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Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's HIstory Writing

providing a complete description of the village, its geography, demography, religious beliefs, social beliefs, families, sex, food...

Rise and Fall of of the Qin Dynasty

considered to be "xian" or districts, but larger administrative districts were later formed. These were the "jun" or provinces (Qi...

Beauty, Consumption and Habits of Thought

If we look at the way that conspicuous consumption today and in the past there is still an element of class differentiation in the...

Questions on Business and Economics

Six answers are provided to questions asked by the student. The first question looks at three different models of culture; Hofste...

Sophocles, Gilman & Browning/Oppressed Women

finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...

Math Through the Ages, A Gentle History

as, in this case, devising symbols for replacing long strings of tallies. In this section of the book, the authors present math ...

The Unsolved Mystery Of D.B. Cooper

feet, with winds gusting at 80 knots and a freezing rain pounding the airplane, Dan Cooper-mistakenly identified as D.B. Cooper by...

Views of World War I

Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...

Africa and Profit From Slave Trade

(Shillington 20). Tunde Obadina, director of Africa Business Information Services, asserts that the "vast majority of slaves tak...

Islamic Militarism Since 600 A.D.

of Toledo. Bypassing Spanish Christian survivors that were huddled in the mountains of northwest Spain, Muslim armies pushed on an...

Economic, Political, and Social History of West Africa and the Impacts of Slavery and the Slave Trade

on the African continent, their form of slavery was drastically different. The old form of slavery did not drastically impact the ...

Latin America Transformed/Gwynne & Kay, Eds.

Modernity," contains 6 chapters, which are characterized by the editors preferred political economy approach. Part 2, "Political T...

The Use of Mascots in the Olympic Games

Olympic game of the host country". This may be a cynical perception of the Olympic mascots, but with the higher levels of investme...

Nokia in China

market and market share is growing in a rapidly expanding market (Yin, 2006). For Nokia, or any of the companys existing or pote...

The Welfare System: Failure

the English Poor Law tradition, the nations welfare system has been through a maze of change since its original inception. Indeed...

Both Modern and Ancient Views of Beruit and Cairo

is still regarded as sacred ground. "The citys long journey across history started more than four millenia ago. Throughout the ag...

Railroad Accidents

The general public does not know how many train accidents really happen. There are far more than most of us know. The big ones get...

Asian Economic Crisis and the Economic Policy of the United States During the Presidency of Bill Clinton

In five pages this paper discusses how the US economy was affected by the economic crisis in Asia during the late 1990s. Six sour...

Economic Reasons For The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade And Its Abolition

nature than the concept of slavery. He endeavored to illustrate how oppressing one from living a free life inherently granted to ...

Comparative Analysis of the Economic and Business Plans of Barack Obama and John McCain

Plethora of Plans, 2008). In terms of specifics, Obama has offered greater detail about where he would increase taxes than has be...

ECONOMIC TIMES, LAYOFFS AND HR STRATEGIES

also nee to take care, as "poaching" from competitors during a recession can be dangerous (Marquez, 2008). For one thing, the empl...

Political Economy and Globalization

Kants bottom-line position is that individuals should act from the "categorical imperative." That is to say that they should deci...

Universal Health Care Economic Impact

States would need to assure education and training were available for qualified individuals. One thing all states could do that ...

Economic Forecast 2009

As of December 12, 2008, some current economic indicators are as illustrated in the table below: Indicator Value Inflation % 3.66 ...

The Main Strengths And Weaknesses Of Tourism As A Means Of Economic Development

mature with many sectors. Tourism is one of the areas where developing countries have continually had a trade surplus, in 1...

Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002: Intent And Drawbacks

is the economic reality of a company. This leads to a lack of transparency and deception in the structuring of financial transact...

FIVE ECONOMIC GOALS

distribution." Some state that equity is achieved when everyone has the same income and wealth (AmosWeb, 2008). Some believe that ...

Rawls and Nozick on Equality

traditional theory of the social contract" (Rawls 514). According to Rawls, there should be a "veil of ignorance" in regards to ...

Federal Reserve Policies and the Economic Crisis

part by the financial infrastructure (Bernanke, 2009). An example is provided: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has encouraged...

Economic Analysis of India for Coca-Cola

economy over the last few years, in 2006 the GDP, in terms of purchasing parity, was $2.812 trillion in 2006, increasing to $3.065...