Gray‚ Jane. (1993) “Rural Industry and uneven development: The significance of gender in the Irish Linen Industry.” Journal of Peasant Studies; Jul1993‚ Vol. 20 Issue 4‚ p590-611‚ 22p. In this article‚ Dr. Jane Gray takes a gives sociologist’s look those trying to catalog Irelands economical history into the rural industrialization of Ireland’s linen industry during the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Dr. Gray describes how the spinning‚ knitting‚ and weaving of flax and yarn were
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G. (1997)‚ ‘The Root Causes of Violence’‚ [On-Line] Available: http://wwwave.org/Root_Causes_of_Violence.htm [2000‚ Oct MSN Encarta World English Dictionary (2000)‚ [On-Line] Available: http://dictionary.msn.com Montagu‚ A.‚ (1986)‚ The Human Significance of the Skin‚ 3rd edition. New York‚ Harper & Row Publishers.
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The novel‚ A Separate Peace has many important aspects to it. One of those aspects is its use of minor characters throughout the book. The book’s minor characters are what make up a lot of the book. They are the characters that affect and help develop the main characters‚ Gene and Finny. The reader is able to find out how Finny is able to handle situations when Mr. Prud’homme confronts Gene and Finny on their dinner absences. You get a better idea of Finny’s character when he goes for tea with the
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“The Jazz Singer” Before watching “The Jazz Singer”‚ I had no idea of its cultural or historical significance. I learned that it was the first motion picture to have synchronized dialogue and words. It set the precedent for cinematography‚ live voice recordings‚ and real-time dialogue. The film was based on a short story written only a few years prior. The story was called “The Day of Atonement” and was authored by Samson Raphaelson. The short story was then adapted into an onstage musical in
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The symbolic significance of Inez‚ Estelle‚ and Cradeau in Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit In his book Being and Nothingness‚ the 20th century french philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre classifies the world into three modes of being: being-for-others‚ being-in-itself‚ and being-for-itself. The first‚ being-for-others‚ is when the self exists as an object for others. They avoid becoming their own subject to avoid self-criticism because they prefer the false reality that others give them. The second‚ being-in-itself
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The Significance of Food in "Like Water for Chocolate" Carlos Vela Food equals memory and memory equals immortality. In the recipes we pass down from generation to generation‚ in the food of our mothers‚ we reawaken the past‚ make the present more real‚ perhaps capture a bit of the future. Food is about history‚ with handed down recipes such as in Like Water for Chocolate‚ the chef can remember the past. Tita when she cooked could remember‚ Nacha and her mother. Food is a major part of the story
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A Report on the Significance of the Emmett Till Murder Before talking about Emmet Till and what happened to him‚ I will explain what life was like for black people in the Deep South. Places in the South of America were some of the most racist‚ if not the most racist against black people. They believed that black people shouldn’t have equal rights to white people and that they were barely people at all. They also strongly believed that all black men wanted to rape any white women they looked at
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The Scarlet Letter: Chillingworth’s Significance Nathaniel Hawthorne’s morally diverse novel The Scarlet Letter provides a darkening perspective on the effects of sin‚ hypocrisy‚ and anguish portrayed in the human behavior of the villain. Fundamentally‚ “there are no secrets that time does not reveal”; therefore‚ Hawthorne enhances his purpose with the utilization of many antagonists whom portray this‚ but neither associating more importantly than Roger Chillingworth’s character. (Steen) For instance
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Assess the political and cultural significance of the construction and initial use of the Colosseum. Throughout the history of Ancient Rome‚ the construction of public buildings was used as a political tool‚ to manipulate the views of the people and to demonstrate the power of the State. The very first emperor of Rome‚ Augustus‚ initiated social reform through the construction of buildings from 27 BC onwards. Emperor Vespasian in 69 AD used a similar initiative‚ and throughout Rome’s history it can
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Prior to this amendment‚ only white people and their children were recognized as Americans‚ limiting their rights and freedoms. The significance of the 14th Amendment lies in its recognition of all individuals born in the United States and those who have lived there for a long time as Americans. This grants former slaves the status of citizenship and freedom‚ allowing them to pursue court
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