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History of America's Transcontinental Railroad

In six pages this report discusses the travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific that resulted from the Transcontinental Railroad in...

Scandalous Presidency of Ulysses Grant

he was seventeen his father, evidently sensing the need for a change in direction, enrolled him in the military academy at West Po...

Humor in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne / Humor Through Characterization and Contrast

In six pages this paper examines how humor is employed for contrast and in characterization in the 4 stories 'Mrs. Bullfrog,' 'Mr....

Multicultural Writing and Exile

In seven pages th is paper discusses how exile is thematically developed in such multicultural writings as Goodbyes by Pablo Nerud...

Film Reviews and Business History

In eighteen pages film reviews consisting of seven reactions and summaries of approximately two and a half pages each consider suc...

Railroads of China

In five pages the significance of Chinese railroads on the country's industrial development is examined. Six sources are cited in...

Richard Orsi/Sunset Limited

been presented in dichotomous terms. On one side is the "selfish, greedy, corporate interests" and on the other, stand "the people...

Abolitionism/There Was No Other Way

moral conviction, and, especially. on the part of African American activists, a fierce visceral passion for freedom" (Bordewich 4)...

First World War and the Use of Railroads

railways were so relatively new that strategists had yet to really utilize their usefulness. With these basic elements in mind the...

Railroad Industry and Computers

firm. However, in imagining such a company, it pays to note that today, most railroad companies are huge conglomerates ("Whats Fre...

The Abolition Movement

also mean they would have to pay higher taxes, but they were willing to do so (Ratification debate on the U.S. Constitution). The ...

Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad

of Appeals: Whether or not the defendant, the Long island Railroad, should held negligent as a proximate cause in regards to the p...

Siebert: The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom

the Railroad, which would probably have delighted him no end (Quarles, p. 145). Seibert also does something else that has largely ...

History of California: The Railroad

and political power people can possess, and many other grand images. But, at the same time he moves toward illustrating to the rea...

Ousmane: “God’s Bits of Wood”

earliest in 1881, and again in 1920, 1925, and 1938; the strike that Sembene uses in his novel is the one that took place in 1947 ...

The Myths of Westward Expansion

that the Anglo Americans were superior to the Natives. They believed that they had the power, and the right, to take over land. Wi...

COST CONSIDERATIONS AND THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY

(Traffic World, 2008). This was down from 2005, which was 12.2% (Traffic World, 2008). Another factor to consider when it ...

THE THROW-AWAY WORKER: USE (AND ABUSE) OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN DEVELOPING CANADA'S RAILROADS - AN OUTLINE

the immigrants were considered expendable when it came to building the railroads. History of Canadas Railroads Much of th...

Substance Abuse and Burlington Northern Railroad

because programs at companies that combine substance abuse education and support, along with testing, tend to have far better resu...

'Labor Slowdown Campaign' 2004 Australian Article Sociological Assessment

Now, drivers are taking action. Why are they doing this? The employees claim that they want more rights, and that drivers are be...

Theodore Levitt's 1960 Article 'Marketing Myopia'

as time when by they began to decline, they did not see themselves as transportation companies, but merely as railroads. Therefore...

Warfare of Early America and Technology

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

New York and the Presence of African Americans

Railroad Station (Soul of America, 2002). The Abyssinian Baptist Church was founded in 1808 as a result of segregation in a white...

Economic Growth and Inventions

1836. The beginning of this coincides wit the revival of the economy and the return to prosperity. The end of this increase is see...

The Patriot Act: A Political Issue

against Americans on their own soil. The extent to which the Act serves to intercept terrorist activity, protect national freedom...

Railroad Accidents

The general public does not know how many train accidents really happen. There are far more than most of us know. The big ones get...

American Cultural Connection and 'The Celestial Railroad' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In six pages this paper examines how American culture is reflected in this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Eight sources are ...

Railroads of Guatemala and Their Economic History

al PG). Railroads were essential for the economic security of all Guatemalans at the turn of the century, for it provided a neces...

Stephen Ambrose's Nothing Like it in the World The Transcontinental Railroad

people and the reader often finds himself shaking his head in amazement at what these people had to endure in order for this proje...

The Impact of Multinational Labor On Host Nations

and Prague (Bello, 2001). The demonstrators argued that multinational corporations, i.e., globalization, ruins the host nations i...