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Spanish Theater in the 17th Century

his numerous plays we see that they are love stories, farces, depictions of society, adventures, "moralizing pieces, tragedies, an...

The Distinctly American 'Best Essays Of The Century'

of racial struggles. In one of her most well known pieces - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Angelou addresses the concept of op...

First Half of the 19th Century and the Phrenology Controversy

this was seen as indicative that the brain shape would reflect the development of the different cerebral organs, meaning the devel...

21st Century and Violence in American Schools

would come out of nowhere and usually in rather rural or safe areas. People were shocked. Then, after Columbine, there was perhaps...

Biography of 19th Century British Romantic Poet William Blake

begin studying engraving and it would be here that his genius would find a purchase. As a young man, some biographies state,...

17th Century America and Black Slavery

no sunlight and been fed only enough to keep them alive. This journey, however, was likely just the beginning of the trials and t...

A Fictional Accounting of a Seventeenth Century Immagrant's Experiences

experienced world traveler. With the knowledge of what had happened to the native peoples of the Barbados, the native peoples tha...

20th Century Politics and the Media

medias so-called "flaw" is therefore a relatively recent arrival on the political scene. There is no questioning the fact t...

Progress Disenchantment During the 19th Century

a weekend. Technology contributes to the state of constant activity that so many are used to and many elderly people remember a ti...

American Labor Movement During the 19th and 20th Centuries

his business is in an industry where time is important. In fact, time is important for most any business and few industries are no...

Late Nineteenth Century Labor's Rise

that the people should participate (Bennett, 2001). In effect, the government should be run by the people (2001). This is not by a...

Early 20th Century Unions

large the models are at opposite ends of the spectrum. The IWW was dead set against capitalism and all it stood for (2001). The ...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Crises in the Constitution

took until 1791 for the states to agree on the ten that have endured (Mount, 2005). However, as needs arose, and different concern...

Early 20th Century and America's Foreign Policy with Regard to Mexico

In many respects our foreign policy to Latin America in general has been characterized more by neglect than any other factor. Laz...

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century U.S. Earthquake Activity

The Northern East coast has also experienced various earthquakes throughout the centuries. The New England area has experienced ma...

Early 20th Century Niagara African American Civil Rights Movement

owners. Du Bois understood that blacks needed to secure a greater foothold in American labor and industry, but there was far more...

17th Century American Economic Thought

The sole reason for a colony (in the eyes of the sponsoring Nation at least) was to provide greater wealth to the mother country. ...

European Cinematic Depiction of Gender from the 1920s to the Twenty First Century

story, mise-en-scene, editing, and music, they collectively provide a common theme that speaks of the uniqueness of the feminist e...

France of the 18th and 19th Centuries, Radicalism, and Liberalism

deemed it so. In any event, it appears that there is justification for others to rule, despite the inherent encroachment on the ...

19th and 20th Century Naval Power

is particularly noteworthy in the period spanning from 1862 to 1914. It was during this period that many ships underwent a transf...

Twentieth Century British Experimental Literature

Two significant examples of writers who broke away from traditional forms well before the end of the millennium are Virginia Woolf...

Twenty First Century Childbearing Practices of African Americans

ultimately gave rise to modern-day sameness when it comes to childrearing. Particularly evident of this is how attitudes of...

Italian Baroque Ceiling Paintings of the 18th Century

which was a term used by philosophers during the Middle Ages to describe an obstacle in schematic logic" (Wallbank, 1992). As such...

17th and 18th Century America and White Slaves

German child sold as a mulatto" (Talty, 2000). There was even a case...

Post 19th Century Indian Women and How They Have Progressed

a degree. Indian women too, however, are slowly gaining momentum in terms of equal rights. While in nineteenth century Ind...

Gainsborough's Eighteenth Century English Portraits

Sarah Siddons was a well known personality of the age, perhaps the most famous actress. This presence of character is represented ...

Germans of the Twentieth Century and the Attractiveness of Nazi Concepts

provide the salve for that discontent. Evans (1998) notes: "What really needs explaining is...

A Century of Progress for Women from 1890 to 1990

attempt to attend Womans Medical College in Pennsylvania further supports the notion that there were areas of society in which Jan...

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century New York and Paris

impressionism, a movement in painting that concentrated on the effects of light and color" This was a movement that originated in ...

Arab World Renaissance of the Nineteenth Century

against oppression in the early 19th century, many reformers began to inundate the Islamic world, thus inserting many pivotal beli...