More's Utopia as a Superior Model when compared with Machiavellian Ideals
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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the ideas in More's Utopia and Machiavelli's The Prince. The paper ultimately concludes that More's Utopia is a more desirable world than is Machiavelli's. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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More’s Utopia, and Spielvogel’s account of the late medieval period
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A paper which compares Spielvogel's account of the Renaissance period with the society described in More's Utopia, and puts forward the theory that the latter was intended as a blueprint for a possible societal model rather than solely as a critique of More's own culture. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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New Lanark, Oneida, & Other Utopian Societies In America
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Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, numerous utopian groups created their own "heavens on earth" in the American heartland, ranging from the Shakers, to Robert Owen's "New Harmony," to the Oneida community. They struggled in vain to create "perfect" societies that would differ in contrast with the dreary ones overseas in Europe. This 6 page research paper examines the purpose, attempts, and failures of these communities -- concentrating primarily upon the examples of New Lanark and Oneida. The themes of these communities and their decline are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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One Writer's Idea Of Utopia
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A 5 page paper on a Utopia that offers a combined virtual and social education system, a justice system without lawyers, housing, food and clothing for everyone, no guns, community involvement in daily governance, and hierarchies of volunteer councils of twelve (to infinity). Income is earned and taxed--equally at 10 percent. Money and credit are dispensed with in favor of living according to means with debit cards. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Open House - Redefining Urban America in the Twenty-First Century
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A 10-page paper that examines the urban housing situation as it exists in the inner-cities of America today and defines some of the strategies that have been proposed to improve this situation, especially for lower-income citizens. Included is a discussion of the present situation in Chicago, the urban renewal strategies this city has adopted, and the success of these strategies as compared to the strategies implemented and success achieved by other major American cities as well as by other nations. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: LCHouse.doc

Outside the Family / Views On Sex In American History
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A 7 page review of textbook information presenting the 19th century's history and development of sexual perceptions, the development of sexual utopias, and the creation of sexual commerce in the United States. This writer presents a number of major points and figures as they relate to the concepts of the nuclear family and to the formation of 'sexual norms.' No additional sources cited.
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Parallels of Plato's Sociopolitical Classes
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A 15 page research paper that examines Plato's sociopolitical classes as outlined in the Republic and also his Theory of the Soul. This literature review, first of all, discuss Plato's theory of the soul and show how he extrapolates on this idea in the Republic to describe his conception of an ideal state. Then, a separate literature review examines the topic of social class within American society to determine if there are parallels between Plato's conceptualization of social class and current day American reality. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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PEACE, PROSPERITY AND BUREACRACY
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This 5-page paper, based on the writings of Hobsbaum and Scott, attempts to answer why the period following World War II ushered in the greatest of peace and prosperity. Topics include discussion of Fordism and its application to farming, the rise of women in the workforce and the fall of peasantry. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of this futuristic novel. It is discussed from a feminist perspective. Various issues about present day society and the future utopian society contained in the book are each discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Pleasure in More’s Utopia, Plato’s Republic and Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
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A six page paper which compares and contrasts the concept of pleasure in the three works, with particular reference to the difference between physical, mental and apiritual pleasure, and the importance of rationality and wisdom to a civilised society.
Filename: JLutop.rtf

Political System in "Utopia" and "Blade Runner"
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A 6 page paper discussing these different, yet similar, political systems. Sir Thomas More roundly criticized all those who chose to remain idle rather than produce some item or service of value, and no class was more guilty than was the idle rich. They depended on their peasants to work their lands; their peasants depended on them to provide protection against invasion by outside forces. More described a picture of a society dependent on peasants' production according to their talents, rather than on their loyalty to the manor master. Blade Runner holds a picture of a group ready to demonstrate to its controllers its dependence on their production, which is also based on their capabilities. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Positive and Negative Points in the Communist Manifesto
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This 3 page paper focuses on two positive and two negative points which appear as a set of ten points at the end of the second chapter. Alienation is discussed. No additional sources cited.
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