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Displaying Results 1 - 15 (of 15) for Yahoo! Voices
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Mussolini and the Swaying of the MassesHow Mussolini's manipulation of the press led to his own fall.
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Social Darwinism: Naturalist Approach or Fallacy?The emergence of evolutionary theory in the early nineteenth century quaked political and societal realms. Today, the aftershocks continue as terms such as "natural selection" and "survival of the fittest" are both applied and exploited.
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Anorexia: Survival of the ThinnestA commentary on the role of eating disorders in our culture and the effect they have on society, written by someone who has suffered from anorexia.
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Review of 'SHAM: How the Self Help Movement Made America Helpless' by Steve SalernoSteve Salerno chronicles the self-help and actualization movement.
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Genovese's 'Consuming Fire' Tracks South's Commitment to SlaveryEugene D. Genovese's A Consuming Fire tracks the south's commitment to slavery before and after the Civil War, showing that adherence was much more than a means to an economic end, but rather a steadfast devotion to the Word of God.
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Review of Richard White's 'The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River'What happens when human and natural energy unite? When the ultimately organic doubles as the manmade? This linkage is the focus of Richard White's Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River.
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50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World Calls for a Look Back at What Started it AllThe recent 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World calls for a look back at what started it all.
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A Review of 'Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American Dream in Postwar Consumer Culture'Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American Dream in Postwar Consumer Culture attempts to draw a dotted line between the reconstruction of these three establishments and the rise of consumer culture.
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'Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety' an Exploration of FeelingSomething is amiss in America. Judith Warner's Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety, is a study into the lives of today's mothers and is positioned as a second coming of the Feminine Mystique.
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A Synopsis of William Leach's Land of DesireWilliam Leach's Land of Desire discusses the era of change between the 1890s and the 1920s as corporate business and consumer capitalism drastically revolutionized American society and where culture began confusing "the good life with goods."
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The Graduating Class of 2005: Lend Me Your EarsAre you ready to face the real world? Are you sure? Here's what life's really like after college. Not only didn't they teach you this in Kindergarden, they didn't teach it to you in higher academia either. Be afraid. Be very affraid.
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Chronic Fatigue SyndromeA true story of one woman's struggle with a rare illness -- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- and how it changed her life, for better and worse.
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American Moderns: Bohemian New York and the Creation of a New CenturyA review of Christine Stansell's American Moderns: BOhemian New York and the Creation of New Century
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The Pentagon of Power: ReduxIn the days after September 11th, America has been forced fed a meal of fear. With the United States recently ending its search for WMDs in Iraq, perhaps an old classic should be revisted to put things in perspective.
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A 25 Year-old's View on Why the Rest of the World Hates AmericansOur Founding Fathers believed in creating a nation unlike any other, a nation steeped in equality, individualism, idealism. But just how far has America gone to pervert the dream?