Proportionately, Europe progressed at a higher rate than either China or India during the period 1650-1850. ... In order to keep this standard of living, they produced fewer children, which would have competed with the animals for the scarce food resources (Jones 14-15). ... Europeans enjoyed better clothing, more varied food, more furniture and more household utensils than did their counterparts in China and India. ... One harvest failure could cause serious problems; two spaced closely together were catastrophic. ... Four-wheel wagons, which could carry several tons, two-wheel carts and pack...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. ... Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published a collection of eleven stories titled Tales from Firozsha Baag, which appeared in 1989 in the United States as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag. ... I just don't recognize this dismal, dreary city. ... Both writers catch the city's squalid side, the poverty, disorder, filth and ru...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. ... Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published a collection of eleven stories titled Tales from Firozsha Baag, which appeared in 1989 in the United States as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag. ... I just don't recognize this dismal, dreary city. ... Both writers catch the city's squalid side, the poverty, disorder, filth and ru...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Second, because of its localized, cellular nature, Chinese society had a remarkably resilient capacity to rebuild itself after cyclical period of turmoil. ... They stabilized the currency, repaired the railways, started an extensive public health and sanitation program, replaced corrupt local bureaucrats with sufficiently honest officials, and initiated a system for distributing available food and clothing equitably. ...

• Word Count: 4353
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Based on a short-time study of Little Saigons, a Vietnamese ethnic enclave, and Paris by Night, a musical cultural variety show, this paper examines the social, cultural, and emotional significance of such culture preservation in the lives of immigrants. ... After a period of time living with their sponsors, many Vietnamese refugees began to relocate to different regions throughout the United States, and California was a primary choice for the majority of them with its warm climate, abundance of unskilled jobs, and most importantly, the existence of Vietnamese communities (Do 42). ... Little S...

• Word Count: 2794
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate