Essays 4381 - 4410
: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future by Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber. 12/22/2000. The authors, of thi...
trader exchanged his cargo of Africans for food in 1619. The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to man...
was some gap until the latter part of the Middle Ages. It was not until the sixteenth century that the wig became a generally ac...
in other arenas. On the other hand, a womans ponderous role germane to pregnancy, menstruation (considered a time of illness, debi...
their respective fields of historical inquiry. The fact that each essay was written by academic experts is no coincidence. The a...
Mesopotamia is that cultural region which existed in Southwest Asia between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers during ancient tim...
In fifteen pages acupuncture or the ancient Chinese technique of stimulating pressure points is discussed through definitions, his...
and race, generational differences, along with the evolution of science and technology. As a result, there have been three waves ...
In five pages this paper discusses how various cultural and historical factors impact the acquisition of language and reading unde...
Egypt in the late eighteenth century. French rule of Egypt ensued, but was soon supplanted by the British. This was the beginning ...
shocked when driving a short distance from the slums of inner cities to the world of wealthy suburbs?" But it is not...
lumber flourished in Oregon, Washington (Oregon Blue Book, n.d.). The timber industry collapsed in the 1990s but that decade also ...
of Change Statistician Walter Shewhart published a work in 1931 describing the benefits of bringing manufacturing under sta...
turpentine resin, gum, and a variety of metals (DFDA, 2004). During the Civil War dentists in the Southern United States used a d...
is direct without being trivial in his analysis of the events he covers. This direct approach however serves the topic and the st...
the emancipation of slaves (Burkart, n.d.). * Radical Republicans had another idea, those 11 states should be reverted to territor...
This was the condition of slavery for women. They were often seen as breeding machines that were good for little more than produci...
one of Americas most influential ministers. One year prior to 1833, when its doors opened, Shipherd found it in his heart to found...
touted as the proverbial magic bullet. It was proscribed for everything from migraines to schizophrenia. The LSD craze, however, g...
each in order to tune in, which over 2.25 million people did" (BBC, 2004). This number apparently quadrupled by the 1930s. The fir...
mother and that their buildings were erected, despite their intended purposes, to pay homage to the Mother. He cites in this cases...
from one epoch to another. The title symbolized customs of the past, but it could also be adapted to whatever future social or ec...
or within a pastry case (Stringer, 2004). Then came Renaissance and Italian bakers who were apparently renowned for their abilit...
proclaim themselves a nation in a national liberation movement which has escalated over time. Nationalism has occurred in many co...
The railroad in the U.S. was something that had already begun and the first one was near Baltimore ("History of Iowa," 2007). Chic...
served as a form of currency in these regions because it was used as wage compensation. A crucial point Standage made is that bee...
industry would locate along a waterway is understandable and even forgivable for the time in which it occurred. Rivers were magic...
and Italy. France was suddenly a power to reckon with. During the Napoleonic era, many lands were conquered for France. Of cours...
of the sport it was necessary to begin regulating the horses and the races and thus the Jockey Club was organized. This club also ...
faculties, they "won admirers by their eloquence" (Norton et al 33). The Jesuits drew on science to predict "solar and lunar eclip...