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California History, 2004.
Examines issues pertaining to the land, water, and air in the history of the State of California.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper examines the importance of land in California, beginning with its division by the Mexican government before the area joined the Union, until the present day demand for land due to a growing population. The paper discusses problems relating to the land in California and other aspects, such as air pollution, water supplies, and the automobile industry.
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"There are simply too many people in California for the available water, and so water projects have grown up all over the state to meet the needs. The Central Valley Project helped turn the Central Valley into one of the most successful agricultural areas in the country, and the Feather River Project brought water to many parts of the state ? even as far south as San Diego County from as far north as Sacramento (Rolle 637-643). Clearly, relying on far-off water supplies can be dangerous. The water has to travel great distances, and it costs millions of dollars to construct the aqueducts to carry the water. All these costs are passed along to the consumer in higher water prices."
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Women in California's History, 2004.
Book review of Gayle Gullet's book, "Becoming Citizens: The Emergence and Development of the California Women's Movement".
844 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper reviews Gullet's book on the history of the women's movement in California and explains how Gullet breaks up the history of the movement into stages and highlights. It discusses how the movement was forced to undergo a series of ideological and structural transformations to achieve a specific goal rather than manifest itself as the pure politics of a group of women unified across class lines.
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"This was not true of the beginnings of the women?s rights movement in California, true?at the very beginning, the Californian movement took its lead from its first most notable figure, not a Californian, but the template of Susan B. Anthony, national feminist advocate. This period, the historian Gayle Gullett suggests, highlighted a specific aspect of the past of the women?s rights movement, namely a kind of radical as opposed to the later forms of reform progressivism, albeit with a uniquely Californian emphasis. (102)."
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Californian Labor History, 2002.
An examination of the history and the achievements of the labor unions in California.
1,153 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses how the state of California has given rise to some of the most significant changes in American labor relations. It analyzes how throughout its history, the state has been able to provide jobs in various sectors of the economy, from agriculture to aerospace and how currently, California unions represent workers in every industry, including education, entertainment, construction, health care, petroleum refinery, clothing and transportation. It provides a few examples from California?s recent history that bear witness to the power and significance of labor unions in the state. It shows how California unions help workers achieve basic human needs such as reasonable wages in tune with the national economy, healthy workplace environments and a balance of power between management and employees. Without labor unions, skilled and unskilled workers in California would be grossly underrepresented in government and politics, as unions exert powerful influence on state and local public policy.
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"California labor unions benefited immensely from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidential administration. In part because of an influx of farm workers into the state from the ?dust bowl? of the Great Plains, organized labor in California became increasingly important to secure rights. The National Recovery Act (NRA), and the Wagner Act, passed following the Great Depression, helped correct the injustices of California-based businesses. These new laws affected the booming oil industry in southern California, as well as the farming industry. The formation of both the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) affected California laborers because of the amount of skilled and unskilled workers in the state and due to the state?s plethora of industries."
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Oral History, 2004.
A definition and examination of oral history.
1,457 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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A brief examination of the importance of oral history in providing a collective view of a historical event. The paper explains that it can be defined as the narrative of individual human lives and experiences. The paper also briefly discusses the oral history narratives in the project/book, "Central City Blues", which involves various California jazz and blues narratives.
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"However, one of the benefits of music and film entering the mainstream acceptance of high culture is the recognition by historians that heard, lived, and even personal experience are also a valid historical form of documentation. Writing is not all that matters, our own culture?s shift in emphasis from the world to the voice and image instructs us. Oral history is a different form of history than history recorded by those who never lived through the events, but it is still history, and an important component of understanding the past. One of the most valuable aspects of oral history lies in the fact that it is able to bring to life the physical, lived experience of individuals ?in the moment? of history, that would otherwise be lost in an overly intellectualized, analytical framework."
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Global Theater History, 2006.
This paper looks at global theater history as education for 4th grade children.
2,600 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 78.95
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In this article, the writer looks at film, entertainment and the multimedia business. The writer focuses attention on these aspects in California. The writer discusses that the future lies in interactive entertainment that will take some major features of the computer and video game industry thereby putting an immense impact on the future of entertainment and technology. Further, the writer looks at the Disney business and the history of entertainment features from Japan.
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Thesis Statement
Outline
Introduction
The Various Entertainment Eras:
Entertainment History from Another Foreign Country: Japan
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"After the 1990s, with the growth of digital content in entertainment, California has been acknowledged as the bastion of media entertainment with big banners like Titanic and Jurassic Park becoming blockbuster movies. The heavy special effects in these movies owe their origin in California which has the indomitable strengths of latest technology and rich content. Besides, novel forms of technology is expected to roll out when P.C., T.V. and telephone converge into one. Los Angeles is presently witnessing a multimedia boom as more than a several thousands of people are engaged in the multimedia business. California's tryst with entertainment dates back to the silent era when Mendocino became the first film to be made in its category in the Silent Movie Theatre. In the forthcoming five to six years it is anticipated that computer and video game business will be break unforeseen barriers will be worth a whopping $10 billion in US alone hooking kids and surprising adults too."
