Poor Book Reviews Samples For Students

Jeffrey D. Sachs is among the few economists from the developed world who empathize and sympathize with the world’s poor. He views the world as a global super-community in which the disparate human societies have a common destiny. A world in which true progress will only be possible if we rise as a unit, if the world’s poor are helped out of the circumstances of their birth. His book, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, especially forcefully argues this view. It follows that a recurring theme in the book is the need for a paradigm shift in our global ...

The story written by Hwang is very interesting and moving. It is told in a non-structural and non-linear way, which is something that most people are not used to reading. Besides this structural characteristic of the novel, it tells a story of the history of Korea, before Communism spread in North Korea. I do not agree with the thesis statement which claims that the characters Pak Hun and Ojaknyo reject the old and feel that the new is unjust. However, I do believe that they think that there is much improvement to be done in modern times. The characters in the ...

Introduction

The Bottom Billion is a short book that addresses contemporary issues in the world today. Collier looks at the main problems causing Poverty in Africa. He contends the traditional definitions of underdeveloped, developing and developed countries. According to the author, poverty is only a fifty eighty countries. To resolve the problems in the third world countries whose inhabitants make up the bottom million, countries should resolve corruption, improve infrastructure and governance practices. He argues against the imposition of radical changes by the developed countries on the third world countries. Collier focuses on the problem facing the African countries and relates them ...

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Book Review: Poor Economics - A Radical Rethink of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
The book primarily focuses on the reasons of poverty and how to alleviate it from the world. The book discusses various topics and carries out program in different villages selected randomly . it also discusses how they are facing the problem of poverty and the measures taken to eradicate it.
The book also discuses about the policies that are implemented in eradicating poverty but are total failure. This is due to lack of understanding the exact reason of poverty. The main purpose of removing poverty ...

Introduction

In the book, “The Behavior of Law” Donald Black tries to explain how the conduct of law is a social phenomenon. Black describes a general, quantitative and predictive theory that describes the various conditions within which law is applied or can be applied. Black argues that since law is a social phenomenon, it does not take into account the human nature concept. As such, law can be explained without incorporating a person’s motivations or any other psychological motivations. This means that the theory does not take into account the rationality of human beings and also the goals and ...

Introduction

The book explores the chronical destitute and unequality within the American population. Seth Rockman is a revolutionary and Early U.S history specialist focusing on capitalism and slavery in America’s social and economic development. He has researched on histories of labor, race and social welfare. Particularly, he has focused on aspects that have been vital making America the wealthiest, egalitarian and free society in the western world. The scenario revolves around a fast developing and scrappy border of Baltimore city to 1840s. The book focuses on people who labored during early capitalist revolution and negligence in economic and industrial expansion success. ...

Healthcare in the United States has been a center of controversy for a long time. Access to quality healthcare has been limited to the rich at the detriment of the poor. The current infrastructure in the United States requires the citizenry to own health insurance, which will aid in reducing the cost of healthcare. However, it is worth noting that despite the United States being one of the strongest nations in the world, a reasonable proportion of its population remains poor. A large number of people in the United States do not earn wages that can allow them to access quality healthcare. ...

Jeffrey Reiman published his book, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class and Criminal Justice, in 2003. Jeffrey Reiman has written this book as if it is a text book for students studying Criminology, citing numerous sources and taking a teaching approach. From the very first chapter, it becomes obvious that Reiman has written this book to educate. It seems as though Reiman gained a deeper insight into the American culture, at the roots, and this prompted him to share the information with the public. In the first chapter of the book, Reiman emphasizes on four complex issues; ...

What does the author mean by India’s strange rise?

India’s ‘strange rise’ is a phrase which is the reader encounter on the title of the book, In Spite Of the Gods: the Rise of Modern India. It is hard to explain what the author meant by the phrase without looking into the detailed meaning of the whole title. It is also proper in the outset that the author wrote the book while living in India where he worked for the financial times in the period 2001 to 2006 in New Delhi. The contents of the book, In Spite Of the Gods: the Rise of Modern India, are therefore a ...

