Books Article Reviews Samples For Students

Statement C (In “Literacy and the Politics of Education,” Knoblauch describes cultural literacy as the passing of culture from generation to generation.) describes what Knoblauch wrote on cultural literacy. This is because he asserts that “ that literacy also includes an awareness of cultural heritage,” cultural heritage is passed from one generation to the other.
The more I read books, I become culture literate and this is important to me. Citizens ought to know how to speak and write properly, functionally and read great books in which culture is enshrined. Although we have to learn our culture, we also ...

A survey on America’s best companies in the book In Search for Excellence identified the best managed and also the “unexcellent” companies. The survey came up with two results that were striking. One, there was evident reversion in the mean whereby the growth and lucrativeness of the best companies did slow down after long time periods. Secondly, the “unexcellent” companies outperformed the S&P 500 by over 12%. In the 1988- 1992 period, there was a domination by reversion in the price/ earnings and price to book ratios (Clayman, 1994). Large capitalization stocks vividly outdid the smaller capitalization stocks. There ...

Jeremy Bentham’s Writings

Jeremy Bentham is most famously known for his writings on utilitarianism theory, although he was also a jurist and a social reformer. This essay will review Bentham’s article ‘The Psychology of Economic Man.’
The article by Bentham deals with the psychological aspects of man in relation to economic wants. He starts off with the foundational premise of his article by stating that one’s primary aim is happiness and for attaining this aim one would do any that that would satisfy this tendency of self-preference. He argues that others cannot look after one’s happiness and that one has ...

Expected stock return reefers to the amount expected to be received on an investment such as stock, which has diverse known rated of return. For instance, in a stock, which had 20% probability of producing 5% profit and a 20% probability of producing 2% loss, the expected return would be 0.1% (0.2* 0.05+0.2-0.02). This essay seeks to examine the two measureable variables, which are used to capture the cross sectional variation in average stock returns attributed with the market β, size, earning price, leverage and book-to market equity. The variables include are size and book to market equity.
As a point ...

He elaborates that reading is value-addition. I have experienced the same flavor. More than once, I have had to repeat a word that evaded the ears of my listeners. I had used a term that most of them were not familiar with. I have realized that the more I read, the better I absorb vocabulary and practice. I can communicate effectively, and words flow easily from my mind to the mouth. The more you read the more words you have available to use in everyday conversations. Reading teaches you many new words and ways to use them in daily life. Good ...

The poem encompasses an issue pertaining to the unclear interpretations of her work titled Incubation: A Space for Monsters. The issue of confusion was addressed through poetry by describing analogies that best describes the meaning of the book’s context. The arguments presented in the reading include descriptions given to the different areas in the book such as comparing an excerpt from a George Clooney film with a female in red dress. The female character described in the reading embodies the characteristics of the reading, which non-familiar readers would find confusing. To conclude the argument about what the girl is doing ...

Review of Collapse: Prologue, (2005) Viking Press, New York
Summary: The prologue of the book is the part wherein Diamond summarizes the contents of the entire book in just one whole paragraph. The comparative methods employed by Diamond on his book aims to better understand the reasons for the collapse of previous civilizations, as well as the direct relation over the environmental issues. The prologue enumerates the five fatal reasons that contribute to the collapse of the society. By studying the civilizations of Norse, Vikings and other ancient peoples, Diamond was able to lay out these five reasons ...

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Evaluation of the impact of Budget Cuts on Education Funding
Headline; 5 year impact of budget reductions in education.
Rising costs of school equipment / textbooks / supplies vs budget cuts have devastating influence on educational spectrum. However, it could only be sensed by those who face the realities on a daily basis. The cost of school textbook and supplies are aggravating at a rapid pace because of different and innovative methods applied for textbook development and distribution. The Us Government accountability office commented in this reference that the prices have faced twice a raise as that of inflation within ...

