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The book by Nicholas Orme is an important study in the history of education of the medieval England, and it exceeds expectations of many scholars and laymen who are familiar in this subject. As this typical rendition will have it, medieval schools were far and few in the medieval times, and how the schools did exist to dominate in the field of religious subjects. The author presents a convincing case in something like the opposite of that view, as education was relatively widespread in the times of medieval England, and was typically provided in the non-monastic settings, when in most ...

Introduction

Me, my? My life in the Rough and Tumble World of New Jersey Politics is Richard Codey’s critical analysis of New Jersey politics through his strong memoirs. He was born in November 27, 1946 to a former county undertaker. He worked in the senate from 1982. He served as senator in New Jersey. He replaced McGreevy as New Jersey governor after he was trapped with a sex scandal involving a member of staff. Codey was not compatible with political kingpins. He knew they would pick a puppet they could control and manipulate that’s why the governor’s resignation was timely for the ...

Question 2: World War II- A Race War

Dower’s assertion was calculative and well informed. It is a true that World War II was pertinently motivated by racial pride and arrogance posed by the main participants particularly the America and Japan. Dower’s work provides a clear description of the effect of ethnicity and racial pride on the war. The scholar explores various situations with the intention of explaining motivate behind the decisions and practices assumed by each side. He presents sentiments that the two countries were equally wrong because they were all motivated by stereotypic assumption of viewing the other as polarized. Dower, feels that ...

When Religion Meets Culture

In the long history of human development, one of the most controversial matters was human history itself. Only those who do not have to deal with history directly or study it in depth might consider that it is a definite and simple narration of the past events and their cause-effect relation to the contemporary events of human civilisation. On the other hand, for historians and researchers on political studies, history is as interpretive and changeable as human life itself. While tracking of certain events might be relatively easy and common historical time line is synchronised, socio-cultural interpretations of the previous ...

There can be no denial of the fact that the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by the famous author, Mark Haddon, is one of the best literary works to be adapted in the cinematic form of expression. Indeed, the story in context has enormous scope of quintessential and aesthetic portrayal of the events, emotions, frictions, and mystery. The young teenager of the narrative, Christopher, is the hero of this story in context. The way he is portrayed in the literary narrative truly impresses the readers, and it provides ample scope for catapulting the affective ...

Basic Marketing with Student CD by William Perreault, Jr., E. Jerome McCarthy and Joseph Cannon

Chapter 1 – The Importance of Marketing
Outline:
1. What is Marketing?
2. Why is Marketing Important to Individuals
3. The Right Way to Define Marketing
4. What is Macro-Marketing?
5. The Function of Marketing in Economic Systems
6. Marketing’s Function as it Changed Through Time
7. The Concept of Marketing Defined
8. Marketing and the Value of Customers
9. Marketing in Nonprofit Organizations
10. Concepts of Marketing and Social Responsibility
11. Ethics of Marketing
12. Ending: Conclusion, Key Terms, Illustrated Cases, and Computer-Aided Problem

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Abstract

The paper gives a review of the seminal work that explicates the history of business and technology in the modern day society. The author goes on to delve deep into the dynamics of the people involved in starting up and consolidating one of the most famous companies in the entire world. The three visionaries and their characteristics and actions constitute the major part of the book. The review explores the inter-personal relationship and dynamics, and documents the history of the company over the years.
The Intel Trinity
The Intel Trinity is one of the seminal literary works penned ...

Introduction

Hamza Bogary’s book, ‘The Sheltered Quarter: A Tale of a Boyhood in Mecca’ is a narration about the past life of a character that has irreversibly disappeared. The author describes the life in Mecca prior to the advent of oil. The book is based on Mecca’s observations in Mecca and he uses art to express this part of his knowledge. He has managed to successfully bring out his knowledge into art through humor, empathy and his understanding about human nature. This makes his piece of work not only entertaining but also informative. The narrator, Muhaisin, has to deal with various ...

LIFE AND WORK OF ABIGAIL ADAMS BASED ON TWO BIOGRAPHY BOOKS: "ABIGAIL ADAMS - WITNESS TO REVOLUTION" AND "MY DEAREST FRIEND".

