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History Topics

Standard Oil of California negotiated a contract with the King of Saudi Arabia that granted the company the exclusive concession t...

Microhistory Europe Early 16th Century

1584. Menocchio declared: "in my opinion, all was chaos... and out of that bulk a mass formed - just as cheese is made out of milk...

Fulfillment of Predictions Aldous Huxley Made in Brave New World Revisited

Huxley considers how the survival of a democracy depends upon frequent information exchanges, which is what made the medium of tel...

Art Analysis

superb, as its various elements naturally move the viewers gaze into the landscape and onward as the artist takes the viewer on a...

Islamic Women: Feminist Influence

roles. Inasmuch as the barricade toward womens rights "remains deeply rooted in traditional Islamic culture" (Witte 2005:A24), it...

Excalibur, A Cinematic Representation of Arthurian Legend

his sword and kneels commanding that his enemy should knight him. Overcome with Arthurs bravery, as the noble could just as easily...

Racism and its Relation to Misperceptions

There are, unfortunately, many reasons for societal discord. Often as not these reasons revolve around the misunderstandings and ...

Comparing Two Sculptures

was painted. There hints of yellow on the goddesss crown, as well as on the end of the cornucopia. The goddesss neck and breast ha...

Depictions of Aboriginal People in Australia 1729 - 2006

Overell, 1993). A more civilised image was put forward by Hawkesworth in 1773 when editing the account of Captain Cooks voyage. ...

Neal Stephenson's Retelling the Story of the Industrial Revolution in The Diamond Age

Industrial Revolution as the result of Sir Richard Arkwrights creative combination of power and machinery, the nanotechnology surg...

The Warrior Culture of Beowulf

it clear that the most important societal relationship is between a warrior, the "thane," and his liege lord (Donaldson 32). This ...

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP TOPICS

can do, therefore, is to do his/her best, learn as much as s/he can from the organization, then move on (either voluntarily or inv...

The Relationship Between Technology And Human Freedom

minds and bodies has become somewhat of a hobby with the presence of such technology as mood-altering drugs and cosmetic surgery (...

Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

African author Chinua Achebe argues that the extended metaphor that Conrad uses to relate his principal theme is founded on the vi...

Edgar Reitz’s Homeland: A Chronicle of Germany

home, but in a mythical way that remains difficult to obtain and hold on to. The first episodes of the series begin the process of...

Machiavelli: How Far Do His Patterns Of Contrast Between Political Ideals And Concrete Realities Apply Today?

Additionally, a president who is worth his salt makes exceptional use of the political climate, much like Harry Truman and Dwight ...

Biography Of Ida B. Wells

in fact, she had more gumption than most adults, refusing to allow adversity stand in the way of what she knew had to be done. He...

Seniority System And Professional Football

the population" (At Home Network, 2003) where Harold (Red) Grange, it might be argued, represented the first player who set the pr...

B.T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois

from high school early, received an undergraduate degree from Fisk University, accepted a scholarship to attend the University of ...

Feminine Voice in Walker’s The Color Purple

In a novel in which the narrator is recounting the entirety of the action after the fact, the narrator already knows everything th...

Behaviorism/Teaching College Students

focused on operant rather classical conditioning (Mergel, 1998). Operant conditioning refers to "voluntary behaviors used in opera...

'Americana and the American Renaissance' by Wallace Stevens

In 5 pages this 1950 poem serves as a reflection on the American literary Renaissance characterized by Walt Whitman and Ralph Wald...

Case Study: 11-Year-Old-Boy

self and social significance, Carlos has always had difficulty making friends and has recently taken up with the unpopular boys at...

Why So Many Dominican Republic Immigrants Settled In Tarrytown And Sleepy Hollow, New York

was most assuredly looked upon as a positive move forward for the country overall; additionally, it also cultivated the capitalist...

Personality Development/Albert Einstein

stresses the importance of early relationships, as she perceived personality development as integral to the parent/child relations...

Assessing VA's IT Strategic Plan

5-year IT strategic plan that is updated annually. The plan maintains continued alignment with and adherence to the VAs larger st...

Piaget/Preschoolers' Capacity for Reading and Math

few vital facts about the way preschoolers learn," as well as the possible negative effects of pushing children "too hard too soon...

Theology of C.S. Lewis

seen in the Narnia series. For example, in the Narnia stories, a principal character is Aslan, the "Lord of the Wood," is a "Chri...

How The Law Reasons About Bioethical Issues And The Criteria

forcing the law to re-evaluate the legal meaning of life, when it is over and how to cease bodily functions all from the combined ...

The Illusionist as Myth

The God of the Waning Year is associated with the sacrificial victim, whose death was believed necessary in order for the earth to...