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The 1920s: Social and Cultural Clashes, 2006.
Presents an analysis of the social and cultural clashes that prevailed in America during the 1920s.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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The decade of the 1920s was marked by intensely emotional clashes over social and cultural values because of divisive issues such as religion, immigration, prohibition, and government corruption. Millions of conservative Americans were anti-Catholic, wanted to restrict immigration from Asia and Eastern Europe, and supported the prohibition of alcohol; while millions of progressive Americans supported religious tolerance, considered immigration restrictions racist, and were against the prohibition of alcohol. This paper examines the cultural and social clashes that existed over these issues and how they reflected the disparity between conservative and progressive visions of what American society should be.
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The War in Iraq: Cultural or Economic Clash?, 2002.
Analysis of the cultural and economic differences of Western and Arabic civilization and their role in the current Iraqi war.
2,673 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper explores the underlying motives for ?Operation Iraqi Freedom? and questions whether it is about the liberation of people from the whims of a madman or simply a clash of civilizations. It examines the underlying premise behind the current (2003) war and analyzes Saddam Hussein as a rising global threat and his contribution to terrorism. The paper also explores the the cultural clashes between Western and Arabic civilization and the role that oil plays in the current dispute. Finally, the paper uses research based on Samuel P. Huntington's article "The Clash of Civilizations", (1993).
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"The current war is by no means new. It has simply extended west. Iraq geographically encompasses where civilizations first began. It is in this area that ruthless tribes struggle for power against nature, power against death, and power against man. It is in this area that man birthed religion, who begat politics. As history created itself, man forged tribes creating distinct lines. These lines Huntington term the fault lines. They can be drawn back to the Hapsburg and Ottoman empires. Historically the nations to the north and west have always been more prosperous. They together they share feudalism to the reformation to the industrial revolution. The people of the south and east experienced history differently. They were less better off economically and politically. They shared ruthless barbarians, constant warfare and genocide. (Huntington 1993)"
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Culture Clash, 2000.
An analysis of the role of French and English nationalism in the novels "Shirley" and "Villette" by Charlotte Bronte.
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This paper discusses the novels Shirley and Villette, which explore the relationship between the French and English through characters? interactions with each other. By contrasting the languages and cultures associated with the two nations, Charlotte Bronte is able to show the influence of each on those who claim to be ?English? or ?French.? In each story two main characters enter a romantic relationship which is troubled due to their conflicting nationalities. They must learn to accept the idiosyncrasies of the other nation in order to reach an understanding which forms the basis of this relationship.
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"Having allowed the reader a glimpse of her personal view of the benefits of each nationality, Bront? is free to explore the interplay between the two within her fictional characters. It is possible to write a novel which utilizes the advantages of both French and English, and the author explores the issue of whether the characters of the novel can achieve the same synergy within themselves. The relationship which most feels the polarization of the two nationalities is that between Caroline Helstone and Robert Moore. "
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Culture Clash in American Education, 2006.
A discussion about the level of education and the curricula offered in schools in America.
1,643 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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The paper discusses that the times and students have changed (not necessarily for the better), and that the type of teachers available has remained the same. The writer suggests that lesson plans should be appropriate for the students in the class. The writer states that many students do not see the value in getting an education. In conclusion, the writer suggests that what is needed is not merely a vision of the future, but the money to get it accomplished, which means not merely new classrooms, more equipment and better teachers, but finding some way to stimulate every student into at least accomplishing something.
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"Our culture in schools demands that students pass, sometimes regardless of their ability to function and retain any learning. To an educator, there is no more serious problem today than what is known as "social promotion".- that is, passing on students to the next class, even if they have not really passed the tests for their current class level. As one teacher remarked: "The unbelievable incompetence of some children drives me wild." (Gross, 69) Why such an attitude? Maybe one reason is that there is no valid reason children understand as to why a good education is important to them. There are not enough role models to prove that staying in school and learning is truly vital. Success, these days, is measured by how hard you tackle, how high you hump, how far you can hit a ball, or how well you can act in movies. No education is required for any of that."
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Clashes Between Cultures, 2005.
A look at the evidence to support the claim that culture is a cause of conflict in international relations.
1,524 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper considers the thesis put forward by Samuel Huntington that the world can now best be described as divided into separate cultures and that future conflicts will occur between these different cultures. It examines what he considers the major civilisations of the world and gives six reasons why he believes that the most important conflicts of the future will occur along the cultural fault lines separating these civilizations from one another.
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"His third argument is that as globalization to some extent separates peoples from their local identities, and weakens the nation state a source of identity, this gap is filled by religion, often quite extreme or fundamentalist in nature. George Weigel has noted that the "Unsecularisation of the world is one of the dominant social facts of life in the late twentieth century." The revival of religion, then, unites civilizations by providing a basis for identity that transcends state boundaries as the movements within western Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and most documented, Islam, attest to."
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A Clash of Cultures, 2006.
This paper compares works about clashing cultures and resenting minorities.