Abigail Adams was one of the most intriguing historical figures in American history - the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, she was witness to the founding of the country itself, as well as the beginnings of its government. Despite being a woman in a new country in the 18th century, she held a remarkable amount of political power, as well as an incredible influence on her husband, John Adams. She is most well known for her correspondence with him during the Continental Congress - their debates on politics and government remain a fantastic eyewitness account of the ...

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 is an economics book that was written by Paul Krugman. The book is an analysis of the 2008 financial crisis that followed an economic downturn amid huge economic activity in the financial sector of many economies including that of the United States of America. The book further follows and traces integration of the unfavorable economic conditions into the financial crisis experienced in the year 2008. In addition, Paul Krugman considers the parameters that characterize a relationship in an economic depression context basing the argument on the depression and the economic ...

In the book «Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran» the author tries to understand the current state of affairs in Iran by thorough analysis of the historical developments. Furthermore the characters of Iranian people are also described; the factors of influence on the policy of this country are considered both on micro and macro levels.
It is important to make clear how does the author combines the historical events and the up-to date situation. The historical background of this book is really significant one. Laura Secor tells about Iranian history starting with the time when ...

Analysis of the Book "The Medicalization of Society" By Peter Conrad

The Main Author's Arguments
Peter Conrad, the author of the book "The Medicalization of Society," conducts a study of the most common problems of the modern society, which essence and nature have changed and obtained a medical character over the past 10-20 years. In other words, the author examines the social problems that have become the diagnoses at the beginning of the 21st century, though they were not related to medicine even a decade ago. At the very beginning of the book, Conrad emphasizes the investigated phenomenon, claiming that his analysis is connected only with the social connotations of ...

"Thе Lіmіts of Pаrtnеrshіp. U.S.-Russіаn Rеlаtіons іn thе Twеnty-Fіrst Cеntury":

Book Review

Introduction
In the introduction to the book The limits of partnership: U.S.-Russian relations in the twenty-first century, Angela Stent mentions in passing the reason the United States remains interested in Russia.
Every American administration since 1992 has recognized that a key interest in dealing with Russia has been to prevent it from that a key interest in dealing with Russia has been to prevent it from acting as a spoiler in areas where the United States ...

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The writing goes on to discuss about the book Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food that has been written by Jan Chozen Bays. After providing a brief abstract of the content of the book, the paper explores the specific elements of the book by Bays. The authenticity of the data provided in the book is critically analyzed in the course of the writing. Moreover, the usefulness of the book in context of the clients is also discussed in detail in the course of the paper. The writing explicates how the book can be beneficial ...

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The aim of the present paper is to analyze the non-fiction short story "The Price of a Dream" by Andrew Lukonis. The analysis is conducted on the basis of correspondence of the short story to the contemporary reality and accuracy of the described issues. Attention is also paid to political, psychological, sociological and personal matters of the topic. Place of entrepreneur's action in the story is analyzed from the point of its correspondence to cultural traditions of his society.

Compassion - Hope of Humanity

With the development of human civilization, each society liked to consider that its rules and customs were more advanced and civilized ...

In the past few years, there have been shocking frequencies of sexual and physical aggression in marriages, dating, and cohabitation throughout the United States and other countries of the world. As a result of the high frequency of aggression in relationships, many scholars and researchers have carried out many studies with the intent of understanding the phenomenon. The “Dark side of courtship” is an instance of a book that documents one of the studied on the subject. The authors use qualitative interviews and other data collection methods to explore the negative interactions between males and females who are dating ...

How and Why Undocumented Immigration Has Grown Since 1965

Immigration in the context of the United States has evolved into a significant problem that requires urgent resolution. While it is true that influx of undocumented immigrants in the United States date to various year ago, it is of the essence that the year 1965 experienced the highest rise in the rates undocumented immigrants gaining entry through our porous borders. The main factor that is responsible for the immense growth of undocumented immigrants in the year 1965 is the inaction of The Immigration and Naturalization Act of the year 1965. This act paved way for the rise in illegal ...

