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- 2651: Land Of Desire
- By: RiS Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture William Leach Random House; 1993 428 Pages The transformations that America went through in order to become a capitalist country were very significant and are sometimes looked past. However, in the book Land of ... 1930 really made a permanent difference, for the most part improvements, to our business and marketing systems of today. America strives on this market and without it, we would lose a big piece of our American heritage. Besides, "however flawed, the capitalist concept of self, the consumer concept of the self, it is a reigning American concept" (p386) and it is in this system that there is the freedom of self expression and self fulfillment in a market with no boundaries. This is a really well set up book, I ...
- 2652: Racism
- ... in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character" (Martin Luther King Jr.) Ku Klux Klan. Neo Nazis. The Aryan Nations. The American Nazi Party. What are these groups? Why are they present in a land of supposed equality of all men? They are there because there are millions of Americans that believe in their message of white pride. The African American population is growing and Americans are now a mixed group of people. Black people are white people's neighbours, doctors, friends. With a growing unity between the two races, why does racism continue? The answer ... similar message and a similar fate. Both were assassinated. Today the hate groups of America have spread into Canada and are particularly common in Manitoba. The major sects are of the same name as their American cousins with a very similar message. Racism, despite much opposition, will never end. As long as there is fight
- 2653: Computers And Marketing
- ... Wide Web. An important program has aided companies all over the world. Computer- aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) is the integration of two technologies. It has often been called the new industrial revolution. In CAD, engineers and designers use specialized computer software to create models that represent characteristics of objects. These models are analyzed by computer and redesigned as necessary. This allows companies needed flexibility in studying different ... usually follows passive one-to-many communication where a firm reaches many current and potential customers through marketing efforts that allow limited forms of feedback on the part of the customer. For several years a revolution has been developing that is dramatically changing the traditional form of advertising and communication media. This revolution is the Internet, a massive global network of interconnected computer networks which has the potential to drastically change the way firms do business with their customers. The World Wide Web is a hypertext based ...
- 2654: Jim Thorpe
- ... Jim. He wanted to be outside. Jim went to Carlisle school. Carlisle school was set up by Lt. Richard Henry Pratt of the U.S. Army as a way to help Indians integrate into the American culture. They hired Glenn S. "Pop" Warner as a football coach. When Jim went there, in 1904, he was learning a trade as an electrician. One day in the spring of 1907 Jim walks by ... seemed to be a hurt inside him that just kept growing. But there was football. In 1915 Jim signed to play with the Canton Bulldogs. He became the charter President and founding member of the American Professional Football Conference. In 1919 Canton was the world champions. The APFC was renamed the National Football League in 1922. He usually played Halfback and kicker. His number was 21. Jim played until 1923, he ... Philip, Billie, Dick, and Jack. Each youth had the famous Jim Thorpe physique. Jim earned his living as a speaker. In August 1951 Warner Bros. released the Movie of Jim's Life. "Jim Thorpe - All-American", starring Burt Lancaster. Jim had a heart attack on March 28, 1953 and died. It was mid- afternoon on a Saturday, he had just showered and was in the process of eating when he ...
- 2655: Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Paul Laurence Dunbar by English 102 August 4, 1995 Outline Thesis: The major accomplishments of Paul Laurence Dunbar's life during 1872 to 1938 label him as being an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. I. Introduction II. American poet A. Literary English B. Dialect poet 1. "Oak and Ivy" 2. "Majors and Minors" 3. "Lyrics of Lowly Life" 4. "Lyrics of the Hearthside" 5. "Sympathy" III. Short story writer A. Folks from Dixie ... Desperate for employment, he settled for a job as an elevator operator in the Callahan Building in Dayton. The major accomplishments of Paul Laurence Dunbar's life during 1872 to 1938 labeled him as an American poet. Dunbar had two poetic identities. He was first a Victorian poet writing in a comparatively formal style of literary English. Dunbar's other identity was that of the dialect poet, writing lighter, usually ...
- 2656: Academia
- ... on expenditure and investment opportunities. If the prosperities are foreseeable by the society, why do students in America hold the highest drop out rate among all other nations? High diversity in the racial population of American schools and the state government¡¦s welfare reform deeply influence the productivity of academia. Although the academia creates study opportunity for many students, at the same time, it generates a high students¡¦ dropout rate. To ... is also an economic interest to support why academia should not under serve minority students. At the AAHE¡¦s 2000 National Conference on Higher Education, the board of directors indicates by the year 2025 the American workforce will be predominantly comprised of people of color, access to higher education for historically underserved individuals is also in the nation¡¦s economic self-interest. To increase the productivity of education, the academia should ... push more students into poverty line and out of campuses. Although the rewards of earning a college degree is foreseeable to the students, due to the complex nature of the social and economic settings of American society, many of them find out the educational system fails on them. According to Lillian Montoya-Rael, the potential social and economic impacts on the academia are extensive and require campuses and higher education ...
