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"Women in The Crystal Frontier", 2004.
This paper examines the roles of women in Mexico and the U.S. in the novel 'Women in the Crystal Frontier' by Carlos Fuentes.
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 47.95
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This article offers an examination of the roles of women in Mexico and the U.S. in the novel 'Women in the Crystal Frontier' by Carlos Fuentes. The writer shows that the author aims the criticism at prejudice and exploitation. Further, the writer demonstrates Fuentes' argument for greater understanding and acceptance of others.
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"In Carlos Fuentes' 'The Crystal Frontier' the author presents a number of stories all linked in one manner or another to the character of Don Leonardo, a wealthy Mexican businessman, who has few qualms about increasing his self-interests at the expense of his less fortunate countrymen. In many ways these stories depict the inequality between Mexicans and Americans, elites and peasants and men and women. From Mexican servants to wealthy elites and Americans ... "
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"The Crystal Frontier: A Novel in Nine Stories", 2005.
A look at the characters, plot, and theme in this novel by Carlos Fuentes, which centers around Don Leonardo Barasso, a powerful businessman in the story.
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the novel, "The Crystal Frontier: A Novel in Nine Stories", by Carlos Fuentes. More specifically, the paper presents a report on the book that includes a summary of the book, a character analysis, and a look at the author's background.
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"This book is really kind of like reading several short stories all put together. At first, they do not seem to fit very well, but then they come together around the main character, Don Leonardo. Each story has some connection to him, and he affects each person's life somehow as he moves through the stories. Don Leonardo is in his 50s, and it is clear from the start of the story he is a powerful businessman, because he has his own jet, and he has served as a government official, among other things. In the first story, he brings his goddaughter, Michelina, to meet his son, who he wants her to marry, but he really wants her for his mistress, too. He does not seem to have many morals and that shows throughout the book. Some of the characters in the other stories have a relationship to him, like Juan Zamora, who Don Leonardo helps put through medical school because Juan's father was Don Leonardo's administrative lawyer."
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The Role of the Frontier in American History, 1990.
Compares the movie '"STAGECOACH" to Frederick Jackson Turner's book "THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY". Shows how Americans have been shaped by the frontier. Also looks at ways in which the idea of frontiers remains a prevalent part of American society.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 39.95
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"The frontier played an important part in American history, both as a reality and as an idea; it continues to do so today long after the frontier has disappeared. That disappearance was announced by Frederick Jackson Turner in his book The Frontier in American History, a book in which the author also discussed the significance of the frontier in American history. That significance is apparent in his book and in the film Stagecoach, a film which extols the virtues of those who battled the frontier, and which shows how the frontier helped shape American ideals and social attitudes. The image may be idealized in the film, but it is powerful and derives from real forces from the nineteenth century.
The fact that the frontier continues to play an important role in American life is evident in the way Americans seem to keep searching..."
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Crystal Meth, 2006.
A discussion regarding methamphetamine or crystal meth.
3,135 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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This paper discusses the abuse of methamphetamine, more commonly known as crystal meth. According to the paper, crystal meth has become the drug of choice as it is easy and inexpensive to manufacture and the effects of the drugs are long-lasting.
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" Constantine was speaking about the lower crime rate experienced by New York City over a five-year time frame when more police were hired, and they were given the admonition to search out and obliterate all drug related crimes, from the street level up to the organized crime level. The program worked in a tremendous fashion, with all crime levels throughout the city from 1993-1998 declining in a dramatic fashion. Constantine also used the city of Baltimore as an example of the exact opposite approach, having the exact opposite results. A former mayor of the city of Baltimore told the public that the police would no longer arrest individuals or groups involved in small scale drug crimes. "
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Crystal Therapy, 2007.
This paper examines crystal therapy and its role in Western healthcare today.
2,931 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 24 sources, MLA, $ 86.95
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This paper presents an overview of the meaning, history and development of crystal therapy. The paper attempts to ascertain the degree of acceptance of this technique in the modern Western world. The paper also predicts the future outcomes of this therapy.
Outline:
Introduction
Overview of Crystal Therapy
A Brief History of Crystal Therapy
Demographics and Statistics
Conclusion: An Assessment of Crystal Therapy
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"Crystal healing and crystal therapy has a long history and has been used in various periods and cultures for healing and meditation. In essence crystal healing is a "... non invasive therapy which can be used in conjunction with other complementary therapies and with orthodox medicine." (Inside track: Crystal healing - Clear way to relax.) Crystal therapy encompasses the view that self-healing can be achieved through methods that allow the body to heal itself - as opposed to more invasive allopathic medical techniques and methods. It is also closely aligned with the view evident in other forms of alternative therapy that healing should adopt a holistic approach and that the conventional division between the body and mind and between the body and spiritual aspects in allopathic medicine is invalid."
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Western Frontier, 2006.
This paper discusses the move of people to the Western Frontier in America in the 1800's.
