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African-Americans in Post-War America, 2006.
A look at the injustice and degradation suffered by African-Americans in post-war America, through the eyes of famous African-American authors such as James Baldwin and W.E.B. Du Bois.
1,345 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 31.95
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This paper examines the writings of famous African-American authors such as James Baldwin, W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, and discusses their experiences and understanding of what it meant to be a Black-American in post-war America. The paper focuses primarily on the work of James Baldwin and his description of the destruction of his race and the injustice and the force to which African-Americans were subjected.
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"Baldwin's experience was that of a black man trying to find meaning and success and identity in apartheid America. Being black--or Negro, in the vernacular of the time--was a crucial fact of life. Baldwin observes the creation and the effects of "the projects," slums, and ghettoes on both the city-dwellers who live there and those who create them in the first place. James Baldwin's "Fifth Avenue, Uptown: A Letter from Harlem" is about one of these 'projects' that has captivated the blacks within the lanes of Harlem. Baldwin desperately and passionately hated the streets of Harlem not for what they were but rather, what they stood for. According to Baldwin the neighborhoods were distinctive in place and culture. They differed from America in all terms and manners. The law, schools, professional associations, and judicial institutions in these neighborhoods, were 'protected by law enforcement not of this territory. Baldwin's "occupation thesis," of course, challenges the American Dream and suggests an endemic basis for social unrest. But, the implication to be developed here is for how we understand law. Jurisprudence rather than policy, ethics, or political theory, is the issue and the challenge is just as compelling."
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The Need for Stability and Post- War America, 2002.
Examination of the relationship between the prosperity of Post-War America and the changing social structure of Post-War America.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This paper examines the relationship between the post- war prosperity, the development of the suburbs, and the perceived need for conformity in the United States. These factors, while apparently extremely different in appearance, are all connected through the changing social structure of America. The main cause of this change is best explored as that of a need for stability and the new finances that allowed the new American middle class to chase after that stability.
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Population Control in Post-War America, 2007.
An analysis of contraception and population control in post-war America 1945-1960.
1,421 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper discusses the role of contraception after World War II with exclusive reference to the United States. It discusses America's position on domestic population control (quantitative, as opposed to qualitative) during this time, then contrasts these attitudes with America's views on international population control - particularly within developing nations.
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"Contraception in the years following the war was a precarious and controversial issue. Everywhere, society seemed to be celebrating and encouraging procreation, with the media constantly including images of glowing domesticity in publications directed at women. Marriage and motherhood were deemed not only appropriate courses for the nation's generation of young women, but were deemed honourable and praiseworthy as well. The economic prosperity that had befallen the nation following their victory in war allowed young families to have more children, and 'the home' soon became the locus of attention, where all the family's money was poured. Contraception was scarcely discussed during these times, since society was so clearly pro-natalist. "
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War and the African-American Community, 2004.
This paper uses Owen Dodson?s poem, ?Black Mother Praying? (1943), and Martin Luther King?s ?The Importance of Vietnam? (1964), to discuss the issue of war and the African-American community.
1,890 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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This paper explains that African-American men and women quite often are exposed to war not because of their patriotism and love of military life, but rather because of economic desperation and political disenfranchisement from the American dream. The author points out that Martin Luther King?s speech upon the nature of the Vietnam War called for an end to the war and the draft because it was disproportionately waged upon the backs of America?s desperate, poor black men, who could not afford a university education to obtain a deferral and did not have the political connections to obtain service in the National Guard. The paper relates that, in Owen Dodson?s WWII poem, ?Black Mother Praying?, the great post-Harlem Renaissance poet?s last poem in dialect, Dodson?s fictive mother weeps for a son whose death is only for a nation that hates him.
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"Early on in his speech, King highlights the dangerous divide that America is causing by going to war in Vietnam, stating that the war was doing far more than ?devastating the hopes of the poor at home. It was sending their sons and their brothers and their husbands to fight and to die in extraordinarily high proportions relative to the rest of the population. We were taking the black young men who had been crippled by our society and sending them eight thousand miles away to guarantee liberties in Southeast Asia which they had not found in southwest Georgia and East Harlem. So we have been repeatedly faced with the cruel irony of watching Negro and white boys on TV screens as they kill and die together for a nation that has been unable to seat them together in the same schools."
