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- 3071: Evaluation Of The Agricultural
- ... and food shortages. The political situation was changing very quickly due to the Government problems, the Tsar was an absolute ruler. Others wanted to share the power. Russian industry was undergoing great changes. An industrial revolution was happening. After the disaster war with Japan there was a navy plan which would have made Russia the third world greatest naval power in the world by 1931. All of this led to certain changes in the regime that was used. A new chief minister Stolypin planned important changes in the countryside. He wanted to prevent another revolution carried out by peasants and he wanted to turn Russia into modern industrial country. For this to happen Russia would had to be more efficient to produce the extra food for the increasing numbers of ... how the country was ruled and a proletariat who were forced to live and work in appalling conditions. The policy designed to make Russia successful also produced much of the discontent which led to the revolution in 1905. While the Tsar and prime minister hoped to buy the support of the bourgeoisie through the creation of the Duma, nothing was done to improve the conditions of industrial workers. The people ...
- 3072: Materialism and Happiness in America: The Gatsby Era and Today
- ... positive side by forcing us to refocus our materialistic and human priorities. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a social commentary. Literary critic Marius Bewley suggests that Jay Gatsby is "the 'mythic' embodiment of the American dream" (47) and that "...the terrible deficiencies are not so much the private deficiencies of Gatsby, but are deficiencies inherent in contemporary manifestations of the American vision itself...Gatsby's deficiencies of intelligence and judgment bring him to his tragic death -- a death that is spiritual as well as physical. But the more important question that faces us through our sense ... Melvin W. Reder. New York: Academic Press, Inc. 1974 (89-125) Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Kasser, Tim, and Richard M. Ryan. "A Dark Side of the American Dream: Correlates of Financial Success as a Central Life Aspiration." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 65.2 (1993): 410-13. Lerner, Michael. "Gurus of Cynicism vs. the Politics of Meaning." Houston Chronicle 24 ...
- 3073: An Analysis of The Glass Menagerie
- ... the dark atmosphere and their mother always tries to make it as pleasant as possible. The two women do not get out much to socialize. Amanda sometimes goes to D.A.R. (Daughters of the Revolution) meetings, but Laura does not like to socialize at all. She has a slight limp and is extremely shy with people. When she does leave the apartment, she falls. She is unable to function in ... the outside world, Jim can not handle Laura's world. He eventually stumbles and breaks the glass unicorn. Neither of them are comfortable. In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams wrote about the struggles of an American family during the Depression-Era. He presented the problems of being constrained to monotonous work and how one's dreams may not always come true. He also stressed that not everyone is comfortable with living ...
- 3074: The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- ... has been severely reduced (Albertson, 139). This frees up a large amount of money to be used for other goals. These goals should be those of improving the standard of living for each and every American and not the immediate reduction of taxes, a goal which many members of the Republican party would like to see pursued. The programs initiated in the policies of the New Deal and Fair Deal should ... President Eisenhower should attempt to renew the Reciprocal Trade Act so that he will have the power to lower the tariff up to fifteen percent. Another measure that should be taken in order to bolster American trading and overseas investments is to decrease the corporate taxes to a percent much lower than the domestic rate on income earned through foreign subsidiaries of U.S. businesses. Trade is essential to overcome the ... 1970 Bonker, Don. America's Trade Crisis. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988 Branyan, Robert L., Larsen, Lawrence H. The Eisenhower Administration 1953-1961. New York: Random House, 1971 Melanson, Richard A., Mayers, David. Reevaluating Eisenhower American Foreign Policy in the 1950s. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1987 Pach, Chester J. Jr., Richardson, Elmo. The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1991
- 3075: A Voice From The South
- Anna J. Cooper A Voice from the South In her book, A Voice from the South, Anna J. Cooper expressly addresses two issues: the participation of women in American society and Americas race problem. These are two issues very close to Cooper as an African American woman herself and she claims to speak for all African American women on these points. She argues that for America to be a truly democratic country that has freedoms for all people, it must have participation by women and blacks. The first half of her ...
- 3076: "The Baltics: Nationalities and Other Problems"
- ... days. The revolt was brutally suppressed - 900 persons were executed and thousands were either imprisoned or exiled to Siberia. The disorders in Lithuania, largely confined to rural areas, lacked the social-protest aspects of the revolution to the north and were directed primarily at Russian schoolteachers and Orthodox clergy. Excesses were comparatively few. The political aspects of the 1905 Revolution in lithuania was highlighted by a massive National Congress of 2000 delegates, which met in Vilnius (Wilno or Vilna) in December 1905. It resolved to work for autonomy, a centralized adminisration for the ethnic Lithuanian ... for a restoration of the independence of the Baltic states. The following moth 20 Baltic activists sent a message of support to Lech Walesa who was then emerging as a leader of Poland's `peaceful revolution.' Baltic dissidents were also among the foirst to condemn the invasion of Afghanistan. in January 1980, 21 of them addressed an appeal to the UN Secretary General comparing the occupation of Afghanistan to the ...
- 3077: A Tale Of Two Cities (theme Of
- Reflection of Theme of Resurrection In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens uses a variety of themes, including, revenge, revolution, fate, imprisonment and more. Though these are very important themes, and were integral elements of this novel, resurrection served as the main theme aside from the obvious one which is revolution. The reason I chose resurrection instead of revolution, is because it is applicable outside of this novels setting (though Dickens made some very good points about mob-mentality). It is also important to note that the theme of a second chance, and ...
- 3078: The Issue of Gun Control
- The Issue of Gun Control Since the days of the pioneers of the United States, firearms have been part of the American tradition as protection and a means of hunting or sport. As we near the end of the 20th century the use of guns has changed significantly. Because of fast and steady increase in crime and ... America and licensing restrictions penalize law-abiding citizens while in no way preventing criminal use of handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere. However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. In 1988 there were 9000 handgun related murders in America. Metropolitan centers and some suburban ...
- 3079: Aaron Burr Jr.
- ... 78, Colonel Burr was at Valley Forge, but never complained of the hardships of that terrible winter. In June 1778, Colonel Burr led his regiment in the Battle of Monmouth, which proved unfortunate for the American forces. Burr was suffered a slight sunstroke. In January 1779, Colonel Burr was transferred to New York, under General McDougal, whose lines ran from the Hudson River to the Sound. For many months Burr slept ... conflict sprang up between Jefferson and Burr, a hostility fomented by Hamilton, and furthered by Monroe and Madison. The political situation was rendered more complicated by the rivalry between Jefferson and Hamilton. Then the French Revolution came along to further complicate matters. The Federalist Party was on the decline, but the Republicans were not united so as to profit by their confusion. Burr's French sympathies were in conflict with Jefferson ...
- 3080: The Red Badge Of Courage
- American Literature The Red Badge of Courage The Civil War took more American lives than any other war in history. It divided the people of the United States, so that in many families brother fought brother. The four years of bloodshed left a legacy of grief and bitterness ... War Between the States, the War of the Rebellion, the War of the Secession, or the War for southern Independence. But regardless of what it is called, the war was a great turning point in American history. What is so interesting about Crane's Red Badge of Courage? I found out that war turns boys into mature men, the real dialect and slang used during the war, and what it' ...
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