2,110 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This article looks at several aspects of the migration to the Western Frontier. An insight to the type of people who became settlers in the Western Frontier is shown. The writer discusses the significance involved in this transition and the qualities and development of the frontier regions. The writer discusses how the frontier experience of Americans in the late 19th century played an essential part in the making of the country's national character and development of democracy. The writer studies the views of three authors,Turner, Billington and Wister, who provide an understanding into how Americans observed the West and the unique men and women who made it their home.
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"For the settlers coming to the Americas in the 1600s and 1700s, this new country was wide open and offered the opportunity to seek a life free from the constraints of the Old World. However, once the East began to be populated by the refinery of the Europeans, it was no longer that rough and wild world where anything or everything was accepted. Thus, in the 1800s, it was time for the adventurous to move again--this time to the Western plains and deserts--to seek their fate. Historians and authors such as Frederick Jackson Turner, Ray Allen Billington and Owen Wister developed theories and wrote about the impact of this land on the new Americans."
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?The Frontier in American History?, 2005.
This paper discusses each of the individual essays in Frederick Jackson Turner's "The Frontier in American History".
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This paper explains that, in his collection of essays "The Frontier in American History", Frederick Jackson Turner records and hypothesizes on the many ways in which the frontier has contributed to the building of the American nationality and culture. The author points out that this book contains twelve related essays focusing on specific aspects of the frontier's history including technological factors, such as the development of the steam engine and the railroad, and limitations, such as the threat of Indian attacks and the peril of being isolated in the wilderness. The paper concludes that, although written at the turn of the 19th century, Turner's essays have a strikingly modern feel because he describes a vision of America as a strong, proud but brutal country, shaped not so much by individual cult figures or powerful politicians as by a massive, eager movement of people who were fed up with their previous lots and who had the courage to face an isolating wilderness in exchange for an untold bounty.
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"In the remaining chapters, Turner elaborates on previous themes and continues a study of the ways in which each successive frontier-wave shaped the modern American nation. "The Problems of the West" provides an especially illuminating glimpse into the American psychology. For all his rugged, rudimentary style, the Western man was an idealist at heart. He championed the virtues of "equality, of the exaltation of the common man," and had an "unbounded confidence in his ability to make his dreams come true." It sounds romantic, but the proof of it lies in the bare fact of forward frontier movement on such a grand scale, over so long a time, by so many men and women. However, the romanticism does provoke thoughts on Turner's great shortcoming: his failure to address the sheer human cost of the expansion, not only in the number of European-American lives lost, but particularly among the Native Americans, who were so completely displaced and exterminated by the frontier."
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T. R.Berger's "Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland", 2007.
This paper applies the critical-emancipatory paradigm and the constructivist-interpretive paradigm to T. R.Berger's 1988 book "Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland: The Report of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry".
1,615 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper explains that the critical paradigm recognizes that reality is the product of history and analyzes it accordingly through social, political, cultural, economic, ethnic and gender values developed over time. The author states that, when applying the critical-emancipatory approach to T. R. Berger's "Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland", the observer understands that the whole issue surrounding the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry involves a strong reaction to historical reality issues especially the importance of the First Nation people and the environmental supporters in deciding against the pipeline project. The paper relates that the constructivist-interpretive paradigm assumes that to understand the world and its meaning, one must interpret it. The author underscores that the constructivist-interpretive paradigm can be applied to Berger's work in that his assessment of the Mackenzie Valley pipeline is heavily subjective and based upon interpretation of multiple realities.
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The Strengths and Weakness of the Critical Paradigm
Application of the Critical-Emancipatory Approach to "Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland"
The Strength and Weakness of the Constructivist-Interpretive Paradigm
Application of the Critical Constructivist- Interpretive Paradigm to "Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland"
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"It is easy to analyze the Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland document in terms of the critical-emancipatory approach. Indeed, the whole issue surrounding the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry involves a strong reaction of social, political, cultural, economic and ethnic issues derived from processes over history. The writer, Berger, has assessed the contentious issue of the pipeline development firstly in terms of economic issues: that is, that it will be good for the Canadian economy, particularly the northern Canadians who will be brought now into the "mainstream of the Canadian economy" (Berger, 1988, p. 3). Ultimately, however, Berger has acknowledged the role of ethnicity in appraising the pipeline project and assessing its worth. His final position assumes the First Nation Canadians are correct; environmentally-speaking, the project should not go on). The role of acknowledging the importance of the First Nation people and the environment in deciding against the pipeline project display evidence of cultural, social, political and ethnic values in evaluating the situation.
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The Frontier, 2004.
This paper discusses Frederick Jackson Turner's views in his essay "The Significance of the Frontier in American History".
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 1 source, $ 95.95
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In this article the writer discusses three essays that examine the views and concepts addressed by Frederick Jackson Turner in his famous essay on frontier expansion, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History." The writer examines Turner's perspective on winning the wilderness.
