Hobson Essays

  • The Nature and Function of Dreams

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    discovering a second real world in a dream... (2).” The question that human beings were wrestling with since then is: why do we have dreams and what, if anything, do they mean. On the one hand, there are a number of prominent scientists, such as Drs. Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley of Harvard University, who argue that we dream for physiological reasons only and that dreams are nothing more than “meaningless biology” lacking any psychological content. The opposing view comes from a large number of psychoanalysts

  • Hobson Case Study

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    An Introduction to J. A. Hobson with a Description of his Policies Born in 1858, Oxford educated John Atkinson Hobson was a “system builder” widely considered as one of the most respected economists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Despite gaining recognition mostly by the acknowledgement in Keynes’ General Theory, Hobson was an excellent and broadly relevant political economist. A self described economic heretic, Hobson was not unwilling to oppose conventional wisdom in the interests

  • Treaty Of Waitangi Dbq

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    It all began as William Hobson voyaged to New Zealand to form an agreement on behalf of her Majesty Queen Victoria, the queen and sovereign present at that time period. To begin the treaty James Freeman and James Busby drafted our beloved treaty that should have been done by the then governor William Hobson but wasn’t due to him falling ill. Missionary Henry Williams as a Maori to English translator, translated the

  • Maggie and Hobson in Hobson's Choice

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    Maggie and Hobson in Hobson's Choice The play "Hobson's Choice" is an invigorating character comedy set in Salford, a town near Manchester. It is also a biting commentary on the Victorian values that overhung into the early twentieth century, when it was written. It pits Henry Horatio Hobson, an alcoholic old shop owner, against his forceful daughter Maggie, who is determined to break out of the dull boot shop and the life of genteel spinsterhood that awaits her. "Hobson's Choice" looks

  • John Hobson Imperialism Summary

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    included how a country would force themselves into a country and take control of their people and their resources, the decline in education and science advancement in these countries, and the conflict it created with other Imperialistic countries. John Hobson saw exactly what Imperialism did first hand to South Africa, when he was in the Second Boer War. When Imperialism started it was referred to be "forcible establishment of political control by one state over others,"

  • Democracy As Civilization Christopher Hobson

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    one ends up overlooking the less positive side of it, which is more sinister than suggested otherwise. Since, that same democracy is responsible for “domination, hierarchy and violence.” (Hobson, 2008, 75). The aim of this paper is to critically review the article “Democracy as Civilization” by Christopher Hobson. And is divided into three parts; the first part of the paper will provide a brief summary of the author’s main points, the second part will attempt to evaluate the main arguments of the

  • Hobson And Jarley Biological Perspectives

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    Biological View The Biological Perspective was theorized by neurophysiologists and psychiatrists Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley. Also known as the activation-synthesis hypothesis, the theory states that dreams are simply created from the by products of the random stimulation of brain cells during REM sleep. Part of their theory suggests that there is a part of your brain in the brainstem, the pons, that can be activated to produce electrical impulses in your sleep periodically. While asleep, your

  • How Did Hobson Discredited Imperialism

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    of imports and exports between Great Britain and her colonies exposes the declining importance of their economic dependence they have on one another. Using four-yearly averages, Hobson shows the sharp, and very consistent, decline Great Britain suffered in exports to, and imports from her colonies between the years 1856 and 1899. Between 1856 and 1859 Great Britain was importing 46.5% of the goods received into her colonies and was in turn enjoying 57.1% of the exports out of the colonies. By the

  • Maggie Hobson and Will in Tim Sheader's Hobson's Choice

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    shoemaker for Hobson and is very good at his job. Maggie married Will (being very dominant for a woman in those days) and they left Hobson's shop to start up a shoe business of their own because of the way Hobson exploits them. Will and Maggie eventually fall in love and Maggie manages to get her father to pay for her two sisters weddings and because of Hobson's drinking problem they decide to join business with Hobson so that Will can manage the shop and Maggie can manage Hobson. The play is

  • Maggie Hobson in Tim Sheader's Hobson's Choice

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    Maggie Hobson in Tim Sheader's Hobson's Choice Maggie is an extremely bossy person, used to getting her own way. She is also stubborn and can easily manipulate people to do what she wants and is unlikely to change her mind on most matters. In act one of "Hobson's Choice." Maggie walks straight into the shop and immediately starts work "she crosses the shop and takes her place at the desk... she busies herself with an account book." This shows she has a sensible 'business like' mind.

