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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...

'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...

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...

Early Persecution Of Christians

flogged rather than killed (Acts 5:27-42). It is through the writings of early historians like Eusebius of Cesarea and Origen that...

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...

Analysis of The Missouri Compromise

After the Civil War, slavery was over, though of course prejudice against African-Americans remains to this day. The historical i...

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...

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...

John Hope Franklin's "The Train from Hate"

This essay is on "The Train from Hate" by John Hope Franklin, which is an autobiographical account of an childhood incident that a...

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 ...

Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and What They Mean to the United States and the World

of the Vietnam War and Malcolm spent considerable time in Africa during the last years of his life to observe the economic hardshi...

Autonomy and Slavery

This essay begins by presenting the position of historian Ira Berlin that there was a modicum of autonomy within the institution o...

Views on South African Slavery

This research paper/essay addresses the view of historian Robert Shell on the nature of slavery in South Africa's Cape Colony and ...

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

This book review is on Stacy Schiff's fascinating biography of Cleopatra, which relates the life narrative of a woman who was an i...

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...

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. ...

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...