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Eric Wolf's "Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century"., 2002.
Discusses a book by Eric Wolf on the major peasant uprisings of the twentieth century.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This essay discusses Eric Wolf's "Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century". The paper examines Wolf's account of the major popular peasant-based revolutions of the twentieth century -- in Russia, Mexico, China, Algeria, Cuba, and Viet Nam. William Rodney's work is used to illuminate Wolf's main points.
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"The Hidden Frontier" ( John Cole and Eric Wolf ) and "Penny Capitalism" ( Sol Tax ), 1999.
Compares the cultures of the Tyrol and Guatemalan Indians. Examines geography, history, labor, demographics, government and the impact of European culture.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, $ 79.95
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"Culture is defined as the strategy by which human beings adapt to the natural environment. Anthropology in all its forms is the study of human beings and their behavior, and culture is a manifestation of that behavior. Culture includes all the techniques, technologies, and artifacts produced by human beings. Culture is clearly a vital element in cultural anthropology, which studies how human beings react to their environment. In two books on different cultures, the authors take different methodological approaches to their studies, but in each case the authors show an understanding of the way the environment and all that it entails--topography, vegetation, climate--shapes the culture that develops in that environment. A comparison of the culture of the Tyrol in The Hidden Frontier by John W. Cole and Eric R. Wolf and that of the Guatemalan Indians in Penny ..."
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Critique of Alan Wolfe's Critique of "The Bell Curve", 1994.
Reviews Alan Wolfe's critique of the book "The Bell Curve", in which Wolfe focused on the existence of a "new class" of the cognitive elite. Argues that Wolfe engages in a straw man argument.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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"The Bell Curve, by Charles Murray and Richard Hernstein, has proven to be one of the most controversial books of the decade. A detailed examination of intelligence scores, including analyses across class, gender, and (most controversially) race, The Bell Curve has been a magnet for criticism ever since its publication. The most valid criticisms of the work took the authors to task for committing methodological errors, primarily that of crossing levels of analysis (intelligence tests are individual level measures, yet the authors often treated them as group level measures by aggregating scores and making group distinctions). However, few such critical articles were as reasoned as these, most criticisms on a political or social perspective, scorning the authors for an implied racism in their conclusions. Yet another, smaller, class of criticism examines the theoretical under.."
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"Peasant Wives", 2004.
An analysis of the brutal reality of peasant life, as portrayed in Anton Chekhov?s "Peasant Wives".
1,396 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses how most of the works of the Russian author, Anton Chekhov, involve peasant people, depicting their lives, afflictions, and joys. It examines how he is an author that represents life in a different angle, at times making the readers feel disillusioned or pessimistic after reading his works. In particular, it discusses Chekhov?s ability to illustrate reality about human life through the study of his short story, ?Peasant Wives.? Through an analysis of the text, it posits that the brutality of peasant life is vividly depicted in Chekhov?s literary works, mainly through the characters and themes illustrated in the story.
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"The first theme, the theme of realism, talks about the main elements present in most of Chekhov?s works, which mainly centers on the element of familiar and the negative of the lives of people. Through the theme of realism, Chekhov truthfully illustrates Russian peasant life in ?Peasant Wives,? wherein difficulties experienced by people of poverty and the seemingly ?familiar? conditions that they confront everyday give life to Chekhov?s narrative. Furthermore, through the help of the characters in the story, Chekhov manages to add a different twist to these two elements that is characteristic only of Chekhov?s writing and narrative style."
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Joel Beinin's "Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East", 2005.
This paper discuses Joel Beinin's "Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East", a modern history of the Middle East from the perspective of the changing peasant and urban artisan classes and the emerging modern working-classes.
1,880 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 60.95
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This paper explains that Joel Beinin's "Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East" begins in 1750, which marks the start of modern history for the Middle East because of (1) the rise of autonomous provincial regimes, (2) the expansion of agricultural production and (3) the intensification of links between several parts of the Ottoman Empire and the world capitalist market. The author points out that Beinin argues that industrial manufacturing was introduced to the Middle East as part of a drive to establish modern armies and extend the power of the states. The paper relates that Beinin considers the period after the collapse of global oil prices in 1985-86, when states became unable to provide previously established levels of services, thus creating an economic and moral vacuum, as the beginning of the political Islamic movements of establishing a popular base by offering social services, including education, health care and child care.
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"During the era of Fordism-Keynesianism many Middle Eastern states pursued policies of populism, nationalist anti-imperialism, state-led economic development, and import-substitution industrialization. Some examples of this post-World War II trend he cites were Muhammad Mossadegh's nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in 1951 and Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal Company in 1956. State-led development and import-substitution industrialization were key components of the social policies advanced by Gamal 'Abd al-Nasir in Egypt, the Ba'th in Syria and Iraq and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from the 1950s to the 1970s. The political and economic programs of these authoritarian-populist regimes were designated "Arab nationalism" and "Arab socialism" respectively."
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Susan Wolf and Freedom of Will, 2006.
This paper provides a critical discussion of Susan Wolf's account of freedom of the will.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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In this article the writer discusses the concept of free will and examines Susan Wolf's views in this regard. The writer looks at Wolf's essay, "Sanity and the metaphysics of responsibility," in which she focuses on the issue of freedom of the will, and in particular on the notion of responsibility.
