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Traditional Culture Essays and Term Papers
ProhibitonSince at least the turn of the century, reformers had been denouncing alcohol as a danger to society as well as to the human body. The true feeling behind this thought was that the use of alcohol was due to the influence of the city. The first American colonists started out with the belief that ...
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The Case Against Affirmative ActionThe Case Against Affirmative Action
Louis P. Pojman
In this essay I set forth nine arguments against Strong Affirmative Action, which I define as preferential treatment, discriminating in favor of members of under-represented groups, which have been treated unjustly in the past, against ...
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Tikopia TribeTikopia Tribe of Melanesia
Termera Callahan
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Instructor: Donnie Burnette
February 21, 2011
Tikopia are primarily an agricultural society. Their agricultural practice is strongly tied to preserving their population. This is a tribe with a complex social ...
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The Settling of the 13 ColoniesThe settling of the thirteen colonies was an undertaking that was larger than life. Even though earlier colonization failed, the desire to come to America was still very much alive in European society. In the early 17th century the permanent settlements were business oriented. They were ...
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The Generation Gap Within the Joy Luck ClubThe Generation Gap Within the Joy Luck Club
In The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan uses mothers and daughters to show the individuality of each woman. Although both generations are of Chinese descent, they share completely different beliefs and morals. Amy Tan shows the miscommunication between the two ...
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Buddhism and Social Ecological JusticeAlthough modern social activists are rightly committed to working in the public arena for the resolution of peoples’ suffering, contemporary Buddhist activism provides an alternative approach rooted in the accepted concepts of inherent biases of the dominant strands of Buddhist practices, ...
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Structural ArrangementsThe Structural Arrangements
The class view using the Social-Psychological perspective precipitates a point of view in the context of society as the dictator to the actor, the environment perpetuating the role that young individuals play in contemporary society. The social interaction is ...
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Samuel AdamsSamuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was ...
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History of the Cherokee TribeMuch of what is known about pre-18th-century Native American cultures, including the Cherokee, has come from records of Spanish expeditions. Some of this work was not translated into English and made available to historians until the 20th century. In addition, the dominance of English colonists ...
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Slavery and Proto-Socialist ThoughtSlavery and Proto-Socialist Thought
Since the American Civil War almost 150 years ago, slavery has been painted as a indelible, perpetual wrong in the history of a fledgling nation. Racked with liberal guilt, America has never shown it is truly comfortable delving through the counter-cultures ...
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Comparison of "Citizen Ben" to "The American Scholar"Barbara Braddy
Hicks- American Literature
September 28, 2012
Comparison of "Citizen Ben" to "The American Scholar"
Benjamin Franklin and Ralph Waldo Emerson are both widely recognized names in the American literature landscape. They share many of the same qualities in their views and ...
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Greek TheatreGreek Theatre
Theatre is a intricate form of art that consist of many different elements such as: a told story, a story that is embellished, a meeting place used for performances, the performers used to endorse the performance, costumes used to give the audience a better visual, a stage form of ...
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MicrofinanceSUMMARY
What is microfinance?
V Microfinance is provision of a broad range of client-responsive financial services (loans, savings, insurance) to poor people through a wide variety of institutions.
V Microfinance includes urban microfinance, rural finance through cooperatives, credit ...
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The Role of Poverty in Environmental DegradationRunning head: Poverty and Environmental Degradation
The Role of Poverty in Environmental Degradation.
Culture & Development
James Nash
Introduction
As of 1989, of the world's 5.6 billion people, about 1.4 billion live in ...
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Adoniram JudsonArik Akerberg
Church History
November 18, 2013
Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson was born on August 9[th], 1788 in Malden, Massachusetts. Adoniram graduated from Brown University in 1807. While in college, Judson abandoned the Christian faith for Deism. After graduation from Brown, Judson ...
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American ZionismAmerican Zionist; Internalizing Herzlian Theory
Nurit Rubinstein
Late 1895 Theodore Herzl came out with his first Zionistic work entitled Der Judenstaat (The Jewish state), the book was latter published in 1896 to a populous of mixed reviews. In the book, Herzl outlines the reason for the ...
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Chapter 16 Transformations in Europe 1500-1750Chapter 16 Outline Transformations in Europe 1500-1750
I. Culture and Ideas
A. Religious Reformation
-In the 1500s, the Latin Church’s central government, or papacy, was gaining money and power, yet at the same time it was suffering from corruption. Due to Europe’s prosperity, larger ...
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Maslow's Theories are Still Revelent TodayMaslow's Theories are Still Relevant Today
Pamela D. McKoy
Liberty University
Abstract
This paper will summarize three journal articles, each of them utilizing Abraham Maslow's theories to examine a specific idea. The first: "Motivating University Women to Positive Health" used Maslow's ...
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Rhetorical Analysis: "Mother Tongue"Perez, Isis
Prof. Tanvi Patel
WRI 10
February 14, 2013
Rhetorical Analysis: "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
The ongoing issue of integrating and assimilating into another country's forms of nationalism like that of the U.S, most importantly speaking the traditional language, is a very ...
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