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Baryka gets a unique perspective on Polish Society when he actually entered in the city. At the time, it was looked from his point of view of being a place of opportunity. When Baryka returned to the city of Warsaw Cezary Baryka decided that he could better himself. One way that was being done when he decided to enrolled once more in his medical studies and once that was done, he took up residence, at his own invitation, in the room of one of his colleagues, a particular Buławnik. Here as mentioned earlier Cezary Baryka really wants to start over and ...

Introduction

Richard Hoffman wrote Half the House: Memoir, and it was first published in the year 1995. The book was then republished in 2005 with an afterword added to the memoir in 1996. Hoffman claimed that the book was nonfiction and the scenes described by the book were experiences he underwent in his childhood life. However, the names of the characters had been altered safe for the name of the football coach that had sexually molested him in his childhood. The book describes the hardships Hoffman faced in the hands of the ruthless society, his poor family, and an abusive ...

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In lucid language, Tim Harford brings forth to the reader the multifarious linkages that bind the global economic system. Over the course of ten chapters, Harford brings home an account of economic activity and highlights linkages between economics, human development, psychology and similar esoteric discoveries.
Harford commences his journey as an ‘undercover economist’ by observing how Starbucks Coffee shops are strategically placed at the exits of metro stations. Harford observes that while the retail price of a cup of coffee is far in excess of the actual cost of producing one, most of the premium goes the way of ...

Overview of the book

Yunus, Muhammad, and Karl Weber. Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs. New York: Public Affairs, 2010. Print.
The book was authored by Muhammad Yunus. Yunus is the founder of the Grameen Bank, which is a microcredit institution. Through his economic policies, Yunus made an immense contribution to the fight against poverty and through his economic paradigm; he manages to espouse an economic model that places humanity at the heart of polling resource together for positive potential. His efforts in the promotion of social business enabled him to win the 2006 Nobel ...

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In one of his address to the American Medical Association, President Barack Obama stated, “Make no mistake: the cost of our healthcare is a threat to our economy. It is an escalating burden on our families and businesses. And it is unsustainable for the United States of America.” Following these lines, ‘Mama Might Be Better off Dead ‘, by Laurie Kay Abraham, presents a disconcerting and an insightful look into the American health care system. This book offers a very unsettling, at the same time enlightening, view of the status of urban Medicare facilities, through the example ...

Book Review of “Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

Kozol, J. (1992). Savage inequalities: children in America's schools. New York City: HarperCollins

Book Review

Over the past decades, educational reforms have emphasized academic excellence as indispensable and essential part of the reform. Even though each time the word equity is mentioned, more often than not with regard to balancing equity and excellence, unfortunately, issues pertaining to educational inequalities have not been addressed in the debate. Fortunately, Jonathan Kozol’s book provides an alternative to this trend and brings equity issues on educational agenda for public attention. However, despite its important message, the book is simplistic and lacks adequate research, which ...

Question 1: Explain and assess why Rome, during the period of the Roman Republic was able to dominate the ancient Mediterranean world. This answer should pay attention to political, social, economic, and cultural factors.
One reason that explains why Rome was able to dominate the ancient Mediterranean world was the uniting of Italy. This unity facilitated the creation of a strong military organization. With the strong army, Rome conquered Carthage, who was their main rival, as well as the Greek. In the due course of their conquest, Rome made sure that residents of the conquered communities became part of the citizens. ...

The famous and world widely recognized short story by well-known Chinese writer Lu Xun, the New Year Sacrifice conveys the distressing but touching story of a young woman with a heart-breaking life ultimately compels her to the outer reaches of the societal ethical standards. The story is neither a radical means nor an artistic inclined piece, but a way for encouraging social modification (eNotes.com). It has a special consideration to the dilemma of women in his time by incorporating in the story significant concepts regarding women’s liberty. The story transpired in the period earlier the Revolution of 1911, a poor Chinese woman is sold ...

