Embattled Paradise by Arlene Skolnick Embattled Paradise Title, Author, Publication Date Arlene S. Skolnick, Embattled Paradise: The American Family in an Age of Uncertainty, 1993 Book Summary The conflation of the evolution of the family and re Continue Reading...
China Candid Tell what the book is about. Do not give a summary of the story, but give the topic, geographic area, and timespan that the book covers. This should take only one mid-length paragraph. China Candid: A People's Account of the People's R Continue Reading...
Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization (mentioned on page 5 of 11, "the reading list") Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization is a complex work with so many different themes that it requires strenuous and concentrated reading to understand Continue Reading...
Wynn, J. (2001). Inside Rikers: Stories from the World's Largest Penal Colony. New York: St. Martin's Press. Jennifer Wynn's Inside Rikers: Stories from the World's Largest Penal Colony tells the story of Rikers Island, one of America's most notori Continue Reading...
Strategy -- Rulers, States and War It is very difficult to look at the history of humanity and define a number of common, yet intangible philosophies of action that seem to be part of the overall human condition. One of these intangibles is the hum Continue Reading...
Yonndio thirties" Tillie Olsen. Introduction Linda ray Pratt. Full citation heading- author, title, place publication, publisher, date, number pages. 1- The reviewer gives a clear concise summary content book Olsen, Tillie. Yonnondio from the thirt Continue Reading...
Crossing Aegean Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchange Between Greece and Turkey is Volume 12 in a Berghahn/Oxford University Press series on forced migration. The series addresses modern and post-modern populat Continue Reading...
Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back To Reality In his 2008 book, Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality, author Charles Murray seeks to destroy the notions that the Americ Continue Reading...
Food Wars Place of publication: London and New York Publisher: Verso Date of publication: 2009 Walden Bello's book The Food Wars is not a meaty book in terms of length, but it covers an issue all of us are and should be concerned with: food. Bell Continue Reading...
Wicked Problems in Design Thinking" focuses on the process of and concepts behind design, and how these have changed over the centuries of human intellectual history. Whereas, at first, the concept was subject to categorization within a specific sub Continue Reading...
Korean Peninsula and World Politics: A study of North Korea Having been described as one of the most secretive states in the world, where even calculations of economic indicators is a difficult job to attain, there seems to be two very different per Continue Reading...
Unruly Americans In Woody Holton's Unruly Americans, the author endeavors to bring to light many of the as-yet unwritten aspects of the founding of the United States of America. Many men and women have written on the subject. There are films and doc Continue Reading...
Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market by Walter Johnson (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2001) attempts to offer an alternative perspective to the history of slavery in the South. Rather than focusing on plantation life or Continue Reading...
Life and Death: The Life Support Dilemma by Kenneth E. Schemmer M.D Kenneth Schemmer in his thorough, thought provoking book brings to life the controversial subject of the life support issue. For years, many all over the country have pondered, "Wh Continue Reading...
Even if this were a philosophical correction to the varying degrees of utilitarianism we have seen in the 20th century, the simple fact is that Constitution has never defined the job of the President in the way it has been exemplified in modern time Continue Reading...
Sociology: Changing Societies in a Diverse World (Fourth Edition) George J. Bryjak & Michael P. Soroka Chapter One Summary of Key Concepts Sociology is the field of study which seeks to "describe, explain, and predict human social patterns" fr Continue Reading...
1.2 Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study is two-fold as follows: 1. To identify the optimum approach and metrics for measuring the efficiency of Malaysian banks; 2. To analyze archival financial performance data using the optimum appr Continue Reading...
NAFTA Historical Beginning of NAFTA (with specific bibliography) NAFTA Objectives What is NAFTA The Promise of NAFTA NAFTA Provisions Structure of NAFTA Years of NAFTA (NAFTA not enough, other plus and minuses).. Environmental Issues Compar Continue Reading...
Behavioral Finance and Human Interaction a Study of the Decision-Making Processes Impacting Financial Markets Understanding the Stock Market Contrasting Financial Theories Flaws of the Efficient Market Hypothesis Financial Bubbles and Chaos The Continue Reading...
Race and Revolution An iconoclastic figure in the study of American History, Gary Nash, who is Director of the National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA, writes from a position of authority as he questions the history that many of us were t Continue Reading...
