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Economic Development in Honduras, 2005.
An analysis of economic development in Honduras from 1820 to present.
1,818 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 58.95
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This paper provides an overview of the Republic of Honduras, an assessment of the contemporary constraints to its economic development and an analysis of current economic indicators. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Contemporary Constraints to Economic Development
Economic Indicators in Honduras Today
Conclusion
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"During its colonial period, Honduras was a province of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, which itself was under the administration of Mexican authorities. Civil wars during the 1820s and 1830s aggravated the collapse, but these problems did not disappear when the country achieved its independence. In fact, "the new nation was born in debt" (Euraque 4). For example, in 1821, the Honduran treasury acknowledged outstanding debts totaling over four million pesos, an amount that subsequently increased to about five million after independence from Mexico. According to Euraque, more loans were quickly assumed by Honduras and in 1825, Central American federal governments contracted for additional loans in British financial markets. "By 1826 the first loan succumbed to a British stock market collapse, and the Central American government was saddled with debts largely for expenses, commissions, government salaries, and cash advances" (Euraque 4). The collapsing regional economies and civil wars did not help in obtaining resources to could pay off the debts that had accumulated during the 1860s, almost three decades after Honduras had separated from the Central American Federation (Euraque 1996)."
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The Inca and the Spaniard, 2004.
An analysis of a battle between two cultures, the Incas and the Spaniards.
1,696 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper discusses the sixteenth century conquest of the Inca people by the Spaniards. The paper contends that the Spanish found virtue in their brutal conquest of the Inca by discovering that they had brought that people the benefits of the true religion and had brought to an end the barbarous practices that had oppressed and contaminated the Inca soul. The paper explains that despite this the culture of the Inca people thrived.
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"Certainly there was another reality that lay beneath the veneer of Inca submission. In the Sixteenth century, the Inca People had witnessed the unimaginable. They had seen their entire world turned upside down, their most cherished traditions banned and cast aside, their leaders persecuted as heretics or devils while their rights as a people were simply taken away by an alien race that must itself had seemed like a race of devils. Central to Spain's belief that its destruction of Inca Civilization had been a just cause was the assumption that the Inca was inherently inferior to himself. Even Bartolome de Las Casas, the Sixteenth Century's most ardent defender of the rights of the Indian, held that different peoples were at different stages of development. "
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Mercosur, 2005.
A look at the Latin American Trade organization Mercosur and the countries belonging to the organization.
1,049 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that Mercosur, the common market of Latin America, was established with the purpose of increasing the cooperation in economic efforts in the member countries. The paper then takes a look at the marketing and trade issues of each of these member countries.
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"Peru's economy is based on agriculture in coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, plantains, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products, wool; fish. Industries are agriculture, mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, transport, services. Peru's natural resources are copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas. Peru's exports consist of fish and fish products, gold, copper, zinc, crude petroleum and byproducts, lead, coffee, sugar, cotton. Imports are machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum, iron and steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals."
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Special Education and Minorities, 2005.
Examines whether minority students are over-represented in special education classes in the United States.
1,811 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 58.95
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It has been thought for many years that minorities are more likely to be placed in special education classes than are non-minority students. The paper shows that some of the blame is often cast in the direction of standardized testing, which is thought to inadequately represent concepts particular to the cultures of minority students being tested. Some of the blame is cast on conditions of poverty; whether or not allied to poverty, some also place the blame on inadequate preparation for school by the caregivers of these minority students. By presenting a literature review on the topic, the paper shows that the likelihood that any particular eighth grade class member who is also a minority student will be placed in a special education class, is significantly greater than for a non-minority student.
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"Finally, it must be noted that not everyone wishes to put the blame for the over-representation totally on failings in the society as a whole; two studies, at least, look for causation in the home. Harry et al asked "What factors affect parents' participation in the early years of children's special education placement?" and attempted to define those factors (1995, p. 364+). Rush (1999, p. 3) found that while children "growing up in low-income environments have lower-than-average levels of reading achievement and higher-than-average rates of special education placement" but that "Research suggests that this discrepancy can be linked to differences in experiences during the early childhood years" including failure to reach to children and so on."