Southern Baptists and Southern Presbyterians maintained separate denominations as per the book by David Chappell. The religious forebears of the Baptists and Presbyterians broke up and formed the northern and southern spheres. David Chappell argues in his book that slavery was the reason for breaking the churches. This book, “a stone of hope” claims that further propaganda about religious discrimination lead to the civil rights movement. Religion played a major role in describing the blacks and quotes state that the poor in the Bible really fought the rich just as the poor in the civil movement. Those who were involved in ...

Harford’s book The Undercover Economist is devoted to the exploring of fundamental reasons for rich economies being rich and poor economies being poor. Formaini smartly notices that Harford in his book “seems to want to explain to noneconomists some of the interesting theoretical conclusions that economists use to explain observed behavior and wealth pattern” (204). Within the book, which is rather easy for understanding, a set of major concepts from economic theory are deeply analyzed and interestingly and, sometimes, entertainingly explained by the author. In terms of this paper, a brief summary of Harford’s book will be ...

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter

1. Introduction
2. Format of the book
a. Each chapter is a new lesson
b. The authors give examples from their own life
c. The book was written by easy words, that can be understood even by kid
3. Rich and poor people
4. Rich people do not work for money, but money work for them
5. Develop financial skills
6. Conclusion
How much classical education gives to the person? Mathematics, literature, history, physics and chemistry - everyone studied these sciences for many years, but how much they have helped the common man in real life? Can it help ...

- Welfare recipients and culture of poverty
- In the chapters 2 and 7 of the book Flat Broke with Children, Sharon Hays tells us the story of U.S welfare from the inside of the welfare office, and also from the inside of mothers involved in welfare. She aptly describes the challenges that recipients of welfare face in the management of their families, work. Moreover, she tells the regulations and rules that pertain to welfare reform. Her research is hands on because it involves one on one interaction with the welfare recipients. The hands-on approach she takes makes ...

Chapter 7: Stratification.

Dalton has brought up the issues of social stratification in chapter 7 of his book, ‘You May Ask Yourself’. Social stratification refers to an unintentional drive within the family that determines the future of the family members. It also places members of the society into some economic groups. The society can shape an individual to become what it wants. For example, people from poor families are often associated with poverty and unfortunately most of them end up poor in their life. It known that it is the family where our life starts. Therefore the stratification places each family within a ...

The notion that all men are created equal and that social barriers of wealth are nonexistent in God’s Kingdom has always held a central position in Christianity. In his book “The Upside Down Kingdom” the author discusses how in the kingdom of God those with wealth in this world will be at the very bottom whereas those that are poor will be at the top. Therefore to achieve higher status in the kingdom of God one should be compassionate and help the poor in this world.
The book is a exploration of religious thought and has been in publication ...

We begin by reading a tragic denouement ending of Mark’s story. Jesus is arrested by the authorities and leads to desertion. Jesus second sermon speaks of powers that are toppled by Human. When Mark narrates the moment, disciples were caught off guard. The passion narrative is filled with execution. We cannot understand this message and the hope it bears unless we come to terms with terrible realism. Mark begins the Passion narrative with two stories where Jesus is the King and the other one a Banquet. Each prepares the reader for the tragic turn. The plot is about to take ...

Hernstein & Murray’s The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, offers a controversial statistical argument about social stratification and race being concretely linked to intelligence. However, the book more effectively investigates the consequences of American social stratification. The rich and educated members of society are increasingly isolating themselves in zip code enclaves instead of contributing to the American ideal of diversity. As a result, society has become increasingly divided by education, class and race. Overall, the book attempts to deconstruct complex socioeconomic issues of race, class and intelligence using statistical analysis. Intelligence is an important part of social ...

