Research Reports To Assist College Students Writing Term Papers And Essays

Socioeconomic Structure In Los Angeles As A Stimulus For The 1992 Riots
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A 9 page research paper on social conditions which caused the eruption of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. The writer posits that the Rodney King verdict was merely a final stimulus ('the straw that broke the camel's back') for the ensuing violence but that various other social, economic, cultural, and demographic factors contributed to it as well. Conflict, race relations, and immigration to South Central Los Angeles are of particular importance in this insightful sociopolitical analysis. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Urbanla.wps

Recycling Cities' Industrial Areas
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A 5 page paper discussing decay in downtown Detroit, the renovation of the L&N Railroad terminal in Knoxville, Tennessee and the conversion of tobacco warehouses in Durham, North Carolina to a pedestrian shopping mall. These beautiful old buildings that have been sitting vacant for decades can have a positive effect on the areas around them. Narrow, twisting streets may not be conducive to using them again as industrial sites, but there are higher and better uses available. Whether used for shops, restaurants, offices, apartments or a combination, cities' old industrial areas can become vital once again, and in ways never originally intended. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSurbanArch.wps

City Planning In Renaissance Italy
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A 12 page research paper that analyzes the role of the Renaissance in Italian architecture and city planning, focusing on the cities of Venice, Florence, and Rome. The writer postulates that the Renaissance style of simplicity and symmetry, along with each city's geography, particularly influenced the development of neighborhoods and communities. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Renitaly.wps

Organized Crime In the History of Chicago
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A 6 page research paper which looks specifically at the Prohibition era and how Chicago was ruled by gangsters, bootleggers, and corrupt politicians at that time. This era ended when mobster Al Capone was finally arrested for tax evasion by 'Untouchable' leader Elliott Ness. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HistChic.wps

Jerusalem
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This 14 page report examines Jerusalem and the struggles, historical and current, the city has faced. It gives a brief overview of the city's history, as well as the conflicts inherent in a city considered holy by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Bibliography included.
Filename: Jeru.wps

The Destruction of Jerusalem
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A 10 page overview of the ancient history of Jerusalem with emphasis on two of its many periods of seige, the Babylonian siege in 587 B.C. and the Roman siege in 70 A.D. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Jerudest.wps

Religious Life in American Ethnic Communities
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A 10 page paper comparing the religious experience of those living in American urban ghettos during the first half of the twentieth century, as described in Chaim Potok’s 'The Chosen;' Robert A. Orsi’s 'Madonna of 115th St;' and James Baldwin’s 'Go Tell It On The Mountain.' The paper argues that while there are distinctive differences in the way the Italian, Jewish, and Black Pentecostal communities worshipped God, there are remarkable similarities in the way that all the groups discussed used religion as a cement to bind their communities together. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Rlaec.wps

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