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Urban Areas Large Cities
463 wordsBetween 1865 and 1900 American cities changed drastically. The development was at its fastest moving point. For example, in 1860 only fifty-eight cities in the country had a population between ten and 50 thousand people. This number by 1900 was up to 369. With this rapid population growth came a need for development in these cities. Electronic trolleys were invented to eliminate the tons of waste from horsecars that had for decades fouled city streets. This also caused congestion however, and to...
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Italian Immigrants Southern Italy
869 wordsItalians immigrated in large numbers in the early 1900 's. It is estimated that nearly three million immigrants came to the United States between 1900 and 1914. They immigrated to America to better themselves. Most of them lived in poverty and desperately needed an alternative. America was their alternative for a new way of life, a new horizon. I will discuss the arrival and acculturation experiences of Italian immigrants in New York City and Chicago. To understand these immigrants, one must fir...
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Traffic And Urban Congestion 1955 1970
1,618 wordsIn 1960, Great Britain still had no urban freeways. But with the ownership of private cars becoming ever more common, the problem of congestion in British cities was unavoidable. Investigating the possibilities of freeways as alleviator's of big-city traffic jams, the government-sponsored Buchanan Report was pessimistic: ... the study shows the very formidable potential build-up of traffic as vehicular ownership and usage increase to the maximum. The accommodation of the full potential is almost...
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Coffee Shops American Cities
1,569 wordsCity of Seattle Seattle is located at the most picturesque place of the North-West American lands. It is the biggest city in Washington. The city is surrounded by the waters of Pacific Ocean and the picturesque landscapes of the Rainier Mountain. Due to its ancient history and cosmopolitan character, the city is known as one of the most boisterous American cities. Seattle is the centre of commercial and cultural life; it is the city of high-technologies of the North-Western part of America. Seat...
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Majority Of People Wal Mart
1,790 words... much from life as possible is absolutely justified, because we only live once. Thus, we can think of consumer culture as descendant of Renaissance values, which were materialist in their essence. People have always existed as consumers, throughout the history; therefore, being a part of consumer culture is absolutely natural to them. Consumer culture provides people with a choice, when it comes to selecting products. In Communist countries, consumerism has always been referred to as somethin...
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Taking Place American Cities
2,050 wordsNowadays, it is quite impossible to be absolutely sure as what was the initial cause of Chicago Great Fire of 1871. However, it is most probably that this cause had accidental properties. Most historians agree that the fire was started in Patrick Olearys barn, when one of his cows kicked over a lantern. This seemingly a banal accident is associated with one of the worst artificially created disasters in the history of U. S. During the course of fire, three hundred people lost their life and hund...
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Community Policing In America
1,576 wordsCommunity Policing in America (1) The concept of community policing has become especially popular in recent years, since celebration of diversity, had succeeded in turning the ever-increased number of streets in American cities into places, which people try to avoid at any cost, especially after it gets dark. It is not a secret that in so-called hoods, drug dealers often openly sell crack, with police officers being given orders not to get involved, in order not to provoke racial riots. Nowadays...
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Heavy Metals American Cities
1,775 wordsSludge Part 1. A. Municipal sewage facilities main task is to purify polluted water from great many sources, like homes, businesses and public drains. In order to do that, they filter out the dirty water and than they discharge it, once its purified. The material remaining after the process is collected, it is usually referred to as sludge. The different characteristics of sludge determine the best ways that need to be applied to get rid of it. Sludge can be used as fertilizer in right amounts; ...
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Mcgraw Hill Unskilled Labor
1,617 wordsPoles and Italians in Detroit In the late 17 th century and early 18 th century Detroit was a hotbed for foreign immigration. The booming automobile industry and resulting growth of the city ensured that many jobs were available for those able to take them. Among these immigrants were distinct groups originating from many different countries. Two of these groups were the Poles and the Italians, who arrive to Detroit looking for a new beginning. Although many similarities can be found between the...
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One Of The Biggest Organized Crime
1,362 wordsWhen most people think of the Mafia they think, murderers and gamblers. But in fact the Mafia is more than just a bunch of wise guys sitting around gambling. For years organized crime families have provided for many and brought wealth to their communities. In the early years of America, organized crime helped pave a way for many of the American cities to grow to what they are today. Most of the families provide for more than one hundred people per community. Organized crime has become a world of...
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