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New York City is one of the cities with the cleanest and best tasting drinking water of any City in the world. Scientists from the Department Environmental Protection test the quality of the water each day. The water system of New York City provides one billion gallons of drinking water each day to a total…

In the nineteenth century, the most significant feature of Latin America was unequal relations between elites and masses, men and women, white and non-white, free and unfree in economic and political and social politics. During this period, power and authority were the symbols of one’s status. I will list evidence or examples one by one…

The goal of this paper is to present an ‘argument mapping’ of William Labov’s article, “The Logic of Nonstandard English”.The way I will proceed to map Labov’s argument is by defining terms and enhance all the supporting evidence that I find important in understanding the full argument. I will then go on to map the…

Ethnic Identity I am born and raised in Japan, so I am ethnically defined as Japanese. Ethnic identity is an identity composed of the environment in which you were born and raised, the culture, family structure and customs of the country. Racial identity is determined by innate physical characteristics and skin color. This is an…

Slavery is unheard of in the U.S. today, but during our nation’s earliest days, it was a huge issue. Slavery was completely abolished in the United States after the Civil War on December 6, 1865. This was all thanks to one of our nation’s greatest presidents and leaders, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a great president…

It has been over 50 years since Africa has been decolonized by Western imperialist nations. Since then, Africa has faced many challenges including effective self-governance and independent economic growth. Most of our weaknesses,’ declared Kenneth Kaunda, first president of Zambia, in a March 1966 speech, ‘derive from lack of finance, trained personnel, and education.” However,…

A Blessing or Curse “Conservatism refers to an ideology and to political movements in which that ideology plays a role. For reasons explained below, conservatism has been more difficult to define than other major modern ideologies”. Today meaning o the conservatism has been totally changed and is only taken as resistance to change. The American…

Why is national identity important? Having a sense of identity is necessary because it allows people to stand out as individuals, develop a sense of well-being and importance, and fit in with various groups and cultures. Many cultures and societies place great value and significance on specific items, which hold symbolic meaning and gain respect…

Oh Canada, Eh! Well doesn’t that sound like the adventure of a lifetime. Aside from my profound love for cold weather, maple syrup, and ice hockey, Canada has always been a dream destination spot for me due to the incredibly diverse range of attractions. Convincing my family to embark on this peculiar choice of destination…

Domesticity, transcendentalism and frontier cultural innovations of the 19th century American experience have all had major long term effects and influences into our culture today. They incorporate and consist of various American experiences we place high value in then and now. Considering this, a very important relationship between the frontier and transcendentalism ideas is that…