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01 févr. 2015
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The heart of Argentina stopped

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Even when the disease was detected the presidential election was approaching and planning were in progress with respect to the constitutional reform. Peron had already stipulated re-election, and one could apply, but did not have a vice height, then the name of Evita, it was much loved...

12 janv. 2009
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The relationship between the different types of suffrage and the creation (or construction) of democratic institutions in France from 1789 to 1870

Thesis - 5 pages - Political science

From 1789 to 1870 in France, not less than eight constitutions and twelve regimes followed one after another. France also experienced all types of suffrages, from the most restricted one of the Ancient Regime, to the universal manhood suffrage. This period is undeniably crucial to one who aims to...

03 mai 2007
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Freud's Misinterpretation of Emotions

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

In the early 20th century Freud asserted revolutionary ideas: he normalized sexuality, and he spoke openly about sexuality with women. Before Freud, women were not viewed as sexual beings; they were mothers, daughters, and wives, but most people did not, or would not, acknowledge that...

29 avril 2009
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Leadership and educational practice

Thesis - 4 pages - Educational studies

) In his article “What is Leadership” author James Ryan (2005) makes four key points. He is concerned with problems of leadership form as they relate to education. Firstly he notes there is no definite answer to the question - what is leadership. (Ryan: 22) As he writes it is a...

28 août 2009
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Marketing of high technology products

Tutorials/exercises - 32 pages - Services marketing

Technology has encompassed all human activities spread from farmers in the remote areas to the human activities reaching out into outer space. Managing this tool of "Technology" which governs the future of the mankind, planet and the universe covers multiple disciplines of sciences and mankind....

29 nov. 2010
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The Marketing strategy behind Coca- Cola's Success

Thesis - 17 pages - Services marketing

In 1886, in Atlanta, Dr. John Pemberton, a pharmacist by profession, was experimenting with coca leaves and kola nuts in his lab to discover an effective remedy against fatigue. He came up with a great tasting beverage that would quickly conquer not just the local client base but an...

16 févr. 2011
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"The intuitive manager" by Meyrem Saget

Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy

Published in 1992, ‘The Intuitive Manager' by Meryem Le Saget is a topical and relevant analysis of a very personal vision of management. The author draws a portrait of the third generation managers who decided "to explore all facets of their potential." The author discusses various topics...

08 janv. 2013
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Diane de Prima and Jack Kerouac's effect on the beat generation

Case study - 3 pages - Literature

The time in America following the confusion of World War II resulted in a great identity crisis for the thinkers of the country. Creators suddenly found them in a world resisting change for it felt it had experience enough in regards to the devastation of war. The country implemented strict...

03 mars 2011
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"History of Capitalism" (part 4 to part 7) by Michel Beaud (2000)

Book review - 35 pages - Economy general

Capitalism is a logic based on the production of goods. It became prominent in Britain along with Europe and the United States during the "early industrial" era from 1770 to 1860: Textiles, machinery, railways and arms. But capitalism in its historical movement, also concerns the capitalist...

03 juin 2013
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Knowledge, power and development

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

United Nations report 1951: rapid economic progress and painful adjustments Truman: ‘fair deal' - the US and the world have to solve the problems of the underdeveloped areas (misery, food inadequate, poverty, disease…). He develops the idea that humanity has the knowledge...

10 juin 2013
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Globalization and economy (negative effects)

Essay - 2 pages - Political science

Globalization has been defined in various ways by different scholars. In economic terms, globalization refers to progression of incorporating different isolated national markets of capital, labor and commodities into a single world market which different investors across the globe can exchange...

23 sept. 2013
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Jeff Koons. Rabbit. 1986. Stainless Steel, 41" x 19" x 12". Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Case study - 4 pages - Arts and art history

Jeff Koons's Rabbit was conceptualized in 1986, inclusive of his Statuary Collection, when he first had the idea of grabbing this inflatable, commercialized toy off a store shelf. The stainless steel assemblage includes the bunny which is materialized through an industrial casting process...

25 nov. 2013
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Kudler Fine Foods

Case study - 4 pages - Management

This theory asserts specific traits possessed by leaders, primarily drive, leadership motivation, honesty and integrity, self confidence, resonance, and cognitive ability are necessary for leaders to produce the results needed for success. The strength of this theory exists in its reliance on...

06 déc. 2013
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The Metaphysics of Photography

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

Digital camera completely democratized photography, making it available to anyone who feels interested, and a lot of people are and will be more and more interested. Why is that ? In this interest one can see “the hunger for the concrete” of the modern man, as Petre Tutea names it. It...

22 août 2014
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Dead Men's Path - Short Story Analysis

Case study - 1 pages - Literature

In the short story “Dead Man's Path”, the protagonist gets a chance on a silver platter to work towards the fulfillment of his dreams. However, not every character in the story sides with his plan to transform the “world” starting with position as headmaster in Ndume Central...

