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History of the Filipino People, 2001.
An examination of the history of nationalism and national struggle of the Filipinos.
2,085 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper provides a historical overview of the fight for Independence, recognition and the birth of nationalism amongst the Filipino people. It examines the series of wars, revolutions and rebellions spanning the 1500's to 1800's. The paper also looks at significant leaders in their history both religious and statesmen and finally ends with the current state of Filipino nationalism.
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"The history of the Filipino people spans centuries of constant struggle and resistance against oppression, earlier by foreign colonizers, and later by a dictator and a plunderer. Having been subjected and reduced to vassalage for three centuries by Spain, then by world powers Japan and the United States for half a century, the Filipino?s sense of identity or national consciousness took time, countless lives and much suffering to develop."
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Commonalities Between Jewish and Nazi Leaders, 2002.
This paper compares Nazi leaders to Jewish leaders, making reference to 'Eichmann Trial in Jerusalem' by Hannah Arendt.
970 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 23.95
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The following paper briefly discusses Arendt's book on the Holocaust and focuses specifically on the way in which Jewish leaders in the past and today exhibit the same political and philosophical motivations as the Nazi leaders in the holocaust.
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"From a political standpoint the Nazi leaders and the Jewish leaders had much in common during the Holocaust. This was pointed out at the trial as an excuse for the Nazi?s behavior. The political motivation for each side was the same. Keep those who could help, and eliminate those who were a hindrance. In addition there was a moral blinding in each arena regarding the treatment of Jews at the time. Many Jews were afraid of persecution so they in turn encouraged their leaders to turn on the gypsies, gays and other minorities that they felt the Nazis might be willing to take in their place."
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Constructing the Past as National History, 2002.
Argues that history written as "national" history shapes our understanding of the past.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 36.95
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Statues and monuments to great leaders of the past are paid for and maintained by states at a great cost because they are often necessary to justify the legitimacy of the state. In this context, as this essay will argue, our understanding of the past is shaped by the writing of history as "national" history.
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Do Corporations Develop Leaders?, 2007.
This paper explores whether organizations themselves develop leaders or if they hire leaders with previously acquired leadership skills.
1,451 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper examines corporations that are known for demonstrating strong leadership skills and explores whether these corporations themselves have developed these leaders independently. The paper analyzes and compares different leadership styles in order to show what types of leadership skills and methods are acquired prior to gaining a powerful position within a company. The paper discusses which skills are essential for an organization to develop in order to survive in today's competitive economy. The paper concludes that available research indicates that some corporations do and others do not develop leaders. The paper notes, however, how the available research has limitations.
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"In the past few decades, competition among all types of corporations, regardless of their goods or services sold, has dramatically increased. As a result, leadership theories have emerged as key factors in determining the long-term success or ultimate failure of such organizations. However, a valid question for research in this area is whether corporations truly develop leaders that result in the success of the corporation, or are successful companies hiring strong leaders that have the ability to expand on their previously acquired skill set."
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The Influence of African-American Leaders on Society, 2006.
This paper shows the influence of famous African-American leaders on society.
2,385 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 50.95
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This paper discusses the lives of several critical African-American leaders in history. These leaders have not only revolutionized their own professions, but have rendered it much easier for future black leaders to forge paths in their own fields of interest and specialties. The paper examines not only the historically lauded black leaders, but those who have shaped culture as well, in the march towards equality and justice for all Americans. The African-American leaders that are discussed in this paper are Duke Ellington (music), Lola Faturoti (fashion), Martin Luther King Junior(politics), Jay-Z (business) and Thomas W. Burton (medicine). The paper shows how these leaders in society have influenced all aspects of culture in America and have forged a path of success for all future African-American and other minority leaders.
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"America's history is filled with immensely touted African-American figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X and W.E.B. DuBois who helped mold the freedom and civil rights movements.
"These individuals helped African-Americans emerge from literally centuries of slavery - and although equality is still not at our fingertips, it is undoubtedly a lot closer to a reality than during the 1960s.
"In fact, the cultural change engendered by the civil rights leaders is almost as impressive as the political change won. To think that just 40 years ago it was commonplace to believe that African-Americans were in some way inferior and not deserving of equal rights, the vote or even a seat at the front of the bus today is almost absurd."
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African-American Leaders, 2002.
An in-depth study into leadership styles of African-American leaders. Mentioned are Martin LutherKing and Malcolm X among others.
6,410 words (approx. 25.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 102.95
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This research studies the ways in which African-Americans become leaders in the United States today, looking at the struggles that they have to overcome in terms of the general level of background racism that still exists in this nation. This paper comes to an understanding of how the particular challenges faced by African-Americans today produce certain kinds of leaders with specific strengths. As a part of understanding how it is that certain African-Americans find themselves called on to be leaders (and how some of them succeed), this paper looks first at some general ideas about leadership, using tenets pulled from communication theory to help us understand why it is that different leaders choose different leadership styles based on the demands of the moment in history they find themselves in.
