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"Guns, Germs, and Steel", 2006.
A discussion on Jared Diamond's book,"Guns, Germs, and Steel"
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper discusses "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond and analyzes the author's conception of the influence of geography and history on people and society. It explains that the author's framework is also applied to an aspect of contemporary U.S. society namely, the rise of technology in the Silicon Valley.
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"In "Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies", Jared Diamond offers a theoretical framework to understand why Eurasian cultures developed agriculture metal tools, writing and state government compared to other continent ..."
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"Guns, Germs and Steel", 2005.
An analysis of Jared Diamond's book "Guns, Germs and Steel".
2,179 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper focuses on Diamond's book "Guns, Germs and Steel" and his explanations of how and why the modern world has developed the way it has. It looks at how it discusses the history of domestication in both plants and animals, world trade and disease, technology and advanced weaponry, and climates and specific ecosystems.
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" Diamond lists and explains the 'major five' and the 'minor nine' large domesticated herbivorous mammals, along with their ancestors and where they originated. The major five include sheep, goat, cow, pig, and horse. Sheep and goat originated in West Asia, cow and pig in Eurasia and North Africa, and the horse from southern Russia. The minor nine include Arabian and Bactrian camel, llama, donkey, reindeer, water buffalo, yak, Bali cattle, and mithan. One may ask why so many animals were domesticated in so few places, and the answer is partially knowledge of domestication, and the other is availability of animals. Some places like Australia were only left with one or a few candidates for domestication after the great extinction of the mega fauna."
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"Guns, Germs and Steel", 2002.
A brief review of "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared Diamond.
821 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 29.95
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In this paper, the writer presents an exploration of the Diamond's main ideas and relates the book to society. It explains how the book details a study of global history and how, while most books focus on one aspect of the world or one aspect of history this book presents a global and in-depth view of many world history events. The events detailed within the study are the events that have shaped the world society currently lives in today.
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"Diamond?s background as a biologist provide the knowledge and empirical understanding of many of the forces that have driven the evolvement not only of the world but of the natural and biological progression that has taken place within the world. Demographics are often driven by science and Diamond illustrates for the reader the way they impacted the world?s development. In addition the geographic lay of the land and the impact certain geographic facts have on the ability of mankind to survive have influenced the manner by which civilization has developed throughout history. As a scientist Diamond provides a broad view of things that can be attributed to ecological chance as well as explanations for man made and man driven events beginning with the ice age and traveling through history. The ice age and its many spectacular events are a focus of his work because it is the foundation by which the rest of the world history is based. While Diamond presents a fair and broad based overview of world history the reader cannot help but notice his particular love of New Guinea, which is where Diamond has worked for 30 years in field research. The focus is evidenced in many of the theories and details that Diamond presents in the book."
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Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel", 2005.
This paper discusses the theme of Jared Diamond's book "Guns, Germs and Steel".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper explains Jared Diamond's theme in his book that geography determines all of the differences between the world's societies. The author points out that, according to Diamond, geographic factors have been responsible for all historical developments. The paper describes such geographic factors as population size, the transfer of knowledge between continents, the availability of potential crops and domesticated animals and the orientation of continental axis to facilitate the spread of agriculture.
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"In the epilogue of "Guns, Germs and Steel", Yali asks Jared Diamond, "Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?" This question is answered by Diamond through the theme of his book, for according to Diamond, geography determines all of the differences between the world's societies. Population size in civilizations and diffusion between continents have been determining factors, as the geography of Yali's homeland demonstrates, for it imposed isolation from the rest of civilization and kept the population low, which resulted in a primitive culture in which material progress was not valued or pursued."
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"Guns, Germs, And Steel: The Fate Of The Human Society", 2002.
This paper discusses Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fate of the Human Society" .
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This paper relates that Diamond discusses what he found upon his visit to the tropical island of New Guinea several years ago. The author points out that he argues that environmental factors shape civilization.
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"Guns, Germs and Steal", 2006.
A review of the Jerod Diamond book "Guns, Germs and Steal: The Fates of Human Societies."
1,630 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper reviews the book "Guns, Germs and Steal: The Fates of Human Societies," by Jerod Diamond, which studies the development of civilizations and the interplay between technology and illness. The author critiques Diamond's theory on "the receptivity of whole societies to innovation", arguing that it reflects his bias toward Western nations. Like Diamond, the author of this paper steers clear of making judgments on good (vs. bad) societies, stating instead that the definition of good depends on one's paradigm.