35 Dumb Things Well-intended People Say: Surprising Things We Say that Widen the Diversity Gap by Maura Cullen (2008) provides valuable insight on the choice of words in communicating with people during the course of our daily life. Words have different meanings in different contexts and cultures. So we should know which words are acceptable and which words are offensive, and also the contexts and cultures where they are applicable. Those who want to maintain good personal relationships with people in their social and business circles should take special ...

Religious Studies

Global theology in evangelical perspective by Jeffrey P., Greenam, and Gene L. Green is a very insightful book as far as modern day theology and evangelism is concerned. This is more so because of the diverse opinions present in the book because of the book focusing on opinions from a large number of evangelical experts from different parts of the world. The book thus explains the impact the gospel has had in different parts of the globe over the years and delves into the future of the gospel in different parts of the world. The thesis of the book is the ...

Historian Stephen Hall keenly engages in the nineteenth-century history of the African American intellectual life in his book, “A Faithful Account of the Race: African American Historical Writing in Nineteenth-Century America” (Hall, 2009). His work traces the long nineteenth century and how various black American writers induced various themes during different moments, which include, the biblical story, the American slavery paradox, ancient African story and the challenges of the black citizenship in the era of Reconstruction. He uncovers the overabundance of the black historical sources during the nineteenth century in different forms, which include; sermons, literary texts, newspapers and ...

Application Of My Theology To The Contextual Problem.

Introduction
As a theology scholar, I have always been engaged in variety of assignments that tend to stretch my abilities in my christian life. Over the past few years, theology has opened my mind to effective leadership and major lessons in our contemporary life. It has equipped me with advanced problem solving approaches that I will discuss later in this paper, Through my extensive learning and practice in Christian ministry , I have come to realize that the biggest problem facing believers in our contemporary world is the existence of evil and the evident undeserved suffering of humanity. It has ...

Introduction

Andrew Cherlin’s (2009) account of the ‘Evolution of Marriage’ within the American society in his work Marriage-Go- Round forces readers to stop and contemplate the value of this institution in twenty-first century America; how necessary it is in upholding family values and the effects changing elements has on the institution in determining the way younger America perceive marriage.
In the following pages of this document the writer will offer a book review which will encompass a summary of Cherlin’s work; show how it connects with the course being undertaken in sociology and finally give my personal opinion on ...

The author, Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III, was an American writer that worked mainly as a playwright in the American theater. He also published novels, poetry, short stories, screenplays, essays, and a great volume of memoirs. He received most of the top theatrical awards for his works on the stage, with A Streetcar Named Desire receiving the great Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. Up to date, he is considered among the best known classical writers in the American fields of theatre.
Most of the themes dominant his works (loneliness, desire, sickness, death, alcoholism, depression, etc) are mined from his ...

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This book review examines the book Criminals in the Bible by Professor Mark Jones. It examines the bases and features of criminal justice and the criminalizing process across different timelines and eras. The review examines the constitutional elements of different criminal justice systems and generations and how it relates to specific aspects of society.
The book review assesses and evaluates some of the elements of society including chapter analysis and how serious crimes occur. The main discovery of this book review is that crime and criminalizing is done within the context and framework of dominant constitutional processes and generally ...

Introduction: Historically, female Black slaves endured the worse treatment, but have received the least amount of attention than their male counterparts in North American Slavery (Hine, 2007). There are longstanding myths that surround the experiences of female Black slaves, and struggles they face daily trying to survive. Deborah Gray White provides an intimate look into female slavery that until 1985 was long overdue. In her book she stated “Slave women were the only women in America who were sexually exploited with impunity, stripped and whipped with a lash, and worked like oxen” (White, 1999, p. 162). In the nineteenth ...