This paper also looks at some of the most important African-American leaders of the 20th century as a way of attempting to understand if there are cross-generational values, forms of discourse, and styles of leadership that mark most or even all leaders in this community.
Finally, this proposal describes a research design that will allow for a deeper investigation into the ways in which leadership values and communication skills come together in today?s African-American communities to build leaders who are capable of addressing some of the most important issues facing African-Americans today, such as the high incarceration rate of black men, environmental racism, the high rate of single-parent families, and racism, especially by police.
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Preface
Leadership Style
?Hoping Not to Fail"
Research Design
Works Cited
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"It may be tempting to think that all great leaders are the same ? that they come into this world with certain traits that mark them as different from the rest of us. But this is not true: Leaders vary in important ways, and not simply because of differences in their own personalities. Rather, leaders are molded by the political and cultural circumstances of their moment in history ? even as they also mold those circumstances. One of the most important circumstances that molds any African-American leader is the prevalent racism in the United States and structures of inequality that have persisted since slavery."
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Group Teachers as Leaders: Methodology, 2008.
A proposal for a case study to explore the role of teacher leader as group leader and how group work performance is affected by leadership.
1,777 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 39.95
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This paper proposes a case study as being the most appropriate method to research how teachers function as group leaders. The author discusses the use of group work at schools and the importance of leadership. The author describes the sample group that will be used in the case study, the kind of school from which the group will be chosen, the task that the group will be given, and the manner in which data will be collected during the study and analyzed.
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"The problem in translation for the teachers themselves when embarking on a group work task is the tendency towards egalitarianism and democratic principle, often seeking to not establish clear leadership to protect all from feeling lesser or greater in the process. Sadly, in an attempt to demonstrate effective group work, leadership is fundamental and peer leadership is often the key. If group work is always conducted in a manner where a primary leader is appointed from outside the peer group, such as the principal or the teacher who is most likely to demand leadership by virtue of personality or seniority, some idea may be lost in the group dynamic."
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Leaders in the United States, 2002.
A examination of what makes a leader while using these characteristics to compare the current leaders in the United States.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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This paper details the rulers of America today. The writer explores what makes a leader and then uses examples of current American leaders to illustrate those traits. The paper takes the reader on a tour of leadership roles by today?s societal standards. Leaders examined are Jesse Jackson, Bill Gates, George Bush and others.
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"The United States is considered by many to be a leader in the world. Other nations turn to the states for guidance and assistance. Being the leader is a burden that America has born nicely and lived up to the challenge. America is considered the strongest powerful nation in the world so it is easy to understand why it is a leader. The leader of America are also strong and powerful people. To be able to lead the most powerful nation in the world the leaders of the nation have to share some common traits."
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?World War I: A Short History?, 2002.
A review of the book ?World War I: A Short History? by Michael Lyons.
825 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 0 sources, £ 20.95
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This paper examines how in "World War I: A Short History", Michael Lyons seeks to give an understanding of the nature of the conflict, starting with the socio-economic conditions, foreign policy atmosphere and general sensibilities of the continental leaders that started the Great War. It looks at how from there he goes on to describe the war itself, from the trenches to American involvement to the effect of the conflict on communist revolutions in eastern Europe. It shows how he concludes by showing how the Germans defeated themselves with the idealist principles that dominated the idyllic campus lives of trench-shirkers and leaves us with Europe unsettled and waiting for round two while America?s young heroes suffer in anguish from a particularly bad flu season.
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"Unlike many of his contemporaries, Lyons also manages to satisfy his readers with an account of the wartime battles and strategies employed, playing both the role of a regular historian and a tactical one. He covers the nature of the conflict from an operational standpoint as well, and speaks of the home fronts of all of the respective states, ranging from the Russian embrace of Bolshevism to the defeat of American sanity at the hands of temperance-conscious American suffragettes. Lyons makes some effort to describe the economic situation in Europe, and talks of the rise in populist sentiments at the expense of traditional ?night watchman? classical liberalism."
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History of Racial Tension, 2002.
A thorough paper dealing with the history of racial tension between African-mericans and Caucasian-Americans since the time of slavery.
3,842 words (approx. 15.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 73.95
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This paper examines why the stereotypes and discrimination against the African-American community in the United States continues to be so distinct even today. It explores the historical relationship between the blacks and the whites in America since the Africans were bought to the new land as slaves. It traces the development of this hatred and tension throughout history, focusing attention onthe abolition movement, the civil-rights movements its leaders. It concludes with an analysis of the African-American communities current self-image and whether this low self-image contributes to its discriminated position in society.
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"African Americans are second only to Native Americans, historically, in terms of poor treatment at the hands of mainstream American society. Although African Americans living today enjoy nominal equality, the social context in which blacks interact with the rest of society is still one that tangibly differentiates them from the rest of America. This cultural bias towards blacks is in many notable ways more apparent than the treatment of other people of color, such as Asian immigrants, as is reflected in disparate wages and living conditions experienced by these respective groups. Common stereotypes hold the successful, college educated black man or woman as the exception rather than the rule, whereas Asians are commonly thought of as over-achievers. Although any bias undermines social interaction in that it shifts attention away from individual merit, the bias towards African Americans can be said to be worse than most, and lies at the root of discrimination and racial tension."
