Book Review: Inventing Eastern Europe: the map of civilization on the mind of the Enlightenment The author of this book‚ Larry Wolff shows through various sources such as accounts from 18th century travellers to eastern Europe‚ maps and atlases from the 18th century‚ how and why Western Europeans created the idea and separation of an Eastern Europe and how they came to view Eastern Europe as a place so uncivilized‚ backward and barbarian that it could not be classified under the same continent
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Canadian researcher Alice de Wolff. At a meeting of the Office Worker’s Career Assistance Group of Toronto‚ Ms. de Wolff noted that office professionals work constantly with new information technologies. They bring the information economy to life and experience the impact of the information revolution on a daily basis. She told her audience about a four-year study of nine Toronto companies with as many as 6‚000 employees. A team of researchers‚ including Ms. de Wolff‚ interviewed approximately
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Larry Wolff. Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment. Stanford‚ Calif.: Stanford University Press‚ 1994. xiv + 419 pp. Maps‚ notes‚ and index. $45.00 (cloth)‚ ISBN 0-804-72314-1. Reviewed by Thomas J. Hegarty‚ University of Tampa. Published by HABSBURG (July‚ 1995) In a book based on an extraordinarily rich array of fascinating sources‚ including eighteenthcentury Western European travelers’ accounts of trips to Eastern Europe‚ maps and atlases drawn
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yourself and to understand what we want to achieve can be instrumental in discovering one’s own voice. In the chapter‚ ‘Slice of Life’‚ the narrator states‚ “The problem was that I could no longer hear Ayn Rand’s sentences without hearing her voice.” (Wolff‚ 91). Ayn Rand is so strongly opinionated in her beliefs that she easily influences others‚ whether they think of it in a positive or negative light. That is when one knows that they discovered‚ or are in the path of discovering their voice; when you
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Identifying information Cynthia is a divorced 47 year old mother of two sons‚ Stanley age 27 and George age19. Both of her sons live at home with her. Stanley‚ who is trainable mentally impaired‚ requires a lot of Cynthia’s attention. George attends Oakland Community College with plans on transferring to a four year university in his junior year. Cynthia has a great relationship with both of her children. Cynthia is in the middle class income range grossing $65‚000 a year. She is an African
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How are guns presented to us in ‘Revolver’ By Marcus Sedgwick? Revolver is a novel from Marcus Sedgwick about guns for teenagers. Revolver is set in 1910 in a place mysteriously cold and desolate. How sig Anderson thought turn more and more towards a colt revolver‚ waiting to be used! Although it’s set in 1910 and 1899 it’s written in 2009 to show its still relevant today because of the mass shooting and major gun issues in the United States of America. There are numerous figurative descriptions
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In the short story “Hunters in the Snow” Wolff uses the snow and cold atmosphere as a symbol of impact on the characters to create a theme of crisis‚ conveying the uncertainties and intricacy of human interaction and personal struggle. The weather itself plays a crucial role in defining the theme for this story. Winter is the symbol of death‚ hibernation‚ or depression. The snow also adds to the cold weather as a symbol of a blanket that obscures‚ and covers the secrets of loneliness‚ emptiness‚
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staying at a farm owned by people of faith. Donald believes the issue between he and his brother is spiritual and Pete believes the issue between them is prosperity. Donald joined the Christian faith looking for a group‚ or a “family of faith” as Wolff describes in the story (347). He was looking for a family‚ because he does not have a loving and supportive family. Pete is too focused on how much Donald did not prosper successfully and render the same life as him‚ that he only focuses on the parts
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stand on the social ladder. Pete’s ultimate ambition is to fit in following the example of his parents‚ “They managed to be decent people without making fools of themselves” (Wolff 654). His view of a decent person was someone who was well off financially as evidence by his statement to Donald “Grow up…Get a Mercedes” (Wolff 656). He views Donald as a failure because he lives a different lifestyle and is not nearly as “successful‚” using Pete’s definition of the word. Similarly‚ the husband is very
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billion (from taxing the drug) in revenue for California‚ a boost that we most undeniably need.” (Wolff‚ 2009) This means that adding marijuana as a taxable substance will drastically increase profits for California by about ten percent to 35 percent. This in turn will spur the economy which is in a drastic slump‚ even comparable to the great depression. Another point that needs to be made about
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