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What is American?

The concept of "American" as a subject of study spans disciplines ranging from history and sociology to literature and cultural studies. It invites students to examine what defines American identity, society, and values — questions that resist simple answers. Courses in world studies, American history, and cultural analysis regularly ask students to interrogate the idea of America as both a geographic place and an evolving set of ideals. Works like J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur's 1782 letter posing the question "What Is an American?" and figures such as Benjamin Franklin and Amiri Baraka serve as anchors for exploring how American identity has been constructed, contested, and redefined across centuries.

Student papers on this topic take a wide range of approaches. Comparative essays examine American values alongside European or Asian counterparts, or place historical periods like the Progressive Era and the New Deal in direct contrast. Other papers use case studies to analyze specific social and political developments — the Abolition Movement, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the influence of Latin migration on American life. Cultural and media analysis appears as well, with papers exploring pop music in the 1980s, advertising's effect on dietary choices, and the evolution of the cell phone as a lens into American society.

A strong essay on an American studies topic works best when it anchors a broad theme in a specific argument. Effective evidence draws on policy documents, literary texts, historical events, or cultural artifacts rather than vague generalizations about national character. The most common pitfall is treating "America" as a monolith — successful essays acknowledge the diversity of voices, regions, and experiences that shape any aspect of American life.

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Impacts of Sleep Disorders on College Students

Many college students experience sleep deprivation, either because of a physiological disorder, an immaturity of their adolescent body clock, or by choice, either to accommodate a social life, a job, and/or family demands. They author investigated a correlation between sleep deprivation and poor academic performance. Not surprisingly, students who reported sleep-debt had lower GPAs than those who did not. The author found no significant correlation between self-reported sleep disorders and gender or race.

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Marketing forces and diversification at Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente - Marketing Forces and Diversification Kaiser Permanente has the considerable geographical expanse, huge membership, a large employee force and financial wherewithal to mount an aggressive and widespread marketing plan. Marketing both nationally and regionally, Kaiser has: distinguished itself from other health care providers; embraced diversity in both its membership and employment force; established a national learning center in Washington, D.C.; started and maintained programs targeting obesity, walking for health and environmental concerns; offered free services in many communities; awarded grants and scholarships; and widely publicized all those activities through its News Center. Many of Kaiser's marketing activities are naturally connected with improving quality of care and financial viability. While it is difficult to assess the effectiveness of Kaiser's marketing plan in membership numbers or dollars and cents, its activities have certainly gained widespread recognition and awards for excellence, as well as considerable customer loyalty.

American literature survey and major works

¶ … Winter Dreams" the tension between democratic and aristocratic values in America

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Theory concepts and applications

The objective of this study is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the performance management system in the organization in which the writer of this work is employed and to make recommendations to improve this system. Arising from this analysis and assessment of organizational onboarding processes, it is clear that what is missing in the organization at focus in this study is mentoring which is shown in the research to have clear benefits to both the newly hired employee and the organization. Also shown in the literature reviewed is that mentoring of new employees adds value to the organization for the employee and to the employee for the organization.

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Poetry of Langston Hughes There Are Three

The paper is about the poetry of Langston Hughes. The student is to select three of Hughes' poems to compare them. The paper locates several similarities among the poems "I, too," "Let America be America Again," and "Democracy." Hughes uses repetition, subjective language, and traditional American imagery.

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Screenplay ideas and creative development

The scene is set in a small, New England town. It is Halloween Eve, the leaves have turned a wonderful golden orange, there is a crisp chill in the air, and the town is abuzz with plans for the evening. We see the veneer behind the town, though: a dishonest bank teller, a teacher planning to abduct one of the children, neighbors fighting with one another, husbands and wives arguing.

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Political socialization: processes and theoretical frameworks

Almost every individual in today's society has a set of political beliefs or values, but most of us hardly ever pause to think why we have such beliefs and how we have acquired them.

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Political Science Annotated Bibliography

In the view of Henry J. Abraham (Abraham 1998, 55), "theoretically," just about any qualified law school graduate with ambitions for an important judicial appointment would appear to have a fair chance at being…

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Slavery in the Caribbean

Black slavery in the Antilles helped define Caribbean culture. Most people living in Haiti, Jamaica, and the smaller islands of the Caribbean are descended from these slaves, something that can't be said for most of the…

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Journey Into the Deaf-World This Book Looks

This book looks at the Deaf-World culture in depth. In the process, the authors consider many practical, legal, educational, medical and social issues facing those in the Deaf-World.

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