Book Review on Urban Poverty B M Hasanul Banna International Islamic University Malaysia Urban poverty is the outcome of urban-bias development projects being predominantly financed by the external capital‚ either in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) or Aid. The urban-bias industrialization strategy performed as a pull factor for the rural unemployed. This strategy contributed to the expanding of urban informal sectors where unskilled as well as highly unorganized day labours remain
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journey‚ or a crusade about ethnic conflict‚ this is for you. The Spartacus War tells of the history Spartacus‚ one of the most popular figures from ancient history. It should appeal to those who want to understand rebellion of the gladiator slaves. The book seems to have a lot of historic situations‚ ranging from the enslavement of Spartacus to his death by Cassius. Spartacus is a symbol of power; but what was the reality? Barry Strauss is a historian at Cornell University. Being so Spartacus
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that Gatsby was‚ “A Son of God-a phrase which‚ if it means anything ‚ means just that-and he must be about his fathers business‚” (Fitzgerald 109). This quote demonstrates how Gatsby’s personal ambitions are of a higher powers will (Earle). The first time Nick sees Gatsby his movements were described as leisurely and that Gatsby had come out to determine what share of the local heavens were his. This thought of Nick’s makes it seem to the reader that he is entitled to his place in God’s eyes‚ and that
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beautiful‚ but I wouldn’t wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom‚ and who chooses not the hands that claim her‚” (Hill‚ 4). This quote signifies one of the many important messages that The Book of Negroes tries to convey. Lawrence Hill‚ the Canadian author who wrote this novel does a tremendous job to magnify an area of history that many of us have neglected over the years. He uses Aminata Diallo‚ as his main character who is abducted from her home in Bayo‚ West Africa. Aminata is taken
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Elliot Loud Triston Young 46 Pages 1301 Im going to give you my take on the book 46 pages by Scott Liell. This book was first copyrighted in 2003. This book is general consensuses of how Scoot Liell viewed Thomas Paine’s writing of Common Sense and the Turning point to Independence and how they effected the colony’s. He shows us the true meaning of Thomas Paines writings and how valuable they were even after nearly two and a half century’s. This novel is written in a third
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event as a new rapid extinction predominantly caused by humans. One of the underlying causes of this 6th extinction event discussed in the book is the mass killing of both animals and humans. Another underlying cause of this extinction event discussed in the book‚ which is probably more prevalent now than ever before‚ is climate change caused by humans. This book goes chapter by chapter giving examples of various species that are on the verge of going
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Cinderella is an autobiography about Adeline Yen Mah’s childhood‚ starting in 1941. Throughout the book‚ Adeline explains her childhood in which she faces many dilemmas. She also describes how she was made to feel unwanted and unloved by most of her family. The story is set in World War 2‚ during the time period when the Japanese had invaded China. In the story‚ Adeline explains the amount of respect that all of the Chinese people had to show towards the Japanese. When Adeline was just four years
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Annie Thermidor Life Lessons from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler. Main theme: In this book‚ Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross teamed up with end-of-life specialist David Kessler to write for the first time about life and living. The authors present fourteen lessons passed on to us from the dying to help us deal better with the issues we face in life. Both authors consider the dying as great teachers because‚ "it’s when we are pushed to the edge of life that we see life more clearly" (Kessler
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South Carolina. His study spans the time period from the settlement of Carolina through the Stono Rebellion‚ which took place in 1739. He also takes into consideration and examines certain events that took place in the years immediately preceding the settlement of 1670‚ as well as those that immediately followed‚ as a direct result of‚ the Stono Rebellion and their respective relationships to the black majority that existed in the colony. Wood introduces the book as possibly the first real study of
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Train to Pakistan‚ originally published in 1956‚ is not a very good book‚ but quite enjoyable much of the time. Khushwant Singh‚ less than ten years after Partition‚ in 1947‚ wrote a novel of less than 200 pages and still managed to create what’s probably best described as an uneven mess. Ideas‚ allusions‚ characters and bits and pieces of story float all over the book. There’s no denying that Singh‚ who has since become a famous public figure and intellectual in India‚ prefers to lecture rather
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