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Shanty Towns, 2005.
This paper discusses the development and policy on shanty towns.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 13 sources, $ 115.95
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This paper explains that shanty towns are most common in the third world and developing countries but are not limited to poorer countries. The author points out that shanty towns are characterized as being made up of one shack after another and built with metal sheets and various materials found at the local dump. The paper relates that governments around the world need to step in and help improve the global standard of living.
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"As the global village reflects on the aftermath of the tsunami tragedy, reduced poverty levels and aid for reducing national debt are the top priorities of the international community. The United Nations' Millennium Goals are reflective of this perception as the world population becomes educated on the reality and extent of poverty rates and low standard of living. To my knowledge, there are no communities in Canada that resemble anything like what we in terms of human conditions in under developed countries."
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British Coastal Towns, 2004.
An extensive analysis of the urban character of British coastal towns, with a focus on the towns of Hastings and Clacton On Sea.
16,537 words (approx. 66.1 pages), 38 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This paper explains that the exigencies of mass tourism have completely changed the nature of many small coastal towns in the United Kingdom. The paper contends that the study of Britain's coastline is a relatively undocumented subject in urban design theory, but the issue is becoming increasingly important as coastal and seaside towns reinvent themselves in an effort to cope with these changing tourist patterns. This paper examines two coastal community case studies, Hastings and Clacton On Sea, in relation to their urban development from small fishing villages to popular resorts with an objective to discover why one coastal town develops differently from another. The paper includes illustrations, graphic analysis and various other existing research sources to appreciate the existing situation and explores the unique characteristics of coastal towns. The study's findings and summary of the research are provided in the conclusion.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Coastal Towns in the United Kingdom
Impact of Tourism on Coastal Towns
Chapter 3: Macroanalysis of Coastal Developments in the United Kingdom
Chapter 4: Microanalysis of Coastal Development
Hastings
Clacton On Sea
Chapter 5: Findings and Conclusion
Findings
Conclusions
References
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"The study of Britain's coastline is a relatively undocumented subject in urban design theory, but is becoming increasingly important as coastal and seaside towns reinvent themselves, time and again, to cope with changing tourist patterns. According to Page (1995), "As historic towns gain tourist potential, historic quality gains market value. A new urban society is emerging, seeking leisure, culture and a high-quality environment, and cities are moving from being industrial centres of production to becoming centres of consumption (Page 1995). For historic towns faced with limited financial opportunities, cultural tourism is seen as a significant economic alternative and the attached commercial value is turning the past into a product of the present. Today, historic towns and quarters are competing to attract tourism, and previously unknown locations are appearing on the heritage market (Orba?l?, 2000 p. 38)."
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Ghost Towns, 2004.
Examines the gold mining era in American history and life in the mining towns.
3,031 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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Among the most colorful periods in America's remarkable early history is the Gold Rush era. In the late 1800s, the discovery of gold triggered a flood of immigrants into the country, all intent on making their fortune. These miners shaped the early history of America and created a great deal of the legend that surrounds the era of the "Wild West". While some of the legends of lawlessness and debauchery are clearly exaggerated, life in the mining towns of the Gold Rush era was clearly 'rough and ready'. This paper examines life in the mining camps of the Gold Rush era. This includes a look at the people who made up the camps, the general atmosphere, as well as prostitution, gambling, general lawlessness, and the role of religion within the mining camps. The demise of the mining camps is examined in the context of the development of the railroad and the emergence of the Settlement Act. In addition, the fate of many of these mining camps as ghost towns is discussed, including threats to their continuing existence and hopes for their preservation.
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"Today, time has begun to erase the physical traces of many of America's more permanent historic mining camps. As a result, there has been a recent movement aimed at the preservation of these pieces of American history. In Montana, Virginia City and Nevada City were considered among the National Trust's top 10 "Most Endangered Historic Properties." The two towns were famous for their fine collection of buildings and artifacts from the 1860s and 1870s gold rush era, and were being slowly auctioned off by a private owner. Ultimately, the State of Montana, in association with a group of private and public sources known collectively as the Montana Heritage Preservation and Development Commission bought the property, and began preservation in earnest (Visit Montana)."
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Georgian Towns in Britain Compared to Europe, 2005.
A comparison of British Georgian town design with contemporaneous European town development and a discussion of the reasons for the differences.
1,806 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper discusses the main reason why, in the early 1700s, British town planning seemed to diverge from that on the continent, even though a common heritage was present. The conclusion is a surprising amount of politics, national rivalry and religious differences that altered British building environment.