Introduction

The book Old South, New South, or Down South?: Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement is a collection of 9 essays edited by Irvin D. S. Winsboro to reconceptualize the impression that Florida was more temperate than other southern states in regard to its relationships with civil rights leaders and the Blacks’ demands for equal rights. The author accomplishes this by exploring multiple racially motivated events, including black agency, racist assaults and political stonewalling to put his point across.
The time frame of this volume ranges from 1940s to the late twentieth century. The other contributors whose essays ...

In the article entitled “Can Money Buy Happiness?” written by Arthur C. Brooks and published in The American in 2008 presented an argumentative discussion asserting that money cannot buy happiness; but success can. One only partially agrees with the author’s affirmation since the measure for success was also financial remuneration, to wit: “financial status is the way we demonstrate to others (and ourselves) that we are successful” (Brooks, 2008, par. 34). One disagrees that this is the only way to demonstrate success. Some people could measure success in terms of merely fulfilling identified goals- which are not always ...

ARTICLE REVIEW

Article Title: The Little Book Of Plagiarism
PART 1
- Main idea
Richard Posner argues that plagiarism is gaining prevalence and the appropriate actions should be taken to curb it although it should not be treated as a tort. The study tries to define plagiarism and explain the various forms of plagiarism.
- Structure
- Argument
The argument is a Cause and Effect. The audiences of the text are jurists. It is meant to be used in judicial verdicts. Judges can wisely rule cases regarding property infringement by following the argument (pg. 36).

PART 2

- Center ...

Recently the Saudi Arabian airlines have been on the limelight due to the increased activities of transportation in the airline due to the demand of their services the airline had to put some logistics in order to handle the increasing number of cargo and people. In this regard, the airline released new online service [procedures in order to better their services to their clients. It is the desire of each client to have best of services when he requires it. This is the reason as to why the airline established the online service in order to perfect their services. ...

Article ReviewProject Management - Quality

Introduction
This paper sets out to review and analyze an article that offers definitions of and discusses the concept of quality in terms of project management. The subject article is entitled: “Some perspectives on quality” (2012), by Kailash Awati.

Article Summary:

The article opens with quoting two different dictionary definitions of the word “quality”, which – because they give no indication of how quality is measured – are dismissed by the author as inadequate. He quotes the PMBOK (Project Management Body Of Knowledge guide) definition of quality, which is: “the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfil requirements”, stating that this ...

Chapter 6

- What is important to know in this chapter for quizzes? (Use this to record your text notes. Be specific, clear and thorough for your own benefit.)
It is important to realize that effective speeches have to entail thorough research. Relying on personal knowledge and experience to give a speech, in most cases causes the overall quality of the speech to be poor. Gregory explains that relying on one’s experience makes a speech to be dull and in most cases inaccurate (Gregory 100). Using of research material makes sure that the information that is presented in speeches is factual ...

Introduction

This article will review a book by authors, Alexi Pavlichev and G. David Garson with title Digital Government; Principles and best practices. The article will also review a book section of Portals and Policy: Implications of Electronic Access to U.S. Federal Government Information and Services by Patricia Diamond Fletcher.

Summary

Review and evaluate
According to Fletcher (2004), three variables that led to the development of federal portal include top level support, an enabling policy environment, and the necessary diffusion of technology. The author is concerned with the benefits of portals in the government and other users in development of portal. The ...

The Licbbach and Zuckeman give a clear insight on the political science by distinguishing politics into two major aspects, comparative politics and international relations. The comparative politics generally focuses on the politics inside a particular country, dealing with aspects such as political parties, elections, judicial system and revolutions. On the other hand, the international relations focus on the relationship between different countries, dealing with aspects such as war, trade, foreign aid and foreign policy. Licbbach and Zuckeman have also shed light to some of the basic structures and vocabularies that are applied in the comparative politics and in political science. To ...

Summary

Reading the bible and getting meaning out of the passages is most probably one of the most complicated things for Christians. The bible has been mentioned as one of the most inspiring books and the most read. However, despite all the worth that is attached to the bible, many people still finds it hard to not only read it but also get the most out of it. In the article How to read the bible for all its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart, they highlight some of the strategies that can be followed by a Christian to ...

