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Nineteenth Century Italian Unification

power would arise to overshadow the papacy (Age of the Sage, 2005). After explaining the background of a fractured Italy, t...

Contemporary Actions and the Predeterminant of History

massive financial expansion as well as a corresponding population growth. The Renaissance can be termed neither solely positive o...

A Review of Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Captain and time as an instructor and dean of faculty at West Point Military Academy. "Founding Brothers" is just one of seven hi...

Jazz Music and its History

comes in many variants: field hollers, levee camp hollers, prison work songs, street cries, and the like" (Gioia, 2005). It is rea...

Comparison of 1790 and 1860 Economies

dispute. By 1860, slavery was in full force but shortly after that, the slaves would be freed. Both the 1790 and 1860 periods were...

Police Oversight Committees and their Effectiveness

Peel first proposed the formation of a full-time modern police force, organized along quasi-military lines, the proposal met with ...

Controversy over a Name - Macedonia

The writer looks at the problems faced by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and their conflict with Greece over the name. ...

Overview of Pascal's Triangle

This research paper describes the history, applications and patterns that pertain to the arithmetic relationships that have come t...

Elections Which Have Made History

capturing a majority of the popular vote in 15 northern and western states" (Schofield, Miller & Martin, 2002). There were three ...

3 Canadian History Articles Analyzed

when someone relocates to another country, should he or she support the old homeland, or should they side with the new, chosen cou...

Widmar v. Vincent

This case involves the rights of a registered student religious group to use the facilities of the University of Missouri, facilit...

Major Changes in World History, 1900-1990

and the Crisis Decades (early 1970s-1991) (Palat, 1997). The so-called "Age of Catastrophe" comprises some of the greatest upheav...

Blues Music History

The blues, in all its glory, is truly a black American phenomenon but it is also an American phenomenon. Davis (2003) writes: "The...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century History, Europe, and the Norton Simon Museum

In many ways we see, in the painting in the Norton Simon Museum, how there are timeless subjects in the world of painting. For exa...

US Unemployment

money can help people until they get back on their feet. This program has its roots in the Great Depression when a great deal of p...

Largest Chip Maker in the World

in the world. Intels mission has always been to advance semiconductor chips. Their mission for this decade it to "create and expa...

Overview of Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome

the signs of illness in order to maintain prolonged contact with healthcare providers (Criddle, 2010). History and Statistics Ph...

Profiles IBM Apple Dell

This essay provides a brief history and recent performance of IBM, Dell, and Apple Computer. The paper begins with a discussion of...

World War I - Causes and Effects

support that does not contain any expressed or implied limitations; an agreement to offer unlimited aid. Significance: In the cont...

Societal Understanding of the Concept of Childhood

12). The idea that childhood is a social construct was formulated by Philippe Aries in 1962 (King, 2007). Aries argued that whil...

Analysis of Motorcycle Company

maintains a Made in America" practice (TDi Media, 2010). Its brand separates them from other motorcycle companies. It is an experi...

The Relative Merits of Medical Marijuana

Marijuana (Canabis sativa) is currently classified as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance. The drug is typically associated with...

17th Century World History

Ghana, Dahomey on the Ivory Coast, and Shama on the Ghana coast, were locked into a complex cultural and economic exchange which g...

Management and Leadership Theory Historiographical Study

future trends and practices in leadership and management by reviewing the history and current trends in these two fields. Importa...

Reviewing the International Criminal Court

a pivotal player in the precursors to the ICC. The Geneva Convention, signed into effect in 1864, was one of these precursors. I...

How Women Have Been Depicted in Advertising Copy

in the Past In first looking at the past in relationship to advertisements we note that one of the primary goals of advertisemen...

Diabetes and Families

CFAM. Structural Assessment Internal Structure The family as it exists today came into being in May 2004 when Joe and Jeann...

Hoover Dam

after the agreement was made, and Congress finally came up with the money for the project, there was a bidding war (Ward, 1994). ...

Gays and a Social Movement Analysis

lead to crisis of regime/legitimacy and thus revolutionary movements; 3. broadening of access to institutional participation in po...

Nursing and the Impact of 1996's Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

in 2000, allowing a long comment period before the final rule was issued in February 2003. Five rules were published in 199...