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The American children have a drastic difference in the quality of their lives and futures due to class differences. Annette Lareau has explored this fact in Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by utilizing her comprehensive observations. She has presented a clear picture of the American children belonging to poor, working-class, and middle class families. She has highlighted the contrast between various families. She points towards the frantic families that manage the chaotic schedules of their children's leisure activities. She also draws attention to families that have lots of time but minute financial security.
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The book Jesus for President was written by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw. The book is generally a provocative text to what Shane calls the Christian based political imagination. The authors of this book are one of the provocative people that have dared to bring out several concepts Christianity that no preacher has ever dared to say. The context from which Claiborne approaches the current situation on earth is so much critical and relevant to be addressed by every person who needs to see good living for all on earth. Imagining of the conditions that are happening in the world ...

Raphael capitalizes on the social stratification that characterizes many societies today. Inequality within society has been perceived by many as being inevitable. Each society has both the rich and the poor. In Raphael’s perspective the rich continue being rich as the poor constantly grapple with lack. This paradigm is existent in many societies because it is difficult of move from one social class to the other. The lack of equal opportunities within society creates a situation whereby only the rich are able to progress being they have access to resources. However, Raphael introduces the idea that self-sacrifice and desiccation ...

Categories of employees’ complaints

(What are the specific things the employees are unhappy about? If you were to group their specific complaints together, how might you summarize the kinds of complaints the employees have? You are welcome to create the categories, describe the categories and then list the examples from the video.)

The most specific things the employees are unhappy about are low wages, poor working conditions, lack of interaction and communication with management, lack of investment in employees, lack of pleasant and enjoyable work environment, lack of feedback from managers concerning ideas and suggestions, etc. These complaints may be summarized in several ...

‘Globalization and its discontents’ is a book written with a sharp wit to provoke the reader into keenly reading and analyzing the whole book. The book is written to illuminate the truth about globalization and the major problems brought about by the whole process of globalization and market liberalization.
The author of the book has vast experience in dealing with world economics having worked at the US economic control body and the IMF. His book appears to draw most of its contents from personal experience while working at the top positions in the institutions.
The main argument of the ...

Globalization can be defined as the increasing relationships in the globe concerning culture, economical activities and political influences. In economics, economic globalization refers to the unrestricted movement of goods and services across the national borders with little or no barriers. It has been argued that economic globalization can result in economic growth in developing and developed countries through specialization, reduced labor and technology importation and comparative advantage. Critics have challenged the idea of globalization by claiming that the people encouraging globalization only looks exaggerates the advantages and underestimates the costs of globalization. It is in this perspective that we ...

Introduction

The American government has in the past sought to ensure that as many of its citizens get access to higher education as possible. This is in an attempt to ensure that there is a skilled workforce to match the demands of its main economic drivers, the service and manufacturing industries (Scherer and Anson, 2014). As such, higher education policies formulated have moved to ensure that community colleges which are the majority in the country reach out to even the rural area inhabitants. Similarly, an agenda has been set towards ensuring that students enrolled into community colleges are able to ...

The book Creating a World without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus is about the social business, which aims to help poor people improve their living. Primarily, its objective is to meet a social goal. The idea of social business is a business that pays no dividend. The business’ products are sold at prices that enable the company to thrive. The owners of the company can regain the amount they have invested over time, but the investors will not receive any profits or dividends. The profit made stays in the business for expansion, to develop new services ...

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Summary:

- What the Paper is about
This study was done by four students from Department of International Business at Schulich School of Business (Bae et al., nd) to test how expropritaion incentives of controlling shareholders impact firm values during a financial crisis and the recovery period.
The results of the expropriation model ran for Asian firms for their 1997 crisis and Latin American firms for the 2001 Argentine economic crisis were aligned with the main hypothesis. The hypothesis called “expropriation hypothesis” posits that the value of firms with weaker corporate governance would significantly drop during a ...

- In what way did Dr. Martin King Luther King use non-violent protests in the Civil Rights Movement?
At the staff retreat of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), King talked about the dangers of violence. King said, “Violence has been the inseparable twin of materialism, the hallmark of its grandeur”, and he stood his ground against it on the basis that hate engenders violence. Hence, to curb hate and violence, King saw the importance of participating in peaceful protests no matter how unjust the situations they were in and how difficult it was for Black people to ...

