“The schools in a portion of Boston stretching from just south of South Boston through Roxbury and into Dorchester are districted with a similar effect: the predominantly black areas are cut away from the predominantly white areas.” Morgan v. Hennigan‚ U.S. District Court for Massachusetts‚ 1974 THE SEEK BUTTON on the Ford’s radio is working. The downtown recedes. Miles of neighborhoods fill the windshield. The SEEK function locks on someplace in stereo‚ college FM probably. “Yeah‚” a new friend
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Specification GCE Geography Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Geography (8GE01) First examination 2014 Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Geography (9GE01) First examination 2014 Issue 4 About this specification Edexcel GCE in Geography is designed for use in schools and colleges. It is part of a suite of GCE qualifications offered by Edexcel. Key features of the specification The specification has been designed to allow geographers the flexibility to build
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StudyAP Human Geography Notes Bartula 4/15/09 General Geography: US road map is not a thematic map Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end According to environmental determinism‚ the physical environment causes social development Highest density: most in numbers Highest concentration: closest together Cloropleth map uses shading Five Themes of Geography: Location: Relative location Absolute location Place: Human Characteristics Physical
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A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Narratives of the Meanest Cities #1 Sarasota‚ FL In February 2005‚ the City Commission unanimously approved an ordinance prohibiting “lodging out of doors.” The previous “no-camping” rule was ruled unconstitutional by a state court last year because it was too vague and punished innocent conduct. The new rule prohibited using any public
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Chapter 1 Our achievement ideology is based on the idea that the U.S. is full of opportunity and anyone can accomplish success in our society if they work hard enough. Many grow up thinking education is the ladder that will allow for this social mobility and all you have to do is be willing to work hard enough to earn it. But what about children who grow up thinking differently? Why do some strive for high paying careers while others refuse school and are seemingly ok with staying working class
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U.S. History notes Red Scare 1919: I. Mass hysteria II. Why: unrealistic irrational fear. A. Expectations up and down: 1. Prosperity: People are doubling income (1915 income: 408$ yr to 1920 835$ year) 2. Post war recession B. Super patriotism/Slackers (you’re a slacker if not a super patriot) 1. Committee for Public Relations (C.P.I.) (Creel Committee) - Read propaganda papers‚ pushed conformity and supported Boy Scouts for war. 2. Espionage and sedition acts A
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Lott‚ B. (1990). Dual natures or learned behavior: The challenge to feminist psychology. In R. T. Hare-Mustin & J. Marecek (Eds.)‚ Making a difference: Psychology and the construction of gender (pp. 65–101). New Haven‚ CT: Yale University Press. Lott‚ B. (2000). Global connections: The significance of women’s poverty. In. J. C. Chrisler‚ C. Golden‚ & P. D. Rozee (Eds.)‚ Lectures on the psychology of women (2nd ed.‚ pp. 27–36). Boston‚ MA: McGraw-Hill. Lott‚ B. (2001). Low income parents and the public
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For the exclusive use of X. LI‚ 2015. HKS751 Case Number 1989.0 Budget Woes and Worse Ahead… Pine Street Inn‚ Boston’s Iconic Homeless Shelter‚ Re-Thinks its Strategy In the early 2000s—after a 15-year push to create emergency shelters for the burgeoning homeless population in U.S. cities—shelter funding began to decline‚ nationwide. For Pine Street Inn‚ Boston’s foremost homeless shelter‚ with 715 beds in five facilities‚ the first sign of trouble came in the form of several
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NOTES PACKAGE WEEKS 2-6 JGI216H1 Urbanization Lecture 1 Notes: Global Context of Urbanization What is urban : “The reorganization of human society from being predominantly rural and agricultural to being predominantly urban and non-agricultural” (Weeks‚ J. 2008). Where do we draw the lines? political boundaries economical boundaries daily urban system regions and mega-regions Conceptual definition of Urban: “A spatial concentration of people whose lives are organized around non-agricultural
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Northeastern University Studies in American Fiction: Volume 34 Number 2 (Autumn 2006) October 01‚ 2006 Studies in American Fiction John Cheever’s Shady Hill‚ or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the suburbs Keith Wilhite University of Iowa Recommended Citation Wilhite‚ Keith. "John Cheever’s Shady Hill‚ or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the suburbs." Studies in American Fiction 34.2 (2006): 215-240. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d10016661 This work is available open access
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