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Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris

So, if our stone age ancestors did not give up their hunter-gather lifestyle and invent agriculture in order to improve their life...

Western Classical Literature and Women

was forbidden to her, period. It was not her place to try to reason why; it was her place to obey without question. This is what w...

Peace is Every Step by Hanh

bits of philosophy. For example, transcendental meditation is thought by some westerners as being a way one opens the door to the ...

El Llano en Llamas by Juan Rulfo

aspects of cultural discord, having so obviously addressed the inherent shortcomings associated with White Privilege. Indeed, it ...

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

In five pages this paper discusses the arguments presented by this evolutionary biologist regarding Western dominance of Europe at...

Integration of Alternative Medicine with Western Medicine

traditional medicine, alternative options incorporate drug therapy with several other modalities to improve overall health and wel...

Strengths and Limitations of Western Medicine

methods has caused a portion of the public to eschew the western approach to health care. As good as western medicine has p...

Overview of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke

In five pages this paper discusses the text in an overview of the contents and perspectives contained within. There are no other ...

Dann Sisters, the Western Shoshone and Native American Land Rights

In fifteen pages this paper discusses land ownership and property rights as it regards Native Americans in a consideration of the ...

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

In eight pages this report examines the complexities of relationships and Western mythology within the context of the Pulitzer Pri...

Western Civilization and Its Ancient Influences

be the hub of all cultures and each harbored great concentrations of people. As people and cultures evolved they radiated from th...

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...

Understanding The Prince Through Machiavelli's Letters To Vettori

This paper discusses the correspondence between Vettori and Machiavelli in terms of how these letters can lead to a further unders...

Life of Medieval Author Geoffrey Chaucer

In 5 pages this paper examines the 14th century life, career, and writings of Geoffrey Chaucer that culminated in The Canterbury T...

Western Culture, Reason, and Faith

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Western culture is examined in terms of the relationship that exists between reason and faith thr...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

This tale by Charles Dickens and its Christmas philosophy representation in Western culture are discussed in 5 pages. There are 7...

Construction and Engineering Genius of the American West's Hoover Dam

In ten pages this paper examines the western American contributions of the Hoover Dam in a consideration of its construction and e...

Credibility of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in Terms of the Black Experience

In 5 pages this paper argues that Douglass's literacy taints is portrayal of the black experience because of the Western ideology ...

Dante, Boccaccio, Sin, Gender, and Nature

Comedy reflects an effort to find a spiritual solution to that dilemma. Dante wrote this work -- or, in the language of the poem,...

Child Rearing Differences Between East and West

In eight pages Western individualism and Eastern collectivism are examined in a contrast and comparision of child rearing practice...

Speech Patterns of Western Kentucky

In five pages this paper examines how affluence and race influences Western Kentucky's patterns of speech with William Labov's res...

Sweden and France Governments Compared

In five pages these countries are compared in terms of their backgrounds, Western European influences, and governments in an exami...

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 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...

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...

Understanding Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel in terms of generating greater understanding in a consideration of psychology and symb...

Popular Religion Conceptually Defined

In five pages this paper conceptually defines what is meant by popular religion in an historical overview of ancient Greece and We...