1. Immigration, Industrialization and Urbanization in America
Book Review Greeley, Andrew M. ... He divides the book into 7 chapters, which deal with his idea of the three reasons that this prejudice exists: ignorance, residual bias, and inattention. ... Greeley is a respected scholar and upon reading his book it becomes obvious he is also a skilled writer. ... In his opening chapter he does provide statistical evidence that purports to prove some of his claims concerning the under-representation of Poles and Italians in certain "elite" scholarly circles, the source he cites in his woefully inadequate bibliography is another of his own works. ......
When it comes to the structure of Egan's book it appears a little disordered and hard to follow at times because the book shifts from personal story to personal story, while then the book comes back to the characters back together in another setting discussing a totally different topic. ... Egan must be applauded for the amount of detail he incorporated in his book. In chapter six, Egan easily could have said a few small fires near Wallace occurred but rather says, "a string of fires not far from Wallace, a row of nasty flames, small but intense, whipped up by the big electrical st...
Review of: The Woman Warrior When I first picked up the book and read the title, The Woman Warrior, I feared for my life that this was going to be another boring book that had been assigned because it was the only book the professor could find that was dealing with the material we cover in class. ... The book in general was put together nicely and was well written in my opinion. I really enjoyed the chapter entitled, "The White Tigers". ... I also enjoyed the chapter which talks about the mother going through school to become a doctor. ... The last chapter confused me a little. ...
The start of the book Dahl talks about his aim of the Constitution. His aim for the book is to suggest changes in the way we think and look at our constitution. ... In the last chapter of his book he states that some Americans have had a hard time realizing they are accustomed to specific political practices. ... To end this book review, I believe this is a very interesting topic. ... I believe everyone should read this book. ...
In this book, the author offers his own interpretation of the importance of the Revolution. ... For me, I like how this book was well written and how easy it is to read and short enough to understand. ... The authors writing style was very easy to read and follow, this book is divided into seven chapters, Origins, American Resistance, Revolution, Constitution-making and War, Republicanism, Republican Society, The Federal Constitution. In every chapter the author gives very good facts about each segment covered in the chapter, the book doesn't keep on talking about certain events for too...
Analysis The book, "Death Comes for the Archbishop," is mainly about two priests that make their way across the mexican territory in hopes of spreading their faith and religion to the Mexicans and Native Americans that reside there. ... The novel moves in such a way that the chapters are really individual stories, all linked in only one way - the priests. The book has a great number of people to keep track of, and it can be difficult to remember them all. The reading is very choppy, the way she develops the chapters into little stories and not having the typical rise and fall of ...
In her first book Migra! ... The book is divided into three parts: Formation, Transformation and Operation wetback and beyond. ... By the end of the chapter 1, the writer includes role of organizations such as LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens and their work to integrate Mexicans to American society. The next part of the book, from chapters Five to Seven, traces the origins of the Bracero Program, in which Mexican workers would be allowed to work in the USA. ... These chapters present the program and its impacts on US Border control work. ...
The beginning of chapter 5 starts off by giving an analysis of the interdependency classes have on each other after a certain Mr. ... " A central idea in this chapter is the expression of moral values like feeding the poor, or caring for the elderly. ... Chapter 7 focuses on the challenges American workers faced with the poor standards imposed on companies by the U. ... A bigger or more volatile issue is presented in chapter 8 when Jane Adams brings up poverty in America. ... The main thing anyone should take away from this book is that a lack of attention towards otherwise serious socia...
It is expressed in the book that Lupe loved to learn and it was one thing that she was most passionate about. ... I believe that with the book's ending of "the beginning", a new chapter of life is commencing. ... The book ends with a one-word answer to a question. In the preceding chapter, the officer asked Frank, "Isn't this a great country altogether?" In the last chapter, Frank replied to this question with, "Tis". ...
In the book, the author, a recently divorced engineer, quits his job and sets out on a bike tour of places in Vietnam that are important to his family's history. ... The book also touches on the effects of American foreign policy on Vietnamese culture today and most strikingly, issues of sexual orientation. ... Herein, the book details how each family member comes to terms with his/her sexuality in the context of the family's assimilation into American society. ... Many sections of the book will resonate with teens, such as the chapters where Pham describes growing up in the United S...
