Book Reports - Book Reviews

71. 3987 "The Joy Luck Club:" Mothers and the Motherland: Languages of Relation. "The Joy Luck Club" is analyzed in this essay as a portrait of complex relations between families, cultures, and identities. In the setting of Chinese mothers and their bicultural Chinese-American daughters, stories are told by the characters reflexively, and as parables for their daughters to understand. Language is a key relation between the two, as are the cultural differences that different social structures produce. This essay considers the importance of language, and of social relations, in expressing the mother-daughter relations in this novel. An outline is included with this paper. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 9 sources. Pages: 5 Bibliography: 9 source(s) listed Filename: 3987 Joy Luck Club.doc Price: US$44.75

72. 4007 Home at Last: The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mahican Nation. This 8-page, 1-source piece analyzes the history of the Mahican Indians. Focusing on what would eventually become the Stockbridge-Munsee band, this paper provides a historical overview of the tribe from its earliest known existence. The author traces the background of the tribe, with an emphasis on how the Europeans changed the tribe's way of life by commercially exploiting their tribe, forcing western ideas upon them, and constantly uprooting them. The author closes the piece by examining their current situation, in which it is argued that the tribe seems to have found a home and has good prospects for the future. 8 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source. Pages: 8 Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed Filename: 4007 Mahican Nation.doc Price: US$71.60

73. 4027 Book Report: "The Death of Old Man Rice". 4 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source. Pages: 4 Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed Filename: 4027 Death Man Rice.doc Price: US$35.80

74. 4045 Denis Winter's "Death's Men". This paper examines Denis Miller's Death's Men, a work of social history that illuminates how British soldiers fought in France during World War I. This type of social history helps us get away from the "big picture" and gives us a glimpse of real living history -- seen through the eyes of the men that fought the war. It is precisely in this context that the book could be effectively utilized as a textbook in a European History class, since it would effectively counter-balance the "big picture" picture given by political and national history. 6 pgs. Bibliography lists 2 sources. Pages: 6 Bibliography: 2 source(s) listed Filename: 4045 Winter's Death's Men.doc Price: US$53.70

75. 4048 Review of "The Communist Manifesto". This paper reviews "The Communist Manifesto". It discusses how Engels and Marx argued for equality and redistribution of wealth. More than anything else, the two philosophers had a grievance with workers not having control over their own production. The essay contends that while the authors contributed an important interpretation of society, their solutions were impractical and short-sighted. 4 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source. Pages: 4 Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed Filename: 4048 The Communist Manifesto.doc Price: US$35.80

76. 4055 Seymour Papert's "The Children's Machine". This paper reviews Seymour Papert's "The Children's Machine". It utilizes other sources to support the author's argument that computer technology will nurture children's education. The paper argues that Papert is correct in contending that that the ideas of inventiveness must serve as the basis for learning. Computers, after all, offer the potential for such inventiveness. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Pages: 5 Bibliography: 5 source(s) listed Filename: 4055 The Children's Machine.doc Price: US$44.75

77. 4060 Cathy Small's "Voyages". This paper discusses Cathy Small's "Voyages: From Tongan Villages to American Suburbs". It shows how the author depicts Tongan migration to the United States in a unique way. The author focuses on a "transnational" perspective in that she emphasizes both cultures involved. In so doing, the author reveals how Tongan immigrants are able to integrate their lives in America. The author's approach helps us get away from an Americanized view of immigration and to get a greater understanding of other cultures and values. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source. Pages: 5 Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed Filename: 4060 Cathy Small Voyages.doc Price: US$44.75

First    Prev    11    12    13    14    15    16    17    18    19    20     Next    Last