Essays on Tourism Literature Reviews

"Mental Health Services" paper discusses the contrasting views on how support might be best provided to people experiencing a mental health crisis.... It appears that an institutionalized, contained environment such as that found in a mental hospital may be suitable only for the most disturbed patients....

The paper 'The Use of Marijuana in Canada' presents the research findings of leading Canadian organizations like Angus Reid Strategies poll, the total number of people supporting the legalization of cannabis usage in Canada is much higher than the people who are opposing it.... ... ... ... The research, which was mainly conducted among the Canadian adults, especially in the region of British Columbia, has found that '65% favored legalizing marijuana as a means of reducing gang violence, while only 35% favored increasing marijuana trafficking penalties....

The objective of this literature review is to provide an in-depth summary of the chemical constitution of micronutrients that are required for the proper functioning of the human body.... Moreover, the review will discuss the physiological effects associated with the digestion of those nutrients....

The following review "Mindless Eating Why we Eat more than we Think" dwells on the art of consuming food.... As the author puts it, "I have always focused on what I eat, and have strived to maintain my weight in a range in which I have felt healthy and comfortable".... ... ... ... Of course, society gives us many markers of what the 'perfect' body is, or what we should eat and shouldn't eat, but until I read Cornell Professor Brian Wansink's eye-opening book, I realized that much of the battle we fight in today's society against weight gain, certain foods, and poor eating habits is the wrong battle....

This book review discusses the novel entitled As Nature Made Him: the Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl, that is a real-life story of David Reimer, which was written by John Colapinto.... The author has unveiled different topics regarding culture and psychology.... .... ... ... The story of the novel revolves around the medical case of a boy who was turned into a girl during a minor surgery performed to do his circumcision....

His assigned top positions to persons with questionable backgrounds for example Hugo Black to the position of the US Supreme Court. ... ... .... Although the new decisions, and the announced retirement of.... ... ... stice Willis Van Devanter seemed to undercut the chances of passing the court packing plan, FDR continued to press for passage for all but one of the following reasons....

The author examines "Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692" book by Richard Goldbeer in which the writer describes the events surrounding the lesser known witch hunt of 1692 Stamford.... He presents a very interesting read in which he strikes a fine balance between accurate and reliable history....

This book review "The Vagina Monologues: Expressing the Female through the Female Body" presents a play that consists of one woman who embodies a series of characterizations that express the female experience.... The play was first performed at the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village....

This paper ''Blood Diamond'' tells that the film is a literary focus on Africa, given the conflicts that arise due to the exploitation of its resources.... In this case, the resource focused on is diamond.... utside forces influence most of the life that the characters live.... It describes the war that is happening in Africa....

The paper " A Field Guide to Boys and Girls by Susan Gilbert " addresses many issues that mainly affect a child during the development process especially with more emphasis on the concept of gender.... Many people have different perceptions when it comes to establishing which gender is superior.... ...

The paper "Finding Solutions to Problems of Concern to Patients" tells that therapist tries to find out how long the patient has had the problem and the perception of the family regarding the problem.... Is the problem a result of poor communication or any other significant problem?... ... ... ... The outline in this chapter is relevant and is applicable in practicing therapy and psychology....

The review "Language and Education in Life-Span Human Development in Life-Span Human Development" critically analyzes chapter 10 of the book, Life-Span Human Development, talking about language and education with regards to human development, very comprehensively and rationally.... ... ... ... The author starts with the discussion about mastering a language in the early years of life....

The paper "The Impending Crisis by David Potter" highlights that the writer's attempt to attack the negligence given to a possible war was right.... Clearly, authorities and other stakeholders concerned with peace could have smelled the impending crisis.... ... ... ... The review has established strong respect for personality by the writer....

The main character at the movie is Andrea ‘Andy' Sachs (played by Anne Hathaway) a recent graduate who starts working at the Runway Fashion Magazine, run by the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep).... .... ... ... This movie represents the fashion industry as a world full of narcissistic and shallow people....

The author examines "Debating the Presidency" book in which Ellis and Nelson have been inspiring the study of the presidency their power and how they create power and institutions in order to survive and deliver good services to the citizens of America.... ... ... The two authors in this book have been impressive in the form in which they air their views....

The paper 'The Education System in the World Today' presents 'Panopticism' by Michel Foucault and 'The Banking Concept of Education' written by Paulo Freire which are two books that have raised divided opinions on what the two authors are talking about.... ... ... ... Some have argued that Foucault and Freire are talking about the same concept while others have stated that the two are not talking about the same concept....

The paper "Kublai Khan's Great Achievement" discusses 'Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times' that is combination of different cultural, traditional, religious, militants, and other aspects during the life of Khubilai Khan, and also his management system to run a huge state with peace and love.... ... ...