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The History of McDonald's, 2006.
A discussion regarding the history of the McDonald's empire.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper takes a look at the McDonald's empire, reviewing it's history and discussing the factors that turned it into the success it is today. According to the paper, McDonald's was started in 1940 by two brothers, Dick and Mac McDonald. Today, McDonald's owns or franchises approximately 30,000 restaurants that serve nearly 50 million people each and every day, all from the humble beginnings of two brothers and one restaurant in San Bernadino, California.
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"The McDonald's brothers had already experimented with limited localized franchising, however Kroc approaches the brothers to open new restaurants as the company's first real franchisee. One year later, in 1955, Kroc opened the Des Plaines, Illinois location, in suburban Chicago. Kroc founds McDonald's Systems, Inc. this same year, which is often referred to as the beginning of the company, despite the fact that the McDonald's brothers had founded the business 15 years earlier. Five years later, McDonald's Systems, Inc. was renamed McDonald's Corporation ("McDonald's", n.d.).
In 1961, Kroc purchases the business rights from the McDonald brothers, for $2.7 million. The brothers are allowed to keep their original restaurant, in the deal, but do not retain the name. The brothers are forced to rename their restaurant "The Big M" until Kroc opens a McDonald's unit just one block north and drives the original restaurant out of business ("McDonald's", n.d.). Although the McDonald's chain was successful, it would be when they changed their marketing direction that the company would really begin to take off."
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California Indians, 2007.
This paper describes the history of the California Indians and the struggles they faced with colonizing Europeans.
2,310 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper presents a brief history of the Native Americans of California, focusing on their struggles with colonizing Europeans and their eventual loss of land and civil rights. The paper traces the history of Native Americans in the US back to their arrival in North America from Asia. Next the author describes their settlement and cultures in North America, and California specifically. The paper highlights the arrival of Europeans to Californian, describing the Native American's subsequent loss of loss of land, culture and autonomy. Special attention is paid to the effects of reservations on the Native American population.
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California Indians
Population Decline of California Indian
Figure-1: Native California [Census 2000]
Figure-2: Native California Population [Census 2000]
Indian Plight since Columbian Period
Paper includes maps and charts.
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"This exploitation continued well into the twentieth century and displacement of Native Indian from reserves continued with little or no compensation until the early twentieth century. The enlightened society of the twentieth century began to apply the laws which have been on the statutes for centuries to all Americans. Discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion and sex can not be legally justified anymore. This important factor now provides legal rights and new protection to Native Indians. "
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California?s Indians, 2004.
Examines how author Albert Hurtado portrays California's Indians as participants in, not victims of, Anglo-Saxon culture and society.
1,285 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper demonstrates how Hurtado?s book successfully diminished popular ideas about the Native American experience in California, replacing stereotypes of submissive native slaves with images of working and raiding Indians who helped to shape California history. Hurtado?s Native Californians emerged, not as victims of Anglo society, but as active participants in California?s history. This paper also describes how the Indian experience shaped Native American culture today.
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"In Albert Hurtado?s book, he discusses how native life and culture survived through this time, how the survivors managed to adapt to white society, and how the whites treated the Indians. Hurtado provides an interesting perspective of the California Indians, painting them as active participants in this culture, rather than victims of the dominant white society."
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Affirmative Action in California, 3.
Examines the history and present state of affirmative action in California.
2,943 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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Diversity in the work-place, the school room or the production line is not usually done by popularity poll or the kind heartedness of the majority; in the majority of cases it has had to be mandated. This paper examines the history of affirmative action in the state of California. It centers on Proposition 209 which aims to reverse affirmative action in California.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Background
The Peaks and Valleys of Affirmative Action in California
Proposition 209
Conclusions
References
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"What the framers of this Proposition have done is two-fold. First, they are almost claiming that prior legislation has resulted in reverse discrimination. (To some degree, it had.) As a matter of fact, instead of strengthening affirmative action policies, it will "allow for vast discrepancies in hiring and promotion because it does away with one very powerful tool: affirmative action." The other effect of the writing of Proposition 209 is to refer to Affirmative Action as "preferential treatment". By using this idea, the writers of the Proposition have already provided a reason for voter opposition to the Proposition. In a sense, a vote FOR Proposition 209 would bwe a decisive vote against the federal Civil Rights legislation."
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Services in Venice Beach California, 2007.
A discussion of the history, demographics and social capital and welfare services that are available in Venice Beach, California
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper analyzes the social capital and welfare services in Venice Beach, California. The paper begins by describing the history of the neighborhood of Venice, as well as its demographics. It then looks at the interplay of social systems in Venice and discusses how they show a remarkable community based on social capital, culture and the effects of urban sprawl. It finally suggests that although many programs and services are available to the at-risk population, Venice keeps these members of the community stagnant.