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The paper compares and contrasts three stories, "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara, "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" by Leslie Marmon Silko and "El Tonto del Barrio" by Jose Armas, all covering some aspect of a clash of cultures and the way this clash affects the minorities who are involved. The paper shows how all the characters are from some minority group; black children, Native Americans and Hispanics of a small town.
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"The three stories under discussion -- "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara, "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" by Leslie Marmon Silko and "El Tonto del Barrio" by Jose Armas -- all present a clash of cultures, with the majority culture downgrading the minority culture, with minority characters who resent the dismissal of their culture superior white attitudes and with a lingering resentment created in these minority characters, a resentment that may last a lifetime. This is quite evident in the story by Toni Cade Bambara, which presents a class on a field trip. The students are black children in New York City, being transported from their ghetto neighborhood downtown to the shopping district well-known to more affluent whites. The story involves a journey through unfamiliar territory, with relatively naive characters who learn a lesson from their journey, a lesson that opens their eyes to some aspect of life."
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Genocide or Clash of Cultures?, 2004.
A discussion of whether the cultural decimation of the American Indian was caused by a clash of cultures or genocide.
1,561 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper examines how facts and documentation all point to the genocide of the American Indians and indigenous culture, as opposed to a mere clash of cultures, and how arguing against this by using facile sociological theories of cultural change and adaptation is simply to mask the reality of history. It looks at how the reality of the genocide of the American Indians is a part of a history that should be examined and exposed, as it provides important lessons in intolerance and understanding. If these historical realities are ignored or transmuted by false theories and perceptions, the danger exists that these tragic events may be condoned and even repeated in other forms and histories in the future.
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"While documented evidence of genocide is a historical fact, some still view the genocide of American Indians simply as a minor, inevitable tension between different cultures, which forms a part of history. Supporting this belief is Vice-President Dick Cheney who is of the opinion that the history of the American Indian is the result of a clash of cultures rather than genocide. Addressing students Cheney told the audience he did not believe the mass extermination of the American Indian population that took place from 1492 until the late 1800s could be considered genocide. It was merely a clash of cultures that occurred for a brief period and was perpetuated by Europeans . (Grim R.) The theory of the clash of cultures implies a fusion and integration of cultures and a more benign sense of social and historical development."
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"Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America" by Stephen Bloom, 2002.
A discussion of the book that studies two rigid, conservative, insular cultures in conflict with each other, and the author's personal involvement.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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Discusses the book that studies two rigid, conservative, insular cultures in conflict with each other, and the author's personal involvement. Two cultures under scrutiny are the long-time Lutheran residents of a small farming town in the Midwest, and the ultraorthodox Hassidic Lubavitchers Jewish Americans from Brooklyn, New York. Religious conflict in relation to cultural values.
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"Journalist Stephen G. Bloom's Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America is a study of two rigid, conservative, insular cultures in conflict with each other. The story of the conflict unfolds in context of Bloom's personal journey into his own cultural and religious beliefs, and this structure gives the book a novelistic flavor which makes it a "good read" for a sociological study.
The two cultures are the white, Lutheran long time residents of the small farming town of Postville, Iowa and the ultra orthodox Hassidic Lubavitchers Jewish Americans from Brooklyn, New York. As Bloom notes, "As in all of Iowa, Christianity has always been at the heart of Postville" (89).
When the Jews began arriving in the mid-1980s, Postville, as it had always been, was a closed..."
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Media and Culture in the 1920s, 2006.
A discussion regarding the history of media in 1920s American culture.
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This paper discusses the history of media as a tool within the American culture and society. This paper reports that in the early 1900s, that due to the rise of industrialization in the USA, the former American social classes were abolished, and a new working class became dominant in American society. Capitalism began to thrive and marketing individuals and advertisers had to address the millions that were now flourishing in American urban areas.
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Advertising Culture of the 1920s, 2006.
A discussion regarding advertising in the 1920s, in relation to advertising today.
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This paper discusses how the differences between the advertising of the 1920s and today are substantial. The advertising of that time was less sophisticated. Products were sold based on their perceived values and usefulness, not simply on sex appeal. The paper further discusses that it is not to say that sex appeal was ignored; products aimed at women often advertised how appealing they would make women feel, or how they would make women appear to men. Coca-Cola and Palmolive soap are products that demonstrate the changes that have taken place in advertising, both in the purpose of advertising and the images associated with it.
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"The decade of the 1920s was an era of rapid change. Women scandalized their men as their hemlines rose steadily, reaching the mid-20s "flapper" styles; makeup became popular; and their hairstyles got shorter. Men's fashions became more conservative and geared toward the comfort of the wearer. "Convenience" became the watchword of the day, whether related to clothing, chores, travel, or communication. Almost overnight, the world became a different place, in large part thanks to advertising. Cultural Overview The world was a rapidly changing place in the decade of the "Roaring Twenties." This decade came on the heels of the Progressive Era, which had run out of steam by the beginning of that decade (Miller, 2003, p. 13). "
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Culture and Economics In the 1920s and 1930s In the U.S., 1995.
Compares the wealth and optimism of the Roaring 20s and the poverty and pessimism of the Depression-era of the 30s.