03 sept. 2014
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Martin Luther's Excommunication from the Catholic Church

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Today's people tend to look back at Luther as a charismatic leader, a rebel and a missionary. Unfortunately, the organizational qualities and devotion of Luther are more emphasized than his religious journey throughout the years of reformation. The reasons why Luther created a new church are...

12 sept. 2014
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Use of literary devices to bring out themes in poetry, literature

Case study - 3 pages - Literature

A writer appeals to the reader's feelings and emotions using the various elements of literature. These are the tools used by the authors to bring out the hidden beauty of literature (Rollins and Brenda Vance 3). Various genres of literature like the novel, short story and poetry delight the...

21 nov. 2014
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Synthesis of Laporte's History of Shit and Orwell's 1984 , The Implications of Political Rules and Policies on Individuals

Case study - 3 pages - Modern history

Laporte in his book, history of shit, examines the role of political rules for good functioning of the society. In the book, Laporte examines and analyses the how society manages waste through enacted laws. Laporte asserts that Freud's triad of order, cleanliness and beauty when embodied by the...

29 août 2007
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Parody as it Relates to U.S. Copyright Law

Essay - 2 pages - Journalism

The idea at the heart of the First Amendment - and at the heart of democracy, itself - is that citizens have the right to criticize anything. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution establishes the power of Congress “to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by...

18 févr. 2008
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Book review: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Book review - 3 pages - Literature

All throughout time, since man was first given the ability to write, countless novels have been written on almost every subject conceivable. When it comes to literature on history, an infinite number of subtopics become available. Some examples include, war, peace, types of governments,...

04 déc. 2008
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The effects of knowledge on happiness and freedom

Book review - 5 pages - Literature

Upon reading The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Oedipus the King, The Crying of Lot 49, and Dostoevski's “The Grand Inquisitor on the Nature of Man”, I find that a common theme links their ideas together. As the four stories progress, the main characters all...

25 janv. 2023

Middlemarch, Part 6, Chapter 56 - George Eliot (1871-1872) - How does George Eliot, through a posterior view and a description of fictitious events, manage to present the prejudices of the time on the progress?

Text commentary - 3 pages - Economic politics

In 1919, Virginia Woolf writes, about Eliot's contribution to English literature, that her masterpiece Middlemarch is "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people". Indeed, Eliot's novel is known for its realism and its psychological insights on its different characters from...

18 déc. 2008
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History of Jazz: Jazz and Modern Painting

Essay - 5 pages - Arts and art history

Ideas in the worlds of music and art have probably cross-pollinated from the beginning. The lush and passionate colors, rhythms, and themes of the Romantic painters like Eugene Delacroix mirror the lush and passionate melodies, movements, and moods of the Romantic composers like...

13 janv. 2009
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Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot': Between Modernism and Postmodernism

Essay - 4 pages - Literature

Samuel Beckett's most famous play Waiting for Godot was first written in French in 1948 and translated in English in 1952, that is to say shortly after the end of World War II. At that time, the threat of the Cold War, the recent horror of the concentration camps and the invention of the...

15 janv. 2009
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How successful are the attempts to create a citizenship of the European Union?

Essay - 4 pages - European union

Although the formal concept of European citizenship appeared for the first time in the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992, the idea thereof goes back to the early years of the European construction. The Treaty founding the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 instituted a “basis for a...

20 oct. 2024

Progress Report: Changing Conceptions of Romance Due To Technological Advancement

Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

This progress report details the research conducted thus far for my final presentation on the topic of "Changing Conceptions of Romance Due To Technological Advancement." This exploration will observe the sizable effect technology has on how we meet, join, and build romantic relationships...

16 janv. 2009
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The EU Lisbon agenda

Essay - 9 pages - European union

To make the European Union "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-driven economy, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion ": that was the guideline, the “new strategic goal” of the principles EU's Head of States and Governments...

23 avril 2009
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Drawing to improve writing

Thesis - 5 pages - Educational studies

Every child has a unique ability to express themselves from the early age of scribbling to the sophisticated work of a college graduate. In most cases, it is our natural instinct to draw; therefore children need to implement drawing into their coursework to be successful in their writing....

11 mai 2009
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Uninhibited writing: The importance of a positive writing environment in the language arts classroom

Thesis - 8 pages - Educational studies

Writing is unique from other subject areas such math, or science because it so greatly relies on the facilitation of ideas rather than the relaying of constant factual information to the students by the teacher. How writing is taught is heavily dependent on teacher values. Whether it is a...

13 juil. 2009
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Suffrage organizations in Canada and the United States

Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The women's suffrage movement was one that held significance all over the world, as many different nations embarked on their own paths toward getting the vote for women. Compared to other English-speaking and industrialized nations like the United States, Canada began its suffrage movement...