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Analyzing the Article 'Prime Mover' by Douglas Brinkley

Third, Brinkley demonstrates how the Model T completely changed the notion that capitalism was a practice reserved only for the af...

Competing Visions of Thomas Morton and William Bradford in 'The May Pole of Merry Mount' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

setting for Nathaniel Hawthornes 1835 short story, "The May-Pole of Merry Mount." Bradford took a rather dim view of the festivit...

Poor People's Movements by Piven and Cloward

In six pages this paper examines poor people's movements in this historical overview that makes references to Piven and Cloward's ...

The History of Fortune Cookies

in the middle of their Moon Cakes (replacing the yolk with secret messages). Patriotic revolutionary, Chu Yuan Chang took on the d...

U.S. Civil War Memorial

the reality of the civil rights movement. In this way, it becomes an everlasting record however of the event, thus immortalizing ...

Politics and the Arts

weighing over 2.5 tons, this structure covers over 13 acres and so carefully surveyed so accurately that it aligns perfectly with...

Gates and Jobs and Hewlett and Packard

he met his soon to be arch rivals, Bill Hewlett and David Packard. Bill attended MIT part time after a stint at Stanford ( "Agilen...

Historical Roman Crucifixion Evidence

From this examination we can perhaps understand that Roman crucifixion was not something that was limited to only criminals. Peopl...

Management Effectiveness and Gender Influence

power may also be utilised in a negative fashion, depending on circumstances. The converse is true of feminine style management....

Significance of Slave Narratives

control of countries worldwide. Naturally, showing dark natives the benefits of Western culture did not come without a price, as E...

Pentateuch as Interpreted by T.E. Fretheim

can be seen as counter-productive: it is necessary to look both at the validity which the compilers accorded to their sources and ...

Anita Diament's The Red Tent

speak of history and these are powerful conditions spelled out in the fictional work of Diamant. Through her book we see parts of ...

Global Affairs and the Historical Role of the United States

influence. There are other aspects of power as well, however. Some contend that the U.S. may be declining in military power and ...

Brief History of the Coca Cola Company

fountain retailers. In addition, Coca-Cola has substantial ownership interests in numerous bottling and canning operations. They...

History of the WWW

He then invents the mouse and goes on to coin the word Hypertext (2000). It was also during the 1960s that the Internet would be ...

A Comparison of Various Feminist Movements

forth but this time it was with broader generational appeal; it was more interesting and expressed female sexual desire for the f...

Politics and Women Throughout History

that is only one aspect of politics. Again, women had smaller roles. Jeanette Rankin of Montana was elected to office in 1917, and...

An Emergency Medical Services Overview

or has been found floating in the water for example. Local first aid squads are often dispatched by the police departments and ...

History of the Italian Carnival During the Renaissance

the meal. The number of guests allowed to attend certain weddings and funerals was also closely regulated. Why and for how long ...

Africa Colonization Benefits and Costs

foreign feet upon Africas ground was never the same once colonization occurred. For nearly as long as man has existed, racism has...

Impracticality of Direct Democracy

in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...

Historical Cost Concept

valuation that are excessive where prices may have dropped. This is why revaluation is becoming more appropriate when seeking to g...

Adversaries North Korea and Japan

Western technology so that it blended into a strong and prosperous union. This was not an easy venture, however, inasmuch as conv...

The Hebrew Bible by Jon Levenson

biblical theology," is central to Levensons position on Old Testament theology. This essay drew immediate attention. Barr (1996) r...

Epic of Gilgamesh's Historical Importance and Themes

Humbaba the Terrible. Enkidu has encountered Humbaba and continues to try to dissuade Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is stubborn and listens...

Nokia Corporation Analysis

year (Lee and Raza, 2000). Since Russia had been a large purchaser of mobile phones, Nokias mobile division experienced severe los...

Song Dynasty Chinese Painters and Paintings

One was Go Xi who "was a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and a follower of Li Cheng in style. He was the first to ...

Theory in International Relations and Marxism

ideas are not simply an alternative vision of the nature of international relations and world politics. They also present a wider ...

The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz and the Religion Theme

would pay for the gift in good works and that we were the vassals of the great prince Don Carlos who had sent us to redress grieva...

The Concept of Artificial Intelligence

environments that were not completely structured for machines" (Brooks, 2002, p. 8). With AI, however, that control is destined t...