Technical Analysis in the Implication of Efficient Market Hypothesis on Silver Market The thesis is for the study of simple commonly used technical trading rules, which are applied on silver market. It covers years 1989 to 2005. A famous study carri Continue Reading...
Financing Community Business The Importance of Small Business in the Economy Canadian Federal Support for SMEs Tackling SME Tax and Fiscal Priorities Rebalancing Canada's EI System Assist Small Business Owners with Succession Plans Growing Smal Continue Reading...
It has been shown that the acquisition of talent not an area specific to each individual position at top companies. The highest-performing companies build pools of talent from which they can draw as needed (Michaels et al., 2001). Thus, there will i Continue Reading...
Many members of the ruling elites of Israel were constantly attempting to negotiate a tenuous peace with the Romans, because of Israel's weak military position. Hence the guerilla presence of the bandits of the title, and the religious preachers and Continue Reading...
His lectures were a success as many eminent people of Edinburgh attended them and earned him a decent income. During the course of his lectures on English literature, Smith perhaps realized that his real vocation was economics. Hence, addition to E Continue Reading...
A secondary mortgage market permits mortgage originators to be more responsive to dynamic mortgage demand and to lower mortgage rates for some homeowners when mortgage demand is higher. According to Koppell (2001): Government-sponsored enterprises Continue Reading...
Forming a Bank Holding Company - Structure, Governance, and Regulations Understanding Banks Forming and Expanding a Bank Holding Company Financial Holding Company Requirements BHC Regulations Capital Building Options for Bank Holding Companies Continue Reading...
"A particular strength of secondary data is the objectivity. The data are written by experts in various fields." (McQuarrie, 2005, P 61). "The relatively low expense in comparison to primary research is also the main advantage of this research as n Continue Reading...
(Steward, 2008, ¶ 15). II: BODY (TITLE TO BE DETERMINED) Introduction To explore the thesis, introduced at the start of the paper, the writer addresses the question: Do the investment risks that customers of conventional banks and financial Continue Reading...
S. banking industry." By 1974, the card has virtually assumed its contemporary form: "What an amazing transformation has taken place since Bank of America began marketing the precursor to Visa with its 1974 ad campaign 'BankAmericard. Think of it as Continue Reading...
Polish Companies Reacted to Ethical Issues and Changes in Business Standards Since the Fall of Communism in 1989? Poland's Economy Pre-Communism's Fall Poland's Natural Resources Minerals and Fuels Agricultural Resources Labor Force The Polish Continue Reading...
Market Efficient Respect Set Information Impossible Makes Abnormal Profits Market Efficient In his work, Fama argued that given the massive use of resources by the brokerage firm to conduct studies on trends in the industry, the effects of changes Continue Reading...
), [he knows] that media companies are responsive to pressure when it is sustained, sophisticated and well executed," he fails to offer any concrete examples of this kind of pressure or how it might actually be applied (Schechter, 2003, p. 242). He d Continue Reading...
Jesus through the Old Testament Christopher J.H. Wright's Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament is a book written to connect the two halves of scripture, in a way that helps Christians better understand that "…it is Jesus that gives meaning Continue Reading...
The lenders loan funds to the lessor but look to the credit of the lessee and the equipment value in the event of default. In other words, the lending is non-recourse as the lessor is not responsible to repay the loan in the event of default. The le Continue Reading...
According to Shim and Siegel (1999), "The price-earning ratio equals market price of stock divided by earnings per share. It is used by potential investors in deciding whether to invest in the company. A high P/E ratio is desirable because it indic Continue Reading...
Summary of the Chapter "The Potent Wizard" from "The Origins of Totalitarianism" by Hannah Arendt This chapter revolves around Benjamin Disraeli, who is portrayed as a very ambitious politician and was characterized by luck and fo Continue Reading...
And there is also a clear, seductive appeal of U.S. culture which Kozloff also does not deny. As much as Chavez and company may opposed globalization, there is no escaping the new global economy. Kozloff's book is written from an unapologetically l Continue Reading...
Liquidity and Loan Quality: the Impact it is having on Bank Health Since the 1980's, there has been an emphasis on deregulation within the banking industry. Part of the reason for this, is because of shifts in the economy (thanks in part to globali Continue Reading...
As with many diseases, affluenza is contagious. Cultural conditioning through media and advertising promote an image of "the good life" that is associated with possessions. Instead of hard work and frugality, possessions such as fancy cars, McMansi Continue Reading...
