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The Flea in History

interestingly enough to mean "wingless siphon" (Kettle, 1995). The flea is a highly specialized creature and subsists by sucking ...

Procopius/The Secret History

was a counselor to Belisarius and accompanied him on several of his campaigns and he may have been a prefect of Constantinople (Ha...

Furniture/Desk and Chair

For instance, in January of 1976, Herman Miller, Inc. began marketing the first "fully integrated ergonomic chair, The Ergon Chair...

What Does Empiricism Teach About The Relationship Between Appearance And Reality?

awareness of the moment at hand and draws attention to the fleeting nature of existence that unifies all things. "The ideas of Se...

Protests Against Black History Month

abolished. Like Killfile, Cox sees Black History Month as a modern form of segregation, referring to it as the "intellectual equiv...

Economy Of Nigeria

B.C. when it was a sparsely population area (Pearson Education 2008). The Nok culture is known to have resided there between 800 B...

The Galileo Project

including book sources by Hale, Cochrane and Biagioli, who have published sources on this subject. Though the author of the cite...

British National Cinema in the 1980's

identity in relation to the various products of the national and international film and television industries, and the conditions ...

Comprehensive Health History, 65-year-old Male

allergies. He has never been involved in a serious industrial or automobile accident (Physical assessment, 2007). He is not taking...

Civil Rights

as new western states were added to the union. Abolitionist movement: William Lloyd Garrison, a white man, founded the Ame...

Beatrice C. Mosionier/In Search of April Raintree

It has never been out of print since its publication and has been translated into "French, German and Dutch" (Taillon 16). Written...

Issues in African History

peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...

Background Information on GE

and Coffins companies expanded, but it soon became apparent that it would be difficult for either company to the alone, relying on...

Strauss and Howe/The Fourth Turning

Summary and review of the major points made by Strauss and Howe in this fascinating history text, which predicts near future for t...

Tuberculosis and New Mexico

threatened almost everyone, regardless of social status. The disease ultimately led to many states implementing what was called ...

US Reasons for Entering Word War I

were formed as a direct result of Nationalism. Tensions in Germany in particular before the outbreak of war were phenomenal (Arth...

Woodrow Wilson and Word War I

as a direct result of Nationalism. Tensions in Germany in particular before the outbreak of war were phenomenal (Arthur, 2004). ...

Presentation on the History of the US Army

his 12 slide PowerPoint presentation traces the history of the US army from the origins of the army through to the twenty-first ce...

Latin America Transformed/Gwynne & Kay, Eds.

Modernity," contains 6 chapters, which are characterized by the editors preferred political economy approach. Part 2, "Political T...

United Church Of Canada And Christology

to defer to clergy as people in other churches (Stewart, 1983). These attitudes would be expected if one considers the three tradi...

Mark Monmonier's "From Squaw Tit To Whorehouse Meadow" - Changes To America's Cultural Landscape

respect local tradition (Monmonier 71). The place-naming process outlined in Monmoniers book illustrates the transitional ...

Raboteau & Elkins/2 Views of Slavery

performing these rites for the multitude of abducted Africans who died in transit to the Americas. In the second chapter, Rabote...

History Topics

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

History Of The African Methodist Episcopal Church

that was with Allen disagreed with his theological position and attached themselves with the Quaker movement (About.com, 2006). Th...

Jones & Moody/Known World

himself to be a benevolent master, and after his death, his wife Caldonia tries to uphold this legacy, the novel nevertheless show...

Impressionism/Music & Art

not explicitly intended to depict any concrete object or situation, but rather seeks to create a "mood or atmosphere," which elici...

Ancient History to the 21st Century

time period, from around 3100-2686 BC the Egyptians had their "Early Egyptian dynastic period, with a succession of kings that str...

West Misperceptions of the History of East Asia

of French historian Michel Foucalt, and makes three principal arguments. The first argument that Said presents is that Orientali...

Rise and Fall of of the Qin Dynasty

considered to be "xian" or districts, but larger administrative districts were later formed. These were the "jun" or provinces (Qi...