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Viewing US History Differently

statement elsewhere, but, to the best of my recollection, there was never any serious attempt to turn Native Americans into a work...

Africa's Cinematic History

Africa had been claimed by one European nation or another. The nations claiming Africa were Belgium, France, Germany, Great Bri...

Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara

proved to be the right choice. Burnside even gained support of President Lincoln, who approved their mission but warned that they...

London's Early History

for his death (Wells, 1931, 469). In effect, Caesar was consumed with one goal: to satisfy the desires and urges of Caesar. Well...

Displays Featured in Washington D.C.'s Museum of Natural History

that it was the Vikings who actually first discovered America it became of special interest and as such ahs always intrigued this ...

All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

to shock and dismay that such events could actually take place in the offices of the Nations President, and it would almost seem t...

1815 to 1860 U.S. Reform Movements

insert citation from Chapter 12). While Walden is even today held up as the epitome of how any individual can maintain and retain ...

An 18 Year Old Male's Sexual History

of gender or race occurred far less frequently than it does today. In fact, whereas sex among teenagers may have been considered t...

America and Changing Freedom

these new people to found a land where they would have such freedoms from Europe. However, at the same time, "The problem with thi...

A Memorial for the Tragedy of September 11, 2001

our power to exact our revenge? Perhaps, she suggests, there is some medium-ground that would do a little of both without going t...

U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

initial collective bargaining agreements must be rediscovered for the betterment of all concerned. II. History of the Movement a....

The Culture, History and Artistry of Black America

vision, no true identity, and certainly does not connect with his African American culture. His mother, however, changes some o...

American West and its Diversity

massive immigration in the early days when people came over from Europe. It began in the colonial times of course, but there was a...

History Texts' Depiction of Native Americans

was not construed as legitimate. Today, that is far from the case. History is a valid and viable subject and one that is taught fr...

Perspective on Slavery

Louis Hughes in his autobiography, Thirty Years a Slave (Hughes, 2001). In his account, he discusses how he was separated from his...

Donald Chidsey's The American Privateers

objectives. Though the historical context provided by Chidsey relates the idea that privateering was not a new concept, he does ...

Teddy Roosevelt's Autobiography

belief in a strong and efficient National Government and Jeffersonian in their belief in the people as the ultimate authority, and...

The Kennedy Conspiracies

alone. We remember Kennedy in two very different lights, first as a great man, a great politician who had the interest of t...

Economists Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Adam Smith

laissez faire held sway. In short, Smiths thought was that if the market and economy were basically left alone, that theyd functio...

American Experience of the Orthodox Jews and the Amish

is similar in many ways to the Amish. This is particularly true in regard to the role their women have played in their culture. ...

Overview of the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago

company (which took on the name Gus Giordano Dance Company) was televised live frequently on WTTW-TV, which was Chicagos public te...

New World Colonization by England

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

Bennett: "Before the Mayflower"

North and South" (Bennett). Bennett pays a good deal of attention to detail, explaining the position of Blacks in ancient civili...

Industrialism: Impact Upon The United States Population

who effectively directed the masses. According to Perry M. Rogers, author of Aspects of Western Civilization: Problems and Source...

Ballet

of her toes), wearing the bell-shaped white tutu that is, for many, the enduring image of the ballet dancer" (Webb, 2006; 41). ...

Progress Comes at a Price: American Civil War

notes, "Serious scholars still debate whether the Civil War was necessary" (Kagan, 2005; B07). At the same time one can speculat...

Richard Orsi/Sunset Limited

been presented in dichotomous terms. On one side is the "selfish, greedy, corporate interests" and on the other, stand "the people...

New York City Draft Riots of 1863

of the rioters, which was directed at African Americans, possessed the mob with such ferocity that they lost all sense of humanity...

Four Commencement Speakers from American History

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

Southwestern Cuisine

of spiciness (Cuisine, 2006). "Chiles form the base form the base for the red and green sauces that top most northern New Mexico d...