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Commercialism and Idealism in Post-War American Writing, 2004.
A examination of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Saul Bellow's "Seize the Day" in the context of post-war capitalism and the myth of the American Dream,
2,915 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 59.95
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This paper examines the languishing of the American Dream during the post-war era, as rampant capitalism engendered an unequal mercantile system at odds with these earlier ideals. It looks at how Arthur Miller's quintessential salesman, Willy Loman and Saul Bellow's Tommy Wilhelm epitomize the disillusionment felt by many Americans as the rise of commercialism left many hard-working men struggling to survive and to come to grips with the emerging paradigm. Pointed quotations from formative Americans such as Thomas Jefferson and Henry Ford are juxtaposed with excerpts from the literature to provide a rich and multifaceted context for the analysis.
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"Arthur Miller's "quintessential American play," Death of a Salesman, deals directly with the conflict between romanticized notions of success and realities of economic marginality in the 1950s. Although the play was composed during a period of relative national prosperity, Miller's own experiences of financial hardship during the Great Depression still resonated strongly, and he infused his drama with skepticism toward the lofty ideals of the American Dream. "There is a feeling at the back of the brain," explained Miller, "that the whole thing can sink at a moment's notice." This sense of doubt appears most recognizably in the character of Willy Loman, a sixty-three year old salesman whose mediocre career contrasts sharply with his idealistic expectations."
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The Marginalization of Native Americans and African-Americans, 2004.
Examines how post-colonial American history impacted the emancipation of African-Americans and Native Americans, or Indians.
1,065 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 25.95
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Before American society become liberated and independent from British rule, two important events became the catalyst for social and political changes that occurred within the American nation: the American Revolution (1775-1783) and the American Civil War (1860). These significant events in American history contributed to the liberation of America as a nation and the independence of marginalized sectors in America, the native American-Indians and African-Americans. This paper discusses the impact of the American Revolution and American Civil War in encouraging/discouraging the emancipation of the American Indians and African-Americans from prejudice and discrimination in the American society. In addition, this paper also focuses on the implications of the emancipation or non-emancipation of these sectors to the future of American society and nation.
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"However, over time, a strong public sentiment began forming as atrocities against the black slaves were exposed to the American nation. Because of strong public sentiment against black American slavery and continuing conflict between the South and North, the American Civil War erupted, and the anti-slavery vs. pro-slavery conflict ended with the issuance of the Emancipation Declaration of 1863 by then US President Abraham Lincoln. Thus, African-Americans, unlike the native American-Indians, were able to achieve their freedom from American rule and colonization, bringing down social prejudice and discrimination of the African-American sector in the American society and nation."
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America's Post World War II Economy, 2002.
An examination of the phenomenal economic growth experienced by the United States in the two decades after the end of World War II.
995 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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The paper shows that the huge amounts of government spending and the ensuing deficit created by the needs of a two-front military effort, as well as supplying on-going domestic consumption, spurred real production in post World War II America and created sudden economic prosperity, ending the depression. The paper explores the reasons behind the growth of the Gross National Product, the increase in industry and the shift in habits of the workforce. The paper also shows how the development of technology in the 1960s contributed to this economic growth.
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"The role of status began to play a role, as it was increasingly felt that white-collar jobs were more socially ?upscale? than traditional blue collar, or manufacturing jobs. Factory work with lower class or ?working class? connotations became less attractive to many people than the corporate environment. (Smithsonian Institution website). The postwar baby boom caused an increase in population leading to the migration of families to the suburbs; as the suburbs grew, business moved into new areas. Shopping centers grew and expanded, changing retail distribution to match changing consumer patters and growing discretionary income. Distribution and expansion were facilitated by the highways providing better access to new communities; the Highway Act of 1956 provided $26 billion USD to build highways to link all parts of the country. (State Department.)"
