Caring: Russian Families
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A 3 page paper which examines the culture of caring in Russian families. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RArusfml.rtf

Carlo Ginzburg/ A Sixteenth Century Life
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A 7 page analysis of Carlo Ginzburg's book The Cheese and the Worms: the cosmos of a sixteenth-century miller. In this book, Ginzburg utilizes sixteenth century records from the Inquisition to recreate the mental world of an Italian miller. This work has helped to create a new historical genre—'micro-history'—which is an attempt to study historical themes through small, but revealing, individual episodes. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99chwms1.rtf

Carol Stack's 'Call To Home' As An Ethnography -- Blacks Return To The South
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A 5 page paper examining anthropologist Carol Stack's study of the phenomenon of blacks who fled the rural South for Northern cities, but now are moving back. The paper assesses the question of whether Stack's book constitutes a true ethnography, and concludes that it does. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Stack.wps

Case Study on Racism
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This 12 page paper analyzes a case presented by a student concerning a boarding situation between a white Moslem and a black African Christian. Reasons for their disagreements are explored through anthropological and sociological theories. Theories concerning racism are provided . The case is analyzed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: SA042rac.rtf

Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces and Culture
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A 5 page paper that discusses how geographer Hartshorne's centrifugal and centripetal theories apply to the world today. Countries/ethnic groups visited in the discussion include: Canada, Europe, and Asia. The cultural ramifications discussed include: economic, geographic religious and political. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Centrigv.wps