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Terra Nullius and 'New Holland' Myths

It is important for the student working on this project to understand that European imperialism was about political and national c...

Woman Holding a Balance Painting by Jan Vermeer

to hearth and home. Her expression is one of serenity, and reminds one of the Madonnas expression. In this respect, then, women we...

Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum McCunn

Chinese woman (in the area)," and therefore, she was also "an attraction that (would) bring men, Chinese and white, from miles aro...

'The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality' by Bernard Williams

almost visceral, level. Whether or not the student agrees or not will generally be based on a personal belief system, ideology, re...

Women's Rights Movement and Contributions of the Antislavery Movement

In response to this exclusion, the first ever convention was held to discuss womens rights, and this took place in Seneca Falls, N...

Economics and Lasting Influences of U.S. Presidents

the second of what would become fairly regular Fireside Chats, FDR (1933) went directly to the American people via radio to outlin...

The Best War Ever by Adams

does discuss the difficulties with reporting history as generally speaking, history is not exciting. It is not sensational as are ...

Oregon Trail and Education

(2003). While not formal, the education was something for the children to hang onto. Obviously, the reason why formal education co...

1834 Bermuda

Indians but most were brought forcibly from Africa (Bermuda History, 2003). Typically, they were used as domestic servants but we...

Timbuktu and Sonni Ali

reign was not necessarily a popular one (History Channel, 2003). Although a Muslim, he mistreated Islamic scholars (and put many o...

Cultural and Political Autonomy Preservation Struggles of Native American Leaders

the Europeans who had invaded Native American lands. The English to whom we most often attribute the negativities of history in r...

Labor and Public Activism of Women

duties of men" (Craik 5). Craik argued that women already had a position, a role, and a work-based duty, that was the underpinnin...

People Assisted by Social Sciences

that this huge nation requires a significant amount of energy just to maintain daily operation. As a result of Chinas overwhelmin...

Comparing the Self-Portraits of Female Artists Kathe Kollwitz, Frida Kahlo, and Paula Modersohn-Becker

been wrinkled by the hands of time. Rather than being strictly a portrait of age, however, Kollwitzs 1934 self portrait is also a...

Incas and Aztecs

leaders. In another section of the document we note that people were provided to help transport goods, and that the leaders wou...

Van Der Weyden/Art

connection between the three central figures. St. Luke, while he is painting the Virgin and child, does not appear to be looking ...

Behaviorism

to demonstrate that negative exposure at an early age can determine the onset of phobias. Watson developed along this Behaviorist...

Benjamin West's Artistic Career

Francis Hayman for the Rotunda at Vauxhall Gardens during the Seven Years War. Jonathan Tyers, the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens ...

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as me...

The Russian Revolution Historical Milestone

centuries. It was an autocracy with Tsar Nicholas II of the Romanov dynasty in command. However, Nicholass reign was beset by in...

Westward Settlement and Environmental Effects

Americans from the land). In addition, during the early part of the century and by Congressional Act, the U.S. forbid fore...

Russian History's Inconsistencies and Dichotomies

Great," 2003). Peter the Great was somewhat obsessed with creating a Russia that was separate and apart from Asia as well. His St....

Narrative Voice in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

and understood in many different ways. We are not only given one perspective but two that work together in different and powerful ...

Feminist Theory and 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope

women should be admired for their inner qualities, rather than their outward beauty. However, it is nevertheless true that Pope im...

U.S. History, Quilting, and Quilts

turkey red) on the basis of permanence (Mainardi, 1982). They were creating fine works of art that would be marveled over and app...

Technological Advancement and Janet Abbate's 'Inventing the Internet

much stayed on one plot of land for much of their lives, passing the land to the children when they died. Then the children grew u...

History of the Civil Rights Movement in America

the Union. It was Lincoln who had endorsed the Reconstruction plan, but Congress was far more cautious. Congress determined that...

US Monetary Policy History

theories behind monetary policy debates and these are the theories that provide people in politics with support for their position...

Italy, Germany, Reunification and Nationalism

the political community is. Nationalism has existed practically throughout the history of the world but it would eventually becom...

EU and British Cattle Products

course of preventing panic (and a potential market collapse of commodities) was to ban British beef from the EU. One main ...