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American Labor

put the machine in his place. But the machine has not always been kind to man. In fact, labor unions came into being almost as so...

Religion in the History of Early America

faculties, they "won admirers by their eloquence" (Norton et al 33). The Jesuits drew on science to predict "solar and lunar eclip...

Eliot & Thackeray

to the Siren and also in descriptions of her performance of Clytemnestra. Nevertheless, Thackeray leaves her in a life where she "...

African American Generals

anonymity and confidentiality. In any research that is expected to be effective, informative, and beneficial in any way it is impe...

What's Wrong with Democracy (Book Review)

geared for someone who already knows much about Athens. That said, this will appeal to those with much knowledge about the roots o...

Workforce Participation Rates

riveter). But with the war, the demand for workers grew, and "everyone" agreed that women would work; they also agreed that the jo...

Analysis: “Six Characters” Author

writer create something unless it comes at least partly from within? Trying to provider a brief synopsis of the play is impossibl...

120 Years of American History

interrupted by the First, and especially the Second World War, when women in large numbers went to work for the first time. Many ...

Nineteenth Century U.S. Labor

Workers included men, women and children. The fact that children worked in incredibly dangerous situations and conditions furthe...

Illegal Immigration Issues and America's Agricultural Policies

facets of daily life, from job availability to health care and public education, but the list is growing, even to the long term af...

Daniel K, Richter's Facing East from Indian Country

text prologue, Richter observes, "The emergence of an aggressively expansionist Euro-American United States... is a problem to be ...

Life in Mount Sinai, New York

Sinai, New York. It seems that members of the community treat us well. Do they treat people who are different less well? In gener...

Book Review of Thomas Paine's Common Sense

was apparently encouraged by leading minds of the time the work was completely his, indicating he was not working, so to speak, fo...

From Creation to the Cross

One of the more interesting aspects of Baylis "From Creation to the Cross" is the texts address of the various linguistic issues t...

The Zen of La Llorona by Deborah Miranda

of her mother, her mothers mother, and herself. She illustrates how her mothers birth almost cost Mirandas grandmothers death. She...

Overcoming Censorship in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

This paper consists of five pages and considers how back in 1953 the author of Fahrenheit 451 discusses how to overcome censorship...

Witness and Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi

In six pages this essay examines what literary tools the author employed in writing Survival in Auschwitz....

The Abandonment of the Jews by David Wyman

In eight pages this text by David Wyman is analyzed in terms of a discussion of the opinions expressed by the author....

Comic Effects in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Court are called Algernon" (Wilde 76). Here, Wilde is clearly poking fun at the aristocracys preoccupation with names and appeara...

Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz

In six pages this essay examines how the author utilizes Mexican pachuco in his work....

Irving Bartlett's John C. Calhoun A Biography

In nine pages various concepts pertaining to this biographical text are considered including the culture of the American South, th...

Killer Angels by Michael Shaara'

In five pages the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg as seen through the eyes of author Michael Shaara is examined in this text review...

The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan and Oppositions

In five pages this paper discusses how the author portrays East and West cultural oppositions....

Voodoo Heritage by Michel Laguerre

In five pages this paper examines the anthropological text in an evaluation of the myths and rituals the author describes....

Comparative Analysis of Chinese American, Black American, and Native American Experiences

This paper consists of five pages and contrasts and compares the socioeconomic, historical, and ideological factors associated wit...

Early 1900s' South to North African American Migration Compared with European Americans' Movement

laborers, domestic servants, families - all made the monumental decision to search out a better life. Regardless of the quest for ...

Comparing System Theories in Nursing

and enables a holistic view" (Edelman, 2000; p. 179). In Neumans case, rather than existing as an autonomous and distinctly forme...

Irving and Hawthorne, Comparing 2 short stories

attending Bowdoin College. While some of his work was published, this did not provide him with enough income to live on and he ear...

The European Invasion of the Americas and its Long Term Consequences

The discovery of the Americas opened a chapter of world history that ultimately reflected phenomenal consequences. Numerous...

Obstacles to Coming Home

the future are elements that are unexpectedly difficult. My decision to pursue the continuation of my education came after consid...