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The Park and the People A History of Central Park by Roy Rosenzweig and Elizabeth Blackmar

4) Redefining Central Park; 5) The Nineteenth-Century Park in the Twentieth-Century City; and, 6) The Past Fifty Years, in additio...

Reading Education History

eye" which meant that there was more to reading than decoding. Reading was perceived now as a process. The key motto was "reading ...

Social History and Collective Memory

a word or phrase. Analysis of these lieux de memoire can account for the basis from which the collective identity of the group is ...

Trumpet History

extra devices to alter pitch, and chromatic trumpets, which do have extra devices, such as valves, to modify pitch.4 Essentially, ...

History of U.S. Sexual Harassment Legislation

simple discrimination against women (Wyatt, Background, 2000). One of the bases of their arguments was that the women harassed wer...

Wildlife and the Impact of Urbanization

addition, urbanization brings about the need for "linear land use" such as roads, power lines and trails, and the introduction of ...

A History of Advertising from 1870 to 1930

In this paper that consists of eight pages the history of advertising within this sixty year period is explored. There are 21 bib...

A China Foot-Binding History

In this paper of six pages the questions of how and why foot binding is practiced in China are answered and the changes since the ...

Description of Cataract Surgery

In eleven pages the ways in which modern cataract surgery has evolved is considered in terms of its history, various surgical tech...

17th Century Social History of China and The Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan Spence

In five pages this paper examines how Chinese society of the seventeenth century is presented in The Death of Woman Wang by Jonath...

Chinese Buddhism's History

In eight pages this paper discusses the history of Chinese Buddhism. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography....

Calotype Photographic History

In five pages this paper discusses how the calotype negative became a pleasing Daguerreotype alternative because of the pencil cor...

Split Between the Catholics and the Lutherans

In eleven pages this historical overview of this religious split considers the doctrines that caused it with the Ninety Five Thesi...

History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

The transatlantic slave trade is examined in an historical overview of events and places in this paper consisting of five pages. ...

A History of Performance Art

it still has a "middle," or whether we can contemplate that it will have an" end." According to Jack Bowman (1993), "1. A perform...

Number e's History and Use

compound interest is as follows. Assuming that the principal is equal to E9 and the amortization period is d10, payments in a year...

History of Paris During the Late 18th to the Mid 19th Centuries

In five pages this paper examines Paris history during this time period in terms of growth and the effect of the French Revolution...

Historical Overview of the Early 19th Century Expedition of Lewis and Clark

In twenty five pages this historical overview of the Lewis and Clark expedition includes its purpose and adverse implications for ...

Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five from a Historical Context

In seven pages this 1968 novel by Kurt Vonnegut is examined from an historical perspective. Six sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Transportation Technology and Communication History

In five pages this paper considers the history of transportation and communication with a technology emphasis. Five sources are c...

Livy's The Early History of Rome

Livy's early Roman historical text considers the Roman Empire's sociopolitical structure and the necessary cohesion provided by or...

Social Status of Women in the Ancient Societies of Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia

Emperor Valentinian issued a written order to Pope Damasus I requiring the Christian missionaries to cease calling at the homes of...

Detroit Michigan's History

In ten pages this report considers the history of one of America's largest and oldest cities dating back to the first years of the...

Irish Republican Army's History

The IRA's history from its Irish Volunteer Origins to its present day organization is examined in an overview of its evolution and...

Historical Literary Periods and Transporting Readers to Another Time

In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...

Viewing US History Differently

statement elsewhere, but, to the best of my recollection, there was never any serious attempt to turn Native Americans into a work...

Information for Those New to Teaching

geographic disciplinary perspectives in their academic training" (Towson University, nd). As an illustration of how this works, he...

Early Labor History in Three Strikes by Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, and Robin Kelley

Upon arrival, the worker would enter a foreboding building or mine shaft to immediately fall under the prying eyes of the foremen ...

History and Legacy of the Volkswagen AG Company

such a car (Caryl, 1996). The projects first director, Ferdinand Porsche, was a "nuts-and-bolts" man who was able to help turn Hit...

Islamic History in Spain

independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...