This paper outlines that on a careful study of the book 'The Police in America: An Introduction' by Samuel Walker and Charles Katz, the reader learns how thankless the job of a Police Officer is!... The man in uniform commands respect and attention by the people.... ... ... ... As the discussion, The Police in America by Samuel Walker, stresses, mostly Police Officers are on the street and in these days of mounting crimes and with the threatening postures of the all-powerful drug syndicate, they literally put their lives at risk....

The purpose of this study "The Secret Life of Bees Story Examination" is to analyze the narration and particularly character interactions in the book "The Secret Life of Bees".... The paper represents a close-look examination of characters 5-13 of the story.... .... ... ... Lily had lived peacefully with black people....

The paper "Leach and Energy Usage in Wireless Networks" estimates to the hierarchical and clustering mechanism in wireless sensor networks aids in the reduction of the overhead created and the consumption of energy when all the nodes within the network are sending information to a focal point.... ...

This research review, The Freshman Orientation - House Style and Home Style, highlights that the eight chaptered and 154-page book provide readers with what it entails a person to transition from an elections candidate to a freshman US congressman.... .... ... ... As the paper outlines, the book trails the life of Joe Schwarz as he transitions from a candidate to a freshman congressional representative in the US House of Representative....

"The Films of Alfred Hitchcock" paper tries to evaluate this with respect to the relationship that is depicted between the unnamed heroine and the character of Rebecca in the film.... The film is more or less concerned with the woman's problem of over-identification with another woman.... .... ... ...

The paper "Water and Kalahani - Obstacles to Establishment of the Truth" supports the claim that finding truth and seeking justice proves a difficult task.... In "Water", Mehta says many Indian communities hide the truth from women and kids for their benefits.... The "Kalahani' gives a similar statement....

This literature review "Ethical Concerns about Memory Dampeners" discusses the councils' analysis that states that the degradation of our humanity via memory-dampening hands us too much control of our lives, which violates the respect of the balance.... ... ... ... Pharmaceutical medication in memory control is not always acknowledgeable and evident in cases of Alzheimer's disease....

This literature review "Racial Triangulation" discusses the Asian immigrants that were racially triangulated.... Towards the end of the 18th century, the USA's alien land laws promoted racial triangulation.... American Indians and African Indians were considered unfit to belong to the American society....

The paper "Zero Dark Thirty Action Movie" describes that the objective of the film was to capture and bring justice to the individual responsible for the attacks in September 2001.... The government has the responsibility of protecting its citizens from terrorism.... ... ... ... The Navy Seals efficiently captured the terrorist according to the time assigned to them by their superiors....

The author of this book report "Pearl Bucks The Good Earth" focuses on the story of a young man, Wang Lung, who struggles through hard labor on his farm in some remote area in China to make ends meet.... Reportedly, the land has high value and just as depicted by Wang.... ... ... ... Buck writes that 'the earth lay rich and dark and fell apart lightly under the points of their hoes....

The paper contains the critical review and analysis of the book entitled "The Frenchman Orientation: House Style and Home Style" written by Sidlow Edward, a political science professor with the diverse experience of the political process in the region.... ... ... The book is simple in language as the author did not limit the audience on how to comprehend the important messages he portrayed in the textbook....

This essay discusses the analysis of the Greenstein book; The Presidential Difference.... This has a study of first hundred days of Franklin D.... Roosevelt.... Fred Greenstein gives a good survey on individual president's vision, political skill, organizational capacity, cognitive style, emotional intelligence....

The present book review "How the Media Shapes your World and the Way You Live in It" is focused on how the Media at large has had an impact on our day to day lives.... It is stated that it gives a vivid picture of how the media has been able to position itself between a human being and the real world....

Richelson's “The Wizard of Langley” offers an interesting view of the scientific features of intelligence assortment (Richelson 8).... There are different ways of.... ... ... Richelson's text has an appalling lot of humdrum account of the rigid structure of CIA scientific wings.... It focuses mainly on satellite Jeffrey gives a summary of how the different programs came into being....

"Source Evaluation on Gay Marriage" paper examines the book Gay Marriage: Why It is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America by Jonathan Rauch that presents helpful information ion why gay marriage is beneficial both to the straights, the gays, as well as the entire American community ....

The author gives a detailed review of Hopi history, culture, arts, religion, and language it is no wonder they are of such interest to archeologists, anthropologists, scholars, and researchers.... When a culture has withstood as much as the Hopi culture has and is a testament to the deep core roots ....

The paper investigates the training and development requirement of an organization and along with that the other tasks include suggesting two key ways in which the proposed teamwork project would affect organizational performance, recommending where the company should set limits on spending.... ... ...

