Abstract
A brief overview of the American and European transportation infrastructures. The paper considers roads, rail, water and air systems.

From the Paper
"The European and American transportation infrastructures consist of similar elements - rail systems, roadways, waterways and air routes. However, it would appear that the American system is more outmoded and dated and in need of enhancement whereas the European system is being better and more efficiently maintained. Both systems, however, are experiencing overcrowding and saturation and increased demands for use by freight shippers as well as travelers. In both cases, massive infusions of capital from..."

Tags:America, Europe, transportation infrastructure

Abstract
This paper examines American-European relations in the 21st cetury. It specifically looks at their ideological divides and how these have begun to lead to cultural divides. The paper then focuses on external threats to America and Europe, the most notable of these threats being radical Islam. It discusses how America and Europe will be opened up for potential attacks from outside influence if they continue to be divided in terms of ideology.

From the Paper
"Europe's growing Islamic population endangers both America and Europe. Collaboration of taming radical Islam in Europe is the only way America can effectively prevent European jihadists off U.S. bound airplanes. A shared threat and a mutual interest should engage policymakers and the public on both sides of the Atlantic. To concentrate their minds on common dangers and solutions might come as a bittersweet relief to Europeans and Americans after their recent disagreements. Such collaborations could not only help prevent European terrorist from arriving in America, but also prevent the terrible before and after consequences of the Madrid train bombings. While there have been several terrorist attacks that have occurred throughout Europe recently, the Madrid bombings, and the political fallout that occurred, have the most relevance to this thesis. On the morning of March 11th, 2004 terrorists killed 191 people who boarded the trains in Spain. Yet, the deaths of the innocent people on those trains were only part of the reason the bombings occurred."

Tags:culture, Islam, population

Abstract
This paper analyzes the various symbolic, literary, compositional, and analytical aspects of European and American literature in the works of Perkins, Tolstoy, Carver, James Joyce, Kate Chopin, and others. By also summarizing the content of various stories and novels by these authors, one can realize how the art of writing is accomplished through style and technique.

From the Paper
"The short story "The Yellow Wall Paper" by Charlotte Perkins portrays feminine life in the 19th century, and revolves around patriarchal domination over women. The story revolves around a woman and her husband John, who live in an upper middle class household. John is controlling and domineering over his wife, as she cannot even have the slightest say in how the house is maintained. This is the patriarchal formulation that is created by Perkins, which forecasts the dimensions of insanity in the narrator's behavior. She is, however, aware of the alarming sense of controllers that her husband commands over her within the household."

Tags:perkins, tolstoy, carver

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This essay explores the importance of ?Road? in a film context and questions how the American sense of ?the road? may differ from the European. Featured works include the Wim Wenders film Im lauf der Zeit (Kings of The Road) and Paris, Texas. The theme of alienation in both films is discussed.

Tags:alienation, german, germany, travis

Abstract
The paper shows how American workers take fewer vacation days than workers in most other industrialized nations across the globe. The paper reveals that the United States is second to last in the average number of vacation days provided for by companies for their employers. The paper discusses how advanced technology makes disconnecting from work more difficult and looks at the phenomenon of those who would actually miss their daily routine and responsibilities at work. The paper discusses how stress, health issues, poor nutrition and family strife are all consequences of overwork and too few vacations.

Outline:
Introduction
The Facts
Looking at other Nations
Why
Technology
Why it Needs to Change
Conclusion

From the Paper
"For many generations American families planned and carried out annual vacation traditions. During the cold winter seasons families would sit around and reminisce about the treks in August to Uncle Bob's log cabin by the lake. They would fondly remember the annual three-legged race each year at the Jersey shore, or they would remember to mark their calendar for the annual family reunion in July that lasted at least a week and usually two. Yes, those were the good old days, but where did they go? Today, American workers seem to take less vacation time than ever before as they devote their daily existence to their jobs or at the office. In contrast many European nations have held steady to their valued vacations and it is still not uncommon to see them take a month long holiday each summer to frolic with family members."

Tags:jobs, stress, employers, routine, responsibilities, workaholics

Abstract
This paper looks at the vast differences between the cultures of Native and European Americans and explains why, without significant compromise by both peoples, these cultural differences made peaceful co-existence between the groups untenable.

From the Paper
"Given the proper circumstances, the traditional Native American cultures could not have co-existed alongside European American cultures, with both remaining relatively intact and viable because of basic fundamental differences regarding land and life. Each culture respected their own heritage and felt no desire to change their ways for the other. The Native Americans might have made a fatal mistake by believing that they could co-exist with the Europeans while the Europeans, as demonstrated in Andrew Jackson's message, had no such intentions. Examining how each culture viewed these issues reveals how, without compromise, any attempts to co-exist were futile."

Tags:structure, opposing, iroquois, village, tribe, power, authority, removal, act, land, agriculture

Abstract
This paper discusses and compares "The Treaty of Canandaigua 1794: 200 Years of Treaty Relations between the Iroquois Confederacy and the United States" by G. Peter Jemison and Anna M. Schein and James Wilson's "The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America". The paper shows that "The Treaty of Canandaigua" provides an in-depth analysis of the treaty and its effects on both the Native American and European population of the United States, while "The Earth Shall Weep" encompasses the lives and history of many diverse Native American tribes, over almost their entire known history.

