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The History of Fortune Cookies

in the middle of their Moon Cakes (replacing the yolk with secret messages). Patriotic revolutionary, Chu Yuan Chang took on the d...

U.S. Civil War Memorial

the reality of the civil rights movement. In this way, it becomes an everlasting record however of the event, thus immortalizing ...

Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist Analyzed

city -- grew out of this traumatic childhood experience" (Hackenberg; Johnson). Interestingly enough, in relationship to Fagin,...

Footwear's Evolution

highest possible degree of comfort and hygiene. It has to allow for environmental requirements and for the climate in which it is ...

Benjamin West's Artistic Career

Francis Hayman for the Rotunda at Vauxhall Gardens during the Seven Years War. Jonathan Tyers, the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens ...

Africana Studies and Diaspora

gained in a variety of ways, but most knowledge of that type is obvious and straightforward. One of the enduring purposes of high...

Aspects of Dendrochronology

There are various environmental factors which will affect the type, size and pattern of the ring cells, and these will vary depend...

Hellenistic and Classical Eras' Achievements in Science, Art, and Literature

say that a great deal of struggle was not taking place during part of the Classical era, but it was a time of ideas and trading an...

Eye on the Future Business People in Calgary and the Bow Valley, 1870-1900 by Henry C. Klassen

other scholars for generations to come, as Klassen has established himself as the foremost authority on local business history i...

An Exposition of 2 Corinthians 2:17

American Standard Bible). Further exegetical examination of this verse immediately brings up several questions. First of all, to...

Critiquing 'Professions for Women' and 'The Mark on the Wall' by Virginia Woolf

the genius of Woolf. The womans thoughts, though they seem to be idle ramblings, are quite symbolic of Woolfes views on the direct...

An Article Summary of 'An Old New Immigration Policy'

a history of the country inviting low-paid workers into the country in times of need. During World War I, for instance, workers wh...

Confucius and Aristotle Compared

and deficiency (McCartt, 2003). Moral virtue also follows this pattern, although in this regard Aristotle refers to it as the "Go...

Middle East Reflections and Thoughts

were just about land, the Arabs have many surrounding Arab nations to which they could turn to for donated land, or a like ideolog...

Cooperation History and Evolution

idea of co-operation appears to be contrary to this theory, as with cooperation evolution may still take place, but natural select...

Iran's Ambiguity and Roy Mottahedeh's The Mantle of the Profit

be considered "students." "Im a student," noted one. "I barely have time to study, research and get my assignments in on time, let...

Competing Visions of Thomas Morton and William Bradford in 'The May Pole of Merry Mount' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

setting for Nathaniel Hawthornes 1835 short story, "The May-Pole of Merry Mount." Bradford took a rather dim view of the festivit...

Song Dynasty Chinese Painters and Paintings

One was Go Xi who "was a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and a follower of Li Cheng in style. He was the first to ...

Child Labor Practices in Asia

child population) as opposed to 80 million in Africa (40 percent of the total African child population) and 17.5 million in Latin ...

Jill Lepore's The Name of War and King Philip's War

the war with King Philip are addressed as well as the Native Americans view of the outcome of the war. Both the Prologue and the E...

'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

Melville: "he was ... a gentleman adventurer in the barbarous outposts of human experience" (147). Melvilles Bartleby the Scriven...

Richard II and Richard III by William Shakespeare

the latest fashions, spending money on his friends, and also pursuing wars against Ireland and elsewhere that his realm cannot af...

Analyzing the Article 'Prime Mover' by Douglas Brinkley

Third, Brinkley demonstrates how the Model T completely changed the notion that capitalism was a practice reserved only for the af...

World War II A Chronological History

and all important rights related to that (1997). The second was the "Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor," which outl...

Character of Jo in Charles Dickens' Bleak House

after several of the detectives he knew from the local department. Dickens routinely, then, chooses those who are the most...

Advertising Changes During the Last Fifty Years

provide a method of breaking down the marketing mix into manageable and maneuverable components. As more marketers seek the atten...

Nubia's Ancient World Significance

of the Nubian culture and writing system until 300 A.D. Overall, the Nubian region and people were responsible for much of the eco...

Peasant Fires by Richard Wunderli

this conflict between the peasants and the landed gentry, as well as the church. Historically, what is significant about this b...

Second World War Navajo Code Talkers Honoring Falls Short in John Woo's 2002 Film Windtalkers

The film opens with panoramic shot of Monument Valley, which is the home of the Navajo tribe (Doherty 36). The lulling serenity of...

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

writers could persuade the majority of the population to support the Revolution. While critics believe that many historians treat ...