work” was Cecilia’s class. “The three groups were not equal”1. Peasants were the lowest class which is why they were looked at as “ludicrously dumb and foolish”1‚ an example of how other groups thought of peasants could be found in their “songs‚ sarcastic proverbs‚ nasty jokes‚ and pious sermons”. “pastourelles” in particular was a song that described peasants as mere objects‚ it portrayed how “easy” it was to rape peasant women. Peasant in general were assumed to be “objects of pity‚ charity‚ and
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Book Review: “Wooden on Leadership” John Wooden is a legendary basketball coach‚ best known for his UCLA dynasty‚ which won an unprecedented and unthinkable 10 national championships in 12 years. That stretch included an 88-game win streak and four perfect seasons. But Wooden’s proudest accomplishments are not those of which are collected in the annals of sports history. And they have little to do with winning or losing. In his book “Wooden on Leadership‚” the coach reveals that he never
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Dereck Rickman Scott Keys History 9September2012 In the book‚ Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York‚ Piess takes the reader on the journey of trials and tribulations in working-class women’s lives in the turn of the century. Going in depth of the unfair familial roles and societal female disparities‚ all the way to what women liked to wear and do for leisure‚ Piess allows the reader to step into a time machine and gives them a first-class look into what a woman’s
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Susan Simmons Book Review Good Wives by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich October 3‚ 2010 This book was written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and is titled “Good Wives Image and Reality in the lives of Women in Northerner New England 1650-1750”. The author is giving an account of what life was really like for the women in Northern New England of 1650-1750. The book starts with a letter address from a father to his daughter pertaining to the death of his wife and her mother‚ Dorothy Dudley. He says he
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Scholarly Source Review Upton Sinclair’s novel‚ “The Jungle‚” is known for how it changed the American meat-packing industry by exploiting the dangerous‚ unsanitary conditions. James Barrett’s article‚ “Remembering the Jungle‚” discusses the impact of Sinclair’s novel and why this novel is still remembered over a century later. Barrett argues that Sinclair’s “The Jungle” has achieved a major influence on American Society‚ and it has become a part of American history. Barrett provides multiple
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CATCH 22 BOOK REVIEW Catch 22 is a satirical novel written by Joseph Heller. It is a story about American army pilots on an island near Italy in the end of World War II in 1944. Catch 22 is a story about how the main character John Yossarian wants to get out of the army and how he tries to act insane so he can be declared unfit to fly any more missions. It is a satirical antiwar novel. It was considered very unusual and was critisised by reviewers when it was first published in 1961. It contains
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Book Review: The Last Manchu Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi‚ Last Emperor of China Edited by: Paul Kramer Submitted by: Tiffany Joy A. Candelaria 2 History I. Brief Summary This book is an autobiography of a man who became The Emperor of the Manchu Dynasty‚ at two years of age‚ named Henry Pu Yi. He lived a life as an emperor up until China’s government became republic and seized his powers. Until then‚ he continued his life back in Tientsin and tried to continue his legacy by being
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Maya Austell January 31‚ 2012 Book review Apostles of Disunion The way Charles B. Dew opened up this book was touching and smart. He and I share the same qualities in thinking about issues by looking at things from both sides‚ and in ways that haven’t been discussed or thought about. He was a born and raised southerner‚ and told of his up bringing in the south. His ancestors fought and died for the Confederacy. Although it may seem that he should be a die-hard supporter of the Confederate
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Kirsten Esau 011179 Word Count-1323 A Review of N.T. Wright’s‚ “Surprised by Hope” N.T Wright is described in Christianity Today as‚ “one of the most prolific biblical scholars in a generation”1. His extensive theological and biblical work is made evident in his book‚ “Surprised by Hope”. This book successfully corrects many misconceptions in the general and Christian population‚ about what the Christian hope is. In his book‚ “Surprised by Hope‚” N.T. Wright thoroughly‚ precisely‚ and somewhat aggressively
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BOOK REVIEW THE RULE MAKERS HOW THE WEALTHY AND WELL BORN DOMINATE CONGRESS The congress or the House of Representatives and the Senate or the upper house are the two components of the legislative branch of the Philippine government. They are meant to pass bills‚ create laws‚ and approve budgets that benefit their constituents and the nation as a whole. In theory‚ this is the ideal upon which they were built‚ they would legislate for the people to best serve them and to ensure the
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