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"Weaponry, as a technology, was developed through what the author calls "diffusion", a sort of "neighborly osmosis" where societies improve their technology by learning, imitating, or usurping what close-by civilizations and nations have already invented. He cites the opposite of this theory by pointing out that the Tasmanians, living without water craft, and isolated by the sea from Australia (only 1200 miles distant) had no contact with other societies for 10,000 years and acquired no new technology other than what they invented themselves. Australians and New Guineans received only a trickle of technology from Asia. The societies most able to develop and improve on technology were those located on the major continents."
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Environmental Factors and Human Activity, 2008.
This paper compares Ronald Wright's "A Short History of Progress" and Jared Diamond "Guns, Germs and Steel".
984 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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The paper compares how Ronald Wright in "A Short History of Progress" and Jared Diamond in "Guns, Germs and Steel" approach the issue of human civilization and its interaction with the environment. The paper argues that while both authors place a heavy emphasis upon environmental factors in determining the history of human civilization, Diamond's consideration of cultural factors in addition to purely environmental factors renders his analysis the more valid of the two.
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"Both Wright and Diamond, in their respective texts, attempt to address the question of why the history of human civilization has unfolded in the manner that it has, and what has been the role of the environment in this process. Wright's perspective on this question is to challenge the emphasis many scholars place on technology in explaining why some human societies succeeded in dominating others. He argues that we "should be wary of technological determinism" (Wright 47) and that human civilization "differing in detail but alike in essentials, had evolved independently on both sides of the earth" (Wright 51). There is an old saying that the "devil is in the details" and this certainly applies to Wright's argument here for it was precisely these differences in "details" that explain why European states were able to conquer their non-European counterparts in a remarkably short span of time."
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"Texans, Guns and History" ., 2002.
A review of the book "Texans, Guns and History" by Colonel Charles Askins on the relevance of guns in history.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper will report on the book "Texans, Guns and History" by Colonel Charles Askins and reveal what the book is about and how it was written as a history on guns. By analyzing the different aspects of this book, we can see how the history of guns in Texas has been an integral part in the study warfare in general for United States. The aim of the author is to use the relevance of guns, as pertains to history and this will be explained here.
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Toy Guns, 2003.
A discussion of the danger of toy guns, the effect they have on children, their involvement in crimes, cases of mistaken identity, and laws involving toy guns.
854 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper analyzes how toy guns are becoming a danger to society because of their similarities to real guns; some are so realistic that even police officers cannot tell the difference. It shows how many people, including children, die as a result of these cases of mistaken identity and how, by being allowed to play with toy guns, children get the impression that they are acceptable, which can lead to aggressive behavior and a careless attitude toward real weapons. It looks at how New York City lawmakers are seeking approval for a bill that would potentially ban the sale of toy guns altogether.
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"It is a parent?s job to teach their children about gun safety. Kids learn just about everything from their parents, including their views on gun use. Allowing them to play with toy guns is sending them the message that toy guns are OK, when, in fact, they are not. Children may not even know that guns are dangerous because they are sold as toys. In addition to creating a generation largely unafraid of guns, ?some studies have linked toy gun play with aggressive behavior, and some child health professionals counsel families to limit this type of activity? (Collins 1). Children are already confusing toy guns with real guns, leading to serious injury to both the child and others and when playing, they are in effect practicing to shoot a gun."
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Guns, 2006.
A look at the possibility of gun control or elimination and issues of the Second Amendment.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the idea of eliminating guns in society, noting that there are alternatives to violence that must be pursued. Polls suggest that a large number of Americans, and a clear majority in some states, favor gun control or even the elimination of guns from some regions. According to this paper, gun advocates cite the Second Amendment and hold that guns therefore cannot be eliminated or even controlled. The fact is that the elimination of most guns would certainly reduce gun deaths, reduce much street crime, and eliminate the many gun accidents that occur each year.
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"Gun control in some degree is essential in a society as awash in guns as ours, and the argument that we need guns for hunting has nothing to do with handguns. In a democratic society, there are alternatives to violence that must be pursued. The problem with absolutists is that they cannot lose an argument or admit defeat, and this is an anti-democratic view."
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Should Pilots Carry Guns?, 2002.
Reviews the pros and cons of airline pilots carrying guns in the cockpit in the event of a terrorist situation.
729 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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This paper gives both sides to the argument about pilots carrying guns in the cockpits. The writer discusses how while, on the one hand, the pilots would be able to protect themselves and their passengers if they carried guns, on the other hand, there are those pilots that have never had gun training and do not care to handle guns. When they became pilots they did not take into consideration that they might have to become 'soldiers of the air' as well.
