Jan Brunvand’s Works on Urban Legends, “The Vanishing Hitchhiker” and “The Baby Train”: Development of Changes in Format and Presentation
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This is a 5 page paper discussing the differences found in Brunvand’s “The Vanishing Hitchhiker” and “The Baby Train”. Jan Brunvand’s text “The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings” (1981) introduced a generation to contemporary American urban legends, their origins, their development, and contained detailed accounts as to the depth of research in understanding the legends. Twelve years later, Brunvand released his fifth volume of urban legends entitled “The Baby Train and Other Lusty Urban Legends” (1993). The format of his presentation in this volume changed somewhat to include shorter narratives and less accompanying explanatory statements about each legend. Instead, Brunvand focused much more on the typing and cross-referencing of the legends contained and on the international contexts many have reached. The reason for this change in format was mostly due to the fact that the field and the interest in urban legends had grown a great deal since his original text and because of this Brunvand was able to contain less explanatory text in regards to the research involved and thus avoid repeating himself and offering instead his readers a chance to see the extent of the field and the extent to which the knowledge of urban legends has reached on an international basis as well as an American one. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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John Kenneth Galbraith's "The Position Of Poverty" And Robert B. Reich's "Why The Rich Are Getting Richer And The Poor, Poorer": Compare/Contrast
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5 pages in length. Within the literary boundaries of John Kenneth Galbraith's "The Position Of Poverty" and Robert B. Reich's "Why The Rich Are Getting Richer And The Poor, Poorer," the reader is given a significantly better understanding as to why there exists such a tremendous separation between rich and poor. While Galbraith cites the curse of capitalism, Reich tends to focus more closely upon the decline in a decently paid workforce, a contrast that effectively distinguishes Reich and Galbraith. Reich notes that major corporations such as AT&T, American Airlines and General Motors – just to name a few – have ceased taking care of their employees, choosing instead to seek out cheap labor as a means by which to fortify even further their already overflowing money pots. By doing so, one can readily surmise that the middle class is slowly but surely being squeezed out as the separation between upper and lower class. The writer compares and contrasts these articles as they are found in Lee A. Jacobus' "A World of Ideas." No additional sources cited.
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John Reddie Short's "The Urban Order"
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This 5 page essay discusses John Reddie Short's 1996 book that is also sub-titled An Introduction to Cities, Culture, and Power. Issues examined include the economic evolution of cities, elements that define contemporary urban economies, and the role urban economies play in the larger global economy. No additional sources cited.
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Katrina Refugees and Rising Crime in Houston
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This 3 page paper discusses the problem of rising crime in Houston being attributed to Katrina evacuees. It argues that there is evidence to support the idea that the refugees have caused a "spike" in the crime rate, and what the governor of Texas can do to mitigate the situation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Key Factors of a Successful Strategic Spatial Planning; The London Plan as a Case Study
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This 11 page paper looks at the key factors needed for any spatial planning to be successful and effective. The subject of these key factors is discussed with reference made to a range of developments including the United Nations and the international developments. With a definition of the needs for successful planning the new spatial planning strategy for London, containing in the “London Plan” are used as a case study and assessed. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here
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This 5 page paper critically reviews the book with a focus on the first four chapters. This book, about the dismal life of children who grow up in this Chicago community, provide food for thought about urban poverty. No additional sources cited.
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L.W. Kennedy/ "Planning the City Upon a Hill"
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An 8 page summation and analysis of Lawrence W. Kennedy's book on the history of urban planning as it pertains to Boston, Mass. Kennedy traces the history of urban planning in Boston from its founding in 1630 to the present day. In so doing, he demonstrates how city planning is tied intrinsically to the political life of an American city. No additional sources cited.
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Land Use Planning
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This 5 page paper examines zoning regulations in the United States, differences in land use planning in the U.S. and abroad, and looks briefly at three planned communities. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Laser-Based Missile Systems
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A 13 page paper discussing the airborne and space-based antiballistic lasers. The military engagements that the US has been involved in over the past decade have highlighted to the American people the advances that technology has introduced into combat and defense. One of the most promising developments for the future, the airborne laser, still is in development. Scheduled for testing in 2004, the antiballistic tool is controversial, but not nearly so much as its counterpart, the space-based laser. Each of these defense lasers were being researched simultaneously, but work on the space-based version recently was halted indefinitely. Both approaches to laser technology, however, illustrate the depth in which US defense is being assessed. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Leave Handicapped Spaces for the Handicapped
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This 3 page paper explores the controversy over handicapped parking, and the ramifications for misusing a handicapped sticker. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Leisure Services Report
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A paper which analyses the annual report on leisure services from Basingstoke in terms of the layout and content of the report and its coverage of community activities and budgeting.
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Levittown
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A 12 page research paper on what is still the largest housing project ever assembled by a single builder. William Levitt and his brother answered the need for affordable housing after World War II by mass-producing houses on Long Island, N.Y. The first Levittown was followed by others and helped to fuel the growing post-WWII trend toward suburban living. The writer discusses the sociological, economical, and demographic consequences. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Life in 1930s New York
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This 5 page fictitious account describes the life of a woman who grew up in Brooklyn, New York during the depression era and World War II. No additional sources cited.
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Life In The City / Advantages & Disadvantages Of Urban Life For Children
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A 7 page paper considering the ways in which living in urban centers is associated with advantages or disavantages. Focus is on lower-income families in the inner city, for whom many of the cultural advantages of the city do not apply, the challenges they face, and the effect of these upon the children. Successful urban improvement programs to address these difficulties are described as potential advantages to urban children. Bibliography lists 24 sources.
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