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Need and the Inventor’s Spirit

and which will continue to grow in their impact. Additional effects of fossil fuel dependence are even more straightforward. The...

Bach's BWV 782 and Invention 11

derived inspiration and instruction from them (Smith, 1996). According to Smith, the most significant feature of one of Bachs Inve...

The History of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century

there was nothing else to help to that end. Another important thing that occurred is that in Paris, the doctors would begin to qua...

Swedish Astronomer Anders Celsius

star through them. He could then compare the magnitudes of the stars by the number of glass plates needed to extinguish the light ...

Microwave Invention

by Dr. Percy Spencer of the Raytheon Corporation to have the capability of melting certain objects (UCSB, 2002). When Dr. Spencer...

21st Century Intellectual Property and Invention Protection

In twelve pages UK law if the focus of this paper that argues it is presently ineffective in protecting invention copyrights and i...

Twentieth Century Fashion and Economics

In seven pages twentieth century fashion is examined in a consideration of nylon's invention, how the Second World War liberated w...

Nineteenth Century Inventions

Inc., 2003). As an example we note that such inventors of the Middle Ages "could not generalize from a water wheel to the theory o...

Development by Eras

Child development theories did not really come to fore until the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In fact, the word ‘childhood’...

Henry Levin’s Rebuttal Article, “Déjà Vu All Over Again?”

the public education wheel, which has been rolling along quite nicely for centuries, easily able to adapt to the changing times an...

Civil Rights in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Abandonment of the Freed Men

The Compromise of 1877 is the focus of this six page research paper that involved a close election in which Republican Rutherford ...

U.S. Constitution, Civil Rights, and Slavery

that blacks, even if they were freed blacks, were not due citizenship and could never become citizens of the United States. As suc...

Constitutional Protections Case Study

one where fear is in the air. Certainly, giving up a few rights is necessary. Of course, not everyone thinks so, and further, alth...

History Of Child Rearing Practices

(Hulbert, 1999). More children were attending school towards the middle of the century and the trend in education was away from th...

World History and Ethnic Group Persecution

The main reason why the Huguenots were unpopular with the majority in France during the time period was because they were not of t...

18th Century Painter Francisco de Goya and His Influence

In fifteen pages this paper explores how Goya's 18th century paintings influenced 19th century Impressionists and 20th century Exp...

Gay History

In five pages this paper considers the history of homosexuality in ancient Greece, Japan of the seventeenth century, England of th...

Revolution Concept of Jacques Ellul

In five pages this paper examines Jacques Ellul's concept of revolution within the context of European history from the sixteenth ...

Gore Vidal: “Creation”

Herodotus (Vidal). Herodotus was an actual historical figure, known as both the "father of history" and the "father of lies." Here...

Analysis of Greek Funerary Statue

intended for this statue (Woodford, 1986). The initial response of this writer/tutor to the statue was that I was taken with the...

DEATH, DYING AND AMERICAN CULTURE: 1900-2010

all that terrific. What is wrong with this picture? Why would an elderly man put himself through such discomfort, simply to...

Paul Kennedy's Preparing for the Twenty First Century

general. Kennedy does an admirable job of demonstrating how the population explosion that the world is currently experiencing is i...

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House as a Reflection of 19th Century Social Issues

In four pages this paper examines how the playwright represents social issues in this 19th century dramatic play....

John Stephens' Incidents of Travel in Yucatan

This 19th century text is analyzed in ten pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Historical Significance of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad II

In five pages the twentieth century relevance of Heart of Darkness is considered in this historical perspective of Joseph Conrad's...

Peace, Power, Leadership, Vladimir Lenin and Mohandas K. Gandhi

In five pages this paper discusses the obvious differences but also notes surprising similarities between these 20th century leade...

Yugoslavian Cultural, Political, and Social Conflict

incorporated Serbs, Croats and Slovenes - three different ethnic groups, but a country in which the Serbians formed the dominant c...

IRA Actions in Great Britain and Terrorism

are made define an abstract concept, there will always be some groups who are able to find exceptions to the definition because of...

Twentieth Century Women's Changing Roles

This paper considers 20th century women's changing social roles with employment and family position among the topics discussed in ...

Early US Penitentiaries and 3 Concepts

In three pages this paper examines 3 concepts on 18th century penitentiaries with Pennsylvania and the Quaker influence the primar...