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"Art Worlds" by Howard Becker, 2000.
A review of the work on the communal and social nature of creation and appreciation of different forms of art.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, £ 22.95
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"Art is not, as we have so often been told, in the eye of the beholder. Or rather it may be in the eyes of certain beholders acting in concert with each other. The premise of Howard Becker=s Art Worlds is simply this -- that art, like all other human activities, involves the joint activity of a number of people (Becker, 1982, p. 1). That humans work together to create a whole greater than each could produce individually should not come as a terribly remarkable surprise. The fact that we can accomplish more in groups than as isolated individuals is one of the most important (if not the most important) reason that humans gather together in societies to begin with. None of us would be surprised to learn that farming or textile production or the rail system is the result of a number of people working together, each providing a piece of the required labor and enabled to work joint..."
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Urban Planning: Ebenezer Howard, 2005.
This paper examines the influence of nineteenth-century Englishman Ebenezer Howard on urban planning.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 20.95
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This paper describes Ebenezer Howard's role in the advancement of urban planning. The author points out that Howard understood the necessity of asserting control over urban development. The paper further describes Howard's belief that controlling urban development improves city life, enhances productivity, increases efficiency and reduces the socioeconomic and political problems that uncontrolled urbanization produced. The paper relates that Howard believed that the negative aspects of urbanization could be minimized and eventually eliminated through logical urban planning to which he devoted his life.
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"In analyzing the advancement of urban planning, it is evident that innovative urban thinkers, like Ebenezer Howard, understood the vital importance of promoting and achieving effective urban development. Throughout the centuries, most cities expanded outward from their central core in a haphazard fashion in response to a variety of short-term economic, social and geographical factors. As this random process unfolded, cities became sprawling urban areas in which the quality of human life steadily declined, economic productivity suffered, and social and political tensions became chronic problems. "
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Jasper Becker's "Hungry Ghosts", 2006.
An analysis of Jasper Becker's book, "Hungry Ghosts" and the points he makes about Mao Zedong's responsibility for the famine of 1958-1962.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, £ 41.95
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This paper reviews Jasper Becker's "Hungry Ghosts", a book detailing the Chinese famine that occurred during the Great Leap Forward. The paper considers four main points made by Becker concerning Mao's responsibility for the famine: a reliance on pseudoscience, a faulty industrial policy, fear and intimidation that inhibited truth telling and failure to act once the truth was known. Each of these is considered in turn and Becker's argument regarding each is critiqued.
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"In his ground-breaking study, "Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine", British journalist Jasper Becker depicts what is clearly one of the most tragic events in all of human history: the heretofore little known and misunderstood Chinese famine that resulted from Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward from 1958-1962. He outlines the events which led to the massive starvation of an estimated 30 million people as Mao's government pursued an agricultural-industrial revolution based on pseudo-scientific fantasies about manufacturing and production, and backed by state-sponsored violence and intimidation designed to fabricate for official records what was not and could not be realized in actual practice."
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Howard Stern, 2005.
Examines the controversial career of radio presenter, Howard Stern.
1,263 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 24.95
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In the world of radio talk shows, there can be no question that shock-jock personality Howard Stern is one of the most controversial show leads in history. This paper discusses the fines levied against the Howard Stern Show by the FCC and outlines the reasons for those fines. Additionally, this paper discusses Stern's long history of battle against censorship in relation to the FCC, and briefly discusses Stern's popularity among certain groups within the United States. The paper shows that while Stern is certainly controversial and disliked by many in religious, political, and women's rights communities, his strong voice acts as a symbol of free speech for many fans.
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"Specifically, Infinity Broadcasting Corporation of Pennsylvania was fined for airing Howard Stern episodes containing explicit sexual material. While the decision was appealed, the appeal was lost. Following the initial complaint, the FCC heard complaints from Americans for Responsible Television, concerned about Stern's sexual content, and the African-American Business Administration, which was concerned over Stern's attitude towards blacks. By 1993, stations had incurred over $1.7 million in fines over Stern's radio show (Foerstel, 1997)."
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Carl L. Becker, 2002.
A discussion of the life and theories of the historian Carl L. Becker.