- 2657: Hofstadter Chapter 1
- ... unable to concert and carry into effect their scheme of oppression.” And thus, chief powers went to the propertied. III Constitutional format was a series of ironical statements, as it stands in “direct antithesis to American democratic faith.” Modern America views liberty and freedom as one of the same, but the Founding Fathers thought that the liberty with which they were most concerned was menaced by democracy. In their mind liberty ... the Declaration of Independence was agreed upon by the Fathers as “all men are created equal,” but only as a legal, not as a political or psychological proposition. The main emphasis was the equality between American and the Britons back home. Finally it was decided that democracy unchecked ruled by the masses, “is sure to bring arbitrary redistribution of property, destroying the very essence of liberty.” John Jay believed “The people ... would stop the rich from “plundering the poor, and vice versa,” with an impartial executive armed with the veto power. Thus, what radiates from such actions was the achievement of neutralization. Bibliography Hofstadter, Richard. The American Political Tradition. Word Count: 1576
- 2658: Unwritten Rules
- ... the plight of African Americans during the time period described in " Incident" by Countee Cullen and "Telephone Conversation" by Wole Soyinka. These two poems show how black people were treated during a particular era in American history. In these two poems one can see how black people were segregated, excluded, and intimidated by the white majority during a particular time period. In both of these poems one can see all of ... portrays a woman who would like to exclude "very dark" people from renting her property. This woman grew up in a time period where it was legal and ethical to discriminate against blacks. The African American trying to rent the property faced being excluded from any property whose owner does not wish to rent to African Americans. In the time period of these poems the exclusion of black people was usual ... very black, she may rent to him. In both poems, one can see how the white population attempted to control the black population. "Incident" and "Telephone Conversation both demonstrate the sociological aspects of being African American. These poems show how unfairly black people were treated by society. The prejudices of white people influenced even the daily lives of black people. The black population was mistreated and put down by society ...
- 2659: The Hippie Culture
- ... and fancied themselves dispensers of miracles at the service of a new age” (Gitlin 214). It wasn’t just the youth in America who was using these drugs. A statistic from 1967 states that “more American troops in Vietnam were arrested for smoking marijuana than for any other major crime” (Steinbeck 97). The amazing statistic wasn’t the amount of soldiers smoking marijuana; it was the amount of soldiers America was ... sending over to fight a war that nobody understood. Between 1965 and 1967, troops “doubled and redoubled and redoubled twice more” (Gitlin 261). In a letter to President Johnson sent by student leaders from 100 American colleges and universities and published in Time, this problem was addressed: Significant and growing numbers of our contemporaries are deeply troubled about the posture of their Government in Viet Nam. Even more are torn-by ... to Mexico, some went to Europe, some went to Canada, and some just burnt their draft-cards to resist the draft. For those who went to Canada, they received assistance from the Committee to Aid American War Objectors. The committee helped the young immigrants with advice and aid on the Canadian immigration laws. For those who didn’t flee, life was full of harassment from the Government. Popular music and ...
- 2660: Frederick Douglass
- ... experiences to put down people’s thoughts of him never being a slave. These speculations were only due to the integrity and intelligence he had shown recently. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave came out in May of 1845. The introduction was written by William Lloyd Garrison himself. This book found much success and by 1848 more than 11, 000 copies had been published. This success led ... knowing that this action was already going on. White and black abolitionists both agreed on two things, that slaves needed to have their freedom, and after that, their level in society must be elevated. The American Anti-Slavery Society adopted these two goals in their original Declaration of Sentiments in December 1833. Even though white abolitionists were much, much different than the vast majority of Whites, they were hardly as committed ... the crisis black intellectuals faced at the end of the Civil War and thereafter. He was the most influential of all the black leaders throughout the mid 19th century. Bibliography Bibliography Bailey, Thomas A. The American Spirit. (Lexington: D. C. Health and Company, 1991) , 666. Blight, David. Frederick Douglass’ Civil War. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989) , 270. Bontemps, Arna. Free at Last. (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, ...
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