poetry: Ryokan and Burns

When his master died he began to wander and travel, as a pilgrim (Hermitary). After a few years of traveling it seems that a perso...

The Relationship Of Sharia Law And Islam

in the Islamic world is to cultivate and perpetuate a sense of unity where jurisprudence is concerned, otherwise known as the ongo...

Which Have Been More Influential in the West - Japanese Management As A Philosophy Or Set Of Discrete Practices?

Japanese practices, their values and culture in development and the actual practices need to be examined. After this evidence indi...

Intercultural Communication

appropriately, all wearing business dress with men and women in suits. The meeting is scheduled all day and lunch has been arrange...

Taoism and Western Understanding

simply to the "Tao" or "the Way" (Rasmussen, 2001). They "seldom refer to God" (Rasmussen, 2001). In addition, they do not refer "...

Runciman: "The Fall of Constantinople 1453."

portrait of the Byzantine Empire, Runciman shows us a civilization caught in the middle of a number of forces: the Turks invaded f...

Media Influence in the Modern World

in fact, rests in the United States. While the worlds top five media corporations control both electronic and print forms...

The Top 5 Global Media Companies: Ownership, Corporate Linkage and Political and Cultural Implications

the Western world. Most of this ownership, in fact, rests in the United States. The corporate connections of these media...

Complimentary Alternative Medicine

prongs. The other prong, however, relates to traditional medicines. The term "alternative" refers to those alternative approaches...

The Evolution of Western Education

a result of this thinking. During this time, education changed dramatically; it went from being a "fragmented and varied provision...

Philosophy Topics

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

Japanese Management vs Western Management

manage them more effectively. Mayo undertook the Hawthorne studies, here a group of workers were separated and given special treat...

Orwell/1984 Overview

and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...

Clothing and Identity: Cowboys and Cowgirls

Boots are made to easily slip on or off in case a horse goes wild and the riders foot is stuck in the stirrup. Boots that come off...

Realigning Aid to Ethiopia

Governments ownership of land "continues to hamper growth in the industrial sector as entrepreneurs are unable to use land as coll...

The Crusades

2005). As tensions grew and fears increased, on the part of Christians, the Pope took action and in 1095 he essentially demanded...

All Quiet on the Western Front & Iraq

by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...

Pierre Bourdieu and Art Analysis

field of "taste and aesthetics," and among other things, repudiates the idea that there is a "universal transcendent conception of...

For Accounting Questions Relevant for New Businesses

will make some assumption, with the overhead or fixed cost assumed to be $500,000, which is made up of the lease costs for the bus...

Codes of Ethics Guide Therapists

Those who work in physical and mental health professions are bound by laws, regulations, and their field's Code of Ethics that gui...

People Who Call Hotlines Frequently

There are many different kinds of hotline crisis centers. Every one of them probably deals with repeat callers, some of whom reall...