2,613 words

Evolution of disaster communication from colonial firefighting to modern information technology

New York State firefighting history is a microcosm of early and modern disaster preparedness. Definition of disaster in the historic era and modern era.

~14 min read

View paper →

2,089 words

Love and sacrifice in Wilde's An Ideal Husband and Stevenson's The Beach of Falesa

What we can do for another is the test of powers, what we can suffer for another is the test of love." This I believe is the underlying theme, the thesis, if you will, that lingers in the mind long after reading Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband and Robert Lewis Stevenson's The Beach of Falesa.

~11 min read

View paper →

1,941 words

Language and ethnic identity in the Park family

With this dramatic increase in population and the racial unrest that resulted in the destruction of Korean businesses during the Los Angeles civil unrest, Korean-Americans have emerged as one of the visible ethnic groups in the country.

~10 min read

View paper →

2,573 words

Ethical standards for nonprofit organizations and corporate responsibility

Introduction century ago, corporate social responsibility was an idea whose time had not yet come, and companies were free to treat their employees as badly as they could get away with and cause nearly unregulated environmental damage.

~13 min read

View paper →

2,524 words

Banking customer service practices in the United States and China compared

And China. It has 5 sources. In layman's terminology customer service could be defined as the way an organization keeps its customers happy. However, in reality, this is different and more complex as one go into the depth of the definition of customer service.

~13 min read

View paper →

2,299 words

Battered woman syndrome: legal recognition and psychological effects

In preceding years, numerous studies on the battered woman syndrome, or BWS, have been presented to sustain and expose the bitter realities on battered women.

~12 min read

View paper →

3,348 words

The Olmec civilization: mother culture of Mesoamerica

Long before the Maya, Aztec or Toltec flourished in Central America, there lived the Olmecs, a civilization that has come to continue to intrigue and amaze the world.

~17 min read

View paper →

3,089 words

Ronald Reagan's administration and Hollywood cinema in the 1980s

The history and researches on this topic have declared the fact that in the 1980's Hollywood cinema became little more than a mouthpiece for the Reagan's administration.

~16 min read

View paper →

2,403 words

Anasazi civilization development and decline in the Four Corners region

Anasazi civilization developed and prospered in the Four Corners region between 1 AD and 1300 AD and left precious traces of a swelling and prosperous civilization.

~13 min read

View paper →

1,526 words

Thomas Daniels's analysis of urban sprawl and growth management

Thomas L. Daniel's When City and Country Collide provides an interesting and largely effective analysis of the spread of urban sprawl in America.

~8 min read

View paper →