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Fools Crow by James Welch

In five pages this research paper examines the Blackfeet Native American tribe of the 19th century as depicted in James Welch's no...

Language and Realism in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In five pages this paper discusses how dialect is used for the purposes of realism in this late 19th century American novel. Ther...

The Paradox of Change by William H. Chafe

In five pages this historical text regarding American women's twentieth century development is analyzed. There are no other sourc...

Assimilation and Conflict in the Western Settlement

a progression of Indian emigration into the central plains and western regions of the country, based not only the movement of whit...

Native American Plight in The Long Death by Ralph Andrist

In eight pages this paper discusses how the U.S. military defeated the Native Americans during the nineteenth century within the c...

America's Revolutionary War and Women

in 1620. Between 1628 and 1640, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was established. By the time of the revolution strong communal valu...

New Jersey's History

In five pages the seventeenth through nineteenth century history of the state of New Jersey is discussed with the Lenni Lenape tri...

Moral Issues as Presented in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In eight pages this paper examines 19th century moral values as they are represented by Huck's ethical evolution throughout this c...

US Lutheran Church and its History

Church (Royce 05B). The history of the conventional Lutheran Church date back to the sixteenth century when Protestant reformer M...

Paul Laurence Dunbar's 19th Century Poetic Persona

In eight pages this research paper considers the persona that ensnared late 19th century African American poet Paul Laurence Dunba...

Twenty First Century US Army

In eight pages this essay examines the application of computer technology to the twenty first century American Army. Five sources...

How African Americans Were Treated in the US Before and After the Civil War

This paper examines the treatment of African Americans in the United States from the late eighteenth through the nineteenth centur...

A Slavery Overview

In seven pages this issue is examined from the time of the American Revolution through the emancipation of the 19th century and in...

Nineteenth Century South and Slavery

In five pages this paper examines narratives by Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass in a consideration of nineteenth century sla...

US Frontier Myth

In six pages this paper refers to Gunfighter Nation The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth Century America by Richard Slotkin in t...

Christianity and Obstacles Confronting Women

held positions in various states.She also taught at a different seminary and later began her own .In Philadelphia, Bonney and a fr...

Doomed Native America

In five pages this paper examines how the relationship between Native Americans and Europeans was doomed from the beginning in a c...

Frances E.W. Harper's Life and Work II

In nine pages this research paper considers this African American novelist, poet, and lecturer in terms of her life and work with ...

Industrialization and the American Economy

In seven pages this paper examines the American economy and increasing industrialization from the mid-nineteenth century until the...

Shakespeare and Jonson and Elizabethan Clowns

This essay pertains to William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Ben Jonson's "Every Man in His Humor," and how each p...

Humor used in Persuasion

smoker has two different cognitions, which may include the idea that he smokes, as well as the idea that smoking leads to cancer (...

Absurdity and Existentialism in Adams' Hitch Hiker's Guide

arise out of unexpected and irrational contradictions faced by the main characters on virtually every page. The absurdity is not j...

University Days by James Thurber

describes his economic class and the perplexed foot player who has difficulty naming one means of transportation. Again, the humor...

Embracing Cultural Differences

In five pages the distinctions an individual may encounter when traveling in an area where there is a different culture are examin...

American Family Represented in The Simpsons Cartoon

In five pages this paper discusses how the humor, goals, dreams and family life of America are reflected in the FOX cartoon series...

Analysis of 1987 Documentary Cannibal Tours

In two pages Dennis O'Rourke's 1987 documentary is analyzed especially in terms of its effective employment of both irony and humo...

Can Computers Lie?

The Human Brain Descartes argued that the mind is an entirely separate substance from the body because he can "think" of...

Teaching Defensive Skills in Coaching

With the emphasis on scoring and offense, teaching defensive skills can be one of the more difficult tasks of a coach. This paper ...

'Grace Under Fire' A TV Comedy Consideration

In three pages the aggressive, superiority, and cognitive humor theories are applied to this ABC television sitcom. There is one ...

Characteristics of John Donne's Poetry

In five pages this paper discusses the poetry of John Donne in a consideration of their various characteristics including the blen...