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is a fictional story illustrating the lives of immigrants in the United States. It depicts the struggle between the rich and the poor which was ever growing in the industrial town of Chicago. It showed the plight of immigrant workers that were desperately trying to achieve the American dream which they had heard before leaving their native countries. “The Jungle” acts as a social political documentary of the American industrial growth by offering a peak Chicago meatpacking industry that was linked to corruption and dishonest practices in the early 20th century.
The key character of this ...

The book revolves around two young men both with the same name Wes and who happen to share the same challenges of growing up in a poor neighbourhood, the people they interact during their growing stage and how those people shaped their lives in contributing on the decisions that they made that changed their fate.The book is divided into eight chapters, each chapter discussing the development stages and the changes that the two Wes encounter in life as they grew up. For the purpose of his paper I will consider two of the concepts which we can learn from this ...

Blacks live in complete poverty in Maycomb and have hardly any rights at all, but most of the whites are also poor, and the whole county is basically backward and marginalized, especially because of the Great Depression. Most of the whites do not even have money to pay the legal bills that they owe Atticus, but in compensation they do have a sense of racial superiority over the blacks, who are even poorer and more degraded than they are. That someone like Atticus even exists there is highly surprising, although he has no real chance of changing system as it ...

Abstract

This paper summarizes the story of the Motley Crew as narrated in the book “the dirt confession of the world’s most notorious rock band’’. The essay chronicles their lifestyles from formation, rise to power, moral decadency, and distinct highs and lows among other aspects. It concentrates on most remarkable events of the group as demonstrated in the autobiography. The work goes further to depict frightening scenarios of the Crew events taking place on and out of stage.

Introduction

The Motley crew depicts a group of hardcore Rock Music heroes who begun life at the very center of poverty. The most ...

Introduction

Chicago Housing Authority abbreviated as CHA, was established in 1937 by the state of Illinois and had the jurisdiction for the administrative oversight of the public housing within the Chicago city. The mission of the agency is guided by a Board of commissioners who are appointed by the mayor of the city. This agency has a budget which is independent to that of the City of Chicago. This agency has built a number of public housing projects over the last few years. The agency was hit by a setback in 1966 when a suit was brought against the agency. This forced the US department ...

Chapter One: Down is Up

- The chapter starts with John the Baptist’s and Mary’s prophecies about the coming
of the new order, the kingdom of God. This new order, the upside-down kingdom, would bring a radical shift of social patterns in which social pyramid is about to turn the other way around.
- Jesus describes the kingdom of God and other kingdoms of this world as two inverted ladders.
- In Bible God’s kingdom is described as a collectivity, it is not an aggregate of individuals, but the network of people who fully dedicate themselves to the reign of ...

The novel “Unbillable Hours: A True Story” by Ian Graham is a story about how a struggling fourth-year associate discovered that lawyering is not all about the money and prestige and found the deeper meaning of his profession when he took the case of a wrongly convicted indigent client and helped him win his freedom. Graham recounts how he started his career as a young lawyer after he landed a job at the prestigious law firm of Latham and Watkins located in L.A., where he was offered a substantial income. Initially, he knew that he was in the right ...

Mary Barton

Introduction
Mary Barton is the first novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell, an English writer who was known for her works during the mid-19th century. In Mary Barton which was published in 1848, Gaskell described the difficulties faced by the working class during her time, thus the subtitle of the novel, ‘A Tale of Manchester Life’. Moreover, there is also the emphasis on women’s role during the Victorian era, which she cleverly narrated with the use of narratives that described the different female characters in the novel. This novel is a depiction of how Gaskell saw the relationship between ...