Introduction

Film criticism has actually failed to offer much assistance in the clarification of black cinema concept since there does not exist uncontested criteria where an ultimate appeal can in fact be made to resolve the underlying contemporary issues. Thomas Cripps in his book titled “Black film as genre,” portrays how it is hard to offer a definition of black cinema that is adequate. However, this leaves us wondering what to actually do with films well-known group about the black people by the white film makers.
A number of black film cataloguers have essentially sought to avoid essentialist problem that ...

In his renowned 2008 article for The Atlantic Monthly, “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the internet is doing to our brains,” writer Nicholas Carr suggest that while Internet has helped today’s generation gain limitless amount of information at the click of a mouse, this easy access to information comes at a cost. Carr maintains that quick access to a large pool information results makes people skim information the contents quickly rather than carefully reading and conceptualizing the information. According to him, this results into shortened memory span, an increasing inability to concentrate or read long texts. As the internet increasingly becomes ...

This article by Sheila Egoff traces the development of children’s literature over time, beginning with the Middle Ages, when there was actually no literature specifically aimed at children as a targeted audience. Because, as Egoff explained, many children were not expected to survive beyond infancy, there seemed little purpose in writing especially for that group who for the most art were not even taught to read and write. What few works for children have survived are books about “manners and instruction.” Other than those, Egoff assumes children that could read had to make do with books such as romances ...

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass wrote an article titled Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass’. This narrative aimed at the abolishment of slavery in the US (Douglass, 1845). The publication is primarily a work of political agitations. This is because his goal was to abolish slavery and convince his readers to fight for abolition. According to many individuals, his work was regarded as sentimental fiction. Furthermore, the book was more inclined towards racial stereotypes.

Sentimental literature can be defined as literature which was aimed at training and educating the sensibilities of the reader. This meant that the readers were able to respond ...

Business proposal checklist

Amy.
Amy, in her business proposal, describes a company called Will Bury that has patented a technology that would convert the printed word to a digital file for consumption by readers or listeners. Therefore, from her explanation Amy was able to identify the market structure for her proposed business proposal. She was also able to make assumptions about the market structure and elasticity as Amy details the companies already in existence within the same e-books market. She also explains how the business is established, and the competition it faces since alternatives are provided by its competitors and would have a negative impact ...

Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God?

Introduction:
In this excellent book, Thompson takes the old myth on the Old Testament God to task explaining the fact that life is not to be taken for granted in any way. Many view God as someone who is forbidding, always ready to castigate and create situations where his obedience is unquestioned and/or without any sort of parallel. Thompson does attempt to dispel that myth accordingly focusing on life in general and how the many episodes in the Bible can be said to dispel this theme accordingly.

The main points of the book:

Principally the book attempts to tackle certain aspects of life which ...

A) .Analysis section:

The chapter, “Character Development and Good Sporting Behavior” ,presents elements and development of good sporting behavior ,where it explains how effective sporting behavior develop ,how the behavior is influenced ,and the relationship between good sporting behavior and moral reasoning. The chapter attribute that there is no universally accepted definition of good sporting behavior, but in a nutshell it asserts that all definitions relates to morality and the idea of engaging in sporting activity where an individual play with his or her heart while at the same time respecting their opponents.

As a component of sport, morality establishes itself as a component of ...

This article from the Harvard Business Review looks at how the “ single-minded pursuit of wealth often leads smart people to do incredibly stupid things—things that destroy what money can't buy.” . It provides a list of poor decisions, unethical conduct, booms, busts bubbles and the documentary that chronicles some of these events. After that, it explores some of the concepts from book entitled “money and the Meaning of Life” which Jacob Needleman wrote about twenty years ago. In that book Needleman points out that an individual’s personality is basically the same with or without money. He then goes on ...

