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Standard Oil of California negotiated a contract with the King of Saudi Arabia that granted the company the exclusive concession t...

Intercultural Communication In The Workplace

ground" (Wilbers, 1996, p. 02D). "The goal is not for one party to vanquish a second party (in the judgment of a third party), bu...

Native Americans

For example, strong hostility existed between Native Americans and the Spanish because the Spanish prohibited the Indians from pra...

Homegrown Terrorism: Violence in the Pro-Life Movement

methods used by Islamic fundamentalists. That is, each faction uses bombs. Sometimes, assassination is used as well. There have be...

Ancient History to the 21st Century

time period, from around 3100-2686 BC the Egyptians had their "Early Egyptian dynastic period, with a succession of kings that str...

Impressionism/Music & Art

not explicitly intended to depict any concrete object or situation, but rather seeks to create a "mood or atmosphere," which elici...

Truth and History

workers who smoked at their jobs, and no fire extinguishers (Triangle fire, 2006). At approximately 4.45 p.m. on March 25, 1911, ...

French Canadians at the End of the 19th Century

"the aspirations of the people themselves. The controlling idea of the French Canadian is to retain...

An Overview Perspective of Quebec

leading traders of the north even before European contact (Canada and the World Backgrounder, 1995). Utilizing their strategic lo...

Ancient History's Contemporary Social Influence

writing was the mainstay of civilised life. A seated scribe holding a papyrus roll was one of the most popular subjects in their e...

Unique U.S. Southern State of Louisiana

has been proactive in respect to opposing racism at every turn. Going back to an earlier time, in the all white groups which did...

Websites on Black History and Information Verification

Europe" (also by Rashidi) also identifies Moors as synonymous with black Africans and describes how Moorish soldiers cross over fr...

History's 'Longest War'

to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...

West Misperceptions of the History of East Asia

of French historian Michel Foucalt, and makes three principal arguments. The first argument that Said presents is that Orientali...

Beauty, Consumption and Habits of Thought

If we look at the way that conspicuous consumption today and in the past there is still an element of class differentiation in the...

Bhopal, India's Union Carbide Plant and Ethics

removed a pressure gauge that was attached to the tank, stuck a hose in the hole and filled the tank with water (Dykes and Graham,...

Issues in African History

peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...

Tuberculosis and New Mexico

threatened almost everyone, regardless of social status. The disease ultimately led to many states implementing what was called ...

Forecasting for a Fast Food Outlet

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

Latin America Transformed/Gwynne & Kay, Eds.

Modernity," contains 6 chapters, which are characterized by the editors preferred political economy approach. Part 2, "Political T...

The Man and The President Abraham Lincoln

In this paper the writer observes that 'Abraham Lincoln was able to shape the history of the African American. He is the very embl...

Jones & Moody/Known World

himself to be a benevolent master, and after his death, his wife Caldonia tries to uphold this legacy, the novel nevertheless show...

Raboteau & Elkins/2 Views of Slavery

performing these rites for the multitude of abducted Africans who died in transit to the Americas. In the second chapter, Rabote...

Early Accounts of American Colonial Life

have long been "possessed" by adventurers, as this act would eternalize "the memory of those that effected it" (Smith). As this su...

Comparative Analysis of Homeward Bound American Families in the Cold War Era and Major Problems in American History Since 1945

This paper explores the concepts and themes featured in these texts in a comparative analysis consisting of four pages. Two sourc...

The Persian Gulf War and U.S. Involvement

This 7 page paper outlines the factors behind the Persian Gulf War and the U.S. military strategy during the conflict. The writer ...

The Civil War and Black Americans Who Fought

6 pages and 6 sources. This paper cosiders the African American experience in the American Civil War. This paper relates the exp...

Intellectuals and the Use of Critical Thinking

The role of critical thinking in American society has taken on greater importance in the 21st century. This paper relates the conc...

Literary Transcendentalism by Lawrence Buell

In six pages this paper discusses the American Transcendental movement in a summary and analysis of Lawrence Buell's Literary Tran...