I picked “Farming the Home Place” at the beginning of this semester is because a particular Japanese American Community story seems more interesting to me than a general immigrants and American Society book. Valerie J. Matsumoto is the author of the book‚ she is a PhD graduated from Stanford and she is a professor in UCLA‚ department of history. “Farming the Home Place” is one of her books about the ethnic community studies. Matsumoto’s books more focus on the study of small rural ethnic communities
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3. Define the term civilization. Discuss and evaluate the different approaches of your textbook and the lectures to this issue. Support your discussion with specific examples from the early histories of Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ and China. • Civilization: Civilization is the state of condition of persons living and functioning
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Angel Loggans ENGL-2110-301 Josh Reid October 11‚ 2012 The Role of Women in Early America A woman’s role often depended upon many factors including: status‚ wealth‚ religion‚ race‚ and colony of residence. Although the particulars of individuals’ circumstances varied from person to person there were many things that they shared. Unlike modern women‚ a woman during this period often bore an average of ten children of which only half lived to adulthood. Anne Bradstreet bore eight children
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The Changing Role of Women in Chinese History Those familiar with Pearl S. Buck’s classic novel of Chinese life The Good Earth will recall that when female children were born‚ they were referred to with contempt and disappointment as "slaves." In Chinese culture since ancient times‚ that term was not much of an exaggeration for the role of women. In a classic Chinese work from 2‚000 years ago by court historian Pan Chao‚ it is written: "Let a woman modestly yield to others. Let her respect others
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Developments in French Art changed the older attitudes regarding the happy mother and the ideals of the family. During the eighteenth century‚ the enlightenment figures began to develop new ideals on the happy mother and family. Evolving attitudes and developments were seen in the family setting‚ which brought on new ideals in the French society. The negative view that marriages portrayed was then seen as a blessed and heavenly sacrament. New ideals regarding children were also developed‚ as they
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Fertile Crescent Alongside Mesopotamia‚ grew a second civilization along the Nile River. The Egyptian civilization‚ by 3000 BC their civilization had formed. Mesopotamia benefited the ancient Egyptian civilization by trade and technological influence but their societies formed a different society and cultural structure. From its origins to its decline Egyptian civilization was focused on the Nile River and the deserts around it. More is known about Egypt because of its values‚ political organization
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Theory of traditional Chinese social structure which is called the “Differential Mode” by professor Fei which comes from the blood differential‚ used in social relations. Among it‚ there is a basis for designated "community circle". This "community circle" not only from the overall pattern of differential mode which divided into "inner" and "outer ring". This closeness of the two most obvious‚ impact on people’s social interaction is very huge‚ but also evolved into a concept of culture‚ exists in
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Justin McNeill HIS W ART/PREHIS-MID AGE Prof. AllWright January 28‚ 2013 CHAPTER 1 & 2 Essay Art in the earliest of days was a bit interesting because of what we know now about art and its history. The first period/discovery of art was between 40‚000 and 8‚000 b.c.e or more known as the Path eolithic period‚ this period included artistic forms such as cave paintings and smaller objects used for legion purposes. One of the first caves to be discovered was Lascaux Cave in 1940‚ says to be dated
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Stanley M. Davis‚ Japanese put it into practice. During the recovery and development after World War II‚ Japan combined the operational theory that learned from America with the organizations’ operation and management and made a great progress‚ which made America learned from it in turn. 2 Similarities between Chinese and Japanese organizational cultures Both Chinese and Japanese corporate cultures belong to East Asian cultures in essence and were deeply influenced by Chinese ancient traditional
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The Social Role Of Being A Good Son Introduction: In my family I am expected to play two very different social roles as a son. Both my mother and father hold two different expectations of me. My mother would like me to play the role of model student by consistently achieving good grades and receiving a good education. However my father would have a lesser academic approach to the social role I should play as a son and would argue that my education should come second to moral attributes such as
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