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Ideal City Prototype of Disneyland?

In twelve pages Disneyland is considered within the context of an ideal city prototype with its brand of Utopia lacking in indepen...

Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies

In six pages this landmark fifteenth century feminist text is analyzed in terms of how the author portrayed the connection between...

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...

Female Characters, Gender Roles, and Humor in the Sex and the City TV Series

This HBO cable series is critiqued in 5 pages with gender roles, humor, and female characterizations analyzed....

Symbolism as it Appears in A Tale of Two Cities

This Dickens work is discussed in respect to the role that symbolism plays. This literary technique is highlighted in the context ...

Paul Auster's City of Glass and William Faulkner's Sanctuary

In five pages this paper examines the play on words each other employs in a consideration of the parallels between Daniel Quinn an...

Judith Walkowitz's City of Dreadful Delight and Gender History

in other arenas. On the other hand, a womans ponderous role germane to pregnancy, menstruation (considered a time of illness, debi...

Success of Southwestern India's City of Kerala

al 306). Although there is still poverty in Kerala, it is by far the most socially advanced part of India, as well as being ahead ...

Historical Overview of the Oklahoma City Bombing

In six pages this paper presents an overview of the Oklahoma City bombing in an historical chronicle of the events that culminated...

Employee Training and Credibility Legal Issues in Negligence Cases of Employee and Agency Accountability

black equality. Although the 13th Amendment was ratified in December of 1865, its provision that "neither slavery nor involuntary...

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...

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...

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...

Overview of Washington State's City of Seattle

than make up for its seemingly endless days of damp, gray mistiness. Style Surrounded by Green Seattle can easily be associated w...

Nature and Cities

a decline in the quality of life. The Report The report presented by the World Health Organization argued that there is a growi...

Television Series Sex and the City and Gender Communication

we assume they should be able to understand each other...The obstacles in cross-gender communication are often greater than those ...

Cities, Towns, and Emergency Services

a victim whereas a community member who is friends with him, will make that extra effort. Bruegman (1997) contends that while peop...

Ways to Improve Communication Between a New York City Daycare and the Department of Daycare

abide with. From a strictly business perspective, therefore, it is necessary to recognize that a daycare cannot stay in business ...

Visiting New York City

the things that tourists typically do on visiting the Big Apple. First on the agenda was to visit the Statue of Liberty. This stat...

Thom Gunn: "A Map of the City"

has what might be considered a god-like perspective. That puts him in a place where he can not only look at the city, but judge it...

The Restaurant Industry and the Trans Fat Ban in New York City

to caffeine, sugar, salt, alcohol, whole milk and any other ingredients these lunatics want to attack" (Jones and Hellmich). Tha...

Tri-Cities Community Bank A Balanced Scorecard Case

a customer has the greater the effectiveness of the internal process to maximise their return per customer. This also reflect the ...

Sacramento County and the City of Sacramento's Emergency Response Plans

of funding as well as to be participatory in the education of the applicants regarding specific program policies and procedures (...

Sherman Alexie’s On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City

time" (Alexie 34-36). This is a summation of the conflict of the modern Native, from the eyes of the narrator, today. It speaks of...

CHICAGO'S ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY

Though the Fair itself was definitely a source of economic growth for Chicago, turning it from its vision as a "frontier town" int...

“Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial Cities”

growth in the 1990s and economic well being of the city residents in 2000 (Vey, 2007). Two indices of economic health were create...

Green Building in New York City

problem in New York City, part of the effort will involved attention to buildings. First, what is a carbon footprint and why is it...

Changes in Understanding of the City

and industrial in both appearance and flavor, though a commentator notes that "it is a complex and visually stimulating structure"...