The book review herein, and critical literary analysis seeks to present a cogent, well-thought out evaluation of the work written by Sherman Alexie entitled ‘The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.’ At the outset, it is important to note that the main literary device the writer uses is a personal, first-person perspective and narrative. The tone is frank, casual and simple-structured English. Also, as the author provides myriad vignettes and short anecdotal stories throughout the book, the reader has an opportunity to deeply feel empathy for Alexie’s protagonist – but, sometimes cannot decipher whether to laugh or cry.
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Introduction

The book is important to the people with an interest in homeland security of the United States of America. It is because of how the book author has developed the theme or the purpose of the book. Unlike many books published many years ago, the book is current having been published in the year 2011. It one of the greatest book in the market concerning the subject of the homeland security. The book TERRORISM HOMELAND SECURITY is the 7th edition of the publications, and it was published in the year 2011 being the latest in that series. It was ...

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Introduction. How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie, is a book that has really stood the test of time. Initially written in the year 1936, the revised edition that is under review here is from 1981, copyrighted by Donna Carnegie (Mrs. Dale Carnegie). The book belongs to the genre of Self Improvement and talks about the basic principles that need to be followed to understand people that we deal with in our daily lives and excel in winning them. It is a book that educates people on becoming ...

Book Review

In lucid language, Tim Harford brings forth to the reader the multifarious linkages that bind the global economic system. Over the course of ten chapters, Harford brings home an account of economic activity and highlights linkages between economics, human development, psychology and similar esoteric discoveries.
Harford commences his journey as an ‘undercover economist’ by observing how Starbucks Coffee shops are strategically placed at the exits of metro stations. Harford observes that while the retail price of a cup of coffee is far in excess of the actual cost of producing one, most of the premium goes the way of ...

In George Browne: An American Soldier in World War I, an edited volume is presented of the letters of a WWI soldier. The soldier is Corporal George Browne and he was in the 117th Engineers, 42nd division. He was twenty-three years old when he was sent to civil engineer who decided to enlist in defense of his country once America entered WWI. The letters are intended to present a very human perspective of the war and how his ...

Essay on Black Elk's

A developed religion is an integrated system of belief, lifestyle, ritual activities, and social institutions by which individuals give meaning to (or find meaning in) their lives by orienting themselves to what they take to be holy, sacred, or of highest value.

The Black Elk’s religion is a developed religion in that it consists of both various beliefs and ritual activities as well as lifestyles of the followers. This religion consists of various aspects of Christianity and Lakota. This therefore entailed various aspects of healing and curing disease due to the power of the religion. This religion is concerned ...

INTRODUCTION

The idea of persistent poverty is a pervasive one, and its context in the plantation economy is important to understand if these aspects are to be applied to one’s own concept of the economy. In George Beckford’s 1972 book Persistent Poverty: Underdevelopment in Plantation Economies of the Third World, he presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the plantation states in the West Indies, while expanding the scope of these appraisals to other third world countries.

The book begins by showcasing the main characteristics of plantation societies, demonstrating the political, economic and social patterns that develop. These patterns are ...

Business Culture Inside and Out

Book Review: Reflective Reaction on the Compare and Contrast of Readings
Introduction
Business is business, the new world tends to define business as something that is rather considered more as an institution that tends to bring better culture and better opportunities to members of the society. However, when it comes to the actual value of business, the industry of commerce defines business as a machine that brings in the different resources altogether to create a system that tends to manipulate operations for the sake of earning more money and gaining more profit from whatever could be gained from what ...

Book review of ‘Childhood and Society’ by Erik Erikson – Book review, Literary and Psychological Analysis, Reflections on reading the book

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This paper will present you with the book review of ‘Childhood and Society’ by Erik Erikson. The review will focus on the analysis of its context in literary and psychological terms, its contribution to the field of psychology as well as on the reflections deriving from its reading. A short presentation of the book’s structure will be given providing you with a highlight of the basic elements of each chapter. Emphasis will be given on the psychological theory developed in this book on behalf of Erik Erikson, a widely acknowledged psychologist and psychoanalyst who has developed ...

Introduction

Social psychology is the act of about understanding individual behavior in a social context. Also, it can be defined as the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations. They all concluded that human behavior was influenced by other people and the social context which this occurs. Social psychology therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others and look at the conditions under which certain behavior actions and feelings, thoughts, moralities, beliefs, intentions goals and individual perception are contrasted and even how ...

