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Political and Social Changes in Great Britain from 1900 to 1914

In five pages early 20th century social and political changes in Great Britain are considered in terms of the origin of the modern...

South Africa and Independence

as the people of South Africa seek to bring about a more equitable sharing of political power and wealth within their country. O...

Rock 'n' Roll is Here to Pay by Chapple and Garofalo

In four pages this rock music text is analyzed in terms of the musical form's reflection of 20th century pop culture, the economy,...

Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler

In five pages this research paper analyzes both the famed composer of the early 20th century and his Symphony No. 4. Four sources...

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and the Characters of Clarissa and Septimus

In five pages this paper examines the characters in this Virginia Woolf novel in terms of how they reflect changing social moods o...

Critical Opinions on 'The Souls of Black Folk' by W.E.B. Du Bois

In eleven pages this research paper considers the diverse critical opinions regarding this landmark early 20th century African Ame...

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

In seven pages this paper analyzes how the author depicts the 20th century Jewish male coming of sexual age in this amusing and in...

Leisure and Work in 1900 to 1920 Urban US

This paper discusses early 20th century leisure and work as conceptualized in urban America in a consideration of Kathy Peiss' 'Le...

Late 20th Century Wage Discrepancies Pay Discrepancies: Sex, Education, Experience, and Technology

In five pages this paper examines the latter portion of the 20th century in terms of the wage discrepancies due to such factors as...

20th Century Civil Rights

of race-hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Nation; discrimination that still exists in housing, education, and emp...

Tobias Matthay and Dorothy Taubman's Piano Techniques

In fourteen pages this research paper discusses the 19th and 20th century techniques for piano developed by Tobias Matthay and Dor...

Twentieth Century Education and the Influence of Jean Piaget

In five pages the four stages of education developed by Jean Piaget are discussed in this consideration of his 20th century influe...

War is the Result of Nationalism

Their lineage can be African, Dutch, English, Chinese, Korean, or mixed?but they are all Americans. Ethnic nationalism is differen...

Literature and Modernism

In six pages this paper examines 20th century modernist literature in a consideration of such concepts as impressionism, postmoder...

The Octopus by Frank Norris

This point of view gives Norris freedom from having to make all of the action occur to a protagonist or observer and also, the rea...

Antiwar Sentiments of Crane, Twain, and Howells

In five pages the reactions against war and imperialism that began materializing at the turn of the 20th century are examined in a...

Women's Liberation Cause and the Contributions of Aishah Abd al Rahman

In six pages this paper examines the life and contributions of this influential 20th century Islamic teacher and writer who inspir...

Art Through the Ages by Helen Gardner

that the complexity of art and art forms requires a variety of approaches to understanding it. Gardner does a better job of naili...

Phaedrus by Plato and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis Compared

In seven pages these works are compared in reveal the three ways in which the Christian author of the 20th century may have been i...

20th Century White Male Culture

In ten pages this paper discusses the impact of 'white male culture' upon 20th century society's politics, economics, and culture....

Original Position and Difference Principle of John Rawls

principles are finally agreed to" (145). He argues that people who possess a "sense of justice" would have a desire to live accor...

Changing Perspectives on Welfare and the US Federal Government

funded job. That was the theory. In practice, the bills drafters (of whom Clinton was one) knew Congress would not be able to...

Gender Relationships Across Cultural Lines

Few things have changed as much as gender roles and expectations in the 20th century. This paper examines ideas on gender among va...

Comparative Literary Analysis of William Faulkner's Modernism and Toni Morrison's Postmodernism

(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...

Architecture Hi Tech and Postmodernism

inherently good or inherently evil. Fragmentation and diversity are seen as positive and there is no conservative or fundamental p...

Jews and Persecution Reasons

this premise had become a common notion and it persisted for centuries, something that would create more areas of persecution ("Pe...

Power Justification

The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

Cinematic Perspectives of Society and Race

culture. "Out of Africa", for example, is a love story. It is also a story of contrasts. A Danish woman lands in the middle of K...

Death in the Paintings 'My Birth' by Frida Kahlo and 'The Trench' by Jose Clemente Orozco

me today?" (Reed 25) His art has been described as being both powerful and extraordinary, and since the Mexican Revolution coinci...

Twentieth Century and the Culturally Conflicted Media

cultural influence and at times, military advantage for the country. At the same time, the various forms of mass media have deve...