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"Frederick Jackson Turner makes the claim in his essay 'The Significance of the Frontier in American History' that the most important effect of the frontier has been in the promotion of democracy here and in Europe. One of democracy's most characteristic features includes restraint on government. Turner maintains that it is this lack of control even aversion to control which manifested itself in the Western frontier. From Turner's perspective, the wilderness has a deconstructing impact on more complex societies like those that existed on ... "
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Constructing An Efficient Frontier, 2004.
A sample presentation of how to construct an efficient frontier.
2,034 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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The paper discusses a sample project for constructing an efficient frontier using six asset classes. The paper includes graphs for two efficient frontiers.
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Turner's "Frontier Thesis", 2007.
An analysis of John Ford's classic, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" by comparing the film to William Turner's "Frontier Thesis".
1,069 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper discusses William Turner's "Frontier Thesis." The paper discusses Turner's idea of certain characteristics of people who live on the frontier, such as common traits of strength and brains, practicality and inventiveness. The paper then compares those characteristics described by Turner, to those found in John Ford's film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".
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"This is the West. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend," states the editor of the Shinbone Star towards the end of John Ford's classic, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." The legendary heroes of America's western frontier, represented in film or story, tend to embody certain attributes laid down in Frederick Jackson Turner's "Frontier Thesis." In this thesis Turner states that frontier life produced common traits of strength and brains, practicality and inventiveness, and a dominant individualism that either works for a good or an evil agenda and that all of these common characteristics are accompanied by a buoyant and exuberant lifestyle stemming from a certain amount of freedom of the self that only frontier life offered. Turner claims that all of these traits are developed in all frontier livers, historic or legendary. Turner's assumed common traits of frontier personalities mirror those found in the characters of Ford's "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
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The Frontier in American History, 2004.
A response paper about Frederick Jackson Turner's "From the Significance of the Frontier in American History"
1,161 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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Frederick Jackson Turner's "From The Significance of the Frontier in American History" was shown to be an insightful analysis of what compels ordinary people to take enormous risks--opportunity and adventure. This paper provides a personal response to Turner's essay, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion.
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"For children born in the 20th century, the "next frontier" was represented by outer space; today, though, children born in the 21st century may never know a day when there was not a permanent human presence in space, whether in the International Space Station, future colonies on the Moon and Mars or beyond. For the American people of the 19th century, the "next frontier" was the largely unknown territory beyond the westernmost borders of the country. The importance of the opportunities represented by this "next frontier" to the development of the United States has been the subject of numerous works, including Frederick Jackson Turner's "From The Significance of the Frontier in American History.""
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"The Crystal Cave", 2002.
An analysis of the character of Merlin in "The Crystal Cave" by Mary Stewart.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper will show how the character Merlin in The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart is seen as a wise young man, as well as a magical human being. This paper will discuss how both seem to reflect each other, but also show that they are both valid in the scheme of his overall character. By comparing them together, we can see both of these elements come to life in the character that this author has brought to life in the realm of pseudo history.
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'The Gendered Frontiers of Globalization', 2006.
A review and analysis of J. Ann Tickner's article, "The Gendered Frontiers of Globalization".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses J. Ann Tickner's article, "The Gendered Frontiers of Globalization", explaining that it shows that women have been severely disadvantaged by globalization. However, it also does far more than this; in a carefully balanced and nuanced text, Tickner analyses both the pros and cons of globalization for women.
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"Therefore, the result is an article that gains credibility for its dispassionate analysis. It cannot be rejected outright as merely another neoliberal apologia for globalisation, nor as yet another vitriolic (and thus presumably biased) attack on globalisation. This dispassionate..."
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"Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier California", 2006.
This paper reviews and examines Douglas Monroy's book "Thrown Among Strangers: The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier California."
1,110 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper uncovers the plight of the Native Americans at the hands of both the Spaniards of Mexico and the Anglo Americans. Douglas Monroy the author of "Thrown Among Strangers: The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier California" seeks to demonstrate through exploration what he defines as labor relations policies in two distinctly different eras as portrayed in the book. This paper details why Monroy's portrayal of the Mexican invasion and its all-subsuming impact on indigenous Indian culture is often insightful albeit contradictory. This paper also discusses the author's insistence that the American domination was far worse than that imposed by the Spaniards.
Topics covered in this report include:
Introduction
Barbarian Strangers at the Gates
Conclusion
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"However, both share the primary reason for success: the imposition of systems upon the natives so alien and intrinsically unacceptable that they seemed literally to overwhelm their defeated victims. In the case of the Spaniards, this involved a complex interweaving of religion, family interrelations, sociocultural customs, historical/chronological self-image and economic concepts that diverged sharply from what the Indians could understand or assimilate. Later, the 19th century Americans also imposed a variety of new systems, but with a dramatic difference."
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