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"Baroque design flourished on the continent between 1600 and 1750, particularly in Catholic countries. It tended to be expressive, flamboyant and encouraged by the Roman Catholic church (Hutchinson:2005). A Baroque designer would usually have had the support of a ruler and would therefore expect his development to be completed in its entirety, in contrast to events at the Royal Crescent in Bath, for example. The emergence of Baroque town planning in continental Europe is tied to the Renaissance, Reformation and subsequently the Counter-Reformation. Advances in science and the discovery of the New World provided the context for the creation of towns and cities that came to reflect the new wealth of the major European powers as well as the new cosmopolitanism of the ruling classes. "
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Indentured Servants and Company Towns, 2004.
Discusses how these two forms of controlled labor affected the United States sociologically.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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Sociologically, company towns and indentured servitude are two of the most complex topics of life in historic America. Indentured servants placed their trust in others to eventually gain their freedom and a better life, while company towns existed to better the company, rather than the residents. These two forms of controlled labor created new classes in America and, sociologically, say much about a people who can keep others in bondage, no matter what the outcome. This paper examines the history of indentured servants and company towns in the United States and discusses how sociological concepts apply to these topics.
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"Their wages were miniscule after the company deductions, so the company kept them dependent. They could never get enough money ahead to move away, and so, their family's well being and very survival depended on their subservience to the company and its' policies. Anyone who spoke out against costs, living conditions, wages, or social conditions was simply fired and kicked out of their company house. With nowhere to go, most employees simply did not speak up or make waves. Just as with indentured servants, the company, or "master" had all the power, and the worker had little. Indentured servitude may have disappeared in the country, but savvy companies still knew how to control their workers and get the most work out of them for the smallest investment possible."
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European Towns in the 12th Century, 1991.
This paper discusses the emergence of the town and its role in strengthening the economy and social structure in Europe in the 12th Century.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 47.95
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"This study will discuss the importance of towns in Europe in the 12th Century.
Generally, the emergence of developing towns in the 12th Century brought about a strengthening of the economy and the social structure. Commerce increased rapidly as a result, and "closely related causally to this increase in trade was a revival of specialized craftsmanship and the development of towns".
The development of towns, then, played a major role in a general revival of trade throughout Western Europe, and in the reemergence of an economy based on money.
Up until the time when towns began to develop and affect the course of the economy in Europe, trade had been stifled due to unstable routes dominated by warring factions, and by the simple ... "
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18th Century English Towns and Crime, 2006.
This paper discusses the persistent association of poor areas and crime and how this notion is related to the 18th century's growth of English urban centers.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 6 sources, $ 106.95
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This paper addresses the 18th century and the rise of English towns, business and industry but also divided social classes. Urban improvement or progress greatly benefited the wealthy and segregated the poor who were much more numerous. Due to fears of public disorder, crime and criminal law came to address the lower classes and ideas of poor areas as synonymous with crime.
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"In the early 21st century, one still sees environmental ideas of crime and criminality, in assumptions to do with inferior areas, poverty and deviance. One also notices ideas of 'progress' or development that can resemble those of the 18th century's growth of English urban centers. Notions of those who break the law continue to refer to differences of social class, the lower classes associated with crime, just as the law has been a creation of those higher up the ladder, a familiar theme in much literature on crime and criminal law in Britain."
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"Church Growth" ( Peter Wagner, Win Arn and Elmer Towns ), 1995.
Reviews this essay collection on the methods for the spread and growth of evangelical churches in the U.S. in theory and practice.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, $ 79.95
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"Among the leaders of the modern Church Growth Movement, the writings of C. Peter Wagner, Win Arn, and Elmer Towns exemplify the dynamic activity of the Holy Spirit as it empowers Christian churches of all denominations to broaden their horizons well beyond the status quo of merely maintaining a fixed quantity of members by replacing those who die, fall away, or move to other communities. While desperately needed in many churches across America today, the church growth movement espoused by these men (and many others) may offend a significant number of evangelical churches and ministers because it challenges them to move from their comfortable surroundings and pulpits and actively pursue strategies which are designed to make the church house burst at the seams with overflowing membership and attendance. A scary ..."
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Medieval Towns: Crafts and Guilds, 2005.
A review of an article by Gervase Rosser about the economic and work culture dynamics of medieval communities.
2,373 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper reviews Rosser's article about how medieval crafts and guilds functioned in a society in medieval England. The paper also talks about Rosser's effort to rebut many of the generalizations, myths, and factually incorrect views that are currently or previously held by scholars and historians of the medieval era.
The Emergence of Guilds and Their Impact on Workers and the Economy
The Rise of the Guilds in Social Power and Community Prominence
Were Guilds the Historical Framework for the Genesis and Evolution of Formal Organizations?
