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Strength of Great Britain Following the Second World War

In five pages this paper presents the argument that Great Britain has not lost strength as some historians have suggested followin...

Artist Mary Cassatt

In thirteen pages this paper examines the life of artist Mary Cassatt and her art is critiqued by Griselda Pollock and other femin...

Jews in Hollywood and An Empire of Their Own by Neal Gabler

In five pages this paper examines how the Hollywood studio system was created by Jewish business moguls as considered in this 1988...

Group of Women by Pierre Auguste Renoir: Group

In five pages this paper examines how art historians Carol Duncan and John Berger interpret Renoir's Group of Women painting. Thr...

Discrediting the Predictions of Karl Marx

In five pages this paper examines how historians and contemporary history have combined to discredit the global revolution predict...

JFK's Presidency and 'Camelot'

In a research paper consisting of six pages the ways in which the mythological connection between the legend of Camelot and John F...

The Golden Age Comedy of Voltaire And Moliere

For many historians, the comedy styles and content of the works of Moliere and Voltaire represent the pinnacle of 18th century Fre...

Conkin verses Patterson on the New Deal

Historians Paul Conkin and James Patterson take different stances on Roosevelt's so called New Deal. This six page paper compares...

'Just War' Concept and Operation Desert Storm

In six pages this paper applies the 'just war' concept to the Persian Gulf War in a consideration of its origins, its outcomes, an...

Modern Era Characterized by the French Revolution

In eight pages this research paper examines why several historians look to the French Revolution as the modern era's starting poin...

We All Got History by Nick Salvatore

In five pages this paper presents a summary and analysis of the memory books of Amos Webber as portrayed by historian Nick Salvato...

Writings of Pedro de Peralta Barneuvo and Jerry M. Williams

In eighteen pages this research paper examines this Peruvian writer's preEnlightenment writings as analyzed by historian Jerry M. ...

Medieval History Bias

In a paper consisting of 8 page the influence of bias in Medieval history telling is considered along with the ways in which histo...

Herodotus and His Contemporary Influence

In 6 pages this paper discusses how the concepts of the ancient historian Herodotus continue to influence the contemporary world. ...

Religion and Joseph Campbell

In five pages this paper discusses religion and ritual in terms of the social purpose historian Joseph Campbell believed they repr...

Social Issues Reflected in Monsters

In ten pages this research paper discusses historian Jeffrey J. Cohen's 'monster theory' and its sociocultural implications. Five...

Vietnam Period Historical Themes in Ron Kovics' Autobiography Born On The Fourth Of July

home. Your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave" (Kovic PG). That Kovic was no different than any other red-...

Charlemagne's Coronation

declare himself King, or to seem eager for the post. Instead, it seemed more pious to have Charlemagne modestly refuse the crown. ...

Journal Entries on the Expedition of Lewis and Clark

two met during their push westward. If one looks at Lewis entries it is obvious that he considers the white population to have had...

Admirability in Cicero by Plutarch

Romans feel how great a charm eloquence lends to what is good, and how invincible justice is, if it be well spoken; and that it is...

The Specific Causes of the Two World Wars

fueled by a rising tide of nationalism. The traditions and problems dated back so many years that it would be nearly impossible to...

A Comparison of Herodotus and Fischer.

316). The idea that historical research and results should be confined only to a few learned scholars, as far as Fischer is concer...

Overview of King Philip's War

they were so vastly different in how they lived and how they saw life, with many colonists believing it was imperative that the Na...

Power Rises of Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin

and abundance" (Zagladin 262) but in reality "brought down on them terror and repression, and dragged the world into an era of blo...

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...

President Harry Truman's Decision to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki

sections of Tokyo. By July of 1945, Japan was ready to surrender, but feared, because of Roosevelts insistence on unconditional su...

Pentateuch or the Torah and Moses

Wrote the Pentateuch - The Five Books of Moses, 2003). This would have provided Moses approximately 40 years to complete these wr...

Judaism, Christianity, Religious Misinterpretation, and Environmental Problems

into the premier representation of Christianity, Jesus was to occupy a dual role within the religious world. He did not eschew hi...

An Early Church History by Eusebius

the holy apostles; ... 2. to relate the many important events that are said to have occurred in the history of the church; 3. "to ...

Industrialization, Taking A Historical Perspective

"factory" typically conjures in the mind of the modern reader has actually very little to do with what factories, as a whole, were...