Summer 2013 (June 6-July 11) MTWThF 10:00-11:30 am ANT F302 Cultural Anthropology (revised syllabus) Instructor: Prof. Pauline Strong E-Mail: pstrong@austin.utexas.edu Phone: 512-471-8524 Office: SAC 4.130 Office Hours: after class‚ & by apt. Overview Materials This course is an introduction to cultural anthropology. It fulfills a Social Science and Cultural Diversity requirement. The main text: • Goals Students will emerge from the course with • • • • knowledge
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DURING the spring of 1987‚ American conservatives were becoming disenchanted with Ronald Reagan’s increasingly conciliatory approach to Mikhail Gorbachev. Inside the White House‚ Mr. Reagan’s aides began to bicker over a speech the president was planning to give on a trip overseas. That June‚ the president would travel to Venice for the annual summit meeting of the seven largest industrialized nations. From there‚ plans called for him to stop briefly in Berlin‚ which was still divided between East
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The patriots defeated the British in Princeton‚ Bennington‚ Saratoga‚ Oriskany‚ Ft. Stanwix‚ Concord‚ Valley Forge‚ Trenton‚ and Yorktown. The Winter at Valley Forge was a lose for the patriots‚ over 2‚000 men died that winter‚ and many gave up and went back home to their families. These victories have caused loses in large numbers and bigger hopes and dreams of our Patriotic forces. There were some patriot loses: Philadelphia‚ Brandywine‚ Germantown‚ New York City‚ and Ft. Ticonderoga. The victory
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The Romans confined Acragas with four legions guided by both consuls L.Postumius Megellus and Q. Mamilius Vitulus in 262 BCE‚ and the Carthaginians endeavored to cover their ally‚ they were beaten and the city got sacked. The rough handling of Acragas portrayed to the city-states on Sicily what Rome was competent of. Segesta was again loss to Carthage‚ the city was conlusive to join the Raman cause in 263 BCE. Small level engagements came down without any conclusive result‚ and Acragas was terminated
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To win a rat race you need to be a cat : We know ’Tiger rules’ because of it has superior quality in forest. What are the qualities: Strongest‚ fastest‚ highly determine focus towards goal. Same here inhuman civilization. I do not support way to achieve demolishing others‚ but I believe in having positive superior and leadership personalities. Today is the time of updates‚ society and civilization are impacted by globalization. Its changing dramatically the values and socio structure.
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Why did the Americans win the War of Independence? Before the first shots were fired in the American War of Independence‚ very few people gave the Americans (also known as the ’colonists ’ or ’patriots ’) a chance. Britain had a population of 11 million compared to the patriots 2.5 million of whom 20% were slaves. Furthermore Britain had the most powerful navy in the world‚ an experienced and well-armed standing army of 48‚000 men and the support of tens of thousands of loyalists and Indian tribes
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What can I do to win fantasy football every time? I chose this topic because I really like football. I also really enjoy fantasy football. I wanted to know how to always win in fantasy football. I wanted to know the best way to draft. I think the best way to draft was to draft wide receivers. That is a pretty good strategy for drafting‚ but I found one that could be better. I already know that drafting wide receivers helps because when I’ve drafted good wide receivers I’ve made the playoffs twice
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was able to start its own offensive campaign which resulted in the capturing the following places: the Gilbert Islands‚ the Marshall Islands‚ the Mariana Islands‚ Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The U.S. was only able to successfully do this because of their win at Guadalcanal. If Japan won‚ its offensive campaign would not have been decreased but would have strengthened while the United States’ would have weakened. This would mean that the United States wouldn’t have been able to slow down Japan’s
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but winning the Stanley Cup is something that any winner will forever remember. Cup winning teams endure tons of pressure‚ pain‚ and stressful situations but in the end any player will tell you it’s worth it. The Stanley cup is the hardest trophy to win in professional sports because it requires a huge amount of skill and the physicality takes a huge toll on players. In sports like football or basketball‚ players are constantly running‚ which is much easier than skating. With hockey‚ skaters are
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As the American Revolution commenced there were several reasons the American colonists beat the British soldiers. First of all American colonists where in a make it break situation. The Americans would either win everything or lose everything. Not only were they fighting for their freedom‚ they were also fighting for their homes and families safety. Having the “home field advantage” and the skills they picked up during the war with the French gave Americans an edge that the British didn’t have.
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