The Decline of the Crafts and Guilds
Weird Things about Medieval English Life and Times
Biographical Sketch of Gervase Rosser
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"Rosser goes to enormous lengths to make clear why he is explaining the misconceptions and misunderstandings with reference to how life in the working world of Medieval England really took place. Rosser is a writer of obvious skill when it comes to deep scholarly thinking; he is a writer who more often than not takes the intellectual high road. But Rosser also apparently realizes that the reader may not be able to climb every step of the way with him on his scholarly ascent, so he takes brief moments to define his terms in more lay-friendly language."
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"Getting A Church Started" ( Elmer Towns ) and "Unleashing The Church" ( Frank Tillapaugh ), 1995.
Compares authors' practical and spiritual plans for starting and operating a Christian church.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 2 sources, $ 71.95
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"Elmer Towns, in Getting a Church Started, and Frank Tillapaugh, in Unleashing the Church, present their ideas for starting and expanding a church. Towns is concerned with the initial planting of the church and his book gives a step by step plan to begin a new church. Tillapaugh took an established church and expanded it until it scarcely resembled the church with which he had begun. Tillapaugh does not talk about planting churches except in response to Bear Valley Baptist Churches' need to split in order to remain in their present facilities.
Both men agree that the purpose of the church is given in the Great Commission, which is repeated in several places in the Bible. Tillapaugh interprets Acts 1:8 as a commission to serve and meet the needs in your home congregation's area first then consider going out in the mission field or planting another ..."
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"As For Me and My Town", 2002.
Examines the depiction of setting and characterin the form of small town confinement and hypocrisy in Sinclair Ross' "As for Me and My Town".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This essay will argue the thesis that the depiction of confinement and hypocrisy in small town life in "As for Me and My Town" reflects as much the character of the narrator as an "objective" view of small town life in general. As will be seen, through this subtle way, the author both creates setting and character at the same time.
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"As for Me and My Town", 2002.
An analysis of the depiction of and hypocrisy in small town life in Sinclair Ross's "As for Me and My Town".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This essay will argue the thesis that the depiction of confinement and hypocrisy in small town life in "As for Me and My Town" reflects as much the character of the narrator as an "objective" view of small town life in general. As will be seen, through this subtle way the author both creates setting and character at the same time.
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The Grid Pattern Town, 2005.
This paper discusses the lasting significance of the town layout in Spanish America.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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The paper identifies the spatial and social significance of the grid/gridiron plan in the Spanish American production of towns and cities throughout what is now Latin America. The paper offers a varied bibliography, focused on the planning and history; the early 16th century regulations produced in Felipe II's "Laws of the Indies". The paper also notes the importance to later social divisions, Indian populations, RCC and future urban renewal efforts.
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"A royal ordinance of Felipe II of July 3, 1573, produced regulations for the creation of Spanish settlements in the New World, towards towns and cities that remain a strong feature of Latin American urbanity in the 21st century. Grid or 'gridiron' plans had long been a solution for imperial powers in new territory. Their remains dot areas of long ago Roman Britain, as in contrast with the chaotic development of Rome itself, towns across the Empire were planned to ensure order."
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"Main Street Blues: The Decline of Small Town America ", 2002.
A critique of the sociological work by Richard O' Davies, entitled "Main Street Blues: The Decline of Small Town America".
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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The author evaluates the work by Richard O' Davies that traces the decline of small town America. He looks first at the book's shortcomings and then looks at the positive contributions to scholarship on sociology of American small town life made by O' Davies work. Conclusions about the book's worth are made at the end of the paper.
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"Richard O? Davies book on Main Street Blues: The Decline Of Small Town America is both narrow and sweeping in its scope. It is narrow in the sense that to validate its central thesis, that close-knit small town communities in America have become a thing of the past, it chooses to mainly focus upon life within one particular community. Rather than to attempt to do a sociologic study of a large number of communities, Davies centers his focus upon the particular, rather than upon the general. He does introduce as a way of a counter to his ?case study? of Camden, Ohio, several other communities that he believes are exceptional to the central thesis of his work. However, the main focus of his book is always on a single town, that of the author?s original hometown of Camden."
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"Town Lovers" and "Country Lovers", 2004.
An analysis of the two short stories "Town Lovers" and "Country Lovers" by Nadine Gordimer.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses the impact of apartheid in two stories by South African writer Nadine Gordimer: "Town Lovers" and "Country Lovers." It looks at the similar theme of both stories relating to the nature of love and the nature of crime and how in each story, a crime is committed by two people who have a relationship with each other that, solely because it crosses racial lines, is a crime.
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"In her twinned short stories Town Lovers and Country Lovers South African writer Nadine Gordimer asks her readers to consider the nature of love and the nature of crime the two of which can in fact be the same under the apartheid regime of South Africa."
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