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Category: /History
…fired him. He spent the rest of his life dunning Congress for back pay, as lean and ragged as the dog that trailed him through the streets. When L'Enfant died in poverty in 1825 his obituary called him "an interesting but eccentric gentleman." Most people…
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…into a patriarchal country" (p 61). Those were the words that Karl Marx wrote in 1846 in his book The Poverty of Philosophy (1846). Africans were brought over from their homelands to work in the plantations owned by white southerners. According to Henry Dodson…
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Category: /Social Sciences
…, in essence, cannot fail. In a similar vein (yet coming from the opposite end of the spectrum), in his book, When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor , Wilson argues that the problems of poverty, family dysfunction, drug abuse, and violence existing…
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…in poverty. Children born into unsuitable homes will frequently have social, physical and mental problems. Whether the parents don't have enough money to support the child, or there is an abusive parent, the child will be damaged and wont have a proper upbringing…
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Category: /Literature
…prejudice, racism and poverty are the ones we must take into consideration, for if 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' is a tragedy then these are the main tragic events. By further exploring these injustice issues I hope to answer the question is 'To Kill a Mocking Bird…
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Category: /History
…through his powerful and thought-provoking photographs as the cause of Urban poverty. When immigrants first began migrating to the United States, Americans responded in a few ways. One way was to try and stop such large numbers of people getting into the U.S…
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…, improving businesses to fight corruption and increasing the area's infrastructure. The aforementioned factors can help Central America boosting economic growth, creating jobs and reducing poverty. Although the agreement sounds promising for both of the Americas…
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…realistic Cinderella story was just about over, but Maupassant is not satisfied yet. He takes a trivial detail, Mathilde losing her necklace, and uses it to yank her from her new, happier life, to a horrible life of poverty. A world where any tiny, innocent…
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Category: /Literature
…in which he is not threatened, verbally demeaned, or physically injured in the name of parental supervision or propriety. Popular opinion in Dickens's time viewed poverty as a moral judgment. Those in need of charity were in need not only of alms but, more…
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…sixteen times that of Great Britain and a huge number of its citizens in poverty. The governments of both countries have dealt with conflicts involving social class differences and cultural diversity. To combat these conflicts, Great Britain has reevaluated…
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