Rowman & Littlefield Essays

  • Open Source Intelligence

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    Open sources have provided a useful stream of information for all source collection and analysis within the intelligence community. The use of open source information by the intelligence community is not a new phenomenon. During the technological boom of the 21st century open source has expanded well beyond its original capabilities. There is an important difference however between mere information and intelligence. Open source information is defined as “any and all information that can be derived

  • Paper

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    Greene, and giving birth to his five children, Catharine Littlefield Greene thought her life was perfect. But after a few money mishaps, it all went downhill. She lost absolutely everything but her five children. But after giving birth to an idea for an invention, the cotton gin was born, and also finally Catharine’s new start. On February, 17, 1753 John Littlefield and Phebe Ray were truly blessed with their eldest daughter Catharine Littlefield, also known as, “Caty”. But soon after, Catharine’s mother

  • Eli Whitney: The Inventor That Shook The Nation

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    Later on, 1783-1789 to be exact, he taught grammar school in Westborough. When he'd had enough of that, he entered Yale in 1789, then graduated in 1792. After Yale, he journeyed to Savannah, Georgia to teach and study law. There he met Catherine Littlefield Greene. She invited him as a guest to stay in her home while he studied law. Eli believed he should start fixing things to earn his keep around the house. After many of the visitors to Mrs. Greene's house, a certain couple began to discuss the south

  • Sexual Offender Laws and the Labeling Theory

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    predators: the making of sexual offending laws (p. 1-4). Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield. Zilney, L. J., & Zilney, L. A. (2009). Historical Sexual Offending Laws. Perverts and predators: the making of sexual offending laws (p. 61-62). Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield. Zilney, L. J., & Zilney, L. A. (2009). A War on Sexual Offending Laws. Perverts and predators: the making of sexual offending laws (p. 66-74). Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield. Zilney, L. J., & Zilney, L. A. (2009). The Role of Religion

  • Advantages to a Rigorous Approach to Environmental Virtue Ethics

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    Ethics: Half the Truth, but Dangerous as a Whole”, Environmental Virtue Ethics, pp. 61-78 (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005) Ronald Sandler, “Introduction: Environmental Virtue Ethics”, Environmental Virtue Ethics, pp. 1-12 (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005) Ronald Sandler, “A Virtue Ethics Perspective on Genetically Modified Crops”, Environmental Virtue Ethics, pp. 215-242 (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005) Paul W. Taylor, Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics

  • Essay On Voting Behavior

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    Introduction Voting is a political liberty of many law-abiding citizens of the United States of America. In today’s culture, there is a widespread belief that America’s youth do not vote, and in turn possess the lowest voter turnout amongst citizens. This research will discuss the voting behavior of America’s youth as it relates to their older counterparts. With young people accounting for 21% of the eligible voting population, it is necessary for them to understand the importance their voting

  • Comparing Bayard Sartoris of Faulkner's The Unvanquished with the Caveman of Plato's Republic

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    Faulkner, 178. 18. Julia Annas, "Understanding and the Good: Sun, Line, and Cave," In Plato's Republic: Critical Essays, ed. Richard Kraut (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1997), 152-153. 19. Plato, 168. 20. Iris Murdoch, "The Sovereignty of Good," in Plato's Republic: Critical Essays, ed. Richard Kraut (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1997), 174.

  • Cybersex

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    Sex: Contemporary Readings. Ed. Alan Soble, Nicholas Power. New York: Rowman & Littlefield 2008. 117-131 Soble, Alan. “The Analytic Categories of the Philosophy of Sex”. The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings. Ed. Alan Soble, Nicholas Power. New York: Rowman & Littlefield 2008. 3-21. Nagel, Thomas. “Sexual Perversion”. The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings. Ed. Alan Soble, Nicholas Power. New York: Rowman & Littlefield 2008. 31-43.

  • The Great Beef Debate

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    Global Economy, edited by Mark A. Pollack and Gregory C. Shaffer, xi, 354 p. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001. Pollack, Mark A., and Gregory C. Shaffer. "The Challenge of Reconciling Regulatory Differences: Food Safety and Gmos in the Transatlantic Relationship." In Transatlantic Governance in the Global Economy, edited by Mark A. Pollack and Gregory C. Shaffer, xi, 354 p. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001. "Q&A: Us-Eu Steel Dispute." BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/business/3291675

  • How the Civil Rights Movement Influenced the Women's Liberation Movement

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    Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. 59-62. Print. Lawson, Steven F., and Charles M. Payne. Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 140. Print. Lawson, Steven F., and Charles M. Payne. "This Transformation of People": An Interview with Bob Moses. Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 170-188. Print. MacLean, 11. Murray, Pauli. Women's Rights Are a Part of Human Rights. The American Women's Movement, 1945-2000

  • Participation in Sport Has a Positive Impact on Academic Performance

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    Artificial Intelligence and the Human Mind. In: Chess Metaphors: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Mind. Valencia: MIT Press, 2009. Urick, D., 2008. Sports Illustrated Lacrosse: Fundamentals for Winning. illustrated ed. Washington, D.C.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.