2,084 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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This paper examines how Carl L. Becker was one of the most eminent American historians of the early 20th century. It looks at how his long and distinguished career and his impressive list of scholarly monographs alone qualify him as an important figure in the development of historical understanding and how his contributions to historical methodology were equally weighty. It shows how Becker was a progressive historian and how his historical analyses tended to focus on how historical process lead to later development and how these later developments could indeed be seen in the earlier historical precedents. He saw history as defined solely by the store of knowledge that we have about a historical event.
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"Becker?s work was typically presented in book format, and, while in his early work, especially, he presented his work in ways that were meant to be scholarly and academic, his work was to have a much broader popular appeal as well. As a progressive historian, much of Becker?s concern was in reevaluating history and in occasionally examining social movements that were not culturally dominant in considering how they also affected history. As a result of his interest in action and untold narrative, Becker has a tendency to bias these elements in his later work. Often, he focuses on how events have continued to be significant today, rather than focusing on their unique historical importance of the time. Similarly, he is often willing to privilege the untold history of a movement that had not received what he considered to be a significant enough amount of historical attention over received historical narratives that were commonly accepted."
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"Howard's End", 2002.
This paper discusses E.M. Forster?s ?Howard's End? as a murder mystery and more importantly as an abstract of the English class system.
1,770 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 33.95
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The author states that ?Howard's End? is an Edwardian novel written before the Great War. He continues that the plot is complex but is held together by the country house called Howard's End, a metaphor for England itself. The paper discusses that the characters respected the land but not each other. The paper continues to discuss the concept of wealth and compares this book compared to the writings of the American F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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"But it also stands for something larger than simply England, for it represents the ways in which people can be tied to a particular piece of the earth from one generation to the next. The first World War brought to an end many things, and this may have been one of the most significant things that was lost, this sense that our relationship to the land is one of the things that can be counted on to endure from generation to generation. Already we see that sense of connection being loosened in this book, but it still endures."
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Jurek Becker?s ?Jakob the Liar?, 2002.
This paper discusses the role of the radio in Jurek Becker?s ?Jakob the Liar?, a Holocaust novel.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, £ 14.95
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This paper describes Becker?s novel ?Jakob the Liar?: Jakob, a Polish Jew in the Ghetto, finds himself a neighborhood hero by fabricating reports from his imaginary radio. The paper illustrate that the radio may not be real, but the impact Jakob?s radio reports have on the community is real: The inhabitants of this ghetto community now have a sense of hope as they are told of "reports" that the armies are coming to save them. The paper author feels that Becker?s use of the imaginary radio brings the reader into the reality of living in Jakob?s ghetto.
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"In the case of Jakob and Lina, the radio brings these two people closer together. When Jakob ?plays? the radio for Lina, it is a moment that draws them closer and one of sincere comedy. These were bleak times, and the radio essentially brings hope and happiness to a neighborhood that faces the inevitable. These moments happen often within the first half of the novel, as the radio reports are a ray of light. "
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"Howard's End", 2007.
A discussion of class as described in the book "Howard's End" by E.M. Forster.
2,511 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 44.95
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This paper discusses E.M. Forster's "Howard's End" written in 1910. The paper describes the arguments of class as discussed in "Howard's End." It describes the economic ambitions of the two families presented in the book and how that resulted in their achieving similar economic positions in society. It concludes with the way that the traditional world of the one family merged into the modern world of the other.
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"At every turn, Henry Wilcox behaves as is appropriate for his class. These behavioral expectations dictate rigidly-defined gender roles and attitudes. The Basts, being beneath the class boundaries of either Wilcox or Schlegel, are subject to manipulation - or punishment - for their respect for, or abuse of, class principles. Bast has crossed an uncrossable line, and so suffers Henry Wilcox's "career advice." Jacky Wilcox adheres to a more suitable role, and so involves herself in an unmentionable relationship with Wilcox."
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Wealth in "Howard's End" and "The Great Gatsby", 2000.
Examines the theme of the importance of wealth in "Howard's End" and "The Great Gatsby".