Based on this information Overthrow promises to be a great learning experience as this book lays out a little over 100 years of modern American history. ... " Throughout Overthrow, one finds reference to primary source material like the Honolulu Daily Bulletin of January
17, 1893, and an editorial in the New York Evening Post on February 1, 1901 in the chapter, "A Hell of a Time Up at the Palace.... What emerges from the various chapters is an obvious case of variations on a theme. ... This book brings them together for the first time, but it seeks to do more than simply tell wh...
In chapters 5 and 6, we see just how long the Bush administration has planned for the current war in Iraq - since 9/11. ... One thing that's really struck me about this book is Woodward's use of personal anecdotes - on the very first page, we hear about CIA Director George Tenet's background like he's a character from a novel, and in chapter 6, he recounts how Condoleezza Rice cried at "The Star-Spangled Banner" playing at Buckingham Palace, and don't forget about Powell's "don't break down" note to President Bush mentioned on the next page. ... The book ha...
In this compelling book, Anthony F.C. ... The chapters drug out and were too long. ... I really found no biases in the book. ... The weaknesses were that it was hard to understand everything in the book because there was so much information on cramped up into four small chapters. ... I learned a lot from this book though. ...
The work Hiroshima, by John Hersey, first appeared as a long article in the New Yorker, then shortly after in book form. This book is a non-fiction account of the bombing of Hiroshima and the immediate aftermath. ... In four chapters he traces how these people survived the blast and what they did in following weeks and months to pull their lives together and save their families. The book takes on a tone of sympathy and survival that these people were lucky enough to survive the blast. ... The book emphasizes with their plight while it also gives an American explanation for the bombing. ...
Groom's book recounts the thrilling, almost Hollywood-esque adventures and dangers that Kearny and his men encountered while venturing throughout the trail. ... Winston Groom's qualifications and thoroughness were very present in the writings of this book. ... Overall, I very much enjoyed reading his book; his use of primary resources was key to the immense details and accounts he put forward throughout his book. Each chapter was intriguing and always involved some excitement or important historical event that took place. ... Groom's book gives readers more detailed information ...
The last sentence from chapter 4 of Howard Zinn's book, "tyranny is tyranny let it com from whom it may" (Zinn, cup 4), concludes his central theme of the chapter that the American Revolution was not an attempt of saving the country from colonialism with a legalized and democratic system that belongs to the New World Americans. ... Following chapter 4, Zinn goes on to clarify that the War of Independence was, in its nature, a power struggle among the American elites and the British aristocrats. While the Revolution alleged to reconstruct a "government of the people, by the ...
Therefore, the question that I want to know after I read chapter 13 which is Secure the Future of Civic Engagement in Higher Education is should studying abroad is an important thing for higher education in the furture civic engagement? In chapter 13, the book said that educating students is a fundamental value of higher education and essential for the future of America democracy and for the health of our global society. ...
The book is filled with intriguing chapters on history and a bold analysis of present-day America. ... Gregory McNamee reviewed Kevin Philips Wealth and Democracy and found that the book "examined cycles of economic growth and decline from the founding days of the republic to the recent collapse of technology stocks, Phillips dispels notions of trickle-down wealth creation, pricks holes in speculative bubbles, and decries the ever-increasing "financialization" of the economy--all of which, he argues, have served to reduce the well-being of ordinary Americans and government alike. Highly reada...
AgFund Response I read the AgFunds story the week after you mentioned it in class and then reread parts of it today. The whole subject is an uncomfortable one without a doubt. The delay in response is due primarily to two reasons. First of all, I didn't want to insult your intelligence with a ...
In the final chapter of Recon Scout, Fred Salter begins to realize the lasting mental effects that the war has had on him. ... After reading this book, one realizes just how early many of these soldiers were leaving to go of to war, many of which had very little training. ...
An unprecedented event such as this only demonstrates Australia's detachment from the English empire, and it seems laudable that John Howard should even consider a replacement for the disgraced position of Governor-General, if he does, as John Pilger says in his book A Secret Country, Australian democracy will be dependent again on the caprice of one unelected, unaccountable man and the degree of his malleability. ... John Pilger addresses this issue in great detail in his book A Secret Country, now a standard on the high school curriculum. Pilger devotes two chapters, The Struggle f...