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Amsterdam and Its Culture

In five pages this city in the Netherlands is culturally examined in terms of its lifestyle, family structure, history, climate, l...

Puerto Ricans in 'the Big Apple'

of employment opportunity, income, welfare payments, and unemployment compensation payments, the author concludes that in the peri...

Medieval Women and the Concepts of Honor and Dishonor

to consider that the concepts of honor and dishonor, as they pertained to Medieval women, were dictated by the attitudes that wome...

Crack and Our City School Systems

Over time, drug use itself heightens the bad feelings and can leave the user suicidal. More than half of all adolescent suicides a...

Sumer's Economic Contributions

their conquerors. History By 3000 B.C. a flourishing urban civilization existed. Sumerian civilization was predominantly agricult...

The Ancient City of Palenque

In a five page paper the ancient Mayan city of Palenque is examined in terms of its religious and historical influences and how th...

Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Reasons Behind Them

The assumption was that Germans were working as feverishly on atomic power as was the U.S. - and it was only late in 1944 that the...

Historical Connections Between Liverpool and Shanghai

This paper discusses the common historical aspects of these two very different and distant cities. The author examines how Ninete...

Solitude in the City

refuge in the cafe. In this work the solitude, while sad, is also one of peacefulness. One might also say that it is a juxtaposit...

American Dreams and American Cities

that -- unlike the European countries, from which so many nineteenth century immigrants to the US left behind - the upper classes...

Landmark Buildings of NYC

of the pyramidal spire. As Flagg did, Gilbert has a tower shaft that rises from a supporting block base, but to maximize the expr...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Causes

In five pages this paper discusses the events that culminated in the U.S. bombing of these Japanese cities. Five sources are list...

Policing and the Budget and Financial Impacts of Terrorism

success-was taken away within the hour that the towers imploded. Nothing would be the same again. As people picked up the pieces o...

Fritz Lang's Films

the audience. In many modern examples, the most creative thing that can be said about a particular movie maker is his or her abili...

Japanese Architect Studios and a Team Zoo

In ten pages this paper discusses the Nago City Hall and Miyashiron community center in a consideration of a Japanese architectura...

An Overview of Ancient Alexandria

economic metropolis, the remains of which are still evident to this day" (Nunes, 2001; alex1.html). Ancient Alexandria was appr...

Aspects of the Death Penalty

In eleven pages the various factors relevant to the death penalty are considered in an argument against it along with some inclusi...

Professional Sporting Venues and Public Funds

is a mark of prestige throughout the country and, in many cases it is. Think of Salt Lake City, Utah. It is famous for the Great S...

Paul Peterson and Clarence N. Stone on Political Science

the two, as well as illustrating the differences, we turn to Chapter 7 of Petersons book which is titled "The Politics of Developm...

Motown and Berry Gordy

Vegara, and "Urban Crisis" by Thomas Sugrue. Berry Gordy and Motown Berry Gordy is considered to be the father of Motown. "In ...

Funding for Inner City and Suburban Schools

is the tendency to place the high achieving students in private schools where they will get a more individualized and intensely fo...

Joseph Persky and Wiewel Wim's When Corporations Leave Town The Costs and Benefits of Metropolitan Job Sprawl

In five pages this paper examines the relocation of large corporations from inner cities into more urbanized areas in a SWOT analy...

America and Terrorism

stock market was closed for several days and it would not be until the following Monday that the opening bell would ring-a task ac...

Urban Areas from a Societal and Spatial Perspective

In six pages this paper discusses segregation in cities and the sociospatial efforts to address this growing problem. Five source...

Hepatitis C Control Proposal

latter case, the virus stays in the liver and replicates and this can cause the virus to slowly affect the organ over time (2001)....

Present And Future Issues in Urban Development

This 7 page paper discusses past trends in urban development and how they have influenced contemporary cities. There is 1 source l...

Gender Based Methods of Interrogation and Law Enforcement

In fourteen pages this paper examines city police officer development, career planning, and studies pertaining to interrogation th...

Demography of NYC

In six pages this research paper compares 1890 New York City with 1990 NYC in a demographic consideration of the New York Police D...

Mexico City Vacation from Taiwan and its Travel Itinerary and Costs

In ten pages this paper examines the costs of going from Taiwan to Mexico City for a vacation with the itinerary of such a trip al...

Miami, Florida's City Government

In six pages this paper examines the city government of Miami, Florida in a consideration of elections, type of government, and th...