As the authors point out in the opening chapter of Moral Issues in business, "Stories of business corruption and of greed and wrongdoing in high places have always fascinated the popular press, and media interest in business ethics has never been higher" (Shaw et alt, 4). Part of this fascination must stem from humans interest in "bad new" of disasters terrorism and threats to peaceful living. Some of the interest might be a self defense mechanism that seeks to guard against unwanted circumstances that could happen in people's lives through protection themselves of the knowledge of what has happened to ...

Introduction;

‘The great Gatsby,’ by Scott Fitzgerald elaborates the events that took place in the late years of 1922. The novel brings the substantive findings in contribution to the findings in the literature overview regarding particular topics. The novel focuses on the master piece of literature in regards to the capturing the essence of the related era of World War 1.
The various characters are brought out vividly in the context that seeks to illustrate the various themes. The novel focuses to bring the various epics related to the love and relationships in the social arena. The book is ...

In rethinking American history in a global age, the writer offers a new way of thinking about the discipline of American history itself. This novel locates the study of American history in a global context. It examines the history of a nation in the United states in relations to other countries.
The writer offers a unique way of looking at the history of nation building. He is offering alternative interpretations about the American history and in a wider context. That is why I am interested in reading this book, it presents an opportunity for writers to learn from the collection of essays that brought ...

Weber's Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism book traces its authorship from a German sociologist known as Max Weber. A part from being a professional sociologist, Max also qualifies based on professionalism to be a politician and economist in vast scopes of involvement. The book begins as a series of defined essays originally composed in German between the years 1904 and 1905. The first translation of the text to English was carried out in 1930 by Talcott Parsons. The book is thus considered as the founding text of general and economic sociology.
The protestant Ethic discussion by Weber captures on the basic ...

Book Review: The Jacksonian Era 1828-1848

In The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1848, Glyndon G. Van Deusen examines the Jacksonian period in detail, defining it as the period of time between Jackson's 188 election to Zachary Taylor's 1848 election. Van Deusen provides us with a chronological look at the diplomatic and political events that took place during that time, though in an incredibly economical way. Politics takes a front seat to social and economic changes, the latter only showing up when they relate directly to the former. As such, the tariff, bank issues and the issue of western expansion are explored in detail and as expected, while the antislavery ...

The main points from the cooper reading

The cooper reading addresses many issues concerning responsible conduct within the public administration. The main points addressed by Cooper (2012) include the internal and external forces impacting on responsible behavior within the public domain, ethical dilemmas and ethics in situational contexts. These three main points address the extent to which legislation and other factors affect responsible conduct in public offices. According to chapter six of the cooper reading, legislation, media and codes of ethics are the main external forces affecting responsible behavior.

Summary of the article

The article Leadership, Ethics Focus of New UA Center concerns itself with moral conduct in a public sector ...

Sex, As a Commodity

In the development of human civilisation, people were exchanging good for various payments; many material objects and services were treated as a commodity. On the other hand, the most universal commodities were and remain a human being and its sexuality. Through ages, the most popular and existential profession was prostitution. On the other hand, there was no society which would mind against arranged marriages and selling of sexuality for certain benefits under particular circumstances. Just as centuries ago, sex and favouritism was a key to power, it remained a means for certain goals achievement. In this context, the aim of the present paper ...

That Africa Bible Commentary by editor Tokunboh Adeyamo provides study and discussion of the Bible in the context of African studies and trials. A variety of articles are collected within the text that provides unique perspectives to African issues in a Biblical way. Essentially, the difficult challenges facing many Africans today have specific and understandable solutions and commentary in the Holy Bible, and the Africa Bible Commentary brings those issues to light. The book goes through the Bible, offering interpretations of the book section by section, and demonstrating how the issues being discussed are relevant to modern Africa. Seventy African ...