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African-Americans in History, 2002.
Examines the pre- and post-Second World War years and how this was a period of growth for the African-American community.
2,145 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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This paper looks at the period from the decades before World War II to the decade after it, in terms of the standing and status of African-Americans in U.S. society. It looks at how this time was one substantial improvement for blacks in the U.S. The paper begins with a brief description of the historical background to this period, the years from the turn of the last century through World War I as African-Americans began to become an increasingly urbanized population and as the country began to move beyond the direct effects of the Civil War and of Reconstruction in its struggle to come to terms with a multi-racial society.
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"We tend to think about two eras in American history as being particularly beneficial to African-Americans in terms of chances of bettering their lives and the increased tolerance and respect for this portion of the American population granted by other Americans ? the period just during and after the Civil War, when slaves were granted their freedom and before the excesses of Reconstruction and the consequent backlash against African-American began and the period of Civil Rights protest and legal reform that swept over the country in the 1960s."
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Post-Modernism, Post-War Critical Theory and Marxism, 2003.
A comparative analysis of post-modernist theories with post-war critical theory.
3,148 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 63.95
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This paper embarks on an examination of the work of post-war critical theorists Adorno, Horkheimer and Marcuse who capture the dominant themes of post-war Critical Theory well. It proceeds to show how many parallels are evident between post-war Critical Theory and the more recently formulated postmodernist theories. An examination of postmodernist theories then ensues, taking as exemplars the work of Baudrillard, Jameson and Harvey. It concludes by arguing that postmodernist theories do indeed revisit the critique of modern culture, which post-war Critical Theory began and they do so without the political commitment to Marxism. An explanation for this follows, discussing the events which ?shattered a whole generation of French intellectual?s beliefs in the moral supremacy of Marxism? and sheds light on the climate which ultimately paved way for the emergence of postmodernism.
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"Advertising encourages individuals to view themselves primarily as consumers, and under the guise of entertainment, audiences are manipulated into accepting and conforming to existing society. Kellner captures this sentiment well claiming ?advertising progressively fuses in style and technique with the entertainment of the culture industry, which in turn can be read as a series of advertisements for existing society and the established way of life? (1989:33). The culture industry is designed to discourage individuals from challenging the given order, to think critically and indeed, think for themselves. ?The need, which might resist control, has already been suppressed by the control of individual consciousness? (1995: 121). Adorno and Horkheimer show how the products of the culture industry are similar to those produced in a factory, sharing their belief that ?under monopoly all mass culture is identical?. (1995: 121)."
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Post-Civil War Black History, 2007.
This paper discusses the post-Civil War struggle for equality for African- Americans.
2,195 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 47.95
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This paper explains that the era following the Civil War was not a smooth transition from a slave-owning to a free-black society, but rather was characterized by conflict over the needs of the Southern states in the reconstruction of their ruined lands and fragmented social and political order. The author points out that this period is significantly important to subsequent African-American history because it enabled later periods of de-facto segregation and traditional issues of daily prejudice; however, it also marked the beginning of a constitutional move to demand free-men's rights equal to those of white men. The paper relates that the black codes, which eventually were named the Jim Crow Laws, allowed for officially sanctioned freedoms as well as restrictions that created legal segregation on many levels all over the South and reinforced those that already existed in the North.
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"From these movements local Southern activists emerged, like Fannie Lou Hammer, who spent the majority of her life fighting one campaign after another for local equality. The changes in the movement, demonstrated a concerted effort by national activists to include the voice of the people in the fight. The effort was successful in many ways because it helped create a system of people who were willing to endure countless personal and often violent attacks but who knew the local community and could create grassroots support for change."
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African-American History, 2007.
This paper examines specific events and situations in post Civil War African-American history.
