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The following paper will argue that Leonard Blusse's, Bitter Bonds, is an excellent introduction to the intersection of race, gender and class in Asia and Europe during the seventeenth century. The next several pages will look at such things as how Dutch law subordinated women and how socio-economic strivings and realities often compelled the formation of marriages predicated more upon a desire for money than for anything else; some time will also be devoted to showing how Blusse captures the racist attitudes that often doomed - or at least complicated - inter-marriages between Dutch men and Asian women. Finally, and not least of all, it will be pointed out how Blusse's text, by presenting the parties in his narrative as human beings deserving of some sympathy (if not whole-hearted support) breathes an air of authenticity into the work by suggesting that they are victims (yes, even Johan Bitter is a victim) of a culture that explicitly sets up hierarchies formulated along race, class and gender lines.

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Illuminating the Intersections of Race, Gender and Class in Asia and Europe during the Seventeenth Century: A Review of Bitter Bonds by Leonard Blusse The following paper will argue that Leonard Blusse's, Bitter Bonds, is an excellent introduction to the intersection of race, gender and class in Asia and Europe during the seventeenth century. The next several pages will look at such things as how Dutch law subordinated women and how socio-economic strivings and realities often compelled the formation of marriages predicated more upon a desire for money than for anything else; some time will also be devoted to showing how Blusse captures the racist

Tags:blusse, leonard, bonds

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This paper will explain the important points that are brought up in the book "Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala" by Stephen E. Schlesinger. By analyzing the policies that are so much a part of this imperial struggle in the Central American conflict, we can see how this would compare to the Eisenhower policy that was so much a part of earlier relationship with Guatemala in the understanding in this arena. In this book, we can understand how the authors convey a message of American policy on both fronts.

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The paper discusses how the text articulates the historical and contemporary relationship between the First World and the Third World - using sugar as a starting-point. Additionally, the paper looks at how the text (focused as it is upon the sugar trade) explicates the conditions of the Third World and of their fledgling democracies; not to be overlooked, the paper subsequently explores whether or not the text offers insight into how the Third World influences the make-up of the First World.

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"This paper is a book review of Elizabeth Abbott's 2008 text, "Sugar: A Bitter-Sweet History". This paper will discuss how the text articulates the historical and contemporary relationship between the First World and the Third World - using sugar as a starting-point. Additionally, the paper will look at how the text (focused as it is upon the sugar trade) explicates the conditions of the Third World and of their fledgling democracies; not to be overlooked, the paper will subsequently explore whether or not the text offers insight into how the Third World influences the constitution (make-up) of the First World. Finally, the paper will..."

Tags:elizabeth, abbott, history

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Using a newspaper article about Merck being fined some $400 million for fraud against Medicare and other government facilities in 49 states, the essay discusses how Kant's view on ethics covers the problems of Merck and others in today's pharmaceutical industry where the bottom line seems to outweigh any problems with the efficacy or side effects of the drug products they sell.

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"The Hippocratic Oath, to which all doctors swear, states that at the very least they do no harm. The pharmaceutical companies do not have such an oath. Perhaps they should. In recent years, a number of drugs have been recalled because they caused side effects, including heart attacks and deaths that were not accounted for in the original tests. Merck is one of the worst offenders, not merely committing fraud against Medicare but also having had others of its products, including best-selling Vioxx, removed from sale. The reason is, simply, greed. While we focus on Merck in these pages, this company is not alone in preferring to concentrate on the..."

Tags:ethics, pharmaceutical industry, kant

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The paper examines the books "The Whiskey Rebellion", "The Long, Bitter Trail" and "A Shopkeeper's Millennium", which provide an overview of different events that resulted from the economic boom after the American Revolution. The paper shows how, in all three events, economics were at the root of the actions although these situations had secondary motivators as well. The paper also highlights how in all three events, uniting into groups of shared interests was the best way to overcome major challenges and more effectively control the future.

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"After the American Revolution, production of staple products grew, economic risks decreased, transportation improved and individual merchants and small companies experienced reduced costs through improvement of economies of scale (McCusker & Menard, 22). Contrary to the Colonial Period, with the increasing demand for U.S. agricultural products, American farmers and merchants were no longer in debt to the British traders. Further, growing demand, in part due to Anglo-French wars, led to increased production of American products. As a result, across the country, there was an impetus by the settlers and recent arrivals to take advantage of the economic opportunities in this newly established nation."

Tags:Second, Great, Awakening, religion, capitalism, land, distillers, farmers, class

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The paper examines "Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala" by Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer and "Modern Latin America" by Thomas E. Skidmore and Peter H. Smith as they relate to the Guatemalan coup of 1954. The paper explores the role of the United Fruit Company (UFC) in the coup that overturned the legitimate Arbenz government of Guatemala in 1954, the CIA role in this affair and the UFC's relationship with the U.S. State Department and with the Guatemalan workers.

