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Modernist and Postmodernist Architectural Theories of Le Corbusier and Robert Venturi

generator" which "holds in itself the essence of sensation" (Le Corbusier, 1924, p. 8). For Le Corbusier, the idea that the plan "...

1920s' Sexual Revolution in America

in the sixties all the way back to that earlier decade noting: "The 1920s marked...

New Generations from the 1870s through the 1960s

ideals of the generation before (Flexner and Soukhanov, 2002, 1997). The generations raised in the 1870s to 1890s, 1920s to 1940s,...

Sinclair Lewis's Character George F. Babbitt

in a job where capitalism and the desire for material goods is perceived as a priority in life. In this era, the success of an ind...

'Mr. and Mrs. Elliot' by Ernest Hemingway

to have a baby. They tried as often as Mrs. Elliot could stand it. They tried in Boston after they were married and they tried c...

Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead

the orators, spokesmen and ambassadors of chiefs (Mead 29). In the formal village assembly, each "matai" has his place and repres...

Interviewing My Grandmother and Contemplating Time Changes

quite radically since the 1920s. These changes are evident in such personal aspects of our lives such as family life and religiou...

Rickshaw Beijing by David Strand

time these individuals and their groups began to organize to the point where they became politically active and engaged in the soc...

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL AND POSITIVE CULTURE

SWA works toward creating value for its employees, then converting some of that value to customer service, while encouraging behav...

ANALYZING SOUTHWEST AIRLINES' CULTURE

really belong at this company. The only problem with the strategy is this - that not all employees like the idea of being "empower...

The Klan and its Beginnings

Registry, 2006)! Obviously, the Klan had considerable influence over the politics of the day. It effected the election of many o...

Jamaican Culture & Health Beliefs

A 5 page research paper that discusses Jamaican culture and health beliefs....

Harlem Renaissance Artists and the Influence Exerted by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

regrouping of the movement nine years later, in 1909, when it emerged as a much bigger and much more powerful movement known as th...

Culture Study and Anthropology

competitive, and prone to violence with high rates of homicide, assault and rape (1983). According to Freeman (1983), Meads conc...

Comparing and Contrasting Argentina and Brazil

The writer compares and contrasts Argentina and Brazil during the period from the 1880s to the 1920s, concentrating on economic de...

Rampo's fiction and Ero-Guro-Nansensu

movement in Japan, which became prominent in the 1920s focused on the "prewar, bourgeois cultural phenomenon that devoted itself t...

Roman Society and Culture in The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

among those of the ancient kings, and a raised couch placed in the orchestra at the Theatre....What made the Romans hate him so bi...

White and Black Culture in Beloved by Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper argues that Toni Morrison's book Beloved exposes the way in which white culture dictates black identity....

Marguerite Duras' Novella The Lover and 'Requited Love'

In five pages this paper discusses the impossible love between an impoverished French girl and an aristocratic Chinese man in Indo...

Power Rise of Adolf Hitler

In six pages Hitler's power rise and the economic conditions that paved its way during the 1920s and '30s are discussed. Five sou...

1920s' Soviet Cinema

In eight pages this research paper analyzes cinema in the Soviet Union during the 1920s in a consideration of the aesthetic approa...

Consumerism, Excess, and 'The Roaring Twenties'

The 1920s and the excesses associated with rampant consumerism are the focus of this paper consisting of seven pages. Five source...

'Roaring Twenties' and Fabulous Flapper Fashions

In five pages this paper examines the significance of 1920s' flapper fashions and the freedom they represented. There are 5 sourc...

75 Year Old New York Woman Interviewed

In ten pages this paper presents an interview with a New York woman that spans her life from the early 1920s to 1979 and includes ...

Primitive Cultures in Documentaries Cannibal Tours, Onka's Big Moka, and Dead Birds

In six pages this paper discusses human nature's dark side as revealed in this trio of primitive culture documentaries....

Arguing in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana 2

In a shorter paper variation the arguments that no evidence against legalization of marijuana is solid and the outlawing its use i...

U.S. Presence in Haiti

This 6 page paper discusses the U.S. involvement in Haiti during the 1920s and 1930s. The writer examines such issues as the reaso...

Reviewing Closing of the American Mind Closing of the American Mind / Book Review

In The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom decries the lapse of teaching of traditional American values in American universi...

Consumer Behavior Changes and Marketing Implications

In thirty three pages consumer behavior since the 1920s is examined along with the implications changes had upon marketing with Wo...

Harlem's Musical Renaissance Reflected in Josephine Baker and Diana Ross

areas. From this interest was born a period of history known as the Harlem Renaissance, an era of affluence for African American ...