French Mentality

Although history might seem a concrete science about events and their chronological order of occurrence, it is far from giving concrete answers and explanation of the reasons for those events to happen and their socio-cultural dimension of occurrence. Usually, historians explain events in terms of political reasons or military necessity or state interest, forgetting that those events were carried out by simple people that belonged to their specific socio-economic and cultural communities. Those people embodied their epoch and opportunity to choose their destiny. The main reason why Eugen Weber wrote this book was that he wanted to outline another dimension ...

Modern life of an ordinary member of human society is quite organized, predicted and planned in a certain way. Of course there are various unexpected situations and surprises from the future and destiny if you want to call it that way. I would say in the modern world, there is no place for magic and spontaneity, but everyday magic of sensation and simple pleasures of life used to make the world go round and make people happy, healthy and satisfied in the ancient times. Nowadays, our lives are planned from the rise to dawn and from birth to death. Being a ...

Introduction

Managing the dream is a book written by Warren Bennis, who is one of the most renowned leadership writers. The author explores all aspects of leadership from a theoretical and a practitioner point of view. The book is a perfect representation of leadership, which comprises of numerous essays that represents the author’s thinking towards what leadership entails. Bennis focuses on the core competencies of the aspect of effective leadership, at both the individual and group level in his book. Managing the dream is a tool for team leaders and managers who aspire to be effective in their leadership roles (Bennis, 2000). This paper ...

4 Immigrants Manga is written by the Japanese author Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama. Manga is the name given to Japanese comic books that focus on adults and children. 4 Immigrants Manga revolves around the experiences of the author and his three friends who arrive in San Francisco as immigrants. “It is one of the first modern-format comic books ever published in the United States, especially with all-new material and a documentary, autobiographical theme” (L, 2013).

Section1: Context

Born on January 9, 1885, in a little village called Neu, in Western Japan, Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama was a good artist and a story teller. ...

Introduction

Using Evidence of Student Learning to Improve Higher Education, written by accomplished and known scholars, highlights the fact that students can acquire effective and useful learning only when educational institutions across the United States focus on transferring knowledge to students, rather than administer instruction with the sole objective of complying with state and donor funding regulations (Kuh et al., 2014). To this end, this paper focuses on the pivotal role of teachers in ensuring that their students are actively engaged in the pursuit of real knowledge that will help them in their career and future studies, as opposed to ...

Functions of SCM

Buy: As illustrated in the twenty-eighth chapter, the manufacturing plant was forced to bargain with suppliers to increase the scale of orders. This move would benefit both the organization and the suppliers. Alex hoped that this move would bear fruit (pp. 234-236).
Make: Al had trouble with making plans about production activities. In chapter twenty-one, the manufacturer found a solution to the problem that would prioritize production tasks. (Goldratt, 2004, p.184)
Move: Chapter 2 features Al’s shipping issues that had economic implications on the plant. For the plant to improve its efficiency, shipping schedules had to be aligned ...

Assignment : Essay based on Chapter 5 of “Beggar thy neighbour”.

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Assignment –A (1238 words)
Essay-1
Question: The economic consequences of lending at compound interest resulted in loss of productive yield of the society. How finance dominated over economics and politics by using this concept of interest (Geisst 193)?

Introduction

The question given above poses a mandatory evaluation of the harmful impact of the compound interest based lending and consequent ease of loans for the people of America. The author, Charles Geisst, used the viewpoint of John Maynard Keynes to explain that the American society was so possessed by the idea of easily availing the loans using compounded ...

Sociology

Book Review
Critical thinking is crucial for navigating through the numerous arguments people come across in daily life- in the form of advertisements, political speeches and even college level debates. Capaldi and Smit provide an essential handbook for readers to identify arguments, analyze them, present cases, attack arguments, defend cases and undertake cause-and effect reasoning.
The very foundation of modern discourse rests on identifying arguments. It is necessary that people identify the premises and conclusions of arguments through their context, instead of grammatical location in sentences. The authors highlight the concept of interlocking arguments, where a conclusion acts as ...