  • Popular Culture Artifacts

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    2001. Print. Goff, Patricia. Producing Harry Potter: Why the Medium is Still the Message. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006. Print. McLaughlin, Greg, and Stephen Baker. The Propaganda of Peace. Bristol, UK: Intellect Ltd., 2010. Print. Neumann, Iver, and Daniel Nexon, ed. Harry Potter and International Relations. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman &Littlefield Publishers, Inc. , 2006. Print. Swider, Ann. "Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies." American Sociological

  • Shakespeare's The Tempest as a Microcosm of Society

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    knowledge he returns to the human society of Milan a more balanced, more complete human being than when he left it. Works Cited and Consulted Hirst, David L. The Tempest: Text and Performance London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1984. Rowman and Littlefield: Manchester University Press, 1980. Shakespeare, William  Measure for Measure 3.1.148 The Riverside Shakespeare, ed. G. Blakemore Evans Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. Callaghan, Dympna William Shakespeare Oxford: Basil Blackwell

  • The relationship between Russia and the rest of Europe

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    Works Cited Tiersky, Ronald, and Oudenaren John. Van. European Foreign Policies: Does Europe Still Matter? Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. Print. Tiersky, Ronald, Erik Jones, and Saskia Van. Genugten. "Russia." Europe Today: A Twenty-first Century Introduction. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011. 209-41. Print.

  • Beauty and Behavioral Standards and Disney Programs

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    Susan Searls Giroux. "Culture." The Theory Toolbox: Critical Concepts for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012. 51-88. Print Nealon, Jeffrey T., and Susan Searls Giroux. "Subjectivity." The Theory Toolbox: Critical Concepts for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012. 35-50. Print Northup, Temple, and Carol M. Liebler. "The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful." Journal of Children and Media 4.3 (2010):

  • Annotated Bibliography Essay

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    Annotated Bibliography Bennett, L 2003, 'The Internet and Global Activism', in N Couldry & J Curran (eds), Contesting Media Power, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, pp.17-39. Dr. Bennett's chapter offers discussions surrounding worldwide growth of alternative media that is challenging the power concentration in large media corporations. As Professor of Communication and Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, Bennett has presented lectures worldwide on the significance of media

  • Mexico’s Political System: A Democratic Regime with Veiled Authoritarianism

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    Politics in Mexico throughout the course of history has been hostile, to say the least. Like many previously authoritarian regimes, Mexico’s transition into democracy was hard fought. Still today, Mexico’s political system is characterized by political corruption as seen through the influence of the drug cartels and their corporatism and electoral fraud. It is these characteristics that make Mexico a valuable study for comparative politics. While studying Mexico one sees a country that has grown

  • American Men Like Football Essay

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    American Men like Football Brandon Johns ENG102-3 – English Composition II Colorado State University – Global Campus Seth Taylor April 27, 2014 American Men like Football In the United States, Football is one sport that most men love watching, may it be on television or live stadium (Chandler, 1988). For example, men are willing and able to sit down at home in front of the television for more than six hours just watching the football games and wouldn’t sit down doing any other thing for more than

  • Witness Uganda and the Greater Good

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    The Catholic Social Justice Themes of global solidarity, an option for the poor and vulnerable, and a constructive role of government could be used to solve the problems of disunity, a failed responsibility to the poor, and the corruption of local government that arose in the musical Witness Uganda. Global solidarity is an important aspect of social life because it teaches us to understand the unity and wholeness we possess as one human race. We are all one people, despite our many racial, economic

  • Watching But Not Reading: Limitations of First-Person Narrative in Film Adaptations of Jane Eyre

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    Film adaptations of literature tend to have a bad reputation. As Brian McFarlane observes in “It Wasn't Like That in the Book...”, viewers are more likely to come out of a theater after viewing an adaptation griping about what was different or better in the book than by commenting about the film in its own right (McFarlane 6). It is rare for such films to be judged as films in their own right, and often viewers aren't looking for an adaptation inspired by the novel, but rather a completely faithful