SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Japanese Historical Meiji Period

Essays 61 - 90

Gaman/A Japanese Cultural Concept

allow the young Emperor, age 8, to fall into the hands of Genji warriors, a "Nun of the Second Rank," instructs the boy to make h...

"Obasan"

work on a road gang, where his frail health will ultimately doom him, the girl is raised by her aunt and uncle, and it is this aun...

"Desert Exile"

and wound up in camps. The Issei often simply went along obediently, as was their tradition; but the Nisei were not as willing to ...

LETTERS OF COMPLAINT: UNITED STATES AND JAPAN

First the American version, which was written to the companys president, Mr. John Johnson. Dear Mr. Johnson, Im...

Japanese Manufacturing Systems in the United States

75 highway - was to have 400 employees by the end of 2007, gaining a huge coup for the mountain county where it is located....

The Destruction of Native Culture in Australia

of large differences in terms of culture. The view was one of superiority, with the predominantly white immigrants perceiving them...

The Development of the Baby in the Womb

The germinal period, the embryonic period, and the fetal period are each explored in this paper. There are three sources listed in...

U.S. Ideology in Terms of Cultural Uniqueness, Revolution, Freedom and Slavery

In five pages the concepts of cultural uniqueness, freedom and slavery are examined within the context of American revolutionary h...

Search for Modern China by Jonathan Spence

In five pages this research paper discusses Spence's text in an examination of how the author presents the Chinese historical peri...

The Family Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800 by Lawrence Stone

In five pages this paper analyzes this historical text in an assessment of how successful the author is in his 'attempt to chart a...

E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime

of things that did happen and the types of things that could easily have happened. In the storyline, Harry Houdini is presented t...

Culture and How It Has Evolved

In five pages this paper examines how culture has changed and evolved through various historical periods. Four sources are cited ...

The Depression of the 1930s and Black American Artists

noted that in historic cultures that functional objects, often had a decorative component. The works of these artists f...

The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne and its Historical Context

for the tumultuous relationship between the inhabitants of Uncle Sams residence, later described by President Abraham Lincoln as a...

Ideas and Events of the Medieval and Renaissance Eras

Europe. He directly linked the power of government to religious reform, and brought the clergy under the jurisdiction of the crown...

History and 'The Iliad' by Homer

and Achilles argue over who has the "rights" to one of the "spoils of war," which in this case is a person, a girl who has already...

The Role of the Venetian Army during the Italian Renaissance

but no one can take away Italys prowess during the time period and the strength of the Venetian Navy is also something significant...

Canadian History and Women

difficult, if not impossible, to try to illustrate what life was like for native women in early Canada. The women of different tri...

County Mayo Ireland's Achill Island and the Slievemore Ancient Ruins

The highest mountain on Achill is Slievemore, with an elevation of over 2,200 feet (Excavations at the Deserted Village Slievemore...

Case Study on Starbucks in the United Kingdom

who import form other countries may have a cost advantage. The good economic conditions may also be seen as encouraging of grow...

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

writers could persuade the majority of the population to support the Revolution. While critics believe that many historians treat ...

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

the worst storm to batter England in recorded history in late November through early December, 1703 (De Wire 34). One DeFoe schola...

Civil Unrest in South Africa from 1960 to 1994

In five pages this paper discusses South Africa's civil unrest in an historical overview of the time period and assesses the Truth...

Germany of the Late Nineteenth Century

In eight pages the political mass market that emerged in the Germany of the late 19th century is among the topics discussed in thi...

Contextual, Cultural, and Historical Influences on Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 Social Drama, A Doll’s House

of Norway. Interestingly, Ibsen observed a year before the completion of A Dolls House in his text Notes for a Modern Tragedy, "T...

Book Review of Joseph J. Ellis’ His Excellency: George Washington

that George Washington was fueled foremost by ambition. He wrote, "Ambitions this gargantuan were only glorious if harnessed to a...

History of Wedding Dresses

weddings resembled pagan festivals and most of then involved the celebration of spring (important planting season for these agricu...

Twentieth Century History of France (1940-1944) and the Impact of Vichy on the Modern French State

defeat and foreign occupation France suffered between 1940 and 1944 form one of the darkest and most controversial chapters in the...

The ‘Bright’ Promise of Communism Contrasted with the ‘Darkness’ of the Great Depression in the Films The Grapes of Wrath and Bound for Glory

supported, they were confronted with harsh realities that caused them to seriously question their sociopolitical ideology. Two fi...

France and Anti Semitism

The German occupation in Vichy France and anti Semitism are the focus of this paper consisting of eleven pages and also includes o...