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21st Century Retrieval of Information

Many patrons can access the information from their home computers so that they do not even have to go to the library to see if a b...

Theodore Roethke 'Poetic' Evolution

looked at the human experience through natures eyes. The landscape was Roethkes own life, and his experiences were the word pictu...

19th and 20th Centuries' Changes in Scientific Research Funding

the aim of advancing in terms of methodology when uncovering longitude at sea (1991). This situation had been for the most part re...

Calculus and Sir Isaac Newton

of modern mathematics. The purpose here is to explore Newtons approach to developing calculus. Foundational Work The state...

Home Architecture of the Early South

a storehouse (Lane 9). In contrast to the shrinking forest of Europe where timber was already scarce, North America abounded wit...

1890s' American Expansionism

area. As a consequence they sometimes still ran afoul of foreign entities and almost constantly had to deal with the aboriginal p...

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...

Western Roman Emperors and Power Disintegration

When discussing the fall of the Roman empire, what is actually being discussed is the fall of the "western" empire (including Ital...

18th Century Muslim Reform Movements

Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...

Literacy and Religion

their function was only to labour. As Wood (2002) points out, historians tend to measure levels of literacy by the percentage of a...

Late 19th Century European Imperialism

see how there were many commonalities. Many of the gains made by Britain were focused on the African continent. The desire...

Gates and Jobs and Hewlett and Packard

he met his soon to be arch rivals, Bill Hewlett and David Packard. Bill attended MIT part time after a stint at Stanford ( "Agilen...

Christopher Hill's Century of Revolution, 1603-1714

of the text we can see that Hill is taking the reader on a very structured journey which examines the turmoil in 17th century Euro...

Copernicus and Astronomical Theories

constructions called the eccentric, the epicycle and the equant. In the eccentric, the Earth is placed just outside of the center ...

Sixteenth Century Abandoned Wife Bertrande de Rols

precludes any acknowledgement of anyone outside of the upper classes of any society, however. The "common people" receive little ...

Paris and London: Late 19th Century Urban Planning

cramped conditions had lead to many social ills. The changes were not made over night, but the aspects of change can be seen in th...

NJ Railroads' and How They Originated

did have ties to the railroad industry ("NJ Governors," 2003). South Orange is another example of a long-established suburb whos...

England of the Eighteenth Century, Crime, and Punishment

felony, the law implies that it shall be punished with death, viz., by hanging as well as forfeiture: unless the offender prays th...

Portrayal of Women in Griselda by Boccaccio, Brothers Menaechmus by Plautus, and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...

Business Practices in Early History

resulted from the Spartan takeover of Athenian silver mines; therefore, the need for the minting of replacement, silver-plated bro...

Seventeenth Century Spain's Decline

a modest decline from such a high could be defined as decline (Luck, 2002). Furthermore, it is the nature of Empires to rise and ...

Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century America Expansion and Migration

The best intentions often brought about an entirely different outcome; while explorers made sure to draw up at least an idea of wh...

An Interview of a Couple Who Met in the Marine Corps

straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...

Female Artists of the 19th Century

was considered to be an essential component of every young artist training. Some critics at that time actually argued that no grea...

18th Century Literature and Reflections of Commerce and Trade

The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton have as their basis international trade and commerce and the way...

Cook and Cook's Good Faith and Truthful Ignorance and Family Relationships

children that only they can produce. Though mothers were important in the family structure, unmarried daughters or older widows w...

Developments in the English Language in the Middle Ages

not known, although the effects still influence the way we use language nowadays. It was a huge change in the way that English vow...

Changing Cities and Migration

research also indicates a number of other factors, which include "demographic shocks, the assistance of friends and relatives livi...

Change Through War

Years War, the French Wars of Religion and the Thirty Years War (Cunningham and Grell, 2000). The fact that warfare was such a p...

Social Science and Religion

acquired even consciousness as well as to have facilitated cultural productions, but excepting religion (2002). Whether Darwins t...