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A Historical Overview of Philosophy

This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,...

Historical and Legal Perspectives on Federal and State Citizen Equality in America

The concept of equality and how it has been reflected legally throughout American history is the focus of this sixteen page paper....

A Historical World View of Female Genital Mutilation

an exclusively Islamic practice. FGM is a cross-cultural and cross-religious ritual and is in most cultures primarily a social pra...

Historical Overview of Racism in California/1850 to World War II

its sweatshops while the lush farmlands of California had vast farming and cattle empires that depended on equally vast numbers of...

Peter Novick's That Noble Dream American Historical Profession

In five pages this paper critically examines the text and the views expressed by the author within. Twelve other sources are cite...

Historical Overview of the New York City Public Transportation System

America was a bit behind. Paris had its omnibus in 1823 and London in 1829 (Ellis, 1997). New York states first railroad, the Moha...

Historical Overview of the 'Big Bang' Theory

The Big Bang Theory is the focus of this historical overview consisting of five pages in which black holes, curved space, theories...

Historical Analysis and Explication of the Bathers Painting by Paul Cezanne

In five pages Cezanne's later painting and its postimpressionist characteristics are analyzed with the composition and nudes repre...

Historical Context of the Novel Kokoro by Soseki Natsume

In five pages this novel is analyzed from a Meiji era historical context. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Historical Plausibility of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In 5 pages this great American novel is analyzed in an historical overview of the relevant 19th century issues including children'...

Historical Influence of Walt Whitman

In eight pages this paper discusses the social and political influences Walt Whitman exerted through his poetry from an historical...

Historical Overview of the Balkans

In five pages this paper examines the history and present discord in this region and argues that a U.S. presence there is necessar...

Different Historical Periods and Philosophical Perspectives

In thirteen pages philosophy throughout history is the focus of this paper that assesses the views of Ancient Egypt, Hebrews, Indi...

Power and its Historical Uses

In six pages this paper discusses questioning of power and how it is used from a historical perspective. Five sources are cited i...

Galilean Science, Ptolemy, and Aristotle Viewed from the Perspective of Karl Popper

In eight pages this paper considers Karl Popper's thoughts on Galileo's theories, who himself had been critical of Ptolemy and Ari...

Historical Theories of Auguste Comte and Karl Marx

People make use of nature to fulfill their material needs for food, clothing, and shelter. Consequently, Marx saw history...

Historical Overview of the Federal Reserve System Past, Present, and Future

In eleven pages this paper examines the past, present, and future of the US Federal Reserve System, also known as the Fed. Seven ...

Historical Context of Marriage

In five pages this paper examines marriage in sociological and historical contexts as it is portrayed in G. Robina Quale's A Histo...

Hamiltonian Economics and its Historical Impacts

In five pages this research paper discusses the economic approach developed during Alexander Hamilton's tenure as US Secretary of ...

Telephone Invention and Its Historical Impact

In eight pages this paper explores the telephone's invention in a consideration of the changes that resulted and its global impact...

Historical Overview of Penicillin

This paper considers penicillin in an overview consisting of ten pages that includes its historical background, uses, pros and con...

The 'Science' of Human Behavior According to B.F. Skinner

or punish it. If a given behavior results in an effect that the organism likes, this behavior will be repeated. If the effect is ...

Historical Periods the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution and Emergence of the Modern Era

required "nurture" to develop to its highest capacity (Le Van Baumer 106). "Believe me," said Erasmus, a leading theologian of t...

Richard Matheson's and H.G. Wells' Use of Science Fiction to Portray Alienation

In a paper consisting of 5 pages alienation as a theme are explored in Matheon's I Am Legend and in Wells' The Time Machine and Th...

Historical Market Perspective on Ethnic and Race Relations

In five pages this paper presents an historical perspective on the U.S. market economy and the impacts of ethnicity and race. Fiv...

American Cinema, Historical and Education Ideology

In seven pages historical comparisons are made between the ways in which education is depicted in such films as Stand and Deliver,...

A Historical Overview of the Cold War

A four page overview of this interesting time in world history. The writer oulines the societal factors in play and historical un...

Historical War Role of Technology

a society put all of its resources into technological research so that they could win a war. WWI gave the world better and faster ...

William Shakespeare's Historical Play 'Henry IV' Part I

This paper consists of 10 pages and considers the characters' many contrasts in terms of the play as well as their creation. Ther...

Historical Significance of On Sparta by Plutarch

democracy, political tyranny also reigned supreme there. Spartas government was established as a reaction against the rampant tyr...