My day begins early in the morning with morning devotion and some light exercise. This is then followed by preparation to go to work after which I leave for an eight hour day job. At the office, I normally ensure that I complete yesterday’s work before embarking on what is supposed to be done for that particular day. After a long tiring day with breaks in between, I head back home relax a little then head to the gym for a two hour training session. I then go home prepare tomorrow’s work then sit back and watch television or read a ...

Racial inequality in America exists since the making of America. The situation has been significantly changed in the last few decades and many African Americans have developed remarkably and achieved a lot in different fields of life, but it has not been completely abolished from the American society yet. African Americans still face the Incidents of racial inequalities however they have sacrificed many of their lives fighting from such inequalities and still fighting to get their appropriate position in the society.
Thomas Shapiro in his book “The hidden cost of being African American” has highlighted the issue and touched ...

Social studies are the incorporated study of humanities and sciences enhanced to endorse effectual community development. This paper therefore identifies and discusses three journal articles from different sources discussing about social studies. An annotation of the three journal articles dealing with social studies is presented below.

Lawlor, D. & Mariscal, Q. (2006). ‘Longman Social Studies.’ Journal of Social Studies Research, 10(3), 34-41.

In this journal article by Lawlor and Mariscal, a set of three books have been discussed in the journal article. These are a student’s book, a workbook and a Teacher’s guide. This are enhanced in order to link ...

Reflections to journal articles

Language, language acquisition and language teaching are areas of interest that have engaged the attention of linguists, psychologists and educationists for centuries. Zest in research in these areas continues with new issues being raised as a consequence of development in technology and means of communication. While experts continue to discuss first and second language acquisition, the truth is that it is difficult to find an individual who uses one pure language. Increasing contacts between language communities in a global scenario have resulted in bilingualism and multilingualism. According to Kumar and Yunus, “No society speaks just ‘a language’ that is ‘pure’ in its ...

Introduction

This paper provides an overview of descriptive theories that have advanced in over the last decade concerning the working of the human memory and how it affects the adult behavior and experiences. The purpose of this literature review is anchoring an understanding of different attempts to come up with one comprehensive understanding of psychology and the developing of the human brain. While exploring the different facets of the concept of human behavior, the paper embarks on different scholastic analysis using divergent resources. Contemporary literature on this subject assesses the role of diversity and its impact on human competency and ...

Hard-Boiled detective fictions have been in existence since the mid-1920 pioneered by Carroll John Daly (Hammett 1). However, according to Horsley Lee and Jordison Sam, in two of their articles, they hold in high regard the role of Hammett Dashiell as a revolutionary in the literary style of writing of crime fictions using the book ‘Maltese Falcon.’ Aggressive repetitions, gun rhythms and cold morality in the story are some of the styles used. Consequentially Hammet Dashiell acts a pioneer to literary styles in crime fiction as other great writers including but not limited to, Raymond Chandler, Sue Grafton, Chester ...

Reading is one of the most important activities that humankind has to offer. It has changed dramatically through the years, from different alphabets to manuscripts, printing and now the digital age. All of these changes have brought renovation and impulses to different aspects of reading, yet it has not gone out of style. In the last few years, many people have said that the printed book is dead, with the electronic book replacing it. However, Robert Darton in “Five Myths about the Information Age” correctly refutes this, arguing that the introduction of digital reading material has only modified what ...

In this paper, the study "A Longitudinal Examination of Stress Generation in Depressive and Anxiety Disorders” published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology will be discussed. First, an overview of the study will be presented. Second, key strengths and weakness of the study’s methods and procedures, as well as its results, will be argued. Third, a recommendation for how the study could be improved will be stated, and finally a conclusion will sum up the results of this review.
The study’s goal is to expand on existing research on stress. The study examines both interpersonal and non interpersonal ...

In the book, Edward Weisband and Courtney Thomas have discussed political culture, its application as well as the different aspects related to it. According to the authors, a political culture refers to all the factors that enable the thriving of a particular political system. In fact, the practices, the values, the beliefs, and the shared systems, all contribute to the formation of a political system that defines an administration. In as much as most people believe that such a culture is naturally formed, this notion is not true because it takes many years to develop fully and take strong ...

