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21st Century Prosperity of Chile

part contribute to poor economic conditions. One can see this affecting agriculture as there is more of a demand for food products...

Eastern Indonesia, Commerce and Poverty

In seven pages this paper discusses Eastern Indonesia of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in a consideration of economics a...

Movies and African American Males Bad Guys and Buddies

Fifteen films are discussed in this report of fifteen pages to consider how African American males are depicted and how they are t...

Dutch Art Market of the 17th Century

and against what was perceived as the lavish and licentious nature of the Catholics, paintings with religious subjects were forbid...

Identity and Gender Reflections in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth and Kate Chopin's The Awakening

it threatened who she was as a member of the white race and the upper classes. Therefore, it can be seen that Ednas desire to pa...

How They Compare 'Ungraded' or 'Multi-Age' Classrooms

This paper consists of 10 pages and chronicles the evolution of school organization from the nineteenth century and continuing wit...

The Thesis of Henri Pirenne

In five pages Pirenne's thesis that the European economic decline of the Middle Ages began with the seventh century rise of Islam ...

The Thesis of Henri Pirenne

In an essay consisting of five pages Pirenne's thesis that the European economic decline that began in the Middle Ages commenced w...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a Gothic Masterpiece

This paper discusses various elements of Shelley's novel that classify the work as Gothic, one of the nineteenth-century's literar...

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

In seven pages this paper analyzes how the author depicts the 20th century Jewish male coming of sexual age in this amusing and in...

Toxic Waste Catastrophe of Love Canal, New York

In six pages this report examines the circumstances that led to this toxic waste catastrophe and considers the human impact as wel...

World War I - The Trenches

dreadful sound. The ground shook under the shock of the exploding shells."4 The battle of Verdun began with nine long hour...

Fictitious Scenario in Which U.S. Nuclear Reactors Are Shut Down by Congress After a Disaster

In six pages this paper discusses a fictitious congressional response to a nuclear catastrophe by shutting down U.S. nuclear reac...

Overview of Liz Claiborne, Incorporated

In ten pages this essay presents an overview of the history, 1993 corporate catastrophe and subsequent recovery, SWOT analyses of ...

Humor in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne / Humor Through Characterization and Contrast

In six pages this paper examines how humor is employed for contrast and in characterization in the 4 stories 'Mrs. Bullfrog,' 'Mr....

Lessons from the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

In five pages this paper considers these catastrophes within the context of contemporary fire code applications. Six sources are ...

Geological Disasters and Human Habitation

regard to changes in drainage patterns from building. However, even without specific knowledge of floodplains, it is possible to ...

United Kingdom Law and Nervous Shock or Psychological Harm Damage

There were many logical, if unfair, reasons for this stance. A claim for nervous suffering is less easily scrutinised, bring about...

Cattle Disaster in Europe

Sullivan (2001) noted, "The only problem with foot-and-mouth disease is that it weakens the infected animals for a period of time,...

Four Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

Kolbert: “Field Notes from a Catastrophe”

work appears in the New Yorker; this book started out as a series of pieces she did for the magazine (Hayes, 2006). What gives Kol...

Edgar Reitz’s Homeland: A Chronicle of Germany

home, but in a mythical way that remains difficult to obtain and hold on to. The first episodes of the series begin the process of...

Drill Baby, Drill...Still?

In the 2008 Presidential campaign, Sarah Palin flippantly outlined her proposal for getting...

Civil War Photography

If a specific shot did not exist, he would create it; if the story was not that intriguing, he would fabricate it. In short, Gard...

Piaget/Preschoolers' Capacity for Reading and Math

few vital facts about the way preschoolers learn," as well as the possible negative effects of pushing children "too hard too soon...

1937 Occupation Of Nanking: Historical Revisionism

members who are still alive have eye witness testimony to state the contrary. However, to argue a claim is inflated to the point ...

The Buffalo Creek Disaster by Gerald Stern

Buffalo Creek survivors were well aware that politics in West Virginia, including the court system, were influenced?or outright co...

Chapters from Two Apocalyptic Books

This essay focuses on Daniel 7 and 1 Enoch 46 and 48. The Book of Enoch is not part of the canon and, in fact, was lost for centur...

Continuity of Operation in Times of Disaster

867 Natural and manmade disasters present many threats to governmental entities....

Global Warming

There are two sociological problems discussed in this essay. The first section discusses aging and focuses on poverty among the el...