From the Paper
"Interestingly, James Wilson is not a Native American, and yet he writes The Earth Shall Weep as if he were. Wilson's analysis is clearly written outside of the Eurocentric, Christian view that has dominated the world stage for so long. As such, Wilson's review of Native American history is fresh and inviting. He manages to create a somewhat balanced overview of the indigenous North American population, while never idealizing or demonizing their culture. As such, Wilson's somewhat detached viewpoint works wonders in this lengthy (480 page) work by creating a book that is both instructive and balanced.

This balance is especially refreshing give the tendency of many books on native American culture to be written either from a dry, academic standpoint, or from a somewhat naive and idealistic viewpoint of indigenous North American culture. Wilson's book gives a useful review of Native American history without falling prey to the either extreme of analysis. As such, the book is engaging and readable, without being overbearing or exclusionist in its point of view."

Tags:Pickering, Treaty, Quakers, Haudenosaunee, Trail, of, Tears

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This paper describes the origins of American popular music in European and African culture. The author claims that In effect, American music is a hybrid of musical movements from blues and spirituals to European folk music.

From the Paper
"Much of American culture bears the mark of the melting pot effect. Essentially a land of immigrants, America has served, in many ways, as a palette from which popular culture draws an innumerable array of shades. As such, popular social trends often are a reflection of the hybrid mainstream instinct. Pop music, in its incubational phases, is highly indicative of that notion. This is particularly evident in ostensibly indigenous musical movements like blues/folk music and spirituals, both of which employ extensive European and African influences, social imports that create a tapestry of globally unique and distinctively American sounds."

Tags:art, jazz, music, race relations, rock, social traditional, values, blues, folk, Africian American

Abstract
This paper discusses Jeremy Rifkin's book, "The European Dream". The paper presents Rifkin's idea that the American dream is being quickly replaced by the European dream. The paper examines Rifkin's thesis that America has lost its charm, its appeal, and almost everything it once symbolized; the new American generation is overweight, under-educated, and unnecessarily aggressive, with little or no regard for religion.

From the Paper
"So we are all familiar with the proverbial American Dream. Whether it exists or not, whether it is attainable or not are questions that better to be left alone at this point because there appears to be another proverbial dream that has emerged that demands our attention. According to Jeremy Rifkin, the idea of American dream is not only outdated, it is also being quickly replaced by the European Dream. "While the American Spirit is tiring and languishing in the past," Rifkin writes, "a new European Dream is being born." (4). In his book, The European Dream, Rifkin lays down the thesis that America has lost its charm, its appeal and almost everything it once symbolized, the new American generation is overweight, under-educated and unnecessarily aggressive with little or no regard for religion. So the American Dream that revolved around tapping into opportunities, buying a nice home and amassing every kind of consumer good that one could possibly think of now sounds "far too centered on personal material advancement and too little concerned with the broader human welfare to be relevant in a world of increasing risk, diversity and interdependence." "

Tags:american, spirit, autonomy

Abstract
The architecture of North America spans many centuries and many distinct periods. This paper examines North American architecture from the pre-Aztec period up until the independence of the United States. The paper begins with an examination of Teotihuacan, in the Valley of Mexico and its influence the architecture of the Aztecs and other peoples in the pre European age. The paper then discusses native American architecture such as the pueblos of the American Southwest. Finally, the paper discusses architectural design and trends following the colonization of North America by European settlers and up until the Declaration of Independence.

From the Paper
"As the King's representative, the Governor of the Virginia Colony was an individual positioned somewhere between the sacred and the profane. Later American architecture - particularly as one approached the Federalist Period - further extended this separation between the different spheres of existence. In the nation's new capital, even the government was broken down into distinct branches. The vast neoclassical bulk of the Capitol and the White House, located as they were at opposite ends of the monumental Mall, emphasized the distance between these two functions. The whiteness of the structures underscores the purity and virtue of the new system as did the restrained lines and severe order of the columns and other classical elements. The Federalist style proper continued the trend toward simplicity and the overt representation of the ideals of the New Republic. Designed by architect Samuel McIntire, the John Gardner House in Salem, Massachusetts, perfectly captures the new American emphasis. Its severe cubic plan and intensely regular facade suggest that it is the domestic sphere that advertises the rue values of the American people. The focus is on the centrally-placed entrance, and thin white Corinthian columns stand out against the structure's brick walls with their regular lines of windows and straight stringcourses. In this paean to Federalist architecture and socio-cultural vales, the theme of North American architecture has come full circle. Cosmic symbolism has been transferred from the meeting place of the overall community to the dwelling place of the individual - a fitting monument to America's embrace of the individual."

Tags:mexico, indian, pueblo, aztec, colonial, european, style, classical, religious, monumental, structures, masonry, communities, ceremonial, cities, villages, pyramid, mounds, soul