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"Of all the influences that operated upon American culture in the 1920s and the 1930s, none perhaps acted with more dramatic effect than economic forces. The very names by which the two decades have gone down in popular memory testifies to the immense force of economics. The Roaring Twenties may have roared in many ways: the roaring engines of jalopies, rumrunners' boats, and the Spirit of St. Louis, and the roar of gangsters' Tommy guns are the images we preserve in our cultural newsreel of the age. But above all, it roared with economic energy--the roar of factories running at full tilt and the roar of crowds gathered around the stock-market tickers as they proclaimed ever-new highs.
The crowds watching the tickers also provided the final roar of the Twenties. On Thursday, October 24, 1929, outside the Exchange in Broad Street a weird roar ..."
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Cultural Management - Culture Cannot Be Managed, 2008.
The paper discusses the question of if and how culture can be managed in a business environment.
1,928 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 61.95
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In this paper, the validity of the belief that in a business setting culture cannot be managed is critically analyzed and arguments are made both for and against the statement. The paper also presents examples that suggest that organizational culture does play a very important role in the success of the organization. However, these same examples also serve to reinforce a contention about the inability of corporate culture or management to undergo change.
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"It must be acknowledged that the assertion - "Culture cannot be managed" - would likely meet with some degree of skepticism from organizational management students as well as corporate professionals. However, it may be argued that there is some validity to the perspective on the relationship between management and organizational culture that is manifest in this assertion. Consider, for example, the case of software giant J.D. Edwards. The corporation's CEO and chairman, C. Edward McVaney, contends that the success of a business often has very little to do with its management and senior executives who - as is commonplace in corporate culture - often come and go with minimal impact upon the organization itself. It is McVaney's view that the success of an organization is based upon its culture, which is usually invulnerable to change by management or business leaders. In McVaney's words: "95% of the time, the leaders and management of a business do not lead and manage that business" (Jesitus 16)."
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Caribbean Culture and Cultural Imperialism, 2007.
A discussion on whether the Caribbean society is too receptive and diverse for its own good.
1,633 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper examines the Caribbean culture and at how its dynamic polyglot, diverse nature - and its ability, and even willingness, to accommodate different cultures and ethno-social traditions - has actually made it vulnerable on a number of profound levels. It explains that the Caribbean nations have shown a marked inability to throw off the cultural, linguistic and educational encrustations of the European nations which took over the region generations ago and which re-shaped their new fiefdoms in ways that effectively did away with pre-European values, codes, religions and dialects. The paper also looks at how many Caribbean young people attend English or French schools and prepare themselves for entry into a "global village" that is controlled by the very ethno-racial groups which turned their own lands "upside-down" in the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. In essence, the paper shows that by looking at the fragmented nature of the Caribbean world and by looking at the impress of foreign language upon its peoples and formal structures, a region is revealed that has lost much of its ability to marshal its forces against external imperialistic forces. The writer believes that the Caribbean must start doing a better job of privileging its indigenous traditions and dialects or it will finally, ineradicably, lose them forever.
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"Many observers are of the view that the Caribbean is a melting pot; that it is a place wherein European and non-European types "creolize" and thereby shed their different historical-national identities in favor of one that is "West Indian" in nature. This argument, however, has been vigorously challenged by others who assert that the Caribbean is really a collection of different regions which have their own unique, distinctive features. Simply put, while there may be regional similarities vis-a-vis food, music, dance, dress and a host of other elements, there are many more (or at least as many more) differences as there are similarities (Allahar, p.1-2). Simply put, Allahar appears to be to arguing two things: firstly, West Indian/Caribbean is diverse; secondly, despite this diversity, the region has certain societal features that distinguish it from other regions and which bind together its disparate elements."
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Advertising, Popular Culture and Capitalist Use of the Sub-Cultural, 2002.
An analysis of two articles dealing with the above topics.
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A paper comparing two provided articles - Maynard's concerning homoerotica as employed to sell men's underwear among other products, and Hebdige's more general comments on the power of subcultures when representing reality via media.
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Cultural Units in Cross-Cultural Research, 2000.
The following paper is a review of De Munch and Korotayev's "Cultural Units in Cross-Cultural Research."
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The writer of this paper critically analyzes the ways in which De Munch and Korotayev start out by explaining that it is difficult to research across cultures because of "cross-cultural pollenization" that is, one culture tends to absorb some traits of the other. They point out that without adequate controls, the research can give both false confirmations of the hypothesis as well as false negatives. This paper is a negative critique of Cultural Units in Cross-Cultural Research.
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"The first group might look culturally diverse at first: 4 Spanish; 4 Iraqi; 1 Russian; 1 Estonian; 1 Javanese; 1 Ganda; one Greek; one Maronite-Lebanese. However, this group had significant cultural similarities, which the authors of course knew because they contrived the group. Some of the clerics were Catholic and therefore celibate. Others were Moslem and allowed more than one wife. It is hard to imagine how this example sheds any light on either cross-cultural studies or statistical and research methods."
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