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History's Origin According to Ernst Breisach

events surrounding the Peloponessian War, but also the views of other cultures which sometimes conflicted with his own sensibiliti...

Peter Balakian's Black Dog of Fate

In eight pages an overview of the text's basic elements is presented along with an assessment of the 1914 Armenian genocide impact...

Socrates and the Unjust's Plight in Gorgias by Plato

In six pages this paper considers Plato's text in its representation of the evil and unhappiness of the 'unjust' according to Socr...

Stephen L. Carter's Culture of Disbelief

In six pages this essay provides a summary and analysis of Carter's text. Bibliography includes a full text citation....

Robert Coles' The Call of Service

In five pages this paper discusses the text's description of individuals who have felt compelled to perform public service and how...

Her Land by Gilman

A paper which takes a personal perspective on Gilman's classic text. Gilman presents a Utopia populated entirely by women, in a na...

U.S. Society and 'the Creative Outsider'

In five pages this paper examines the influence of the creative outsider in America in a consideration of the texts My Antonia by ...

Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

In eight pages this essay analyzes the text's complexity in terms of Bunyan's uses of setting, allegory, and characterization with...

Hate and Ethnic Groups in Canada

In five pages this research paper discusses ethnicity in Canada in terms of hate groups and in an analysis of Edward N. Herberg's ...

Book Review of Research Design and Methods

The writer analyzes the textbook Research Design and Methods A Process Approach, written by Kenneth S. Bordens and Bruce B. Abbot....

Robert M. La Follette According to David P. Thelen

In five pages Thelen's biographical consideration of La Follette, progressive movement political leader, is examined in terms of i...

Art, Women, and Elsa Honig Fine's A History of Women Painters and Sculptors from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century

In ten pages this paper discusses this text's perspectives on art and women. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography....

Life in Mexico by Frances Calderon de la Barca

In five pages this text's portrayal of nineteenth century Mexican life is examined in a discussion of such topics as social class ...

Rick Brinkman and Rick Kirschner's Dealing with People You Can't Stand

In five pages a summary of this text's major points is presented along with a consideration of how influencing others can be achie...

Inside by Michael Santos

by working as prostitutes within the jail (Santos 17). However, horrible conditions and high violence are not indicative of all ja...

Ecology, Women and Feminism

The term cultural ecofeminism is connected to the concept that there is a connection, spiritually, between nature and women. This ...

John Demos' The Unredeemed Captive and Intercultural Relationships

In ten pages this paper examines intercultural relationships as featured in the text's portrayal of early 18th century Native Amer...

The Temple by Stephen Spender

In eight pages this paper considers the text's portrayal of how gays were persecuted by the Nazis. Five sources are cited in the ...

David Remnick's 'Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia'

at hand, for better or for worse. One of the most important aspects of these chapters is that which revolves around Gorbachev. ...

Oswyn Murray's Early Greece

In six pages this text's examination of the Dark Age of Greece in terms of politics and society is reviewed. One source is listed...

The Definition of a Sacred Text

the principal sacred texts of the various religions, and what forms do they take? What are the liturgical, intellectual, political...

Harriet Goldhor Lerner's 'he Dance of Anger'

a psychological understanding to the reader. Anger, serving as one of the most powerful emotions, an emotion which serves to influ...

Deborah Tannen, "Fighting for Our Lives"

necessary and desirable. In making this point, Tannen refers to her experience with the media in regards to her previous books as ...

Review of Thomas á Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ

first published anonymously in 1418, and has become the most widely read Christian text with the lone exception of the Bible. Sub...

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Moderation. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. 10. Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanline...

Critical Review of Jules Tygiel’s Baseball’s Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy

and celebrities alike. Tygiel takes great pains not to overwhelm readers with too many facts and figures. He is well aware that ...

Critique of William Loren Katz’s The Black West

recognize the black women of the Western frontier including the talented but overlooked poet Lucy Prince, the freed slave and Colo...

Book Summary of Daniel J. Levinson’s The Seasons of a Man’s Life

"the underlying pattern of design of a persons life at a given time" (p. 41). This pattern evolves through a sequence of events, ...

Book Report on Mark Sanborn’s The Fred Factor

of course, it only takes one person in any organization to "make a difference" (Sanborn, 2004, p. 8). The second principle, Succe...

John Galtung/Theory and Methods of Social Research

located outside the social scientist himself, and we shall follow this tradition" (Galtung 9). As this indicates, Galtung does not...