melting pot theory
1Melting pot — For other uses, see Melting pot (disambiguation). The image of the United States as melting pot was popularized by the 1908 play The Melting Pot. The melting pot is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more …
2RACE, THEORY OF — In the 18th century the founding fathers of anthropology almost all believed that the human races differed in innate intelligence, or even in virtue. Obviously the idea of such racial differences is far older than the first attempts at their… …
3Cultivation theory — is a social theory which examined the long term effects of television on American audiences of all ages. Developed by George Gerbner and Larry Gross of the University of Pennsylvania, cultivation theory derived from several large scale research… …
4Ceri Peach — is a geographer from Bridgend, Wales. He was an undergraduate (BA 1961), graduate student (D. Phil, 1964) and lecturer at Merton College, Oxford [1] before being appointed to a lectureship in Geography at St Catherine s College, Oxford (known… …
5List of political metaphors — This is a list of common political metaphors. Relating to the executive* eminence grise: literally, grey man, from French. Colloquially, the power behind the throne. An official close to the president or monarch who has so much power behind the… …
6Charles Francis Adams, Jr. — Charles F. Adams, Jr. en août 1864 Charles Francis Adams II (27 mai 1835 20 mai 1915) fils de Charles Francis Adams, Sr. , est un membre de la grande famille des Adams [1] . Il est colonel de l Union Army pendant la guerre de Sécessi …
7Crèvecoeur, Michel-Guillaume-Saint-Jean de — or J. Hector St. John or Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur born Jan. 31, 1735, Caen, France died Nov. 12, 1813, Sarcelles French U.S. writer and naturalist. He traveled to the New World in 1755 as an officer and mapmaker and became a farmer, then… …
8industrial glass — Introduction solid material that is normally lustrous and transparent in appearance and that shows great durability under exposure to the natural elements. These three properties lustre, transparency, and durability make glass a favoured… …
9Culture — For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). Petroglyphs in modern day Gobustan, Azerbaijan, dating back to 10 000 BCE indicating a thriving culture …
10Nathan Glazer — (born 1924)[1] is an American sociologist who taught at the University of California, Berkeley[2] and for several decades at Harvard University.[3] He is a former co editor of the now defunct (but once highly influential) policy journal The… …
