What is Grand Central Station famous for? Its rich history is a story of immense wealth and great engineering, but also of survival and rebirth. Today, the beaux-arts landmark is a retail and dining destination as well as the home of the MTA Metro-North Railroad and a subway station serving the 4, 5, 6, 7, […]
How would you describe the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
How would you describe the Leaning Tower of Pisa? The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a freestanding bell tower located in the city of Pisa in Italy. Like its name suggest, it actually does lean to one side. The tower started to lean during construction because the foundation was built on soft ground that had […]
What was the 20th century European art movement?
What was the 20th century European art movement? Cubism has been considered the most influential art movement of the 20th century. Which of these 20th century art movements emphasized emotion over from? Expressionism What nineteenth century art style is represented by the piece above? Impressionism Realism Romanticism. What two forms did landscape painting take in […]
Do animals have a right to life?
Does free verse poetry have rules?
Does free verse poetry have rules? While free verse lacks some of the restraints of formal and blank verse, it still involves all the elements that make up the form of a poem (including diction, syntax, lineation, stanza, rhythm, and the many different types of rhyme). It’s just that there aren’t any rules governing how […]
The fair trade in contemporary France. Ideologies and practices
The fair trade in contemporary France. Ideologies and practices. A book of Virginie Diaz Pedregal (L’harmattan, coll. “Logiques sociales “, 2007, 268 p.) The trade fair, today the entire world believes to know what it is. More specifically, three French out of four have “beyond heard” according to a poll carried out by IPSOS in […]
the Peasants of Brazil
Peasants of Brazil. Between commercial exchange and reciprocity. A book by Eric Sabourin (Editions Quae, coll. “Disciplinary “, 2007, 30€) Raymond Boudon and François Bourricaud, in their critical Dictionary of sociology1 in the article ” Socialization “, recall that the studies on the diffusion of innovations in the agricultural environment demonstrate generally if the farmers […]
The Republic and its territories. The traffic invisible wealth
The Republic and its territories. The traffic invisible wealth. A work by Laurent Davezies (Seuil, coll. “The Republic of ideas “, 2008, 10,50€) Globalization is widening the economic and social inequalities between the French regions ? The well-performing regions in the economic level are they also in matters of redistribution and quality public goods provided […]
Sociology and history
Sociology and history : work in progress. A number of the review “synopses in the human sciences” (n°14, 2008) The review synopses of social sciences and humanities devotes his record number 14 to the relations between sociology and history. Inaugurated at the turn of the Twentieth century, and which is continually renewed since that time, […]
The same-sex parenting to the male
The same-sex parenting to the male. The desire to have a child against the social order. A book by Emmanuel Gratton (Puf/The World, al. “Sharing of knowledge “, 2008) The work of Emmanuel Gratton, rewarded by the Prize The World of academic research, is the result of his phd thesis defended in January 2006 under […]