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Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke

Lee, what the victims share is that they had little before Katrina and now have nothing (Samuels 94). It should be noted, howeve...

The Impact of Globalization on U.S. Cities

has caused a tremendous transformation in world order, and "[N]o society encapsulates this transformation more than urban society....

Historical Landscape Changes in Shelburne, Vermont

both grand and far-reaching; that each church, bridge, park and home erected within the community served to change the very terrai...

Economic Inequality

were intended. There is a law that requires states to distribute federal funding towards its earmarked purposes. If the law is vio...

New Orleans: Race, Ethnicity, and a "Sense of Place" After Katrina

nationalist mentality throughout the 15th and 16th centuries, cultural identity has gradually become more intimately associated wi...

Ricci v. Stefano and Diversity

of individual who passed the examination and qualified for promotions" (Mereau, 2009). Epstein (2009) points out that the city o...

New York Retailer Barneys

eyed a nondescript storefront at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 17th Street, in the lowbrow Manhattan neighborhood known as Chel...

Politics of Authoritarianism and Status of St. Petersburg, Paris, Istanbul, and Mexico City

intensified hostilities among those who were previously amicable. Some contend that despite all its past and present global impli...

New York City and Asian American High School Students

Asians account for only 13 percent of the high school student population but they account for a disproportionately large percentag...

New York's Inner City Architectural History

In ten pages this paper refers to Luc Sante's Low Life in a historical consideration of New York City's urban architecture in term...

European Painters' Display Viewed on a Trip to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art I

fit the mold of others who painted during the Baroque period. Historically, Toledo was a center of inquisition activity and int...

Atlanta and Detroit Crime from 1986 Until 1996

In eight pages a literature review of these two regions is presented in order to compare these cities' crime problems and concludi...

From Prison Life to the Death of Malcolm X

This paper consists of ten pages and concentrates on the life of Malcolm X form his incarceration until his February 1965 assassin...

Salt Lake City's Land Use and Organization

the Mormon Church was ever present and ever active" (McCormick, 2002, PG). After a tumultuous several years during which the ci...

Case Study of Asbury Park, New Jersey City Council

as an imperative. Examples of how this city council fails to communicate will be illustrated in the literature review. Problem S...

An Overview of Singapore

4.0% Others (Sikhism, Confucianism, etc) 0.6% Finally, literacy is high in Singapore, as revealed by the following chart. It has ...

Comparative Analysis of San Francisco and Tokyo in Terms of Poverty and Crime

In eight pages this research paper contrasts and compares Tokyo and San Francisco in terms of each city's poverty and crime. Twel...

Overview of London, England

poem by the same title that begins: Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of...

Considering the Question Are 'All Sales Final?'

In a paper consisting of five pages an individual responds to the City's advertisement to surrender all firearms for $100 and lear...

Overview of the City of Jerusalem

In fourteen pages Jerusalem is examined in an overview of the holy city's history and the various religious conflicts among Muslim...

Louisville, Kentucky and the Expansion of the United Parcel Service

gained considerably from having UPS locate its hub operations in that city. For one thing, UPS contributes generously to a variety...

Livy's History of Rome/Heroes & Villains

king also ordered killed. They were subsequently left to die of exposure and were discovered by a she-wolf. Discovered by the king...

Analysis of Contemporary Chinese American Families

In eight pages this research paper briefly covers the history of Chinese American families U.S. relocation, current prejudices, cu...

History and Contemporary Issues of African Americans

the population. The issue of environmental justice is one of great importance, since peoples health is at stake. "Environmental j...

Becoming New Yorkers

the facts revealed by Lopez concerns the way in which speaking Spanish is punitively regarded in the high school that was the focu...

The American Dream and Its Contemporary Meaning

In four pages the past and present meanings of the American Dream are examined. There is no bibliography included....

Contemporary American Women and The Amish Women of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania

local movie theater. However, young Amish girls are not allowed to even think about dating until they reach age sixteen, and then...

Contemporary American Culture and Plato and Aristotle's Concepts of Human Nature

of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...

Ron Padgett's Contemporary American Poetry

In six pages this paper examines Ron Padgett's contemporary American poetry in an analysis that reveals it is much less simplistic...

Contemporary American Family

and challenge the idea that gay, unwed parents, or interracial families are beneficial for a child and their welfare. Several boo...