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Modern Irish History, 2005.
A look at the history of the Irish people in the past century.
2,541 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 53.95
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This paper examines the history of the Irish people, both within and outside of the country. It looks at issues such as elections, leaders, diaspora, immigration, emigration, and terror groups.
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"Feeney recounts, then, the election victories of Sinn Fein in Ulster, and their finally getting a Sinn Fiener elected south of the border. By 1992, Gerry Adams had proven "he could deliver the republican movement in once piece" (Feeney 2003, p. 383). He was able to keep the party from splitting, something that had always doomed its efforts in the past. Talks were begun with the British government (although Feeney points out that 'back channel' talks had been underway for years between the British and the IRA), and President Bill Clinton got his 'photo ops' with Adams (very appealing to Irish Americans) and British Prime Minister John Major. However, the talks stalled in 1993, and have remained so. There has been a return to violence, but not because Adams called for it. Indeed, although Feeney points out that Adams had lost the pulse of the IRA, nonetheless, their more recent attacks have been not against innocents but against 'antisocial' elements (Feeney 2003 p. 421-422). Neither Adams nor Sinn Fein nor the IRA have given up their demand for a united Ireland. What Feeney argues they have done is "modernise" (sic) and by doing so, "helped create the conditions in which Ireland can achieve the end that Irish leaders have sought down through the centuries" (Feeney 2003, p. 442)-a united Ireland under its own rule."
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Dominican Republic - A Political History, 2006.
A discussion of the history of the Dominican Republic and its rise to independence.
1,998 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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This paper examines the political history of the Dominican Republic from the early 1800s to present day. It looks at the various leaders and their impact on the country's development and political stability. The paper concludes that the country's development has been very unstable and has thus been kept from economical development. The writer believes that the Dominican Republic has a long road ahead with creating a developed state, but with all the great international support there is hope for its future.
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"Most of the Dominican Community see Spain as "la Madre Patria" (the Motherland), this bring somewhat of a euphoric connection to the country causing a movement to migrate to Spain. There has been an alternative movement towards migrating to Spain because of the language similarities and visa exemptions toward Dominican Republic until 1985. An option to migrate to a Western European State such as Spain was an alternative to those who did not have family or other contacts in New York or the United States. The break down of Dominican migrants' population group: most migrants are female; most come from small villages of the Dominican Republic and have little or no formal education. When these groups journey to Spain, they come across being very isolated from the community and do not integrate with the Spaniard community. Xenophobic Spaniards exist within Madrid where most of the population views color of their skin, and difference of culture as a huge problem (New North African Immigration to Spain). The Embassy of the Dominican Republic official count of migrants reach towards 5,000 nationals, in an unofficial report they state that as many as 15,000 undocumented migrants live within the state (Dominican Migration). Dominican Immigrants mostly make up a part of the informal Market because in most cases those who migrate do it for Economic Prosperity. The two groups work in different ways when dealing with migrating to the U.S. and Spain, the Dominicans mostly women, tend to stay for a short period of time in the domestic house maid work for several months then leave back to the D.R. and open up a business in their home town village and men who migrate at a more limited bases for construction (Forging an Immigration Policy). In the late 19th Century to the early 20th Century the U.S. had a policy placed by Congress to apply for a visa that required a literacy requirements, and which also had a classification process in which the "undesirables" "from immigration were prevented from coming in such as convicts, lunatics, alcoholics, vagrants, and anarchists, among others." These policies were made to move cultures that were more likely to assimilate in the English language and mach the white American Anglo Saxon complexion and this did not favor Dominicans (Immigration Policy)."
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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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"China: A New History", 2007.
A review of "China: A New History" by John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman.
1,391 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
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The paper explains that the central thesis of the book is about the level and rate of change in China over the centuries. The book shows how the pace of change was relatively slow for most of Chinese history but was more rapid in the period after the revolution in 1949 and after the death of Chairman Mao. The paper relates how the book focuses on the social, economic and cultural shifts taking place in China over the past two decades and continuing to this day. The paper discusses how the book is comprehensive on its subject and makes good use of existing evidence and research, beginning with archaeological evidence and extending through modern assessments by scholars and political leaders who deal with China.
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"For most of the history covered, the authors make use of both primary and secondary sources, though what those sources may be is not always mad clear. The portion of the book written by Fairbank does not cite sources directly for the most part, while the portion written by Goldman does provide the sources used. A look at the Author Index shows this face clearly, for the many pages of authors all refer to pages written by Goldman, while there are no references to other authors in the pages written by Fairbank. Whether this is a change in historical writing or evidence of some other rationale is not clear. Fairbank was the accepted expert on this subject, and he is known to have studied widely and to have read virtually all material published on this and related subjects, reviewing many of them for various publications."
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