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Essays 1981 - 2010

Contemporary Western Culture and Humanities

deal of power into one ruler (or, at the very least, a collection of rulers who wont end up fighting among themselves)....

Guatemala's Mayan People

business conducted in Spanish and schools are based on Spanish as well as bilingual programs that are thought to be transitional...

RV Travel, the Retirees, and American Culture

is a relatively expensive endeavor as RVs do not get great gas mileage. In addition, their RV is not often their home. It is their...

'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' by Langston Hughes

societal scheme. This poem is a direct assault and repudiation of this stereotypical image of blacks, as it presents African Ameri...

Article Critique of Charles R. Ridley, Lisa C. Li, and Carrie L. Hill's 'Social Behavior and Multicultural Assessment'

disorders and breaks them down into diagnostic classes. Utilizing the DSM IV along with testing methodologies allows the practiti...

Leslie Marmon Silko

notes, "Silko reveals that living in Laguna society as a mixed blood from a prominent family caused her a lot of pain. It meant b...

Cultures, Communications, and Comparisons Between Do the Right Thing and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

to give them their blessing before the evening is over. What is interesting to see is that Joanna has turned out just as the Dr...

'Rational' Case Study

their beloved - not as a child abuser but as a victim of society who needed the help and guidance of his family rather than the co...

Caucasian and African American Interracial Marriages

in order to claim her white heritage she would essentially have to have her mother along to prove she was also Caucasian (Hubbynet...

Carolingian Renaissance and its Importance

making Europe, and especially Italy a dominant force in the world. This was accomplished in both the realm of politics and religio...

Hospital Setting Language Miscommunication

its founding in the late 18th century, the United States has opened its borders to people from a variety of countries and cultures...

Folk Culture Conceptualization

Giollain, 2000; 4). In this we can understand that a folk culture is actually something of a rebellion against certain aspects of ...

Nursing Paradigm Concepts and Leininger's Theory

life needs to change in response to the patients health care needs, then the nurse needs to be sensitive to that factor as well. ...

Mahatma Gandhi's Legend and the Role of India in its Creation

the caste system at the time. There are basically four divisions to the caste system. At the top of the group are the Priests and...

Anthropological Concepts Application

was connected by a road to the outside world. Throughout his text, Reck offers insight into the socio-political world of Celisti...

Catherine J. Allen's The Hold Life Has

previously the case" (Allen, 1988: 195). It is a very popular pilgrimage that draws people from all over the region, if not the wo...

French Business People and Negotiations

a good lunch, 2000). One thing that will offend the French quickly is failing to maintain strict formality in addressing in...

Marshall Islands and the Significance of the Outrigger Canoe

Islands are indeed impressive. Traditionally they were made of breadfruit logs using only the most primitive of tools, tools like...

Cake Culture and History

or within a pastry case (Stringer, 2004). Then came Renaissance and Italian bakers who were apparently renowned for their abilit...

Reviewing Stuart R. Schram's The Political Thought of Mao Tse Tung

several changes put into the text with the benefit of hindsight. The reason for this was the first version appeared outdated after...

Maya Angelou/Phenomenal Woman

half=way through the stanza, Angelou prefaces giving her reaction with the line "I say," which is followed by her lyrical descript...

The Sari as the Symbol of Regional Tradition and Women’s Status in Indian Culture

Said argued that this enabled the West to use this part of the world as "a benchmark" to measure its own progress while at the sam...

Accounting in China

way it has been introduced, including the exceptions for public enterprises to certain regulation, such as the related party discl...

“Same Kind of Difference as Me”

even today. There is a well defined societal gap between the rich of this country and the poor. Typically, the rich echelon of o...

KFC -- JAPAN

family, culture, truth and virtue are more important than earning of the quick buck. Relationships in Japan are hugely important -...

Virtual Meetings Report Of Experience

charge of the project had met only the two people in Seattle; he was their manager. The manager arranged the date and time taki...

Tuberculosis

stop taking antibiotics which, of course, leads to a condition wherein the TB is not fully cured or treated. But, Farmer noted tha...

Globalization And Human Resource Management

being asked to acquire skills in cultural diversity (Premoli, 2004). That basically means that managers need to understand how peo...

Self-Expression Across Cultures

From a personal perspective, I find that listening to music is a valuable form of self-expression that is prominent in my life. I ...

Motivation Surveys

it. On a scale of 1 to 100, West African cultures scores are: IDV = 17; PDI = 82; MAS = 41; UAI = 50; and LTO = 11 (Hofstede,...