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What is America?

America as a topic of academic study spans nearly every discipline, from history and political science to public health, literature, and cultural studies. Its breadth makes it a common subject in introductory college courses as well as upper-level seminars, where students are asked to examine the nation's political institutions, social tensions, and evolving identity. What makes the topic academically rich is precisely its complexity: the United States has served as a site of competing visions, from debates over economic policy and national power to questions of individual rights and social change. Papers touching on figures like Edward M. Bannister, Sam Patch, and Heather Whitestone illustrate how individual stories can illuminate broader national narratives.

The papers archived under this topic reflect a wide range of approaches. Historical analyses trace developments across defined periods, such as America's rise to world power during the Gilded Age or the military origins of the republic from 1763 to 1789. Policy-focused essays examine specific controversies, including welfare from a libertarian perspective, same-sex marriage, and the Cuba-related Helms-Burton legislation. Other papers take a social or public health angle, addressing issues like childhood obesity or health promotion strategies. Comparative and philosophical approaches also appear, as in contrasting the theories of David Hume and William James within an American intellectual context.

A strong essay on America establishes a focused thesis rather than attempting to survey the entire nation's history or character. Evidence drawn from primary sources, policy documents, historical events, or specific case studies carries more weight than broad generalizations. The most common pitfall is treating "America" as a monolithic subject — the strongest papers define a precise time period, population, or issue and argue a clear, defensible position about it.

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Nonkilling Korea Edited by Glenn D. Paige

Summary of the book Nonkilling Korea, edited by Glenn D. Paige and Chung-Si Ahn. The book is a collection of scholarly essays and material delivered at the Asia Center/Seoul National University and the Center for Global Nonkilling in Seoul during August 18-19, 2010. The material is written primarily about Korean values and culture, with the purpose of creating a shift in the discourse used to discuss modern Korean history.

Paper Doctorate

Disaster Planning Context of the Movie \'American

American culture is arguably less racist than it was 80 years ago. It is certainly less racist that it was 150 years ago. At least most people would like to think so. America currently has its first black president, something that was inconceivable even at the time of the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Jim Crow Laws are no longer a part if of the legal framework of the nation. We no longer have officially segregated schools, but it can be argued that schools are still segregated culturally. The movie American History X it makes the rhetorical argument that even though America would like to believe that it has shed its racist skin, in fact racism is still a very real part of the American fabric.

Paper Doctorate

Style of Hitchcock in His British Period

An analysis of psychoanalytic constructs in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes. Psychoanalytical constructs that are examined are psyche and narrative, psyche and characters, and how psyche is expressed through German Expressionism, Soviet Constructivism, and Documentary Realism. Main concept examined is duality and ambiguity, which is highlighted through espionage and the creation or introduction into a new reality

Thesis Undergraduate

Garment evaluation methods and assessment criteria

This paper investigates the characteristics of women pea coat that are found at various price levels of ready to wear. This includes identification of the kind, quality, and relative cost of the construction techniques, fiber content, fabrics, fabrications, textile design, and styling found in each price category of the apparel market.

Neo-Confucianism Is a Philosophy Which Was Born TEST1

Ronald Reagan's statement that, "I believe that government exists to protect us from each other not to protect us from ourselves." is still echoed in the Republican Party today. It is the same mentality that Mitt Romney employs—that people must be responsible for themselves and that the government is not there to pick up the slack for people who don't take care of themselves and prepare for their future. The most fundamental flaw in this thinking is that it assumes that everyone starts from an even playing field—or else, one is forced to conclude, that the GOP really doesn't care that fundamental inequalities exist which will prevent large swaths of American people from ever being able to "take care of themselves" and look out for their future.

Paper Doctorate

Critical analysis of four selected articles

This is a four page paper that is a media analysis. The paper takes four different articles about the same subject—in this case, the subject chosen was Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's health. Two of the articles selected are from American news sources, and the other two are from foreign but English-language news sources like the BBC. Differences and similarities between the articles are analyzed in depth with subheadings.

Paper Undergraduate

Social policy concepts and frameworks

Four decades ago, the American government declared a war on drugs. As has been the case with some other American wars, the battle continues with the American government continuously investing money and resources in the stubborn hope of defeating its enemy. The enemy persists with government and violators playing a cop-robber squall, people continuing to harm themselves, the government raising taxes and steepness of penalties, and the jails and social programs filling – not emptying – with substance abusers. This despite a plethora of research, interventions, material on the subject, conventions, legal policies, brainstorming, and so forth The essay suggests that it may be time to consider a wiser, more effective, strategy.

Paper Undergraduate

Gasoline Prices -- Oil Issues

What was Peyton Feltus referring to (in the article by Elizabeth Souder) when he said the word "shortage" conjures up "images for us older folks of the old days of the 70s…"?

Paper Doctorate

Thomas Jefferson as Author of the Declaration of Independence

This paper discusses Thomas Jefferson. Not only was he the 2nd Vice President and 3rd President of the United States, but he also wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence. With a committee of four others he also edited and revised the document until it was introduced to the 2nd Continental Congress. There is was voted on and adopted.

Essay Undergraduate

Healthcare Management Health Care Management on March

The work analyzes the health reform proposal explain which components in 2011 are likely to be important, needed components, which you think are efforts to satisfy some lobby or voter group, and why. The Kaiser Family Foundation that steers the implementation of the health care reforms provides the twenty one provisions that were expected to take effect in 2011. The 2011reforrms are channeled into enhancing and reducing the cost of health care. The proposed health reforms taking effect in 2011 increases accessibility to affordable care, in the community and at home.

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