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"The Airline Pilot's Association, which is the largest pilot's union, requested support from its members in helping to pass the bill that would allow guns in the cockpit. Many pilots feel that if the pilots are trained in the use of firearms and feel comfortable with using a gun, there is no reason why they should not be allowed to have a gun onboard."
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"Guns and Violence: The English Experience", 2008.
An analysis of violent crimes and their relationship to the availability of handguns in a society, based on the arguments of Joyce Lee Malcolm's "Guns and Violence: The English Experience."
3,571 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 99.95
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This paper explores whether societies in which guns are available to the general public are likely to have lower incidence of violent crimes than those where guns are not readily available. The paper provides particular reference to Joyce Lee Malcolm's "Guns and Violence: The English Experience." It concludes that Malcolm's analysis requires us to consider how a range of variables - from culture to crime statistics methodology -inform and, to a degree, transform the parameters of this debate.
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"This being said, however, one critical factor distinguishes Hickock and Smith from the defendants in the My Lai case; a factor that is evident in Capote's choice of a title for his text: "In Cold Blood". While there are indications that Hickock and Smith may have been troubled to some extent by the brutality of their murders of the Clutter family, this unease did not prevent them from planning on similarly murdering and stealing while hitchhiking across the American south. Both men were not only free agents - to the extent that they were not under orders or a part of a larger organization engaged in an enterprise such as war - but neither were in fear of their lives from victims or those associated with their victims. Thus, self-defense cannot be said to enter into their crimes in any way, shape or form. Instead, and unlike the killings at My Lai, the sole purpose of the murders committed by Hickock and Smith were to further their lifestyle of gaining money through theft without work; the murders simply being a way of ensuring that there were no witnesses who could finger Smith and Hickock for the thefts."
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Cars vs. Guns, 2004.
A debate on whether cars or guns are more dangerous for the youth of today.
1,855 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper looks at how teenagers use cars and guns as weapons and discusses the number of deaths in traffic and gunshot deaths among people under twenty years of age in Broward and Dade counties. The numbers are broken down into different categories, such as race, murder, and suicide. Prevention plans concerning both guns and cars are also discussed.
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"People always say that it is not guns that kill people it is people that kill people. People feel that they must protect themselves from other people. Now laws on guns make it harder for an under aged person to obtain a gun. Teenagers feel it is easier to get money by selling drugs and stealing from other people. In order to look tough they feel a gun will protect them but they wave it around as if it will not do any harm. Guns are not always used for protection. Being a teenager can be tough. The teenage years are the hardest part of growing up."
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?Germs?, 2002.
This paper is a review of the book ?Germs: Biological Weapons and America?s Secret War? by Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and William Broad, investigative journalists.
1,220 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses the book ?Germs? that reviews recent history and threats of biological or germ weapons. The paper states that biological weapons are an increased threat in today?s world where terrorists are the likely enemy rather than recognized foreign governments and the risks of biological attacks are greater since knowledge of these weapons is commonplace and germ technology is an affordable alternative to nuclear weapons. The author concludes, given that we now live in the world predicted by the authors, the book seems redundant even though it was published in 2001.
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"Recent times have seen the increase in the virility and willingness to use biological weapons. Chapter one outlines the first use in 1984 of a biological weapon against Americans on American soil. An imported religious cult, who called themselves Sannyasins, poisoned townspeople in Oregon by spreading salmonella over foods in local salad bars. The following chapters outline how weapons programs in post World War II Russia and the United States developed biological agents of increasing power and potency. Technological advances in the understanding of DNA and genetic engineering took germ weapons to new levels of sophistication, each superpower trying to outpace the other."
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Permits for the Possession of Hand Guns, 2002.
This paper studies public opinion on the issue of requiring permits for the possession of hand guns and some rifles.
4,195 words (approx. 16.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 112.95
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The paper attempts to provide greater insights into perceptions on the part of individuals that may explain some of the most ardent opposition to proposals for legal restrictions on the possession of hand guns in the United States. The writer also looks to provide a basis for the formulation of gun control legislation that might be more acceptable to the more effective opponents of such legislation.
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"Recent attempts to strengthen laws at the federal level of government designed to control the possession of hand guns and some rifles appear to be motivated by the latest firearms massacre, whether the tragedy occurs at a high school, such as that at Columbine High School in Littleton, at a community center, such as the Jewish Community Center in Greater Los Angeles, or at a church, such at the shooting at a Baptist church in Fort Worth. In fact, however, these incidents are simply replays of similar events that have occurred with some degree of regularity over the past decade. In reality, the recent attempts to strengthen federal laws relevant to the control of hand guns and some rifles are simply extensions of an effort that dates back to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan and the wounding and crippling of the President?s press secretary James Brady (Barone 33)."
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