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Cuban-Americans, 2005.
This paper examines the various cultural, political and economic factors that have contributed to the Cuban-American success story.
1,587 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper argues that counter to popular belief, Cubans are far from a homogeneous ethnic group. Rather, it was this group's shared sense of exile and its mobilization of large numbers of immigrants that paved the way for their socio-economic and political clout. This paper takes a historical approach to the growth of economic and political power of Cuban-Americans. It looks at how Cuban exiles slowly shifted focus from anticipating their return to the homeland in the years following the revolution, to working with and eventually becoming part of the established elite in Miami. This paper also discusses how Cubans slowly carved a new identity, as Cuban-Americans. This transformation further paved the way for the development of the Cuban-American elite, first in business and later, in politics.
Introduction
Review of Literature
Geography and Population
From Exiles to Citizens
Miami Politics and Economics
Conclusion
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"In summary, conventional wisdom has credited Cuban American prosperity to their social homogeneity. However, this is only part of the picture. Unlike other Hispanic groups, Cuban Americans have benefited from a strong social cohesion, brought about by a common goal to topple Cuba. This commonality paved the way for the establishment of social networks, which were later geared towards increasing Cuban presence in local and state politics. Additionally, the greater educational achievement of Cuban Americans further contributed to their growing economic power in the 1980s. Given the aging of the Castro regime and Cuba's growing openness towards capitalism, the economic and political might of the Cuban American population can only increase."
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Latin America, 2005.
This paper discusses ethical and cultural changes in Latin America because of income disparity in 2004.
3,870 words (approx. 15.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 105.95
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This paper explains that the North of America and the South of America are so vastly different in culture, language, people, ancestry and the very physical appearance of the people of that country. Latin America is made up of twenty republics, most of them originating from Iberia. The author points out that the gap between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' is one of the widest in the world; for example, in Brazil and Guatemala, the wealthiest ten percentage makes a huge fifty percentage of the entire national income, while the rest of the population possesses a mere ten percentage of the income. The paper relates that this disparity has been handed down over the ages, the rich have remained rich and the poor have remained poor; the consensus is that the foreign policy of the United States of America has not been helpful in bridging this vast gap.
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"It is an amazing fact that the lands of Latin America were undiscovered by the rest of the world up until the fifteenth century. When Christopher Columbus, a man of extremely humble origins crossed over the Atlantic Ocean to what was later known as the 'Americas', he actually landed at first in the Bahamas, and later went on to the Caribbean islands, thus discovering Cuba and Hispaniola, and also the coastlines of both Central as well as South America. (Christopher Columbus) Christopher Columbus managed to achieve what the Vikings of previous years had not managed to achieve, and this was the recognition of the New World, that was the term used to describe the various continents of North and South America and all its adjacent islands. This was a major development since the only known continents up to that time that were recognized by the Europeans were those of Europe, Asia, and Africa."
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George Lamming?s "In the Castle of My Skin", 2005.
This paper discusses George Lamming's 1970 book "In the Castle of My Skin" about daily life in the Caribbean.
1,330 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that one of the most intriguing and interesting aspects of George Lamming's "In the Castle of My Skin" is his variety of narrative forms: 1) the first-person autobiographical account of the character G., 2) the third-person account of the conversations between the Old Man (Pa) and the Old Woman (Ma) and 3) the third-person account, which relates wider activities to describe the consciousness of the village as a whole. The author points out that, although the Caribbean world of G with its colonial brutality, extreme poverty and slavery may be very different from most of the readers' daily lives filled with luxuries, stability and freedom, it does not take long to become involved in the experience. The paper stresses that book may have been written some time ago, but the world it conveys unfortunately exists today; unfortunately, the class system and one people empowering others is not a thing of the past.
