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Hellenism, Hebraism, and the Views of Victorian Critic Matthew Arnold

In five pages this paper examines Hellenism and Hebraism as seen through the Western historical perspectives of Matthew Arnold. T...

Capitalism According to Adam Smith

In five pages the social theory developed by Adam Smith within the pages of his text The Wealth of Nations is explored as is its p...

Rewrting Western Civilization and Artistic Liberty of 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' and 'Das Liebeskonzil'

construct of war from one in which emotions such as love have the power to overwhelm the realities of death and dying which surrou...

Analysis of Two Poems by Sharon Olds

her sister as "buddies in wartime" and the stairwell is described as a "shell hole." Like soldiers, Olds states that she and her ...

Reinvention of Western Films

There are other types of westerns though as well. Some westerns depict life in Americas colonial times or may take place in terra...

Islamic Art and Its Influence

In eight pages the influence of Islamic art is considered in terms of religion and Western artistic forms. Ten sources are cited ...

Western Civilization's Decline According to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche

In 4 pages this paper considers how Nietzsche and Dostoevsky similarly believed Western Civilization was declining but viewed diff...

M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang and Cultural Illusions

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which this play reflects Eastern and Western philosophical conflict are examined in a...

Overview of Irish Screenplays

In eight pages Frank McGuiness' Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World are examined in the...

Autocratic and Democratic Styles of Leadership

final style is non-directive, this is also known as a Laissez Faire styles which is indirect and involves deferring to others. Whe...

Western Urban Growth Resulting from the Transcontinental Railroad

In five pages this paper discusses how city expansion in the Western United States resulted from the Transcontinental Railroad. F...

Ludwig von Beethoven and His Influence

society normally associates with music (Bowen 9). While Bowen admits that this hypothesis may appear to be overstated, he points...

Resistance to Colonialism by Africans

In this paper consisting of five pages a unique perspective on African colonialism and the resistance to Western influence by the ...

Techniques of Breathing and Relaxation

In five pages this research paper discusses Western medicine's techniques of breathing and relaxation. Eight sources are cited in...

Cultural Differences Between the Japanese and Europeans Journal Article Reviewed

In four pages a journal article regarding Eastern and Western cultural distinctions is reviewed. There is not available a complet...

Emerging Nations, Women, and Economic Inequality

In five pages this research paper focuses on Western Africa and women's economic inequality in a consideration of the concepts of ...

West's Rise

a sort of capitalistic juggernaut that rolled over countries that had less military capability with incredibly ease. This commer...

Works of Treitschke, Kipling, and Remark on Nationalism

In six pages this paper discusses the fear factor of nationalism as considered in such literary works as All Quiet on the Western ...

The Change in Africa's Dependence on Europe

9 pages and 7 sources. This paper considers the transformation of Africa in recent decades, including the emerging view of Africa...

Vladimir Lenin vs. John Maynard Keynes

In five pages this research paper examines how Russia continues to languish under Leninism's consequences while Western Europe has...

Asia and Western Expansionism

The ways in which modernization in Asia was influenced by Western expansion are examined in five pages with references made to She...

The Military Revolution Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 by Geoffrey Parker

the "civilized" world. It appears that Parker understands that those merchants, in turn, petitioned their governments to pay for t...

Prevarication or Why People in Western Culture Lie

In eight pages this research paper considers the art of lying as a Western cultural component. Six sources are cited in the bibli...

Analysis of 1964 Dead Birds Documentary

In two pages this ethnographic documentary that focuses on Western New Guinea's primitive tribe known as Dani is examined in terms...

India and Cultural Imperialism

In five pages the ways in which America's influential Western culture has negatively impacted India, regarded by many as a form of...

Music of Japan

the musical activities performed in Japan (Futoransky 38). A study of the history of Japanese music reveals that Japan has always ...

Influence of Roman Architecture on the West II

In five pages this paper discusses the Western social and cultural influences of Roman architecture in a comparison and contrast t...

An Overview of the Classic Work on Chinese Warfare and Political Strategy, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

In this sisteen page paper the author reviews one of the most important documents in existence that shed light on Chinese ideology...

Political Comparison of Formal Power in Spain vs. France

In eight pages this research paper investigates formal state power in France and Spain as reflected in each country's constitution...

Western Traditions in Dealing with Death

This essay discusses various views and fears associated with death in Western societies. The author addresses funeral rituals as ...