Book Review Are we Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America Introduction Are we Rome? Will America’s rise to world leadership last for a thousand years? Or will our nation come to ruin‚ like the great Empire of ancient Rome? What lessons does Rome teach us? These questions have haunted Americans since the founding of the new nation in 1776‚ and they are still with us today. While some may look to Rome as an inspiration‚ others believe it casts a dark shadow over America’s national
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Book Review: On Paradise Drive How we live now (and always have) in the future tense By: David Brooks British philosopher‚ important critical and legal thinker Jeremy Bentham‚ the father of English innovation had ambivalent feelings about the United States of America. Although he disagreed with some of the main principles of the American democracy (its profess ideology of natural rights for example or the slave trading practices of the pilgrims in the New World) he never denied his amazement
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Race and Revolution: A book review American Revolution remains the cornerstone of Democracy the world over. It has helped shape the History of the world and its perception of Freedom‚ democracy and Human values. However it is a historic anomaly that the abolition of slavery‚ then rampant in the various states of U.S.A as slave-ownership or slave trade‚ did not coincide with its independence but actually took more than a century to take effect. This question is often glossed over in the historic
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How to Write a Book Review Your opinion is important—don’t be afraid to voice it in a book review Writing a book review is not the same as writing a book report or a summary. A book review is a critical analysis of a published work that assesses the work’s strengths and weaknesses. A prominent reviewer can have a major impact on a book’s reception. Many authors strive to have their books reviewed by a professional because a published review (even a negative one) can be a great source of publicity
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Katie Cline The Killer Angels Book Review June 21‚ 2012 The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara: The Random House Publishing Group‚ New York‚ 1974. The Killer Angels is a stunning recollection of the telltale battle of the Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg. Set from June 29 to July 3‚ 1863 and told from the vantage points of several soldiers and commanding officers from both sides‚ including Lee‚ Longstreet‚ and Chamberlain‚ Michael Shaara effectively paints a picture of the war that divided America
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Book Review: “God of the Oppressed” James H. Cone “God of the Oppressed” is a history of the African American Struggle through the complex account of its author‚ James H. Cone. Written in 1975‚ “God of the Oppressed” is the continuation of Cone’s theological position‚ which was introduced in his earlier writings of‚ “Black Theology and Black Power‚” (1969) and “A Black Theology of Liberation” (1975). This final account was put together and published as a response to the continuous dismissal of
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Book Review #2 How History Exposes the System By: Nicholas McGee (w1073395) History 320 Fall 2012 How History Exposes the System A significant portion of African-American history in the western new age democracy of the Americas over the past four hundred years is a reminiscence of stories from the years when African-Americans were used as slaves on the plantations or farms of affluent‚ white farmers. One intriguing story of slavery and the struggles with it was written by a guy named Melton
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and Jay-Z profile the American dream ; they grew up poor with no money. They eventually grew over time by becoming more successful by never giving up and pushing through their hard scramble times. Their whole goal in life is to be successful in reaching their aspirations‚ dreams and goals. The visual message‚ would be the harder you work the more stable and successful you will become. Even though both Jay-Z and Sam Walton profiled individual success pursing “The American dream”‚ Jay-Z pinpoints
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Book Review of: Tara Revisited Maria Kelly History 204.401 May 8‚ 2008 Throughout History‚ women have played various roles‚ but often time portrayed much differently. In Tara Revisited Catherine Clinton analyzes the women of the South during and after the Civil War and discusses the myths and realities. Often in literature and movies‚ there was an idealized picture of a gentle and romantic picture of Southern life‚ yet this was not the realistic picture.
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Mo . [Email address] Mo . [Email address] ANTH 3330 S. Metress ANTH 3330 S. Metress Slaughterhouse Blues: Book Review Michael Farhoud Slaughterhouse Blues: Book Review Michael Farhoud In Slaughterhouse Blues‚ anthropologist Donald Stull and social geographer Michael Broadway explore the advent‚ history‚ and implications of modern food production. The industrialized system behind what we eat is one of the most controversial points of political interest in our society today. Progressions in productive
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