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Mackay's Home to Harlem and Social Enslavement

This paper contends that Mackay utilized his work, Home to Harlem, to cry out against what he considered social enslavement in New...

Cultural Anthropology Observations

figure to a neighborhood who respected his demeanor and longed for the genuine cultural heritage they found at Sals pizzeria. ...

Jewish Experience in the United States

In six pages this paper examines the early 20th century experience of a Jewish immigrant settling in New York with labor movements...

The New Guinea Highland 'Economics'

In 7 pages, David M. Hayano's ethnography of New Guinea's tribal societies in The Road Through the Rain Forest: Living Anthropolog...

U.S. Italian Americans

In eleven pages this report focuses on New York in a discussion of Italian immigrants with such topics as jobs and health issues c...

Homosexual Observations and Social Anthropology

In three pages this paper discusses social anthropology from a homosexual context in a consideration of the New York Greenwich Vil...

Arguing in Favor of Capital Punishment

This paper consists of five pages and discusses how the death penalty can serve as a crime deterrent as illustrated by large city ...

State of New York and Gambling Legalization

In eleven pages this paper argues in favor of casino gambling legalization for the state of New York. Seven sources are cited in ...

NY Welfare Reform

In ten pages this tutorial assists on a project regarding New York State's welfare reform problems with labor unions and the workp...

Analytical Reaction to a Visit to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art

'Street Light' by Giacomo and 'Departure' by Max Beckmann are the focus of this analytical reaction paper on a visit to the Metrop...

Lorca and Dario on the Industrial Revolution

In eight pages this paper examines chapters one and two of Ruben Dario's El Oro del Malorca and Frederico Garcia Lorca's New York...

William Levitt's Long Island Housing Project, Levittown

they began to buy land, and design and build homes on a modest scale. By trial and error, Alfred learned how to be an architect wh...

Modern Society and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

In five pages the US of the 1990s and the shooting of Haitian immigrant Amadou Diallo in New York City is examined within the cont...

History of the ILGWU

In fifteen pages this paper examines the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in an historical overview of its achievements ...

NY Unions

to improve their lives by forming such groups (Sherrow). Some of these unions held strikes, and these activities grew into what we...

'Tenement Movement' of NYC

In twelve pages this research paper chronicles the struggles of the New York 'tenant movement' designed to adequately represent th...

New York City's Fifth Avenue

This research paper examines the various changes in New York City's Fifth Avenue that have taken place since the late Nineteenth C...

Review of an Article on a Dangerous New York State Nuclear Plant

In two pages this article which appeared in The New York Times involving a suburban nuclear power plant that continued to pose a s...

Mafia and Corruption in Law Enforcement

In five pages this paper discusses how some urban corruption in law enforcement can be attributed to organized crime with New York...

United States v. Gotti

In eight pages this paper examines the trial and narcotics conviction of New York organized crime boss Gene Gotti. Eight sources ...

Media Images of NYC

In twenty pages this paper examines New York City in a consideration of the visual imagery of the city perpetuated by the media. ...

Vietnam War's Tet Offensive and Press Coverage

The New York Times coverage of the Tet Offensive in articles from January 31 to February 7, 1968 is analyzed in seven pages. Nin...

Juvenile Delinquency Position of Mario Cuomo

In five pages the accomplishments of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo are examined with the emphasis being upon his efforts re...

Recruitment Requirements for NYC Police Officer Candidates

In eight pages this paper discusses the hiring requirements for New York City law enforcement officers in a consideration of wheth...

Los Angeles and New York Law Enforcement Bicycle Patrols

In five pages this paper discusses the training involved and benefits of the bicycle patrols enacted by police departments in both...

Non English Welfare System Applicants

In five pages this paper discusses the US welfare system problems particularly as they pertain to deaf or non English speaking app...

An Analysis of The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman

New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman expertly illuminates his knowledge of globalization in the captivating bo...

Encephalitis Outbreak and Coverage by the Media

In four pages this paper examines the international media coverage of the 1999 outbreak of encephalitis in metropolitan New York. ...

Integrity Testing of New York City Police Officers

In four pages this paper examines the practice of Force Related Integrity Testing and argues against the program designed to expos...

Relations Between China and the United States

addition, Chinas economic, social, and international political issues have come into prominence throughout the 1990s. For example...