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A look at Grigory Rasputin

This is a comprehensive look at a historical Russian figure. Was he really wicked? These and other ideas are discussed. This seven...

Soviet Union and the Economy of Russia Before and After its Collapse

In forty eight pages this paper presents an historical overview of the Russian economy from the days of Peter the Great to the Sov...

Traffic Law and its Western Civilization History

In four pages this paper presents an historical overview of traffic law that traces its chariot origins to its present incarnation...

Middle Passage by Charles Johnson

In five pages this book is considered in terms of the slave trade and the African Americans' factual and historical accounts conta...

Native Americans Viewed Differently in Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan and The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

In seven pages this paper examines the role the historical time periods of the authors played in these very different glimpses of ...

Is The Unredeemed Captive by John Demos Nonfiction or Historical Fiction?

In five pages this paper argues that despite some fictitious elements this work by John Demos represents a text of historical fict...

A Comparison of the Autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin, Mary Rowlandson, & Olaudah Equinao

This paper compares and contrasts the lives of three influential early Americans. The themes of freedom, faith, and inspiration in...

Jocelyn Fey's Daughter of Time

In five pages the title is discussed along with an examination of the book, its characters, and historical counterparts. There ar...

Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

This essay delves into the man behind The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer. The author utilizes both an in depth reading of the...

England and France During the 17th and 18th Centuries

was played out by their government. It has been contended that English land was a critical element in most all of the...

Lessons Learned From The Napoleonic Era

who realized the importance of artillery they paved the way for artillery to become a major factor on the battleground and give ri...

20th Century British India

but it pays to note also that other things would occur to render the necessity of government help. As a result, it is found that o...

History Plays of William Shakespeare

For instance, Hotspur from Henry IV was actually old enough to be Prince Hals father, but Shakespeare pictured the two characters ...

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare and Postmodern Educational Approaches

again it was a matter of holding the government responsible for the continued injustice and oppression of not only women but ethni...

Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest

Johnson (1999) specifically addresses the path of negotiations between the Kalapuya and the US government, recounting the Kalapuya...

1066 The Year of the Conquest by David Howarth

found nothing whatever to say to King Harald Hardrada of Norway" (9). Throughout the course of the text, it becomes readily appar...

Review of Animal Farm by George Orwell

could have happened when the intentions were so noble. In other words, this novel/fable is a "must read" for anyone trying to unde...

Past and Present Interpretations of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Caesar with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who was at that time entering the twilight of her life.6 At the time it was initially...

Japanese Footwear Tabi and Zoris

period (Kyoto International Community House, 2005). Japan was far more humid than China it seems and as such these designs were qu...

Sociologist Karl Marx's Life and Theories

of Christianity, and went to school. He would later have nothing to do with religion, even coining the phrase related to the idea ...

Adultery in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"other woman" because she wears the "A but the reality is that in this day and age, Hester would be any woman. That she has an aff...

History of Marine Biology from Ostracoderm Fossils to Pacific Halibut

associated with fresh, not estuarine or salt, water (Forey and Janvier, 1994). Recent research has determined that, to the contra...

English Language Learners' Educational Timeline

schools to take "affirmative steps" to overcome language barriers that impeded non-English speaking children from academic success...

Agriculture and the Impact of the Industrial Revolution

sell crops. Farmers worked the land themselves. They would work for the love of the land and start family businesses. In fact, whi...

Spy Satellites and Their History

(Richelson, 1997, p. 295). This laid the initial groundwork for the construction of a spy satellite, and nearly nine years later,...

From Slavery to Freedom by John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss Jr.

of race riots and voices rising in protest, led by such African Americans as W.E.B. Du Bois. An ad placed by the NAACP in several ...

Specific and General Deterrence Criminological Theories

other citizens from committing the same behavior (Renteln 192). General deterrence operates under the assumption that no matter h...

Reality and Language

stand for, the anger of your assailant. "In other words, the knife in my wall has become an objectively available constituent of t...

History of Enlightened Despotism

several of the head governmental officials during the period of Enlightenment (Enlightened Absolutism, 2005). As a respected scho...

Machiavelli's Views on Agathocles and Borgia

The Prince, it is clear that they came from a multitude of places, but most notably from the example of Borgia. Some ideas would c...