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Analysis of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and Its Impact Upon Colonial America

In five pages this paper discusses the legal and political effects on America during the colonial era as a result of Great Britain...

Jacksonian Era Congressman James Israel Standifer

In five pages the tremendous influence exerted by this little known congressman during the Jacksonian era is examined. Three sour...

French Politics in 1848

working class. Citing Theodore Zeldin, Sewell states that 1848 is important in French history because it was at this time that t...

Romantic and Enlightenment Views of Nature

would sweep away the superstitions of the past and replace them with the clear light of reason. Regardless of the discipline in wh...

1990s Global Financial Crises, Causes, and Reforms

of the 1990s came as a surprise to economists who thought that more globalization would have the effect of stabilizing internation...

Women's Roles in 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Wife makes it clear that she has always enjoyed sex and this verifies the Churchs depiction of women as licentious. In fact, t...

The Neoproterozoic and Acritarch Radiation

organisms when there are major environment changes, such as changing sea levels, tectonic movements, glacial events and climatic c...

Romantic Era and History of Science

specialization." The first learned societies and academies already had been formed, but botanists were left out of this first loo...

The French Lieutenant's Woman, Christianity and Paganism

she stands at the coast, watching the stormy sea, hoping that her lover would return" (The French Lieutenants Woman (1981)). Fr...

Civil War and Reconstruction Social Welfare Programs

founded by Rev. Charles L. Brace was formed and was the first "childrens organization to adopt family care, or placing-out, as its...

Women, Medieval Attitudes and The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

the passage is a contrast of literal words and actual underlying meanings. Many times what the Wife says is in direct opposition t...

Algeria's Political and Civil Reforms from 1870 to 1920

In eight pages this paper examines Algerian history during this time period in terms of the increased pressures for civil and poli...

Japan and Traditional Women's Role

This paper discusses Japan's society in terms of the role women have traditionally played such as wife, geisha, and also examines ...

The Slave Mothers of Black Americans

slave Louis Hughes in his autobiography, Thirty Years a Slave (Hughes, 2001). In his account, he discusses how he was separated fr...

Arms Control and the Cold War

British Prime Minister) in 1946 that required immediate attention. Proposing that atomic energy be placed under international con...

Lillian Hellman's Politics

one another through these infamous Communist witch-hunts ("Dashiell," 1996) . Still, Hammett had actually been a Communist Party m...

Sugar Production in Colonial Cuba and its Effects on Slavery and Business

This paper presents an overview of sugar production in Cuba during the country's colonial era. The author notes the various impac...

Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai

In eleven pages this research paper applies this Indian novel to Indian nationalism's historical development during the colonial e...

Prehistoric North American and Flintknapping

In fifteen pages flintknapping and tools of North America during the prehistoric era are discussed in terms of identification as w...

Ivan the Terrible, Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

his cheek, he has a look that mixes fear and trepidation with determination. With this, Eisenstein introduces the idea that the Ts...

God in a Technical Age, Arnold and Hopkins

In the media today, it is possible to frequently see pundits and politicians bemoaning the state of society in regards to morality...

Langston Hughes, Three Poems

This essay considers three of Langston Hughes's poems, "Harlem," "I, Too," and "Ballad of the Landlord" and argues that they are r...

Nineteenth Century Patriarchy and Kate Chopin

This essay is on nineteenth century writer Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." The position presented is that this n...

Significance of Free Blacks During the Antebellum Period

This research paper describes the role and significance of free blacks in the north and south during the antebellum era. Four page...

"A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen

This essay asserts that Ibsen's play "A Doll's House" presents a convincing argument that a woman could be herself, that is, an au...

Years Following Civil War

The years between 1865 and 1877 were known as the Reconstruction era because the country was trying to recover and rebuild after t...

Defending Immigration, the Immorality of Racism

This essay presents an argument based on the idea that fear of immigration, which is promoted by conservatives, is unraveling the ...

Comparing Jacobs and Wilson

of slavery, as she was not free by any definition of this term and she was treated as property, in a manner that is equivalent to ...

Tammany Hall and Political Impropriety

The perks are a part of the deal. He gives an example by saying that if he knew a bridge was being built, he should buy land aroun...

The Royal Family Depression Era Comedy by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber

between a life in the theater and the offer of a stable marriage to a sensible stockbroker. Fanny Cavendish is the family matriar...