This report comprises the explanation of the concept of pain in accordance with the views presented by Eula Biss in her article titled 'The Politics of Pain'.... The essay has represented pain as one of the usual experiences of human beings, which needs to be redefined and understood by every individual....

This literature review "Listening to Rap: Cultures of Crime, Cultures of Resistance" presents hip-hop and rap music that are the current music styles embraced by every youth and teens.... There is no consistent link of evidence that rap music without videos greatly influences attitudes and behaviors....

The paper "The concept of Structural Violence" explains structural violence can be conceptualized only if certain factors are taken into notice.... Cultural norms should be demarcated from the structural violence itself as people are wrongly using it as a factor to practice maltreatment.... ... ... ...

The paper "World Anti Doping Agency - Connection between Governmentality, Sport, and Doping" reminds it is important for the athletes to be aware it is their privilege to join any sporting club rather than their right, so they must follow certain regulations of the sports governing body.... ... ... ...

This paper focuses on the theories of motivation.... The author highlights the following theories: the Abraham Maslow theory of the hierarchy of needs, ERG theory, Herzberg's two-factor theory, Adams' equity theory, and Victor Vroom's expectancy theory.... ... ... ... Dr.... Stephen P.... Robbins defines motivation as the process that is responsible for the intensity, persistence, direction of an individual towards pursuing certain interests or in the attainment of a specific goal....

This paper 'George Ritzer's McDonaldization of Society' will provide a review and critique of the society in which we live.... Ideally, people happened to be the causal element of this change but as much as they try to administer changes, it still appears hard to break from the old societal habits....

The researcher of this essay aims to analyze "Night" by Elie Wiesel.... This paper highlights the main points of this novel.... What does Elie see and feel with his 'eyes wide open'?... Ellie felt lonely in a word without God.... He sees a world without God and humanity.... ... ... ... The irony is understood from the perspective of God and Hitler on the Jewish people....

This book review "A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr" provides a review of the Civil action book.... Jonathan Harr provides a healthy dose of attention by providing riveting moments in the book.... ... ... ... Despite the length and the scrupulous detail of the book, it's very important in our current culture....

The paper "The Facts of Social Organization in the Debate over North Africa" states that Aisenberg's article appears to be a shining example of historical arguments being based on solid empirical evidence in an age when actual first-hand accounts are no longer available.... ... ... ... Social order, in the view of the author, was nonexistent during the French Occupation, and the disorder that resulted created chaos, tribal infighting and battles, and the eventual humiliation of the French forces in terms of being able to not only live up to their word but to respect of the integrity of the territory that they were occupying....

The paper "Managing Strategic Design" discusses that a company must realize that there is no permanently excellent industry and there are no permanently excellent companies.... Commitment, trust, and voluntary cooperation are difficult to measure because they are intangible capital of the company....

The review "Gothic Architecture Aspects" focuses on the critical analysis of the gothic aspects of the two writings based on the instructions provided.... The aspects include the elements of gothic architecture discussed in each book, the central thesis, etc.... ... ... ... Gothic architecture refers to a style of architecture, which flourished all through the high and late medieval ages (Burckhardt, 2)....

The paper "The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power" describes that the author forms the argument same to Kissinger in his current book that Post-Western world emergence is predictable, adding up that this situation will be first visible at the Indian Ocean.... .... ... ... Kaplan (33) acknowledges their faith to be the one that gave the Portuguese power to undertake inhumane conditions in their carracks' bowels....

"What I Didn't Learn in Business School: How Strategy Works in the Real World" paper argues that the theories learned in the classroom cannot address the challenges faced in business organizations and requires a lot of commitment and brainstorming to apply in real-life situations.... .... ... ... Human interactions and office politics are some of the factors that interfere with decision-making processes yet many strategies and concepts taught in schools do not emphasize them....

This review "The Concept of Green Economy" analyses arguments that highlight how the issue of the green economy is a contentious issue within global debates.... Current laws are being enacted in favor of environmentally friendly initiatives that tend to minimize climatic changes and shape business practices....

The review "Planting Churches Cross-Culturally Critique" focuses on the critical analysis of the book Planting Churches Cross-Culturally by David Hesselgrave.... In writing the book the author sought to show importance using the apostle Paul's church planting cycle.... ... ... ... It highlights the ten-step process that ends up with the commissioning of missionaries following the power of the Holy Spirit....

The paper "Resources and Environment for Economic Development" seeks to consolidate information from such articles: 'Resources and Environment for Economic Development' and 'Greenwash and Green Trust'.... to offer a better understanding of the relationship between human activities and the environment....