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“King Leopold’s Ghost”

earned (Hochschild, 1998). But there can be no doubt that he was a historian, and a good one; W.E.B. Dubois called him the "greate...

Howard Frumkin's "Environmental Health" - Chapter 11 Analysis

will be five days from now. Their "job" as protectors of the sea is being severely threatened as they decline in mass with every ...

“The Beat of a Different Drummer”

to look at John Goodlads ideas and see if he really is a "different drummer." For centuries, the educational model has been teach...

Arch and Martin Flanagan: “The Line”

one of whom is reluctant to talk and the other who is struggling to understand. Its probably true to say that unless one has bee...

Barack Obama: “Dreams from My Father”

for much of his childhood, in Hawaii, a state where the races mix freely and easily and where his mixed heritage didnt seem to be ...

Betty Freidan's The Feminine Mystique

This paper provides a reading of Betty Freidan's book, The Feminine Mystique. The author points out how the role of the woman has...

Moral and Physical Resistance During the Holocaust Depicted in The Book and Film Versions of Jacob the Liar and Defiance: The Bielski Partisans

scholar Terrence Des Pres remarked that Jewish resistance might not have been a huge revolt; these movements were instead several ...

An Analysis of Purity and Danger

ideas. Some examples provided by the author respect the Jewish dietary traditions as well as ideas about sexuality and cleanliness...

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Its Contradictions

In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...

Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

and achieve the goal of freedom. After Legree learns that Tom encouraged two of his slaves, Cassy and Emmeline to escape, he vows ...

The Capture and Escape of Colombian Presidential Candidate Ingrid Betancourt

Born in Colombia, raised in France, Ingrid Betancourt ran for the president of Colombia in 2002....

Facing East from Indian Country

history of the United States but are all too often not the focus of American history. While other authors seem to circumvent the r...

Comparing and Contrasting Dracula and Nosferatu

is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...

Ideas From Jeffrey Watson on Counseling

needs of the counselor or to support and affirm that counselors own personal beliefs. It is extremely difficult to practice Bibl...

A Fine Balance/Misty

family to fear for its consequences, as compliance with the caste system was considered to be absolutely essential and defiance of...

Columbus - Exploring Fact and Historical Distortion

the understanding of students, but reinforces the social privileges of the same social classes and national groups who have enjoye...

Renovations of the Heart by Dallas Willard

and possibly diverting thought processes from Divine guidance. Willard offers various categories of transformation, which are de...

An Examination of the Salem Witch Trials

Introduction In the dead of winter in...

Miller, Hawthorne, and the Impacts of Public Morality

morality, through exploring how public morality encourages deceit and dishonesty, causes distress and trauma, and ultimately destr...

Why Teams Win: 9 Keys to Success in Business, Sport, and Beyond by Saul Miller

health care and the arts is when teams achieve a "synergy of intelligence, energy, talent and spirit" (Miller, 2009, p. 8). Mill...

FACEBOOK'S REBUILDING FROM FAILURE

is working toward raising $5 billion through its IPO, and valuation of the company is anticipated to be in the area of $75 billion...

Emile Durkheim Max Weber and Religion

Communist party and was devoted to building a better socialist society (Jacobsen and Polder 2008, p. 5). He conducted worker stud...

Bennis and Nanus and Kouzes and Posner

Most academics promote the premise that one is born with leadership ability or not but management can be taught. When he discusse...

Societal Expectations, Twain, Krakauer

This essay considers Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild and Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and asserts that both protagonists were societ...

Meat-Eating or Not

This report is based on a book by Pollan entitled the Omnivore's Dilemma. The writer poses two issues: the cruelty of farm animals...

The Nature of Happiness, Jonathan Haidt

This research paper/essay provides a comprehensive overview and critique of Jonathan Haidt's book The Happiness Hypothesis. Four p...

"Common Sense Economics" - A Review

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "Common Sense Economics" by Gwartney. The book is criticized for its dependence upo...

Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife by John A. Nagl: An Analysis

The U.S. military involvements in the Vietnam War and the Gulf War are analyzed within the context of this book in 5 pages. The b...

The Tao Te Ching and the Mengzi - An Ethical Examination

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at the Tao Te Ching and the Mengzi. Ethical formulations from each book are contrasted w...

Joy and Fatalism in "Paradise Lost"

In a paper of two pages, the writer looks at themes in "Paradise Lost". The primary themes in question are those of destiny and jo...