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    What were women’s prisons like before the 1800s? “Women were punished as men were‚ with the exception that pregnant women were often spared punishment until after they had given birth. Women were generally mixed with male prisoners and supervised by male jailers‚ which made the women doubly subject to abuse and exploitation.”(Foster‚ 2006) Women who violated the law‚ then‚ also violated their subservient position and were seen as morally suspect as well as criminal. Prior to the development

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    Living Together Before Marriage As the rate of divorce soars and as increasing numbers of marriages disintegrate‚ living together has become the popular alternative to many people in north America. Expersts estimate that "roughly 2.2 million people are currently sharing bed and board in a live-in arrangement‚ this is approximately 1% of the total population."("Family." Comptoms Encyclopedia. 1992 ed.) Living together‚ more formally known as non marital cohabitation‚ is an emerging lifestyle

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    The Nacirema Culture

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    The Nacirema are a culture of vast ethnic diversity‚ yet the majority still share numerous similarities despite their unique trace origins. In the Nacirema culture there are many conventional values that most individuals try to adhere to‚ albeit the varying degrees of adherence due to their unique sub-cultures. The most prominent values are: treating all adult(18yrs) individuals equally with regards to making decisions about their leaders and allowing individuals to follow their own spiritual beliefs

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    “A Lesson Before Dying” takes place in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940’s. In the novel‚ Jefferson‚ a young black man‚ is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; being the only survivor‚ he is convicted of a murder and sentenced to death. To portray this novel Gaines displays respectable literary devices like setting‚ tone‚ and characterization; therefore helping I as the reader feel the emotions of Jefferson from his point of view. In the

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    Mayan Culture

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    collectively were well encrypted into their lives. The full range of learned behavior patterns that are acquired by people as members of a society was a big part of their culture. The Mayan culture is a complex‚ largely interconnected whole that consists of the knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ law‚ morals‚ customs‚ skills‚ and habits learned from parents and others in society. Long before Europeans thought to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas‚ Mayan people conquered the rugged highlands of Guatemala‚ the

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    of the Greeks? Greece and Rome were two separate countries by different ethnic formed. It was not until 146 B.C.‚ Greece was conquered by Rome‚ but long before that‚ Roman absorbed many achievements of Greek civilization. After Greece was entered into the Roman Empire‚ the influence of Greek civilization on Roman was tronger ever. Greek culture laid the foundation for the Roman Empire. The Roman people wanted to be like the Greek people. In my personal opinion Architecture‚ is one of the most important

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    Utopian Society

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    differences in social relations‚ politics and culture reveal Thomas More’s ideas about the inherent nature of humans. The Utopian society has very specific order to make the way it runs very efficiently. More specifically occupations‚ travel and social relations are highly controlled which leaves a very small window for deviation from the accepted norm. Under these circumstances‚ it is possible to have a functioning society‚ however‚ this show of a rigid society does not leave space for anyone who wishes

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    globalization and culture

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    The article "Globalization and Local Culture" written and published The Levin Institute‚ of the State University of New York discusses the effects of globalization on local cultures around the world. The article states that as globalization is increasing day by day‚ the government and people are getting more concerned about their local cultural values. Globalization has not only provided people with different varieties of products but it has also threatened local production and traditional producers

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    Ebola in Sub-Sahara Africa Source: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxgsy8RUj31r98we1o1_500.jpg History of Ebola • Ebola is a virus‚ also called Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever • Named after a river in the Democractic Republic of the Congo‚ formerly known as Zaire‚ in Africa‚ where it was first recognized in 1976. • It belongs to a family of RNA viruses called Filoviridae • Four identified subtypes in Africa: Zaire‚ Sudan‚ Ivory Coast and Bundibugyo‚ each named after the region in which they occurred

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    understanding of what globalization means and what it stands for‚ if we have to deal with a phenomenon that is willy-nilly gathering momentum. Globalization and its Meaning Broadly speaking‚ the term ‘globalization’ means integration of economies and societies through cross country flows of information‚ ideas‚ technologies‚ goods‚ services‚ capital‚ finance and people. Cross

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