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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

relationships which existed in this time and even the incidence of domestic violence. The impacts which are revealed throughout B...

Summary of Free to Choose by Milton and Rose Friedman

the book follows the television series on which it is based. There is a chapter for each of the ten episodes. The first chapter, ...

Reviewing The Book of the Torah: The Narrative Integrity of the Pentateuch by Thomas Mann

are already well acquainted with the Torah, his book provides an excellent introduction for those that are only somewhat familiar ...

Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom by Ceresko

book touches on many mundane matters. How to get through life and understand its wrath is truly lifes most contemplated topics and...

Edith Hamilton's Mythology

Chaos. Gaea, the first Titan, was the earth, itself. After she emerged from the Chaos, she gave birth to her own consort, Uranus, ...

Introduction to the Old Testament by Anthony Ceresko

Old Testament as a straightforward history. Rather, both men advocate that these texts emerged as a "self-defining narrative of a ...

Human Universals by Donald E. Brown

out that this is two-way street. He writes, "...by the same token that we may seek the explanation for universals in human nature,...

Presidential Selection by James Ceaser

he seriously holds that the delegate selection changed from closed caucuses that were controlled by an old fashioned mechanism to ...

The Rise And Fall of the Great Powers Economic Change And Military Conflict From 1500 to 2000 by Paul Kennedy

imperialism; such aspects as the advent of railroads could not help but have a pronounced effect upon the progression of modernity...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Notes

In four pages this paper examines Douglass' narrative in terms of impressing upon white readers his situation as a slave in the So...

Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping and Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway Compared

or Smiths point of view, letting the reader know the heroines thoughts, and then switching to the perspective of another character...

'Metamorphosis' of Franz Kafka

Such an endeavor may provide one with an interpretation of events in the story that would be far different from one that does not ...

Oppression Issues

In 5 pages 5 essays that examine oppression are discussed and include Herbert Gans' 'Deconstructing the Underclass, an unknown aut...

Literature in The Gilded Age

popular movie in which Dorothy wore ruby red slippers, in Baums text the shoes were silver. The story of Dorothy, as the quintesse...

International Protection of Ecosystems, Ecocentrisms, and Wilderness

In five pages this paper examines an article by George Sessions and discusses the feasbility of the author's approach regarding ec...

The Future of Capitalism by Thurow

most--actually all, as few dispute its dominance-- there are critics of capitalism. There are flaws, such as the fact that America...

Jeffrey Berry's The Interest Group Society

In five pages an analysis of the text and the author's concepts are presented. One source is cited in the bibliography....

Art and Life of Ernest Hemingway

in Europe. He was seriously wounded in Italy, and incurred nearly a dozen operations to restore complete function to his knee, whi...

Female Literature Since the Fifteenth Century

This paper examines fifteen female writers spanning the four-hundred year period since the Fifteenth Century. The author addresse...

Life and Art in 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages this paper discusses the author's life and writings in a comparison with the short story regarding Alcee and Calixta...

Religion in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

In seven pages this paper examines the short story in terms of how it expresses the author's attitudes about religion. Six source...

The Return of Depression Economics by Krugman

Krugman focuses on the cause of the collapse, noting that defeating inflation (i.e., using more dollars to buy products) is one re...

'Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe and Irony

In 3 pages the author's employment of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony in this short story is analyzed. There are 2 source...

'Grace' of James Joyce

In 5 pages this paper discusses the author's uses of metaphor, style, and syntax in the short story. There are 5 sources cited in...

Cincinnati, Queen City of the West, 1819-1838 by Daniel Aaron

In six pages this book is considered in an informational overview that covers the book's purpose, its primary themes, the author's...

Frozen Sinners in Canto 32 of Dante's 'Inferno'

A brief passage from 'Inferno' is examined in 3 pages as it pertains to the ice lake's frozen sinners with the author's intention ...

Japan, Contrasting Views

Japan's emergence as a modern power has been chronicled as a major tale of the 20th century. This paper compares Kenneth Pyle's Th...

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

In five pages the author's naturalist perspective is applied to life's questions including the place of humanity, God, and what th...

Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy

In nine pages this advertising text including the author's recommendation of what represents 'good' advertising based upon nearly ...

Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

In ten pages this paper discusses Langston Hughes' 1930 novel debut and analyzes the author's use of speech to convey 'black humor...