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Louis the Fourteenth Bureau Mazarin of the 18th Century

1700s ushered in the French stylistic period known as the "Regence" (Faniel 36). During this era, the writing table, or bureau in...

Technological Advancement and Janet Abbate's 'Inventing the Internet

much stayed on one plot of land for much of their lives, passing the land to the children when they died. Then the children grew u...

Westward Settlement and Environmental Effects

Americans from the land). In addition, during the early part of the century and by Congressional Act, the U.S. forbid fore...

Twentieth Century and Technological Changes

wealth was not distributed as equally and people were born in one place and mainly stayed put for much of their lives. Yet these d...

17th Century Dutch Paintings' Vanitas Style

situation is shown through the inclusion of some element out of place, in Beyerens case, a small mouse. Beyerens use of th...

Paul Kennedy - 21st Century Trends

He explains: "Within the developed world, globalization also affects the career expectations of individuals and the structure of e...

History of the Civil Rights Movement in America

the Union. It was Lincoln who had endorsed the Reconstruction plan, but Congress was far more cautious. Congress determined that...

Inflation and the Late Twentieth Century Economy of Israel

Triple-digit inflation and the fact that currency as a means of payment was stuffed in mattresses (instead of invested in financia...

Art of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries and the Representation of the Human Figure

figures themselves seem soft despite the tension within the painting. It is also very romantic looking painting because of its sof...

Timbuktu and Sonni Ali

reign was not necessarily a popular one (History Channel, 2003). Although a Muslim, he mistreated Islamic scholars (and put many o...

Cultural and Political Autonomy Preservation Struggles of Native American Leaders

the Europeans who had invaded Native American lands. The English to whom we most often attribute the negativities of history in r...

The Russian Revolution Historical Milestone

centuries. It was an autocracy with Tsar Nicholas II of the Romanov dynasty in command. However, Nicholass reign was beset by in...

Russian History's Inconsistencies and Dichotomies

Great," 2003). Peter the Great was somewhat obsessed with creating a Russia that was separate and apart from Asia as well. His St....

Narrative Voice in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

and understood in many different ways. We are not only given one perspective but two that work together in different and powerful ...

Pride and Prejudice and Women's Rights in the Nineteenth Century

There is little affection shown between the couple and one gets the distinct impression that theres was a marriage of convenience ...

17th Century Dutch Painter Vermeer

View of Delft (c. 1658), an oil canvas in the Mauritshuis collection, The Hague, Vermeer carries the eye of the viewer from the pe...

Change Through War

Years War, the French Wars of Religion and the Thirty Years War (Cunningham and Grell, 2000). The fact that warfare was such a p...

U.S. Era of Free Banking

when the bankers there allegedly established free banks in hard-to-reach locations - locations "where the wildcats roamed" (Dwyer,...

Insider Lending and Banking During the 19th Century

not available, and the decision was one which was reached by consensus, with the use of a lending committee. It can be argued tha...

Feminist Theory and 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope

women should be admired for their inner qualities, rather than their outward beauty. However, it is nevertheless true that Pope im...

U.S. History, Quilting, and Quilts

turkey red) on the basis of permanence (Mainardi, 1982). They were creating fine works of art that would be marveled over and app...

18th Century France's Revolution and Revolt

Similarly, in France, there would be drastic change as the people were fed up with the monarchy. They really wanted an enlightened...

Social Science and Religion

acquired even consciousness as well as to have facilitated cultural productions, but excepting religion (2002). Whether Darwins t...

Developmental Psychology and a Premier Virtual Computer Generated Symposium

labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...

Isolation Theme in 'A Jury of Her Peers' by Susan Glaspell

talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...

Italy, Germany, Reunification and Nationalism

the political community is. Nationalism has existed practically throughout the history of the world but it would eventually becom...

Transformation and Seventeenth Century England

In 4 pages, this research paper considers the rapid changes England underwent in terms of religion, economics, and politics, citin...

Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and Society

artist and a dutiful woman creates conflict and pushes the boundaries set by nineteenth-century American society" (Sparknotes). ...

English Aristocratic Class in The Reason Why The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade by Cecil Woodham Smith

than the military ineptitude without. In fact, the author makes clear that had it not been for aristocratic pride and arrogance, ...

The Twenty-First Century and Advertising

not known, but because things are not completely dismal, and there is a still a market for Gaps products, the turnaround could hop...