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Essays 481 - 510

Legacy of Conquest/The American West

the conquest era continue to shape current realities. Limericks text shows that the history of the American West is rooted primari...

The US and AIDS

2005). At this time it was a very frightening disease or virus or condition because not enough was known about the disease: "It is...

Abraham Lincoln and His Civil War Involvement

would secede from the Union and thus would indicate they did not care about his demands or his desires (Abraham Lincoln and the Ci...

African Americans and Racism

became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...

Social Expression in Art

conditions of poverty during their particular reconstruction. Clearly such a time would evoke many forms of creative artistic expr...

Elaine T. May's Homeward Bound and Post World War II Society

history and the so-called cultural revolution of the 1960s that marked a return to normality, as it continued the liberal progress...

1900 to 1980 American Social Progress

in the century? What can be done about it? Poverty may be understood and defined as either a concept that comes from low income o...

Public School System and the Issue of Religion

be learning about other religions and religious tolerance. In August of 1995, the Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley ...

The Parallels Between the Progressive Era and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

the bosses, the police, the politicians, and a myriad of other players. Sinclair reveals a dream which is interlaced by theft, pr...

A Brief Description of Booker T. Washington

he was, I never heard of his taking the least interest in me or providing for my rearing. But I do not find especial fault with hi...

Equality - A Dream

about of black drivers being pulled over for no other reason than the color of their skin, coupled with an overly-paranoid cop. Th...

Traditionalism - Changes from the Early 1900s to Today

of the anti-democratic forces in post-Soviet Russia and by the end of the 20th century, traditionalism had entered the debate in t...

Weber and Marx Perspectives on U.S. Social Stratification

of the day where the lives of the commoners were ruled by the elite. If one examines Marxs original theory on...

Gilded Ages and African Americans

in the Gilded Age. In the presentation we will argue that the predominance of the Victorian Culture helped to shape racial relatio...

Crime and Charles Murray's 'Underclass' Theory

nearly 70 percent and that it can be seen to be directly related to the existence of the "criminal underclass" (pp. 34). He believ...

The Evolution of American Fatherhood

as humans are mammals and the male mammal is often inconsequential to the raising of the next generation. Amneus (2002) makes the ...

U.S. Corporate Sector and Sexual Harassment Issues

made such conduct a crime of "discrimination for which the employer might be held responsible (Stein, 1999, p. 3). Despite a few ...

Life as Seen Through the Classics

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

America and Religion

systems. Durkheim, for example, considered that religion was grounded in the nature of things and that any belief system which doe...

Continuation of Segregation in the United States

reality. This is perhaps, incredibly evident within the field of education as it relates to the African American citizen. Granted,...

Issues of Welfare, Institutionalism, and Systems Theory

establishment of the institution of welfare was thought to be a process of liberal politics. The system of political decision m...

Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau and American Individualism

printed word. He said that, "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." This may not speak well to the concept of cur...

How Workers Built America

In five pages this paper discusses how the American workers built the US society and industry. There is 1 source cited in the bib...

American Foreign Policy in Haiti

In twenty pages this paper examines how American foreign policy has affected the society, economy, and politics of Haiti. Twelve ...

Professions and Disciplines by Daniel Rossides

deals with knowledge about how knowledge itself develops. From this starting point, Rossides goes on to discuss a brief history of...

The Sexual Restrictiveness and Sexual Permissiveness of America

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which American society remains both restrictive and permissive in terms of sexuali...

History of Irish Immigration

the nationalist movement Sinn Fein was formed, in an attempt to establish once and for all a separate Irish parliament, with its o...

America's Continuing Struggles with Hate Crimes

In seven pages this paper examines why hate crimes are still an unfortunate problem plaguing American society as a result of conti...

The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills

the numerically fine groups that compose the American elite (p. 363). The very "top of modern society" is frequently inaccessible,...

How The Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev

This paper consists of three pages and examines the American society assimilation of the immigrants from Ireland in a theoretical ...