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Sneakers and Their History

tended to be rigid and lacked any color, and could be described as utilitarian but hardly fashionable (Flusser, 2003). It wasnt u...

African Tourism and Historical Solutions

by incorporating tourism into the Mauritian school system curriculum, a move that illustrates the islands quest for long-term tour...

Profiles of Singapore, China, and Italy

olives in the agricultural industry; machinery, iron, steel, autos, textiles and shoes in the industrial context; fish, gas and ma...

Sensing Time in John Steinbeck's A Dubious Battle and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's Farewell to Manzanar

that essentially considers her Caucasian, to a point, and her familys adherence to their Japanese traditions. She is simultaneousl...

Religious, Cultural, and Historical Thematic Influences in the Writings of William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, and William Golding

for the Jews at that time. Lastly, William Golding in his novel "The Lord of the Flies" (1954) reveals the theme of the horrors of...

Ethical Issues Associated with the Period from the 'New World' Settlement Until the U.S. Civil War

itself with individual codes concerning conduct of certain individuals and groups. Morally, therefore each of the dilemmas noted ...

Japanese Politics and Traditionalist Right Domination

held by the nations cabinet which is led by the prime minister who is the leader of the political party in power. It is also the p...

Historical Significance of 10 Figures and Events

about many things ranging from bullfighting and big game hunting to political causes such as the Spanish Civil War and World War I...

Differing Analyses of A Long Day's Journey Into Night

In four pages Eugene O'Neill's play is analyzed from historical, feminist, and psychoanalytical perspectives. There is one biblio...

1400 to 1700 Japanese Relations with the West

Shogun Yoshimitsu had developed trade relations with Ming China and indirectly acquired Western goods. However, the new government...

Parabolas and Hyperbolas

cutting the cone is angled, the ellipse produced will be correspondingly more elongated, up to the point where the curve is no lon...

Analyzing Historia Calamitatum by Abelard

same time, the importance of this identification should not be overestimated; his life experiences are not limited to the expected...

Life and Mathematics Contributions of Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri

Omni Naevo Vindicatus (1733) Saccheris early work on non-euclidean geometry was considered to be very important, although he did n...

Drug Abuse Historical Overview

identify, and treat deviants" (Indiana.edu, 2001). Conflict theory and its variants - Marxism/radical sociology/critical theory an...

Placing a Historical Value on 'The Iliad' by Homer

be regarded as a historical document. There is very little certain about the poem itself or its author, who was supposedly a blin...

History of the United Kingdom Police Force

the criminal groups. In addition, the mutually antagonistic attitude which divides the police from the sub-cultural groups f...

Beauregard's Report on the First Battle of Bull Run

This paper addresses the historical First Battle of Bull Run, as interpreted by General P.G.T. Beauregard. This five page paper c...

Archaeology and Aerial Photography's Advantages and Disadvantages

Interest in the possibilities offered by aerial...

The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne and its Historical Context

for the tumultuous relationship between the inhabitants of Uncle Sams residence, later described by President Abraham Lincoln as a...

History of the IWC

whale could be chased down. THE WHALERS With more and more joining in to hunt whales, the whales became harder to find. Soon, w...

Historical Importance of the 1930s' Dust Bowl

the Dust Bowl was an area of land that had been so depleted of its natural resources that it dried up and turned into dust that no...

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare and Enobarbus' Role

exists between Antony and Cleopatra and through his overblown language show the audience that the romance between Antony and Cleop...

The Impact of World War I on Australian Art and Artists

to the gracious host to the worldwide event known as the 2000 Summer Olypmics. Art, Wartime and the land "Down Under"...

Reasons why 'Virgin Queen' Elizabeth I Never Married

This paper examines why Elizabeth I never wed Spain's Philip II, Robert Dudley, or Thomas Seymour in this historical overview cons...

An 'Othello' Sociological Analysis

In this instance, racism is a problem, and it is today. Yet, in looking back through history, one sees that racism was much more p...

A Reivew of Chapter 5 Age of Conflict by Leslie Derfler

sheer determination and power that these people possessed in their attempts to essentially control anything and everything they co...

History of Europe

due to lack of support from the homeland and the natives, whom the Vikings did battle with. Centuries later the English decided to...

Communist Manifesto Commentary

the one thing Marx did not account for in his writings was the basic nature of Man. Perhaps he assumed, and maybe he was an optimi...

The Dioxins as Lingering Agent Orange Problems

evidence". Agent orange has gained the most notoriety in its use as a defoliant in the Vietnam War. It has been the...

Historical Value of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

In seven pages this paper assesses the historical value of Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto as a document. One source is liste...