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Frederick Lewis Allen's Only Yesterday and the Jazz Age

In two pages this paper examines how the 1920s' Jazz Age was portrayed in this 1931 text. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...

The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor and Jazz

our waitressing job, we are humiliated. Forced to perform in a way that does not in any way reflect who we are inside, we have bec...

A Review of The Jazz Singer

This five paper research paper explores The Jazz Singer. The central theme is delineated and an overview is provided. Five sourc...

Bebop Jazz and the Reaction of Whites

performing with others but always alone. They talked the talk of jazz, built communal rites around using the jazzmans drugs, and ...

Confrontation in 2 Twentieth Century Novels

In twelve pages this paper examines confrontation in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and in Toni Morrison's Jazz. One othe...

Overview of Jazz and Its Legendary Artists

is often "misunderstood, under-appreciated and underestimated. If jazz is the underdog, avant-garde jazz is beneath the underdog"...

Nat King Cole's 'Unforgettable' Life and Legacy

the life of little Nat, whom the world later came to know and love as Nat "King" Cole. II. A Musical Background Once situated in...

Comparing 'Boplicity' by Miles Davis with 'Lady Be Good' by Charlie Parker

In five pages these revolutionary jazz musicians are compared in terms of these two definitive works. There is no bibliography in...

The Works of Toni Morrison

This 7 page paper discusses the life and works of Toni Morrison, concentrating on Jazz, Sula and The Bluest Eye. There are 7 sourc...

Performance of Jazz Dance

In five pages this research paper focuses upon 3 performances delivered by the famous team the Nicholas Brothers in this considera...

Louis Armstrong, An American Musical Genius

This paper examines the career of Satchmo, Louis Armstrong. The author argues that Armstrong is one of the great American Jazz le...

Jazz by Toni Morrison and Reflections of the Harlem Renaissance

In eight pages this paper examines how Toni Morrison reflected the Harlem Renaissance artistic movement in her novel Jazz. Two so...

Chip Deffaa's 'Traditionalists and Revivalists in Jazz'

This paper consists of 12 pages and chronicles those significant performers whos contributions are often overlooked in other books...

Eminem's Music

thing, Eminem has an "intuitive sense of how to flow smoothly from the measured cadence of ordinary speech to the discursive inten...

Bach and Handel, Their Musical Languages

his era, as his compendium of work transverses boundaries, "fusing the three great national traditions of his time," which are "G...

2 Very Different Popular Songs

holding this note, the music modulates to F and then back to C as the rest of the word is sung to descending tones. The rhythm is ...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...

California History/Santa Barbara

("Santa Barbara County History"). The founding of Santa Barbara and its original characteristics The next stage of Santa Barbara...

Disputes and Western Civilization History

the author indicates were very gracious to those they conquered and allowed them the right to still possess their traditions and t...

Life's Service and Disservice According to Friedrich Nietzsche

lessons. There is an old saying that claims that those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it. And although most ag...

The Journalist in Combat

The history of reporting in war is the history of telling America's story. This paper explores that history and how the war story ...

Male Historians and the Challenges of Women's History

social relations formed by them impinged on the lives of Renaissance women in different ways according to their different position...

The History of Black America as a Component of American History

5 pages and 3 sources. This paper outlines the different elements of Black American history, with a focus on the significant role...

'Nightmare of History'

In three pages this paper examines the observation by J. Baldwin that James Joyce 'is right about history being a nightmare--But i...

The Importance of Women's History

women to the sidelines of history, as insignificant to the progress of humanity. By implication, this view says that women did not...

A Political History of Cuba

in 1515. Cubas position in the Caribbean has made it attractive to non-natives for centuries. The Spanish gave it extra at...

Film Festivals and their History

This research paper pertains to the history and development of film festivals and focuses on the specific histories of the festiva...

Basketball History

This research paper presents a short history of basketball that describes how the sport began and then traces the high spots in it...

Childhood and Child Welfare in the Progressive Era by James Marten

This book review is on James Marten's Childhood and Child Welfare in the Progressive Era: A brief history with documents. The over...

Medieval Manuscripts

wooden frames and written on with a stylus, as used in Roman antiquity, were used in the middle ages by students, accountants and ...