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"The interplay of social systems in Venice show a remarkable community based on social capital, culture, and the effects of urban sprawl. By embracing the image of Venice as a colorful bohemian community, the residents have a focal point that undermines homelessness as an unseemly problem, instead describing it as an asset of added diversity in the community (J. Hoffman, personal communication, August 23, 2007). The social capital of the homeless population bolsters the community's reputation as "different" and becomes a unifying attribute for the community members. Jack V. Hoffman, a long time resident of Venice, community activist, and successful broker for Venice Properties expressed, "What makes Venice great is the collision of interests. Social strata and isolation, crime is our best filter, the threat pushes members of Venice closer together" (J. Hoffman, personal communication, August 23, 2007). According to Robert D. Putnam (2000, chap. 1), "bonding social capital supports reciprocity and solidarity in the community." Putnam (2000, chap.1) differentiated between different forms of social capital, multi stranded networks and episodic single stranded: "The gangs are a community of their own and a response to poverty. Everyone fights and then they all go to dinner together" (J. Hoffman, personal communication, August 23, 2007)."
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The California Gold Rush, 2005.
A review of the history and long-term impact of the Californian Gold Rush on the region.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper explores the impact of the Californian Gold Rush on the history of the state of California. This paper discusses the events leading up to this event, the history of the event and how the Gold Rush totally transformed the face of California.
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"The California Gold Rush was one of the single most important events in the history of that state. It quite literally changed the face of the region, not only physically and environmentally but also demographically and politically. For the Californians who had settled there before the Gold Rush, the events of the mid to late nineteenth century would utterly transform their world. The newcomers who arrived in search of their fortunes consumed and forever changed the fate of that state to be. Had gold never been discovered in California, modern California would be entirely unrecognizable to our modern eyes. The Gold Rush began in California in 1848 when James Marshall, a sawmill operator about forty-five miles northeast of Sacramento, came across what he thought might be gold."
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"Southern California: An Island on the Land", 2008.
A review of the book "Southern California: An Island on the Land" by Carey McWilliams.
1,190 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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The paper discusses McWilliams' thesis in "Southern California: An Island on the Land" that California, the golden state of great wealth was built by exploiting individuals who never enjoyed its riches and were often unjustly denied the name or rights of Americans. The paper is of the opinion that McWilliams' book, although first written in 1946, is a strikingly refreshing text to read against more conventional and seemingly balanced histories. The paper explains that McWilliams' passionate history seems to better express the land and why California is still so complex, so racially divided and provokes such passion today.
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"Carey McWilliams' title of his history of Southern California, Southern California: An Island on the Land, suggests that Southern California encapsulates a unique culture, as distinct from the rest of the United States, almost like an island nation. Although tied to the land, the colorful constellation of cultures, political personalities, and economic speculation that influenced the region caused it stand apart from the rest of the nation. McWilliams attempts to explain some of the extraordinary developments that occurred during the region's history, even before it became a state."
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California Proposition 187, 1999.
An analysis of Proposition 187 and how the voters of California decided on this amendment to the California Constitution.
2,330 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 8 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper is an analysis of the California Proposition known as Proposition 187. Prop. 187 is about the status of illegal aliens in terms of health care and other social benefits. This paper is broken down into sections that provide the history of the Proposition, an analysis, a complete description and a conclusion.
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The Economy of California, 1994.
The nation began recovering from the recession, but California's economy seemed to respond less quickly. There are two likely reasons for this: California's economy is the largest in the nation; & the decline in aerospace spending.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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"The relationship between the economy of the nation as a whole and the economy of any given state is not always clear. The U.S. economy has recently been recuperating from a period of decline and turmoil; there is much concern over whether the recovery is to be long-lasting and whether it is taking place too rapidly or rapidly enough. California is the largest economy within the United States, and indeed the California economy rivals that of many nations of the world. The decline in government spending for the aerospace industry in particular has profoundly affected the economy of California, and the recovery that is taking place elsewhere in the nation seems to be sluggish in California. How will the anticipated economic growth on the national level affect California?
Sivy (1994) believes that California will benefit from the .."
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California as Paradise in Film, 2001.
Examines the image of California as portrayed in films such as "Grapes of Wrath", "La Story" and "Boyz N the Hood" which seem to present California as either a paradise or a dystopic nightmare.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 23.95
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"The image of California as a paradise is rightly questioned by Julian Marais. California seems to many outsiders to be a paradise in terms of personal freedom, labor opportunities, and climate. This is an image of California often found in films which present a constantly warm and sunny climate, and beaches populated by healthy, carefree young people. However, there are movies which present a darker and more realistic side of California, which portray problems from crime and social unrest to natural disasters.
Those who believe in the paradise-like image of California flock to the state seeking the "absence of limitation" they see on behavior and opportunity, and the supposed "lack of difficulty" inherent in California living. Yet clearly Californians face many of the same problems found in other parts of the ..."
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