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Independence of Samoa and the Mau Movement's Role

government which is heavily influenced by family and religion (Ryen, 1993). Slavicek (2002) observes:...

A Dentistry History

turpentine resin, gum, and a variety of metals (DFDA, 2004). During the Civil War dentists in the Southern United States used a d...

History of Thoroughbred Race Horses

of the sport it was necessary to begin regulating the horses and the races and thus the Jockey Club was organized. This club also ...

Law Enforcement and Collective Bargaining

private industry employees, law enforcement officials began wondering why they should not be receiving similar rewards. In privat...

Reasons for the Failure of Communism

due to implementation, and not that the ideal has failed, is something that is hard to prove. After all, it seems that it is easy ...

Special Ed and How It Has Evolved

Elementary and Secondary Schools Act (ESEA)" ("History," 2005). Of course, the term handicapped would eventually be deemed to be n...

Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries' English Feasting History

at the high table (The Table & Table Manners, 2005). This particular table was actually much higher than, or rather raised above, ...

1940s' Greece

central Macedonia and the Italians took Western Greece (Macedonian Heritage [2], 2005). "After its entry into the war on the side...

History of the LGBT Movement

sexual orientation. The LGBT movement first began to become a visible component of the American society in the 1970s. Homosexual...

Blood Banks and Inventory Control

necessary to reflect upon the reasons why blood supplies have declined in recent years. In the 1980s, the discovery of AIDS, Acqu...

An Avon Analysis

a foot in the door in China (Colbert, 2005). China has banned direct selling (because many consumers there find it difficult to te...

State Power and the Wrongness of Karl Marx's Assumption

that some have criticized as being associated with communist or socialist types of rule and Republicans want smaller government bu...

Economic Equity and Efficiency of Treatment as They Relate to Acid Rain

horrible scourge on the environment, it would help us now to take a calm and rational look at what, exactly it is and its impact o...

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...

The Conceptual View of Poverty and its Impacts

of society (2003). Over time, through Roosevelts New Deal, and other changes, there was attention paid to those who could not affo...

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 ...

Charles Rearick's Pleasures of the Belle Epoque

Notably, Rearick conceptualizes these elements by relating the historical factors, including the conflicts prior to this era that ...

Coen Brothers' Film O Brother, Where Art Thou?

in this film provides a means of relating the voyage that takes place without actually showing scene after scene of constant motio...

Management, Labor, and Strikes

$6.00 per week (Columbia Encyclopedia, 2004). In 1806, the Philadelphias Journeymen Cordwainers union called a strike, however, th...

Overview of Instant Coffee Industry

coffee beans and created a process for removing the caffeine from the beans (Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, 1994). That would be ...

Priesthood and Celibacy

a mandate for priests (McGovern, 2003). We also know that married priests were common because St. Paul told Titus and Timothy that...

Economic Effects of Balance of Payments

on the economy, its hoped that a better understanding of how the U.S. handles capitalism abroad can give a good idea of how well (...

Medicine Evolution and Physicians

When we explore Greek medicine we are immediately immersed in the works of such notable ancient Greek philosophers as Homer, Arist...

Japan and Spreading Western Religion

that they were in contrast to many of the characteristic elements of Japanese culture (4). By 1564, some say that the missionarie...

US Same Sex Marriage History

was viewed in the modern era as not so much a disease but was seen as lack of upbringing and evil intent. Gay relationships were s...

An Inside Look at the Labor Union in Thomas Bell's 'Out of This Furnace'

American history. Bell provides an interesting outline of the regional history of Pittsburgh but through "Out of This Furnace" he...

Affirmative Action's History

today. Many people look at minority doctors and lawyers and in the back of their minds wonder if they are really up to the job. Th...

BMX Racing

sport all the same and is quite competitive. Athletes need to train just as if they are engaging in any competitive sport. And eve...

The History of African Americans From the Civil War Reconstruction, through the Progressive Age, and the First World War

As the war raged on, black cotton farmers were looking forward to a Northern victory, which would ultimately give them their freed...

Recent Czech Republic History

The Czech Republic is the focus of an historical overview that considers its recent Western alliance and Eastern bloc separation i...