2,214 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 4 sources, £ 39.95
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This essay examines the importance and difference of wealth in America and Europe. The paper uses "Howard?s End" and "The Great Gatsby" to show how wealth relates to power and humanity as a whole.
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Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence, 2000.
Discussion of Howard Gardner's "Multiple Intelligence" theory.
1,444 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, £ 27.95
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This paper discusses the "Multiple Intelligence" theory, proposed by Howard Gardner and how his theory of the mind could revolutionize education. An in depth discussion is given on each of the ?intelligences? as well as the criteria for determining new ?intelligences.?
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"This new theory, the Multiple Intelligence Theory or MI theory was proposed by psychologist Howard Gardner in 1983. The Multiple Intelligence Theory shatters the conventional theory on the mind and intelligence. Conventional wisdom dictates that there is one intelligence in the human mind. The thought is either you are ?smart? or you are ?dumb.? This can lead some people to think that they are ?dumb because they do not have logical skills, or they cannot do math, etc. Howard Gardner?s Multiple Intelligence Theory differs from conventional thought in that the Multiple Intelligence theory states that the human intelligence is made of many different intelligences of different strengths. Different intelligences can be stronger in one person than another, and all people have all of the intelligences. People think and understand in their stronger intelligences while they get confused when trying to understand things in their weaker intelligences. "
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Howard Schultz, 2006.
A review of the career of Starbucks Coffee Company's Howard Schultz.
1,214 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper reviews the career of Howard Schultz as an example of a businessman with a knack for successfully shifting the paradigm. This paper refers to Schultz as a paradigm pioneer. According to the paper, paradigm pioneers recognize the importance of growth and to continually move the goal mark.
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"Ten years later, Schultz, who at the time was VP and GM of Operations for the Swedish housewares company Hammarplast, noticed that Starbucks was placing larger orders than Macy's was for a certain type of drip coffeemaker. Here, was the first step in Schultz' pioneering paradigm: curiosity. Wondering why the store was selling so many products, he went to visit the store and started asking a lot of questions. That was his next step: gathering information. Schultz was impressed with the owners' wealth of knowledge and priority for excellent customer service. Here was the pioneer's third step: recognizing the value of a high-quality product. For a year, Schultz pursued a job with Starbucks, and not for monetary gain. This was the fourth step: fortitude."
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Howard Stern, 2002.
A discussion of whether Howard Stern is an outcast or American icon.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This paper analyzes traditional American views and responses to outcasts, and tries to understand how the "King of All Media", Howard Stern, can be hated by so many, yet so influential on contemporary culture. The paper suggests that it is precisely Stern's willingness to live on the edge and push boundaries that makes him a true social revolutionary.
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"According to Webster?s Dictionary, an outcast is ?one who is cast out or expelled?often, a degraded person.? American Heritage calls an outcast anyone who ?has been excluded from a society or system.? While these definitions describe how an outcast appears, they simultaneously undermine his true significance. They fail to recognize him as a psychological phenomenon who impacts society in the most profound way. The outcast, while, by definition, banished to the outer limits of the social sphere, nonetheless succeeds in consistently capturing the attention even of his fiercest enemies. He is at once a social misfit?one to be avoided at all costs?and the object of tremendous curiosity. The outcast consciously and purposely goes against the grain of society, pushing the rules to the limit and exposing to the human race everything that it denies about itself. Yet, despite all this, or more correctly, because of it, society is drawn towards the outcast, ostensibly to ruin him and to protect the moral structure of the community, but, more deeply, to struggle with him, to attempt to reconcile internally the reflection of the outcast that each person sees in himself."
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Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, 2002.
A look at the utilization of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences in classroom discipline management.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 10 sources, £ 25.95
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This paper addresses the significance of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences in managing discipline in classrooms. The paper further lists and explains all the eight types of intelligences proposed by Gardner in his theory.
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Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier, 2005.
An examination of the impact that Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier have had on urban planning.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, £ 25.95
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The paper discusses Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier, urban planners with two distinct models to the design of modern urban space. The paper examines how, while there exist a number of fundamental similarities in the approaches to planning of both designers, ultimately each conceives of the city in radically dissimilar terms. This essay compares and contrasts the works of both men with respect to their influence on urban planning.
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