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"Most people would have an answer for this question: "Why should we care whether there is such a thing as free will?" Most people would agree that we need to care, because our entire society is based on the assumption that people do in fact have free will. If they did not, it would not make sense to punish those who do wrong. This makes it evident that this is an important issue."
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Peasants? Revolt, 2006.
A review of the causes for the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
1,371 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses the main causes of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt. It gives a general background of the roles that Christianity and the church play within society. The author explains how religion has the capacity to both incite and quell rebellions. Usually, the distinction between the two rests in the distinction between the teachings of religion and the establishments responsible for relaying those teachings. The paper expands on how the peasants' revolt of 1381 clearly exemplifies this schism and explains this apparent duel-edged power of the Church.
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"By 1381, however, the Catholic Church was facing crises on a number of fronts. "It was the papacy of Urban VI, however, and the anti-French reforms that became associated with it, which was to split the Church for nearly half a century. . . . The great 'schism' meant that two popes now ruled God's kingdom on earth." This divided the organizational structure of the Church and undermined the supposedly divinely appointed position of the pope. Since the obvious bases for the great schism were political in nature, it was easy for everyone in Christendom to recognize the non-spiritual foundations upon which the Church fundamentally rested. Additionally, the opposing religious sides birthed even more fierce divisions along cultural and geographic boundaries. Notably for Britain, the Scots openly supported the French pope while the English supported the Italian pope. This gave the English added cause to attack the Scots; a sequence of events that would have implications for the revolt."
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Naomi Wolf's "The Beauty Myth", 2006.
An analysis of the message about the ideal of beauty in Naomi Wolf's book, "The Beauty Myth".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the message in Naomi Wolf's book, "The Beauty Myth", explaining that Wolf puts forward the provocative argument that the ideal of beauty in modern culture is nothing but the latest method of keeping women in a subservient role within the patriarchy. She sees the ubiquitous images of female beauty that pervade our culture as being part of a vicious backlash against the successes of feminism, arguing that this beauty myth functions to keep women convinced that they are worth less than men, and thus maintains the current economic system.
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"Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century", 2002.
An analysis of the book "Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century" by Mark Mazower.
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This paper answers five specific essay questions on the subject of Mark Mazower's book, "Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century". This book concentrates on the fact that Europe was a place of absolute bloodshed and social decay until the later part of the Twentieth Century, and that the Second World War arose from not only the Nazi Party but also these factors.
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The Red Wolf, 2002.
This paper is an environmental study about the red wolf.
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The paper reviews the comprehensive biological information on the red wolf, helps understanding the causes of its decline and the desire for its restoration. The author includes how human beings can restore a specie's population size and long-term viability. The author relates the problems and benefits of reintroducing the wolf and strategy and procedure concerns of reintroduction.
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The Peasants and the French Revolution, 2001.
Examines the role of the large population of French peasants in the French Revolution of 1789.
952 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, $ 33.95
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This essay examines the role of the farming peasantry of France in pushing forward the French Revolution. What grievances and suffering had the peasants endured that led to open revolt in 1789, and what revolutionary responses did they take? While not representative of the political or intellectual strength that provoked the French Revolution, the peasant?s role in toppling the old regime cannot be ignored. This essay describes and evaluates that role.
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"It should be said before beginning that during the initial struggle between the status quo and the other classes (aristocracy, bourgeoisie, workers), the peasants had played little or no role. In fact, they had literally no part in ?provoking? the first responses and revolts, and before July, 14, 1789 there was scarcely any question of the peasants. Their grievances and complaints were of little interest to the National Assembly, in which they had no members (Lefebvre 131). Yet, if one examines the story of the French peasantry and evidence provided by Georges Lefebvre, it can be argued that they had had been suffering longer and had more to complain about than any of the other classes of French society and that their actions in July and August, 1789 were utterly crucial ones. In the end, it was the mass peasant uprising of 1789 that pushed forward the revolution, destroying the remnants of the manorial and feudal system, and finally bringing all the non-aristocratic social classes in France fully together in their efforts to topple the status quo."
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Eric Erikson's Life Span Theory., 2002.
An examination of the Life Span Theory by Eric Erikson
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An analysis and evaluation of Eric Erikson's Life Span Theory.
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Ken Wolf's "Personalities and Problems", 2004.
A review and analysis of Ken Wolf's book "Personalities and Problems".
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper reviews the thesis, main points and methodology of Ken Wolf's book, "Personalities and Problems". Great leaders approach to history.
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"In "Personalities and Problems", historian Ken Wolf employs the great leaders approach to history, befitting his premise that history is the study of human beings who make it. His choices of interesting people are grounded in his preferences and he acknowledges that others may have chosen different people as more interesting or worthwhile to write about. The historical figures in the book are political leaders, thinkers or religious leaders and explorers. Wolf's thesis is that we cannot understand human beings adequately if we separate their political behavior from..."
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Peasant Women of 19th Century France, 2002.
Historical account of the lives of peasant women in France during the 19th century.
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A study of the lives and culture of French peasant women during the 19th century. Discusses the influence of the Revolution, and of Napoleon's structural improvements, on rural France and (indirectly) on the role of women in the economy. Also covers rural schooling efforts and the influence of industrialization on population and materials available in rural areas.
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Evolution of Peasants' Clothing in Europe, 2002.
Examines how changing social conditions were reflected in the dress of peasants in Europe.
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This paper shall examine how the changes in social conditions in Europe enabled the peasant classes to wear different types of clothing. There is an emphasis on how clothing served to indicate social change.
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