999 Search Results for Colonial Literature
Authenticity and Legacy of the Black Panther Party
Authentic is when someone is true to their heritage and culture and a growing number of modern observers agree that despite their otherwise militant activities, the Black Panther Party was an authe Continue Reading...
Addiction: A brain disease with a biological foundation
Addiction is a brain disease with a biological foundation, which means that it couples together the mental and physical states of the individual in an action which can lead to negative or bad b Continue Reading...
Jane Addams v. John Dewey
Theorists Jane Addams and John Dewey are American pragmatists since they are among the formative thinkers in the early 20th Century. These two theorists made significant contributions to the field of public administration Continue Reading...
Industrial Revolution was one of the momentous eras in history. The Industrial Revolution had an impact on all levels of society as it instigated the change from an agriculture-and-handicrafts focused economy to one replaced by industries, machines, Continue Reading...
Public Safety Administration Challenges; Annotated Bibliography
Cook, C. (September 1, 2012). The Challenges and Opportunities for Public Safety Communications: The Adams County Case Study. Silicon Flatirons Center
On the 23rd of September in the y Continue Reading...
Balance of Power Help Us to Understand the Origins of World War I?
The origins of the first world war of the 20th century are now a matter of historical record, but even prior to the outbreak of hostilities in 1918, most observers in a position of Continue Reading...
Philanthropy in Gender Equality Efforts
The Approaches to Gender Equality
The Welfare Approach
The Equity approach
Anti-poverty Approach
The Efficiency Approach
The Empowerment Approach
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Philanthropic budget of $500,000
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Peace
As Masciulli (n.d.) points out, "few consistently peaceful societies and cultures exist or have existed historically, and clearly none that has been a macro culture or civilization," (332). Human nature also has a clear tendency toward pattern Continue Reading...
religion on world events cannot, and should not be underestimated in its importance in dictating the events of history. The Protestant Reformation is one such historic event or epoch that seemingly altered the way religion and society intermixed. Th Continue Reading...
Terrorism
Define and discuss terrorism. Who chooses to participate in a terrorist campaign, and why? Evaluate such mitigating factors as politics, nationalism, and religion.
'Failed states' are defined as states that can no "longer perform basic f Continue Reading...
American History 1600-1877
In the period from 1600 to 1877, it could be argued that the United States was only basically establishing itself as an independent nation in its own right -- the period in question builds up to the climax of the Civil War Continue Reading...
Hope Leslie Strong Female Characters of the 17th Century
Strong Female Characters in Sedgwick's Hope Leslie
The United States has not always been a free space for strong female characters. In fact, in its earliest stages, most women were confined t Continue Reading...
Evolution of Prison Life
What were prisons like, how were prisoners treated and classified through American history -- including prison environments in the last few years? This paper delves into those topics and provides the available literature tha Continue Reading...
Dutch Culture
Introduction to Cultural Differences
It is obvious that differences in cultures are very important, though these differences are difficult to handle. The failure to understand and appreciate that differences in cultures bring variety Continue Reading...
Spanish American War, until the current conflict in the Middle East, why does the United States move from relative isolation into an international role
At the time of the Spanish American War the United States went from relative isolation to increa Continue Reading...
Due to a shortage in labor supply, the demand for the working class increased exponentially. As such, the peasants were no longer at the bottom of the hierarchy in terms of the social and the economic class -- they were suddenly a highly desirable c Continue Reading...
Isuues Pertaining to Colonization
Colonization
Issues Pertaining to the Colonization of America
Identify the three cultural regions of North America directly preceding colonization. Note one group for each area and describe its culture and the dis Continue Reading...
Imperialism was always seen as positive for Westerners, but as destructive by the peoples of Africa and Asia." To what extent does this statement appear to be true?
Rudyard Kipling's "The White man's burden" seems to be an ironic condemnation of im Continue Reading...
storms paintings, Watteau's the Storm and Delacroix's the Sea Galilee, and their relation to Neo-Classical and Romantic styles
This work bases on two storm art works, which depicts storm in two different ways. The differences are explainable throug Continue Reading...
Venice During Renaissence
Renaissance literally meaning re-birth was a cultural movement that started at the end of middle Ages from 14th to 17th century. The movement started from Italy and spread into whole of the Europe. The age of renaissance is Continue Reading...