6,225 words (approx. 24.9 pages), 12 sources, APA, £ 100.95
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This paper highlights major events and movements in African-American history following the Civil War. These topics include an examination of sharecropping following the Civil War. The author explores the background of sharecropping and the limited options for employment available to recently freed slaves. This is followed by an explanation of the Great Migration, it's economic impact for those that moved North and how the south was affected by the partial loss of a labor force. Next, the paper discusses the cultural impact of the Great Migration, with a discussion of the Harlem Renaissance. The paper concludes with a discussion of the Civil Rights movement and its notable leaders and personalities.
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"Beginning at the end of World War I, a cultural movement began among African Americans. This movement, which extended into the 1920's and 1930's, was characterized by the New Negro and was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City (Harlem). This era marked an explosion of African American literature, music, politics, and arts that was accepted seriously by the mainstream public (Harlem). This era is referred to as the Harlem Renaissance, the New Negro Movement, the New Negro Renaissance, and the Negro Renaissance (Harlem)."
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Higher Education and African Americans, 2008.
This paper explores the predictors for the failure of African Americans to access and succeed in higher education.
3,626 words (approx. 14.5 pages), 12 sources, APA, £ 70.95
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The paper attempts to determine the predictors that reveal attrition rates among African-American college students or aspiring college students. The paper provides a literature review and devises a variance analysis of different groups to argue that attitudes which value or devalue a post-secondary education are tied to racial affiliation. The paper therefore shows how, ultimately, these predictors are chief explanatory factors for why students fail to apply to school or drop out long before they have achieved final success.
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"The following paper will argue that African Americans fail to access (and to achieve success in) higher education because of underlying factors that can easily serve as reliable predictors of troubles to come. For instance, racial quotas or affirmative action policies in America have distracted attention away from school failures and from ecological problems (de-emphasis upon higher education, de-emphasis upon scholastic achievement) that keep African-Americans out of school or from finding the levels of achievement they deserve. Additionally, students will fail to attend university if they sense that the reward simply is not there in the end or if they feel that they will be the victims of racial stereotyping (in short, it may be extrapolated from the literature that academic persistence is directly impacted by what people believe they will experience when attending an institution). Lastly, one other key predictor is the extent to which parents value higher education and the educational attainment they themselves possess."
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Security Post Cold War, 2004.
This paper examines the transnational security environment during the present post-Cold War era.
1,430 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper explains that the post-Cold War age, which resulted in a decline of the bipolar system, has created a very complex political struggle with a new security duality: On one side, (1) a uni-polar system, with the United States acting as a single hegemonic power, combined with a multi-polar system, emphasizing multinational cooperation and globalism, versus the other side, (2) nation-states, which are splintering into terrorist societies. The author points out that, while the causes of conflicts during the Cold War were ideological and territorial issues, post-Cold War conflicts are caused by much more eminent and diversified factors such as ethnicity, religion, governance and poverty. The paper relates that the intensity of religious fanaticism, which founded and flamed the conflicts between the Western and Arab worlds for thousands of years, assures that terrorism will continue to challenge world security because neither side will back down in the wake of new cultural and social ideals.
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"Presently, nations are becoming ever more intrinsically connected, affecting economies, politicalization, social issues, and citizenry. Today's interdependence is the intertwining of nations in a globalized world. Economically speaking, countries are not as self-reliant as they once were in terms of markets, commodities and exchange rates. Investments are being made by corporate American all over the world in terms of increasing profits and opening markets. General self-rule and flexibility is lost by individual states as we move towards a global economy and, "at a minimum will raise serious questions about the meaning of internal and external sovereignty.""
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Doing Business in Post-War Iraq, 2003.
An overview of issues the confronting international businesses operating in post-war Iraq.
6,900 words (approx. 27.6 pages), 21 sources, APA, £ 93.95
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This paper provides an overview of the various political and economic risk issues confronting international businesses operating in post-war Iraq. The paper examines a plan for building a Web design company in the UAE, which would do business in the Middle East and post-war Iraq. The paper uses this company as a case study, exploring what factors the company should consider and aspects of international marketing.
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"Today's business world stretches well beyond national borders. Multinational and global companies have been existence for hundreds of years, but on a limited basis until the twentieth century. During the twentieth..."
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