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"How many Americans know that the United States Government directly and dramatically interfered with the internal affairs of a sovereign nation (Guatemala) in 1954? And it wasn't a matter of small-time inference, but in fact the American CIA installed a dictator friendly to the U.S., and ousted the existing Arbenz administration. Probably few Americans also realize that this action in Guatemala was not a unique moment in U.S. interference in foreign nation's internal affairs. Indeed, the CIA had orchestrated and carried out a coup in Iran on August 19, 1953. The CIA installed the Shah of Iran into power thanks to a plan called "Operation Ajax" authorized by President Dwight Eisenhower and directed by the same men who carried out the coup against the legitimate government of Guatemala - brothers John Foster Dulles (Secretary of State) and Allen Dulles (CIA Director). The Iranian coup was fully explained in a book called All the Shaw's Men by Stephen Kinzer, the same author who co-wrote Bitter Fruit."

Tags:CIA, foreign, policy, Dulles, Eisenhower, Shah, Iran, Arbenz, government

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This paper describes the account of a monk arriving in Reykjavik, Iceland. The paper recounts his details of the people who have joined his monastery since his arrival, as well as their personal backgrounds and character defects that have been improved since their joining the monastery.

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"In just over a year and nine months I had established a monastery in the traditions of St. Benedict. Within three years there were 22 monks in the monastery. Initially the monks held a few pagan tenets, all the while accepting Jesus as their lord and savior. Yet now it seems as thought I have successfully washed away all of these ludicrous ideas. This seems to have occurred with much less time than I had anticipated, as the culture is absolutely steeped in tales of false gods and magic. I maintain steadfastness in stressing the way of the lord for their foundation may easily sway them form the ways of Jesus. I have heard many tales of these people as ravenous warriors who maintain ridiculous rites."

Tags:the final volsung, europe iceland matins monasteries monks

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The paper looks at the break-down of trust between the National Hockey Players' Association and the league in 2004 and 2005. The paper argues that the unfortunate labor relations which characterized the situation were largely because both sides allowed personal considerations, past wrongs and egos to get in the way of a dispassionate treatment of the matters at hand. The paper discusses how although the issues themselves were complicated and defied easy resolution, the stubbornness of both parties made the problem worse than it needed to be.

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"The 2004-05 National Hockey League lock-out caused great consternation among hockey fans while simultaneously bringing into sharp relief the tensions between professional hockey players and hockey management. For example, neither side was prepared to make any concessions to the other (the players certainly were not) and thus a host of issues - minimum salaries, playoff bonuses, operation of the arbitration process, revenue sharing (something the owners were less-than-enthusiastic about), higher player fines for misbehavior, and the number of games on the regular-season schedule - were left "on the table" at a time when they should have really, conclusively, been dealt with (Staudohar, 23-29). As a long-time hockey observer, this writer is left to wonder whether or not the intransigence of the players was rooted in a deep-seated suspicion of hockey management because of the decades-long mistreatment of players by the ownership of the league."

Tags:concessions, stubbornness, negotiations, bargaining

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This paper explains that George Herbert expresses in his poem "The Collar" that the chains, which bind him, are self-evident with the collar he must wear and that he must come to the self-realization that he must change his thoughts or deny God. The author points out that the poem as a whole is about the cleric talking to himself and should not be perceived as a prayer. The paper relates that, as the poem progresses, the images of "collars and cages" and "rope and cable" appear, which, for the most part, are not harmful but hinder him in some respects.

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"The person of whom Herbert is writing wants to be free from his human condition and of the duties that the collar represents. Back in Herbert's day, "The Collar" was representative of a condition that represented himself, something on the line of being entrapped or of being hemmed in and he is speaking abstractly of himself where he wants to break loose. Therefore he says, "I struck the board, and cried, No more" showing his frustration over the matter. (1). This is a very dramatic, arrogant and overstated act."

Tags:self-realization, denial, cage, rope, hinder

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This essay looks at Geoffrey Chaucer's take on the Middle Ages in "The Canterbury Tales." The author discusses how Chaucer views the medieval church, the clergy, and the corruption through his writings, particularly through his characters of the monk, the pardoner, and the prioress. The paper focuses a great deal on the workings of the Christian church during medieval times.

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"In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer paints an interesting picture of the medieval church. The Christian Church provided leadership for the people of Western Europe . Saint Augustine was not the most diplomatic of men, and managed to antagonize many people of power who had never been particularly eager to save the souls of the Anglo-Saxons who had brought such bitter times to their people. When Augustine died, Christianity had only an unstable hold on Anglo-Saxon England. The Roman Empire had fallen, and "although the people of Europe no longer honored one ruler, they gradually began to worship the same God."

Tags:monk, nun, corrupt, prioress, geoffrey, middle, ages, absolution, friar