  • Trinity Church

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    Trinity Church Henry Hobson Richardson designed his most famous building, Trinity Church in Copley Square, after winning a competition in 1972. James O’Gorman described Trinity as “a cultural even of the first importance in American history.” “The building both represents a departure of the Boston’s mind from its Puritan past, and emergence of American creativity as a force in architecture.” Born in 1838, Richardson was raised just outside New Orleans and surrounded by the colorful stucco buildings

  • Rhetorical Analysis: Richmond P. Hobson Argues For Prohibition

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    “Richmond P. Hobson Argues for Prohibition” Rhetorical Analysis The temperance movement was an important event in the United States, which was active from 1820 to 1966. The goal of the movement was the “moderation” and “complete abstinence” from the alcoholic drinks (“Temperance Movement”). At that time, a lot of conflicts were associated with alcoholism. A majority of prohibitionists (supporters of the temperance movement) had formed in this time period, so most of the prohibitionists had intense

  • Arthur Hobson Quinn's The Tell-Tale Heart

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    Psychological Analysis of “The Tell-Tale Heart” In Arthur Hobson Quinn’s book “Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography” it gives in great detail on Edgar Allan Poe and his life. Also why he could have written how he wrote. In Quinn’s book it states that Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 by the name Edgar Poe in Boston to two traveling actors by the names of Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and David Poe, Jr. Poe had two siblings, an older brother by the name of William and a younger

  • The Development of William Mossop’s Character in Hobson’s Choice

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    working at Hobson’s shoe shop at the bottom of the chain. At the end of the play he was ambitious, married and the joint owner of Hobsons shop. The audience sympathises with Willie the first time he appears on stage because he ‘only comes half way up the trap door’. This is because of his social standing and he feels that he is not worthy to speak to Hobson and the ‘upper class people’. As the play progresses Willie acquires a greater sense of confidence. This is shown when Willie begins

  • Conflicts in the Opening Act and Resolutions in the End of Harold Brighouse's play Hobson's Choice

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    whether those boundaries should be crossed or not. The differences caused the conflicts. The beliefs caused different actions and those actions caused conflict. The play has two main characters, both strong willed father and daughter, Hobson and Maggie. Hobson is a prosperous Salford boot maker but also an ineffectual tyrant and spends most of his time drinking whilst his three daughters run his home and his shop. Maggie is his eldest daughter, who is immensely efficient and a lot more strong minded

  • Comparison Of J. A. Hobson's Imperialism On China

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    coverages, China was still adamant in preserving their culture and traditions. J.A. Hobson

  • Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse

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    because Maggie is marrying someone of a lower class. Hobson's choice shows the rise of Will Mossop (a boothand) who is a nervous, unconfident man and how he changes when he marries Maggie, the daughter of Hobson. Maggie is the complete opposite of Will and she transforms him. It shows Hobson and others around them disagreeing with the wedding. In this essay, I am going to analyse the transformation of Will Mossop from act1 to act4 and say how he has changed. We first see Will Mossop when

  • J.A. Hobson's Strong Aversion to the British Imperial System

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    POV: J.A. Hobson, a wealthy liberal who sought to initiate economic and social reform, was strongly averse to the British imperial system because he viewed it as a corrupt scheme meant to deplete Britain’s national resources and secure more profits for the individual benefit of British elite classes. Hobson saw that imperialism facilitated conservative capitalism by “securing private material benefits [for entrepreneurs]...at the public cost,” consequently allowing business owners to advance to higher

  • Bizarre Elements of Dreams

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    transcribe dreams and daydreams over a one-week period. It was also requested that they note anything prominent that had happened to them over that week. Results worksheets were the filled out and data was handed in for analysis. The hypothesis was to test Hobson & McCartley's activation-synthesis hypothesis that dreams would have more bizarreness than other waking narratives, Our results, however, failed to support this, instead showing a higher significance of bizarreness when daydreaming, and supporting

  • European Colonialism, Imperialism, and Cultural Superiority

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    were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism ì (Lenin). There were definite economic factors contributing to the move towards imperialism in Europe (Hobson). This is probably the most basic explanation of Eur... ... middle of paper ... ...02hobson.html>. Kipling, Rudyard. "The White Manís Burden." Aug. 1997 <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Kipling.html>. Lenin, Vladimir Illyich . "Imperialism