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"Lamming uses the varied narrations to show the many ways that colonialism impacts the individuals and their society. In an interview, he once explained that he uses the different narratives to show the type of suppression that occurred to the villagers. It was not a physical destruction of the body, rather a mental destruction of the mind. He notes, "The result was a fractured consciousness, a deep split in its sensibility which now raised difficult problems of language and values; the whole issue of cultural allegiance between imposed norms of White Power, represented by a small numerical minority, and the fragmented memory of the African masses: between white instruction and Black imagination." The narrative approaches are thus likewise divided and splintered to break away from the wholeness and self-esteem felt by someone who is not controlled by others from the outside."
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Cuban Sovereignty, 2005.
Uses several sources to examine Cuban sovereignty in 1898 and 1902.
1,655 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper looks at the issue of whether Cuba was sovereign and independent in 1898 and in 1902. This issue is discussed by reference to the historical framework leading up to these years, as presented in six books: Louis Perez's "Cuba Between Reform and Revolution", Jules Benjamin's "The United States and Cuba", Leslie Bethell's "Cuba: A Short History", Louias A. Parez's "The War of 1898", Edwin Williamson's "The Penguin History of Latin America", and Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline's "Latin American Politics and Development".
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"Cubans were therefore happy - for a while - in 1898, as historians are keen to point out that the real aim of the USA (to gain a strategic point in the Caribbean) soon became clear: the USA, for example, excluded Cuba from peace talks, and Cuba - although technically independent in 1898 - was the victim of a power struggle, with its fate decided through talks between the USA and the old colonial power; ordinary Cubans, and Cuban politicians alike did not have say in the future of the newly liberated country. In this sense, therefore, it is difficult to say whether Cuba was entirely independent in 1898 - it was no longer a colonial territory, yes, but it did not have any say in its running, and so in this sense, Cuba in 1898 was not a sovereign and independent state - indeed, the USA owned most of the property and capital on the island (with the USA claiming ownership of Guantanamo Bay in the process)."
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Multiculturalism in U.S. Education, 2005.
A literature review that examines the need for U.S. schools to become more multicultural in nature.
1,015 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 18 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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Education in the United States will need to become significantly more multicultural if it is to meet the needs of its student base, according to reported statistics and results of studies. Such curriculum changes will be required for children at all educational levels, from those in general classes to those in exceptional or gifted programs. This paper presents a literature review on the subject.
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"Studies report a number of other reasons in addition to population changes that will make diverse education mandatory. A number of reports show that a multicultural curriculum can increase academic relevance for students of color, attitudes in ethnic group interrelationships and degree of creative learning for everyone. Other benefits for students may include greater intellectual involvement, more advanced thinking, enhanced intellectual and academic skill building, better cross-racial socialization (Bowen and Bok, 1998), and more preparation for living in a culturally rich and democratic country."
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"George Washington Gomez".
This paper discusses the novel, "George Washington Gomez," by Americo Paredes, which strongly endorses the Mexican seditionist movement by depicting a protagonist whose life is ruined because he hates his own race and, thus, himself.
1,255 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains that the Mexican revolutionaries of the novel fight to preserve their cultural integrity against impingement by Anglos seeking to profit off the Mexican land with a rapaciousness paralleling the British colonizers to the American colonies, hence, the designation of the novel's protagonist as an ironically named George Washington Gomez. The author points out that the greatest internal and external crisis of the novel occurs when Gualinto kills the revolutionary and prison escapee, Lupe Garda, symbolically killing his seditionist father, his own identity, and the integrity of the community, showing how the Anglo encroachment of law and education has fully impinged upon Gualinto's mind. The paper relates that author Americo Paredes makes parallels throughout his book with the counter-revolutionary actions of the protagonist and that of earlier revolutionary periods of internal division in American history; for example, a man is noted as having a "John Brown beard," tying the initial description to the earlier American era of anti-slavery revolts in America, such as John Brown's raid upon Harper's Ferry.
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"During the height of the military crisis, Gualinto must continually wrestle with his own values and beliefs. He has returned to his community after higher education, law school and the military, all ideologies that have taught him that his people's ways are inferior to white ways. One of the earliest examples of Gualinto verbally expressing his sense of self-hatred occurs in the context of a discussion over money for college, as Gualinto rants against his father, calling him an "ignorant Mexican," even though the boy is of his father's own nation, flesh, and blood, a Mexican himself."
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