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Women's Fashions and the Impact of the Forties

In five pages this research paper discusses how politics and events of the 1940s influenced and changed fashion for women with the...

Overview of How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis

In five pages this 1890 text is examined in terms of how the time period's events relate to its contents. Two sources are cited i...

A New Sibling in the Family

In a personal experience creative essay of six pages the changes represented by a new baby sister in the life of a ten year old gi...

Historical Achievements of Man and Edward Gibbon

Strategic bombing was an aspect of World War II, and people didnt think much about that aspect" (Feld 961b-feld.html). There is n...

Merger Between McDonnell Douglas and Boeing

In a paper consisting of twenty four pages this 1997 merger is considered in terms of events that culminated in this merger, CEO o...

A look at New York's Bear Mountain

matter which one is chosen, open landscape is a part of the setting (51). Another example is West Mountain shelter on Timp-Torn...

Confession or Accusation in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

In five pages this paper argues that the novel is representative of both accusation and confession regarding its First World War p...

Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

to feel the calling to a religious life. Decides to become a Catholic, then decides to be a priest. Part Three has 4 chapters th...

1955's Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama

example, a 1964 article told of the fight by NAACP attorneys against the state of Virginia which was making payments to a school d...

An Examination of Bacon's Rebellion

him. Soon released, Bacon gathered his supporters, marched on Jamestown, and coerced Berkeley into granting him a commission to co...

'An Ounce of Cure' by Alice Munro

about alcohol. The narrator describes that -- if her parents ever drank alcoholic beverages -- it was outside their home (Munro 43...

Unifications of Germany and Italy

In five pages this paper discusses the unification efforts of these two countries in a contrast and comparison of historical event...

Year 1962

America" (Baulch; Mears, 1962; 62missilecrisis.html). Interviewer (JR): Do you remember the Cuban Missile Crisis as it took place...

Jewish Community and the Impact of the Holocaust

the sometimes intense and often expansive sense of being that is clearly portrayed within his works. Night is no exception. As t...

'Smashing Kick Fist Way' of Taekwondo

In eight pages this report examines the taekwondo martial art as a sport and examines how at Sydney's 2000 Summer Olympic Games it...

Israel's Military and Political History

In four pages this paper examines Israel's political and military history in a chronological listing of events until the 70 AD raz...

Roman Republic

primary motivator behind this move, inasmuch as the farmer-soldiers and farmer-veterans did not believe they were receiving their ...

Scholastic Performance and Athletic Pressures

ethnic groups that benefit from some of the scholarships, especially the basket ball and athletics scholarships (Schurr et al 33)....

Chapter 2 of Job, Lines 1 Through 10 Exegesis

Like other Hebrew patriarchs, Job lived to be more than 100 years old (see 42:16). His wealth was measured in cattle (see 1:3), an...

Middle Ages

In five pages this paper examines what the Middle Ages were and the events that defined this time period. Three sources are cited...

News and the Media, Which Comes First?

In ten pages this report examines whether the news or the media comes first in terms of the 'newsworthiness' of an event in terms ...

U.S. Civil War and the Impact of Manifest Destiny

war who resented the Union it for the control it tried to place on issues which they considered to be issues of the state and not ...

Family Exploration in Bound Feet and Western Dress by Pang-Mei N. Chang

In five pages this paper analyzes how the author probed her own family history in this text. There are no other sources listed....

Vietnam War and the Role of the Media in Shaping Public Opinion

In eleven pages this paper examines the conflict in Vietnam and how the public opinion was shaped by the media's depiction of eve...

Argonauts of the Western Pacific and The Nuer

This 5 page essay contrasts these classic anthropological texts by Malinowski and Evans-Pritchard. Ethnographic style vary but ea...

The Theme of Tragedy in Oedipus the King and Death of a Salesman

This 5 page paper discusses the tragedies faced in the plays Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman b...

4 Western Literary Works and Free Will

In 6 pages the theme of free will as it appears in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, King Lear by William Shakespeare, Docto...

Myth and Mystery at Custer's Last Stand

1868 (Little Big Horn Battlefield Archaeology & History, 1998; http://www.custerbattle.com/home/ec_hist.htm). This agreement crea...

Western Perspectives on Imperial China Through Photography

In five pages this paper discusses how photography between the years 1840 and 1930 served to represent the perceptions of the Euro...

US, Japan, and the Causes of World War II

In six pages this paper examines the events that led to the discord between the United States and Japan that ultimately culminated...