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Black American Feminism

7 pages. This paper provides an overview of the authorship of four significant African American authors, Maria Stewart, Anna Juli...

King Philip's War by Jill Lepore

In five pages this historical text by Jill Lepore is analyzed in a consideration of how American identity was shaped by that long ...

Urban Informal Economy of Latin America and Ideology

In ten pages this paper examines the urban informal economic structures of Latin American countries and the influence of ideology ...

Ragtime Music as a Societal Phenomenon

"Youve Been a Good Old Wagon but Youve Done Broke Down" (Ketch, 1993, p. 182). Sensing a popular music form, the New York song pu...

Music in the Films of the Coen Brothers

examined, one could perhaps argue that this is the one film wherein music was almost non-existent. Ethan Coen, in relationship to ...

Japanese and American Comic Books

Another difference between the two is the character development found in the Japanese comics (2001). The worlds that are created f...

The Evolution of the Americas

has been noted, the question of precisely when Native Americans arrived in the Americas is surrounded more by speculation than it ...

Reflection on Counseling Ethics

is eventually taken. Afterward, I reflect on how my choice turned out and, if I could do it over again, the factors that I might c...

The Power of Persuasion: No Magic Bullet for the Continuing Problems in Darfur

that this earlier time in history bears little comparison to contemporary times in regard to what it takes to inspire individuals ...

Hernandez/Buena Vista Social Club

Other" (Hernandez 63). Cooders own statements, as quoted by Hernandez, support this position. Another point made by Hernandez is...

Islamic Militarism Since 600 A.D.

of Toledo. Bypassing Spanish Christian survivors that were huddled in the mountains of northwest Spain, Muslim armies pushed on an...

Sophocles, Gilman & Browning/Oppressed Women

finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...

Math Through the Ages, A Gentle History

as, in this case, devising symbols for replacing long strings of tallies. In this section of the book, the authors present math ...

Views of World War I

Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...

Africa and Profit From Slave Trade

(Shillington 20). Tunde Obadina, director of Africa Business Information Services, asserts that the "vast majority of slaves tak...

The Music Industry

and many up and coming artists choose to have an agent represent them. The agent will help them to get work, but in exchange, they...

Prejudice Against Powers in Music

in the entertainment industry. Family members have reinforced the notion that it is hard enough to get a break in music but it is ...

The Individual and Societal Value of the Arts and Music

The arts are an incredibly important component of American society and culture. Indeed, art...

The Jazz Music of the Alex Blake Quartet

more jazz musicians will typically improvise simultaneously (Machlis 413). For all intents and purposes, Alex Blakes biography fo...

Bob Marley's Life, Music, and Contributions to Reggae

Marley," 2006). He was not seriously injured, but Constantine (2000) reports that at that free concert a man by the name of Carl C...

'Praxial Music Education' According to David Elliott

other reason than the fact that the results of human action cannot be adequately understood apart from the motives, intentions, an...

John Philip Sousa, Jean Sibelius, and Nationalistic Music

From the beginning of a Sibelius work, the listener is immersed in a sound world that is entirely original and which conjures the ...

An analysis of Beethovern's Music in Immortal Beloved

through the use of rolling chords that softly underscore the melody line in the treble, while octaves sound in the bass like dista...

Trumpet Music and 20th Century Composer Karl King

fits with the spiritual title, it also has a slightly Spanish flavor that conjures visions of a sleepy town at sunset and an evoca...

Southern Florida and Jazz Music

In addition the school provides opportunities to engage in off-campus activities because the area of Southern Florida is such a ja...

Male Mice Singing to Female Mice as Ultrasonic Music to Their Ears

four consecutive day having two 3-minute "social experiences" (Holy et al, 2005, p. 386), the difference being that one of the ses...

Overview of Music Videos

as we know them today really got started with the launch of MTV (Music video, 2005). A brief timeline of the development of the m...

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Music of the Night' from Phantom of the Opera

from being too ominous. The Phantoms intent is to seduce Christine, not frighten her. The seductive mood is clearly indicated in t...

Edgard Varese's Music

(Edgard Varese: Father of Electronic Music, 2002). In many ways, what gives Vareses music is particular structure is his early ...

Romantic and Classical Music Compared and Assessed

The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had a great effect throughout Europe and the patronage system of the Baroque was soo...