Book report; The jungle and business

Setting of the novel “The Jungle” published by Upton Sinclair in 1900s is in Chicago and revolves around the industry of meat production in the town. The industry seemed to represent the social difficulties of all the Americans living in poverty. Upton was only twenty-six years old when he moved to Chicago in his bid to participate in exposing the evils in the meat industry (Sparknotes.com).
Upton's book The Jungle was initially published in early 1900s and turned into a real sensation for American book readers. From one viewpoint, it depicted the incredible practices of meatpacking industry overwhelming at ...

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. By Benjamin Franklin. Ed. Frank Woodworth Pine.( Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Pub. Co. , 1916.) 343 pp. Reviewed by

Benjamin Franklin is one of America’s greatest statesmen and was born in Boston in the year 1706 as the 15th of 17 children, and the youngest of his father’s sons. Franklin was born to Josiah Franklin, a candle, and soap maker who had immigrated to the United States from Northamptonshire in England (2). The young Benjamin disliked his father’s profession highly and did not want to follow his example. Hence, Franklin went to ...

Joseph Wong in chapter 3 of this book examines the gradual change of three Asian states namely Taiwan, Japan and Korea from developmental states to states that care for the welfare of its citizens. He examines the post war period, the decade of 1980’s and the period of 1990’s with a view of demonstrating the change that occurred. He makes the case that the three states engineered social welfare policies after the 1990’s contrary to expectations. This review seeks to explore the change and a reflection of these changes as enumerated by Wong. Further, the review shall explore ...

The Middle East experienced various issues concerning feminism, poverty and colonial rule especially in the period of the European invasion and control. During the colonial invasion, Syria remained under French rule while Egypt fell under British rule. The history of the two colonies experienced different events through both the colonial and the post-colonial periods. Harem Years by Huda Shaarawi and Fragments of Memory by Hanna Mina explore various issues that characterized the Syrians and Egyptians during this period. One of the stories occurs in Egypt while the other occurs in Syria. Harem Years describe the lives of the people ...

“Great Expectations” is a luminous piece of literary work by British author Charles Dickens. This novel was written in 1860’s and is completely recited in the first person. This is one of highly acclaimed novels of Dickens. The author raises some relevant issues in his novel and presents the same before readers in a vivid manner. This paper aims to propose a discussion on the novel, “Great Expectations” and further discusses Dickens writing style, various symbols and themes of the novel.

Plot Summary

The story is knitted around a young boy named Pip, who is orphan and lives with his elder sister. One day ...

In the book “The end of poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time” Jeffrey Sachs explains the yawning gap between the rich world and the poor and what can be done to improve that dreadful situation.
First idea depicts the greatest tragedy of our time – poverty and its dimensions, in which the one-sixth of humanity lives. As the author says, these countries are not even on the development ladder. The comparison of the poverty situation in Malawi, Bangladesh and India makes clear that the world community has so far displayed just too little action. Professor Sachs stresses that globalization ...

Book Reviews

Book Review # 1: Zeitoun
This book by Dave Eggers is a spellbinding and enthralling description of Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun, a true story, tells the story of an unjust arrest of and racial discrimination against a Syrian-American named Abdulrahman Zeitoun. Eggers tells the shocking tale of Zeitoun family and has once again proves that he is one of the most impressive literary writers in the United States of America.
When New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina, the prosperous Abdulrahman Zeitoun opted to stay at his place through the storm for protecting his house and business. After the passage of the ...

Book Review: Shay's Rebellion by Leonard Richards

It is evident that many experts have been insisting that most of the history books have long maintained that Shay's Rebellion (1786-1787) the Massachusetts insurgence that caused George Washington to come out of retirement and eventually sped the ratification and the revision of the U.S Constitution was a revolt of poor, obligated farmers. However, University of Massachusetts Amherst history lecturer Leonard L. Richards has a different take on it. In his Shay's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle, Richards examines the individualities of the rebels and contends that they were normally not underprivileged by the least, and that scholars have misinterpreted ...

