Essays Tagged: "foreigners"

Ancient Greece

of 500 citizens made new laws which were debated in the Assembly . Only citizens could vote ,women ,foreigners, slaves did not have the right to voteReligion and myths were very important in Greek cit ...

(3 pages) 148 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

"Night" by Elie Weisel

imately 14. His friend(town beggar) Moshe, had been somewhat helping with his studies until all the foreigners wereforced to leave the town. Sneaking back in several weeks later Moshe told of the stor ...

(3 pages) 115 0 2.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Beatles

music; or maybe it was those cute little peacoats theywore. Or maybe it was just because they were foreigners in the world of music,yet seemed to fit right in with the young people. Whatever reason w ...

(3 pages) 89 0 3.3 Mar/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

The appeal of Socialism. Refers also to Sinclair's "The Jungle is a 'subliminal"

conditions, prime safety, and other benefitsseemed like a chance in a lifetime to these struggling foreigners. Littledid these people know that what they would confront would be the completeantithesi ...

(2 pages) 80 1 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

America as a "nation of immigrants"

mes referred to as a 'nation of immigrants' because of our largely open-door policy toward acceptingforeigners pursuing their vision of the American Dream. Recently, there has been a clamor by some po ... f being 'a nation of immigrants.'A common argument among those opposing further immigration is that foreigners take U.S. jobs and cause unemploymentamong the displaced American workers. In the July 13 ...

(3 pages) 291 1 3.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

The Donner Party. The mistakes and mishaps

left from Little Sandy, Illinois, on July 20,1846. The group had Americans, Germans and a few other foreigners.The group was to start on the California Trail and then go to the left at the Little Sand ...

(9 pages) 56 1 2.6 Mar/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Describe the biological explanation of crime. Identify key aspects of crime that are hard to explain in this way.

nce the early 19th century by amateur scientists and eugenicists. The latter claiming mentally ill, foreigners, criminals, disabled and the economically deprived all obtain genetic imperfections that ...

(4 pages) 125 0 4.3 Aug/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Asian (Chinese) Immigration into America

nding cultures. The Chinese people have tried to keep their society pure from outside sources. When foreigners entered their homeland and poisoned the population with drugs, the culture could not stop ...

(6 pages) 353 0 4.7 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

August Wilson's play Joe Turner's Come and Gone is a fine example of a Black Nationalist writing that deals with the problems of race and the feelings of being a foreigner in your own land.

the situation the blacks faced in 1911, the opening narration set the mood for the rest of the play:Foreigners in a strange land, they carry as part and parcel of their baggage a long line of separati ... the feeling of being unwanted by society surrounded the blacks of the time. Wilson describes these "foreigners in a strange land" and tells of the "separation and dispersement" that his people faced. ...

(2 pages) 143 0 3.9 Oct/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

This paper is a personal story of my travel to a part of town that has a high amount of people of a particular ethnic make up. It was part of a personal experience for a education class.

es referred to as a 'nation of immigrants' because of our largely open-door policy toward accepting foreigners pursuing their vision of the American dream. In cities across the United States you will ...

(3 pages) 222 3 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

"Remeberings" by Pauline Wengeroff: Jewish Enlightenment in Russia.

were the same. The Jews wished to be entirely accepted by the country they lived in and cease to be foreigners, so they began speaking Russian, attending the theatre, and pursuing a secular education. ...

(5 pages) 51 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Hobbes's Commonwealth

say:"The only way to erect such a common power, as may be able to defend them from the invasion of foreigners, and the injuries of one another and live contentedly; is, to confer all their power of s ...

(7 pages) 118 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

The Fall of the Roman Empire Explains the fate of Rome in the West in the course of the 3rd to 5th centuries AD. Accounts for the role of Christianity for both the Roman West and East.

e military was beginning to become decentralized and immobilized starting with the Emperor Hadrian. Foreigners loyal to powers other than the emperors were becoming the majority of the military. Since ...

(5 pages) 208 0 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History

From seeing the statue in person I was able to look at it from the side, unlike the computer image. Approaches to Western Art Museum Paper

e enormous and that there would be many different people there, ranging from other students to many foreigners. It was apparent that the location of the statue I had selected would be in the Greek and ...

(5 pages) 218 1 4.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Gives various statistics and figures about the canadian tourism industry, specifically on toronto, montreal and the province of British Columbia.

, $37.9 billion were spent by Canadians in foreign Canadian cities; the remaining $16.2 is spent by foreigners. Various reasons account for such figurative spending on tourism. Thus the major reason f ...

(7 pages) 103 0 4.5 Feb/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

this is an essay about the effects of Andrew Jacksons presidency on the United States economy and society.

d representation of the bank. It was represented with more than 8 million of the shareholders being foreigners and the rest of the holders being only of the richest class (9.2). To Jackson, this demon ... well doing no justice to anyone else (9.2). Also, by having the bank run by such a large number of foreigners Jackson feared it would be a gateway for future complications and conflicts with those co ...

(2 pages) 66 0 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

The 1920s as a New Age.

he century. With this new birth, the list of the hated grew longer, including Jews, modernists, and foreigners. Foreigners were also discriminated by the nativists, who's members grew to include the g ...

(1 pages) 95 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Strategies of War in Vietnam: Communism vs. America

lections would bring them victory and one unified country. Now once again they had to fight against foreigners for what was rightfully theirs. The strategies and tactics of each side were different, b ...

(16 pages) 213 0 4.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

"'The Crusades Through Arab Eyes" by Amin Maalouf.

f genuine confusion among the Arabs, who did not at first comprehend why the strange, militaristic, foreigners were invading their land. The documents contained in the book suggest that the Arabs foun ...

(4 pages) 182 0 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

Accounts for the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in America in the 1920s.

ld War One and the ensuing changes to the traditional American way of life as well as the hatred of foreigners were contributing factors to the Klan's re-birth. In addition, the agricultural depressio ... ld War One, which exacerbated tensions between ethnic groups , prompted a rush of abhorrence toward foreigners and witnessed the end to the traditional American way of life. The United States entrance ...

(9 pages) 163 1 3.9 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History