David Tuff was a 24-year-old security guard at Villlage Square Mall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The mall is managed and operated by Blue Mountain Company, which also has a security services division that trains and supplies security guards to several shopping malls in some Midwestern states. Tuff strongly opposed Blue Mountain’s new company policy to order and escort intoxicated persons (including drunk drivers) off its parking lots and onto the public roads. He feared that drunk drivers might harm innocent people and that doing so would jeopardize his license, as he was required by law to report any illegal behaviour (drunk ...

Introduction

The book The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo argues that beneath any man lies some degree of evil, so detrimental if exposed under duress. The Lucifer Effect explains how good men can transform when exposed to stressful environments to commit heinous activities beyond imaginable moral magnitudes. In this regard, the author empirically explains the findings of the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) the processes involved in transforming good men into committing evil and heinous activities under duress and powerful situational forces. A comparison between the SPE findings and those of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq have strong correlations in ...

In what sense does the subsection "Protecting Our Zones of Interaction with Our Young Children" tie in with the Social Construction of Reality? Please be specific and draw from examples in the book chapter.
Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman have put forward the theory of Social Construction of Reality. This theory states that the way we present ourselves to others is dependent on how we are raised and what we are raised to believe. In other words, the way in which an individual perceives reality is colored by their beliefs and background. In the book the Big Disconnect, the ...

Leadership is the influence a member of a group holds over other members that help an organization in achieving its goals. The effectiveness of a leader is gauged by the performance of an organization in terms achieving set goals and targets. The success and well being of an organization depend on its leader, and he or she is responsible for steering the company to achieving its goals and objectives. This paper is about the leadership style of Jeff Bezos and how he has managed to stave off stiff competition in online business to raise Amazon to where it is today.
Amazon ...

The concept of faith is one that has been understood differently by individuals across the globe. The author of this article explores the concept in immense depth with reference to various views on the concept.1 writing of the article was sparked off by the publication of The Gospel According to Jesus, a document exploring the role of the gospel in bringing sinners to accept Christ’s authority in their lives through their actions.
This elicited different reactions from the reads of its contents. Most of the critics’ views were dependent on the different perceptions people have of faith thus ...

You know the day will not be a smooth one when you see your boss’ car parked in your spot, when you, as usually, arrive earlier at work. The book “The Goal” gravitates around the life and work of Alex Rogo, a Plant Manager within Uniware, part of UniCo company. Alex is a career oriented person, who tries to find a balance between his challenging work and his family life. As he follows two goals at the same time, he fails in both.
In the beginning of the book, readers find out that Alex’s plant is facing some troubles. Although he ...

In the columns of August marble busts that remember the American Revolution, many writers have dismissed the genuine radical soul of the longest and most troublesome change in history, contends recognized American student of history, Gary B. Nash. In this splendid reconsideration of the twirl of belief system, grievance, shock, and trust that vivified the progressive decades, Nash exhibits that however the Founding Fathers drove the charge, the vitality to raise a rebellion rose up out of all classes and races of American culture. Millennialist evangelists, oppressed Africans, outskirts spiritualists, dockside tars, displeased women, and bothered Indians all had ...

The attempt to control drugs in the United States has its roots in the 1960s. There have been numerous attempts and approaches that have been used to deal with drugs and try to control its usage and movement in the country. This has come with some failures that suggests a new system must be implemented to improve and enhance the status quo. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze and review two chapters of a book which describes the relationship between race, drugs and incarceration. This will evaluate the main narratives of the chapters and evaluate the ...

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- What is the main point that you want someone to read this paper to understand?
I want to point out the brilliant capacity of decision making of Telemachus. His maturity is reflected through his decision making and his adaptability. That is what I want to highlight from Telemachus's character.
- Where did you focus particular efforts in this paper?
I focused on the deep study of each and every action and decision of Telemachus. I just want to focus on the immense maturity level of Telemachus while dealing each and every situation.
- What ...