Nuer People and Cattle
Three of the most prominent pieces of literature to explore the relationship between the Sudanese tribe of Nuer people and cattle include Sharon Hutchinson's "Nuer ethnicity militarized," the same author's "The cattle of money Continue Reading...
Homecoming?
The principle theme in Jean Rhys' short story, "I Used to Live Here Once," is the prevalence of racism and the accompanying sentiment of elitism that it gives those of European ancestry. This theme was fairly common in Rhys' writing, wh Continue Reading...
Communication: Arguments
What is the communication problem?
When two cultures meet, both are likely to be ethnocentric. Those from the United States, try to find similarities in the other cultures with that of their own. Brazil as a country is uniq Continue Reading...
Athens and Sparta were the two opponents of ancient Greece that clattered most and bestowed us with the majority of customs and traditions. Despite the fact that the two poleis were close together geographically, both differed greatly in their values Continue Reading...
Ginsberg, Lowi, Weir, Spitzer identify ongoing conflicts American politics a debate included "We People."
Definitions of Americans
There is little doubt that contemporary conceptions of who is and what makes an American have changed considerably fr Continue Reading...
Rise of the Secular Turkish Republic
It was in 1923 that the Republic of Turkey appeared on the face of the globe. The Turks consider the preceding years i.e. 1919-1922 as the years of their struggle for independence. The Turkish state that was form Continue Reading...
Athens and Sparta -- Was War Inevitable?
Between 500 and 350 BC the area now known as Greece was but a collection of separate and unallied city-states. Today, we often view cultures and political conflict in terms of nations, and take the view that Continue Reading...
Romantic and Modern Design Styles
Comparing the Ornate and the Natural: A Study of Two Theories of Design
History often dictates societal mentality more so than current climate, yet in times of peace, it seems that the beautiful and the artful flou Continue Reading...
Weatherford Indian Givers
Brief summary of the book: What date was it published? What is the main subject? What time frame does the book cover?
Jack Weatherford's 1988 book Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World, described the ma Continue Reading...
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Impact of British Rule in Sub-Continent 1857-1947 [Pick the date]
The era of British rule in Subcontinent comprise of centuries. Starting from a smart invasion in this land calle Continue Reading...
However, as officials issued these directives, they were convinced that the initial scheme was defective principally because it had relied excessively on the educational efficacy of model settlements which would be erected within an Irish environmen Continue Reading...
Japan & Korea -- Post War
Japan, Korea, and the United States: Comparisons & Contrasts
What will the be the role of the U.S. going into the future vis-a-vis Japan and Korea? Now that Kim Jong-il has died and his son is taking over in the hi Continue Reading...
But sometimes the victims themselves are afraid to voice their grievances in the public because speaking up entails shame, ostracization, and even extra-judicial killings. The victims can express their grievances in public "only at certain times and Continue Reading...
Entrepreneurs in Nigeria
The Role of Entrepreneurs in Nigeria's Past and Continuing Development
The Role of Entrepreneurs in Nigeria's Past and Continuing Development
Entrepreneurship has long been regarded as a practice in which an owner or manag Continue Reading...
Role of Media in Vietnam
There can be various reasons for a nation to get involved in war and conflict of cultures is considered to be the major reason. Silence can be men's greatest enemy and history is evident that many wars are fought to break vi Continue Reading...
Sustainable Development in the South Asian Context
The objective of this study is to explore the meaning of 'sustainable development' in the Southeast Asian context.
(1) Can there be a common definition of sustainable development?
(2) Does it defi Continue Reading...
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Smith boils it down to two main concerns (pitfalls) and objections to the use of secondary data in social research: a) "It is full of errors"; and b) "…because of the socially constructed nature of social data, the act of reducing it to Continue Reading...
Social Constructionism and Historiography of Science
In the historiography of science, the debate between intenalists and externalists has been one of the major fault lines over the past century. While many historians are not specialists in physics, Continue Reading...
According to Fitzpatrick & Keegan (2010), "This use of historical ecology to study "the complex, historical interactions between human populations and the ecosystems they have inhabited" (Kirch 1997a, p.2; see also Crumley (ed.) 1994), has been Continue Reading...