Chapter 11 Review

On the issue of the size of federal service, the author provide figure to demonstrate that the size has been declining for the last 35 years, contrary to views expressed by politicians. Consequently, the fear that bureaucracies are expanding is misplaced because the number of people working for these agencies have been reducing. According to the author, the last time the public service was very large was in 1968 when there were 3.0 million civilian employees plus 6.0 military officers. The number declined to 2.8 million in 2010. Besides, the author argues that the ratio of federal employment to ...

The book The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism is a book that was written after interviewing Tea Party activists across the United States. This was an exercise that was conducted over a sixteen month period. According to the book, as the digging in into the movement gathered momentum, it became clear that the Tea Party is not the giant obstacle that it’s occasionally painted as. The political approach that is taken by Tea Party members is conservative in nature. Aside from this it has divergent views, interests and goals. Further research into the book was conducted by ...

The book The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism is a book that was written after interviewing Tea Party activists across the United States. This was an exercise that was conducted over a sixteen month period. According to the book, as the digging in into the movement gathered momentum, it became clear that the Tea Party is not the giant obstacle that it’s occasionally painted as. The political approach that is taken by Tea Party members is conservative in nature. Aside from this it has divergent views, interests and goals. Further research into the book was conducted by ...

Jonathan Kozol’s book The Shame of a Nation discusses and examines the incredibly prevalent issue of wealth and income inequality as it relates to education. In short, the kind of segregation that occurred between black and white during the Jim Crow era of the 20th century is still happening to a large extent, and it is dramatically affecting the lives and educations of many families. Wealth inequality dramatically dictates who goes to school where, and the quality of their education at present prevents them from uplifting themselves into any kind of better future. Social mobility is at a standstill, as the ...

David Landes book, The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations: why some are so rich and some so poor is arguably the most hotly debated economic book of our time, which seeks to explain the rise of Europe and why some nations easily achieved immense economic success while others continued being mired in poverty. Landes comes out as a witty author who is rich in anecdotal evidence, an astonishing range of intellectual information and a piercing analysis in regard as to why some countries command a substantially amount of wealth and economic supremacy while others have been entangled lives of poverty for centuries. ...

Franklin, B. (2005). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”. New York City: Dover Publications; New edition edition.

Book Review: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Introduction
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin is considered to be one of the most well-liked works of American literature; this delightful self-description has been interpreted into approximately every language. It is a book that covers Franklin's life all the way up to his pre-war visit in London as the agent of the Pennsylvania Gathering, as well as his year as a boy, work as a printer, experimentations with political career, electricity, and many other things that made Benjamin the remarkable man that ...

Jacob Riis – How the Other Half Lives (Opinion and Analysis)
In How the Other Half Lives, author Jacob Riis has provided pictures of his main subject – people living in squalor within the area New York City. The photos have served as supplementary materials for all of his readers that actually took interest in the way urban conditions look like during the period. The descriptions Riis has given in discussing details of “the other half” made his written claims more convincing. The visual quality provided by his photos made his accounts more credible (Riis 19).
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In the end of the first quarter of the XX century the world of literature was highlighted with the most famous novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘The Great Gatsby’. The action takes place in 1922, so we can say for sure that the author’s modernity is described. The novel appears to be as a kind of a bridge between two of the most major events in the history of America – the World War I, which came to end in 1918 and the Great Depression which was to break out in several years. The period between them was known to be ...

Book Review - The Concept of Jacksonian Democracy: New York as a Test Case

In The Concept of Jacksonian Democracy: New York as a Test Case, Lee Benson performs a unique and progressive study of the political culture of New York State in the 19th century. Through his work, Benson presents his central thesis: there was no true "Jacksonian" democracy; the author finds the idea "sterile and deceptive" (Benson, 1961). Benson distrusted the prevailing narrative regarding Jacksonian democracy, in which economic status was the indicator of partisanship, in favor of a much more complex focus on ethnicity and religious affiliation. In short, Benson seeks to correct what he feels is a grievous error with regards to how ...