Martin Amis's Other People and London Fields

As Brian Finney points out in Narrative and Narrated Homicide in Martin Amis's Other People and London Fields although he is not classified as a crime writer Martin Amis’s stories are filled with crime and focus upon death and murder. . Finney’s critique of Amis’s stories revolves around the continuing themes of women, death, murder and victimization along with their relationship with the enigmatic narrator.
In his analysis Finney looks into the author and the zeitgeist of his era as well. He notes that Amis himself describes his work as “"playful literature" (Neustatter 71) and describes himself ...

Stewart Culin in his article Customs of the Chinese Culture in America, thoroughly analyzes how the life of the people from little Chinese colonies has gradually emerged in the American culture. According to Culin, “The people from each district have their peculiar local customs and traditions” (Culin, 1890). Chinese food, however, from these small little colonies have transformed into something new. Locally the people of the Chinese culture enjoy such dishes as orange chicken and fried rice, however it is now often preferred as well with American culture. Chinese restaurants have become widely common in America. Popular dishes such ...

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Paper Critique

The classmate’s project presented has been converted into a very intelligent video that presents information into a very captive format from a classroom scenario. The project is named as “The Authentic use of Laptops in Classrooms”. The project has two parts one is a video uploaded to YouTube and another is a Microsoft power point presentation consisting of nine slides.
The YouTube video shows that in a classroom where four students are studying, three are distracted by technology while only one is taking notes in a ...

Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summaries
For any business professional to succeed and become a competent and successful professional, he must possess good communication skills. Communication skills such as written communication, oral communication, and interpersonal communication are necessary to survive in today’s competitive era. The same fact also stands true for accounting professionals. According to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), communication skills are and will remain in future as important a skill as any other professional skill. AICPA lists “effective business writing” as a necessary skill for competence in public accounting. Unfortunately, some of the entry level accountants do ...

In his book information and the Crisis Economy, Herbert I. Schiller contends that the current proliferation of information activities and increasing sophistication of information technology they demand are the result of efforts to control the political, economical, and cultural strains produced by a general crisis in the world market system. This is a review of chapter seven of the book ‘The prospect for democratic communication.’ Schiller opens the chapter by stating that the communication process could serve constructive motives if it could draw the attention of people to the problems they face as well as offering a channel for the presentation ...

Review of “Angels Among Us: The Use of Old Testament Passages As Inspiration for Temple Themes In The Dead Sea Scrolls.”
David J. Larsen received his PhD in Divinity – Biblical Studies under James Davila at St Mary’s College in Saint Andrews, Scotland. Before that he received a masters degree in theology under Andrei A. Orlov in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is well suited to study ancient text and understand their cultural context as he also completed course work in Sociology, Anthropology, Greek, and Bible Archeology. He is an expert on ancient texts that compose books of the old testament ...

Abstract

This paper presents theory and practice of French sociology in practice after Pierre Bourdieu and the impacts that his work had to sociologist and the society at large, as a preparation for a journal article. It had started by analyzing the life of Bourdieu when young who hardly known in the society who advocated for purely scientific view of sociology and was against sociologically oriented journalism developed by his mentor Raymond Aron. Bourdieu was not known unlike other intellectuals in society of the time. However, him together with his co-writer Jean-Claude Passeron gained instant fame after they wrote two provocative books ...

Description of Wheatley’s Essay

Margaret Wheatley’s Essay “Innovation Means Relying on Everyone’s Creativity” has two central points guiding a wealth of practical knowledge on organizational leadership gained through her experiences. The first is that organizations act in the same way as living organism. The whole of the organization can be seen as a species that will change according to alterations to environmental conditions. The second part of her thesis is “People only support what they create” (Wheatley, 2001). This means that in order to get support for new policies or changes to the organization, everyone within the organization must play a role in enacting ...

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Educators in the West always promote individuality in teaching youngsters in their early childhood. They always make sure that every child has one set of toys, books and art materials to be able to explore and study on their own. It is teaching children’s independence and competitiveness. In the context of mainland China however, there is an inspiring way of teaching that educators are implementing. In an observation done by Freeman (1998), it brings another good perspective on how to nurture children towards building a community that does not leave an individual behind. It ...

