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An Examination of The Theory of the Leisure Class

all, a class of people set higher, financially and socially, than others who must somehow struggle and work for a living. Veblen f...

The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and the History it Reflects

In five pages this paper considers America following the Civil War and how this time period is reflected in Mark Twain's The Gilde...

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...

TV Show Touched by an Angel Semiological Analysis

In five pages this CBS prime time television series is subject to a semiological analysis of what its symbols reveal about Western...

'The Hypocrisy of Slavery' by Frederick Douglass

In five pages Douglass's speech and his use of political rhetoric are examined within the context of the 1852 time period in which...

Overview of Medieval Fashion

In seven pages this research paper examines Medieval attire and what is revealed about the time in terms of culture, politics, and...

Development in Japan and China From the Sixteenth Until the Nineteenth Century

In five pages the time period from 1500 until 1800 is the focus of a discussion of Japan and China's religious, economic, and poli...

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...

Stakeholder Strategy by Ann Svendsen

In four paages this business text is reviewed in terms of the author's view that profits must be maximized while at the same time ...

Thomas Pynchon's V. and Gender Issues

Pynchon's first novel is addressed in the context of this well written paper. This author treated characterization for the women q...

Byzantine Empire Rule of Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora

In five pages this report discusses the rule of Justinian and Theodora during the time of the Byzantine Empire. Six sources are c...

1933 to 1937 Anti Semitic Policy of Nazi Germany

In five pages this paper examines how the Nazi party of Germany gradually developed anti semitic policies during this time period ...

Bildunsroman in 'Great Expectations' and 'Jane Eyre'

In 6 pages, this essay discusses how the coming-of-age is presented in these novels by Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte, with ...

Manufacturing and How to Become 'Lean'

qualities. Examples include: damage during transportation, rework double handling; misidentification in storage; loss in storage; ...

1560 to 1890 European Dominance

process several centuries before. We can argue that one of the first influences was the development of the use of gunpowder and h...

Gilgamesh, 'The Odyssey' and Heroic Epics

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...

Theory of Relativity

In five pages this paper examines relativity and time within the context of The Evolution of Physics by Albert Einstein and Leopol...

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...

A Life Examined in Alan Taylor's 'William Cooper's Town'

In this 5 page paper, the Revolutionary War is the star of William Cooper's life in a text that continues the trials and tribulati...

Scandals Involving Savings and Loan Companies During the 1980s and 1990s

II. Events Leading up to Crisis Pontell & Calavita (1993)explains that the federally insured savings and loan system had been i...

Fifteenth to Eighteenth Century Kingship

In five pages this paper examines the concept of kingship within this time period with the emphasis upon France and England, and t...

Russell Baker's 'Taking the Saps' on State Lottery Flaws

In five pages this June 1996 Russell Baker article published in The New York Times on the state sponsored lottery flaws is discuss...

Dickinson's Poem 'A Clock Stopped'

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Emily Dickinson's poem in terms of the poet's attitudes and feelings about time are analyzed. Th...

'Indian Camp' by Ernest Hemingway

his physician father to perform a Caesarean on a pregnant squaw. Dr. Adams describes the serious medical situation in clinical, m...

Substance According to John Locke

philosophy and political theory has been incalculable. Substance In the "Essay Concerning Human Understanding," Locke carefully ...

Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness and Race Relations by Brian Ward

post-World War II African-American music was growing up and into the mainstream, the white mainstream, of American consciousness. ...

Bret Harte's Life and Writings

In five pages this biography of Bret Harte includes the times in which he lived, his philosophy, and his text The Outcasts of Poke...

Contemporary Symbolic Logic History

Aristotelian philosophy is a good place to start. For Aristotle,...

Spanish and English Approaches to Colonial Slavery

Spain and Portugal were the first nations to reach the shores of the "New World". Their arrival preceded that of other major colo...

Literature of Early America

In nine pages the religious messages of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of...