A Critical Review of Moloney’s Chapter Five

Public Relations vs. Propaganda: A Critical Review of Moloney’s Chapter Five
Introduction and Summary of Chapter Five
In chapter five of the course textbook, Kevin Moloney provides a thorough discussion of the history and nature of public relations, particularly as it has been practiced in the UK. He covers the ideas of several of the most recognised PR scholars, including Sir Stephen Tallents, who used public relations as a way to promote business within the British Empire. Tallents framed what he was doing as “national projection” (p. 61). Others have called PR various names, such as “public diplomacy,” “ ...

Business management methods have recently come under fire because of the America's waning dominance in the business sector, as China and India have quickly risen and provided stiff competition. In his scintillating work, The Future of Management, Gary Hamel, London Business School management consultant and professor, opines about how technology has permanently altered the way that businesses and organizations operate. Hamel has been touted by many critics to be the most iconoclastic yet influential business philosophers in the world today, as he has worked with many leading businesses on the world stage with regards to management structure. He has ...

Despite the popularity of soccer and basketball, baseball is a sport of great interest to a majority of the authors. The book titled “Legal Bases: Baseball and the Law” is an appreciable attempt of author Roger Abrams, who gives an account of the history related to labor-management relations . The author brings innovative insights not only to the subject, but also to the lawyers, baseball fans, students and historians who attempt making sense to the legal issues surrounding the sport. In the book, Abrams bases his story depending on the case studies of people who portrayed significant roles in validating the players’ ...

Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business portends a concept of holistic entrepreneurial by emphasizing on the perception of the business as a calling. The implication of this understanding promotes the view that business people must engage in activities that represent the will of God. Grudem demonstrates the extent to which the business activities fall into the widespread Christian paradigm that are pegged on the opportunity to enhance the glory of God. Accordingly, the profit spectrum, private ownership, competition, employment as well as commercial transactions must portray the sovereignty ...

In the English language, ‘being’ entails a sense of identity, while ‘doing’ connotes action. Gender, for years, has been marked as a sensitive issue in society because it taps many sectors. West and Zimmerman (1987) mentioned the difference between sex and gender, sex refers to biological and anatomical features of being male and female while gender is more socio-cultural in nature. Gender roles are a product of various cultural norms in various countries. The classification of members of society into two distinct categories of such as ‘girl’ or ‘boy’ or ‘woman’ or ‘man’ works in a social ...

Introduction

“Sailing the Wine Dark-Sea: why the Greeks Matter” is the fourth volume of exploration by the great author Thomas Cahill. The author uses his unfathomable skill in literature and historical experience to take his readers to another world of both entertainment and extreme coverage of historical knowledge. In this book, he tags a wide range of historical unassailable features of the Greek by clearly holding an in-depth narration of the journey covered through the landmarks of art and intense bloodshed that lay the Greek culture in a historical legacy in an estimated period of nearly three millennia ago.

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Book review on: Band of Brothers By: Stephen E. Ambrose

The book “Band of Brothers” is written by Stephen Ambrose and was first published in 1992 under his authorization. The book can be partially relied as a true story although most of its part comes from a true life experience as illustrated by the author of this magnificent book. In addition to this, the book solely concentrates its themes around the company and the effects the world war had to the performance of this company. I am going to take note on every important detail about this book and review it to deepest end and draw the meaning and intention ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with a review on the book ‘In Defense of Food’ written by Michael Pollan and first published in 2008. The subtitle of the book informs its readers even from its cover that what they hold in their hands is ‘An Eater’s Manifesto’ thus preparing them to indulge themselves in the reading of rules and principles concerning food. Whose principles and rules are to be presented with? The readers are to be presented with the rules and principles of the writer who characterizes himself as an eater.
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Judgment 1

There are a number of important characters introduced in the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, and at first they do not seem believable. Certainly they aren’t believable in the context of today’s society, but when considered in the context of the dystopian future they are in, they begin to make much more sense (Bradbury 26). The character of Clarisse is the only character that seems a little forced; she is necessary to the plot, of course, but she does not seem to be as complete of a person as some of the other characters.

Judgment 2

The thing that is interesting about the ...