Mahan’s intent is extremely conspicuous and he offers little qualification about his desire to increase the size and relevance the US Navy to achieve the interests of the state; however his theories are largely insufficient when examining a large amount of technological‚ geographic‚ and strategic factors. In his words‚ “Naval strategy has indeed for its end to found‚ support‚ and increase‚ as well in peace as in war‚ the sea power of a country.” He offers no scientific validity to his assumptions
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“Peter D. Salins Assimilation‚ American Style provides his thoughts on the way in which immigrants were assimilated once upon a time and the contributions that they made to the United States. Immigration was something big during the time period in which he grew up‚ however as time pushes forward immigration is becoming something that has been seemingly misunderstood or misrepresented. Salin piques readers’ interest by suggesting that many American’s have forgotten or possibly “no longer appreciate
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The New American Dream The idea of living‚ “The American Dream‚” has shifted quite a lot since past generations. In the past‚ the American Dream was thought to be an easy thing to achieve‚ but now‚ teenagers are coming to the realization that it is more difficult than it used to be. College is one of the most important things to achieve the American Dream‚ and college is not cheap or easy‚ and this has become a hard reality to teenagers of today’s society. College is not the only factor in living
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Contemporary American history will make one believe that American history has its beginning in the early colonies with a connection to the British crown. This contemporary history then states that because of our hatred of the Crown and its taxation without representation‚ we decided to create a brand new country‚ all without any major domestic turmoil. That is by far not the case‚ in contrast‚ according to many historians it is a surprise that America turned out the way it did. America was founded
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Book Review: American Gun Culture Soc 372 Gun ownership as American Gun Culture describes looks at the masculinity side of why men own guns. Also explain s that family legacy of gun ownership is often a factor in determining whether one will become a gun owner. Many of us got our first guns as gifts from parents. When the parent has taken more care to teach and exemplify proper gun-handling skills and other firearms knowledge‚ there is a much greater chance that the recipient of this legacy will
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The American Plague The American Plague was written by Molly C. Crosby‚ who is as much as a researcher as she is an author. In 1648‚ a slave ship returning from Africa carried a few mosquitoes infected with a deadly virus know as yellow fever. The ship landed in the New World and thrived in the hot wet climate and on the white settlers. The New World has never come in contact with yellow fever and as a result no immunities have been built up. The virus obtained its name from the way it turns the
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slate with many opportunities. In “Letters of an American Farmer” De Crevecoeur writes in the perspective of a fictional character named James. James is an American farmer who writes about his life‚ thoughts and experiences in America. Throughout the letters James cites the success and hardships he encounters as an American Farmer and citizen. “According to this common understanding‚ the first letters present an optimistic vision of life in the American colonies‚ but at some point in the Letters this
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The American Revolution was a war for consolidation. Prior to gaining independence from Britain‚ the American colonies were under different social classes. This brought distress amongst the poor because they were the ones who suffered the most. To counter that‚ many groups combined to form unification to break their alliance from Britain. In chapter 4 of Tyranny is Tyranny‚ he states‚ “In North Carolina‚ a “regulator Movement” of white farmers was organized against wealthy and corrupt officials in
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“African- American‚ Exodus‚ and the American Israel” by Albert J. Raboteau is an excerpt from “African- American Christianity” essay where the author questions about African –American identity that was described in the bible. The purpose of this essay to illustrate how white Americans and African-American see the nation America in a different perspective. In the essay‚ the author questions the reasons for slavery that brings a lot of sufferings for the black people and how day by day religion was
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SYLLABUS Course Number: SOCI 1025 Course Title: Sociology of American Culture Fall 2014 Professor: Todd Motto E-mail: tmotto1@fordham.edu 12:45 Meeting day and time: Section L01 – Tue/Fri 11:30amSection R01 – Tue/Fri 2:30-3:45pm Phone: 646 753 0394 Credits: 3 Office Hours: By appointment Course Description A course in the sociology of American culture for students enrolled in the “English as a second language” (ESL) program and taking College ESL Writing (I in Fall and II
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