Dear Dr. Xu:

Henceforth is my reflection on how the course affected my knowledge in writing; hence, proving that the goals and objectives – the course outcomes - of English 131 are fulfilled in me. Taking the course has, indeed, improved my writing style by making me more conscious and aware of my mistakes in writing. In order to showcase this improvement, I would be using my four previous writings: Arabic Spring, Liminals: Rhetorical Analysis, the annotated bibliographies submitted on 10 May 2014, and Analyzing Star Trek.
One of the most important lessons that I have learned from taking English 131 is ...

Introduction

The Chinese people experienced eminent growths in terms of art and their culture between the period of 950-1200 AD. There were many developments in music, philosophy, literature and visual arts, which blossomed due to printing activities, hence making the Chinese culture spread to other regions. Among the major contributors towards this growth are the Song, Ming, Qing and Yuan Dynasties, which did many paintings and poetry to reflect further their culture 1. These works of art were exhibited for viewers during religious and other seasonal activities, an event that made the Chinese appreciate their culture. At some point during ...

Introduction:

In the introduction, Clunas insists that Chinese art is quite a recent invention, in actual fact, not more than a hundred years old. Although the textiles, pieces of calligraphy, paintings, sculptures, ceramics and other works of art date from over 5,000 years old, the idea of grouping Chinese art is a much more recent phenomenon. The book is purposely called ‘Art in China’ and not Chinese art since it is principally written out of a major distrust of the existence of unifying principles that bring together art from a particular country.
There are several abrupt decisions that have been made in the ...

Bashir, S., Janaranjana., Tesfa, G. (2012). An Empirical Analysis of Higher Education and Economic Growth in West Virginia. Selected Paper for Presentation at Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012 Seattle, WA.
Bashir et al consider skilled labor as the single most important route to attaining maximal human development. According to the article, a person that is highly educated can more easily access a decent employment because skilled labor is associated with well paying jobs, lesser working hours and more attractive returns. With such a decent job, one can effortlessly afford to live a decent life with all the characteristics ...

Response Paper on a Cultural Studies Approach to Technological Culture

The readings covered this week dealt on the perceptions and judgments associated with technology and culture. My interest in technology is unquestionable and this week reading has given me a chance to explore the relationship the relationships pertaining to this phenomenon. According to technology and culture is of interest because it combines the human perspectives of what technology enables people to execute in everyday lives including the perceptions and judgments of how such undertakings affect them. The book provides a thorough analysis of causality, agency, articulation and assemblage, space, identity, politics, and globalization. All these features illustrate a relationship between technology and ...

As urban centers have grown and more members of society has become less involved in agricultural practices, the connection that people have had to the environment has also become more distant than in previous generations. During the last couple of hundred years, fewer people than ever are more aware of how important it is to protect the earth on which we live and the natural resources that it has to offer. This has become even more evident during the 20th and 21st centuries, expedentially each decade.
Most people in industrialized nations, before sustainability efforts came into the forefront ...

Article Review

The article suggests ways through which organization development scholars can make use of the necessary forums to enhance skills through the use of hypothesis. The author commences the article by providing information that gives a background overview in relation to the different approaches taken by scholars as regards the organization theorizing. Further the author seeks to provide a better understanding of the text through linking vital characteristics with reference to the historical perspective and the contemporary situations. Through linking the past and the present state of affairs, the author ensures that there is no disconnect with regard to the sequential perspectives ...

Both the readings have a similar purpose and that is to explain what scientific research is and what its components are. Both of them are in the position to believe that science is not something that can be based on personal opinions; rather, it is based on evidence. Pring’s main argument is that the ontological dualism between quantitative and qualitative research are false (60). On the other hand, Chalmers strongly argues that in scientific research, the senses should be used objectively rather than subjectively (5). Both the scholars focus on scientific observation and how it should be done ...