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'Nation' and State of Germany

For example, German nationalism represents the desire for a change in political and administrative structure. It has followed a d...

E.C. Deloria's Waterlily Analyzed

Dakota Sioux during the 19th century is as different a life from our current society as one could imagine. And yet, Deloria has t...

David Hume and Immanuel Kant on Freedom of the Will

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

Teens and Negative Influence of Music

from this close, intact family, there is certainly a lack of discipline. The lax attitude towards the children is indicative of a ...

Individuality and Liberty According to John Stuart Mill and Henry David Thoreau

respond to and voice his opinions regarding the political events and developments of his time in England, but with a vision for th...

Child Abuse History and Definition

Journal of Psychohistory, deMauses story tells a story of thousands of years of crimes against children, ranging from infanticide ...

Free Trade and Cuba

mineral base which includes cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, and silica(Cuba, 2002). Most of what is exp...

Three Artistic Masterpieces Compared

However, the light strikes each man in varying degrees of intensity. This becomes the means by which Caravaggio penetrates the "su...

Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson and Plight of Native Americans

during the nineteenth century they had been regarded as little more than an obstacle in the American quest for land and its resour...

Definition and Role of European Feudalism

of the peasants), monasticism (an organization of the churchmen), and feudalism (the institution of the aristocracy) (Nelson, 2002...

Petrarchan Love Poetry of Lady Mary Wroth and John Donne

The first lines of "The Canonization" read: "For Gods sake hold your tongue and leg me love/ Or chide my palsy, or my gout,/ My fi...

Urban France and the Role of Women in Revolts for Social Change

French military setbacks in 1646 and after it became apparent that the Spanish war would go on despite negotiations to bring peace...

The Landscapes of Thomas Gainsborough

and returned to Sudbury, but later moved to Ipswich for seven or eight years. His success as a portrait artist, however, came in 1...

The Plague and Its Effects on European Society

course, plague was known so the deaths were not completely unexpected, but the disease interrupted lives, and no one knew who woul...

Life of a Factory Worker Compared with Life of a Slave

students of history shudder to read the horrible human rights abuses that were inflicted upon slaves in the antebellum South. Howe...

Culture: A Definition

only refers to cultivation or tillage ("Culture"). Yet, the fifth definition of the noun is broken down into subsections and is th...

Sasanian Foreign Relations

of the mid to late Sasanian Empire, when Persia (todays Iran) was an empire that rivaled Rome, internal politics and the ideology ...

Sakoku: Japan and Modern Isolationism

cultural and civil development, engaged in practices of national isolation. There were many justifications given for such practice...

Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire

to try to protect all clergy and stating that they could not be taxed (Religion Facts, 2011). This was not something the leaders i...

The French Revolution and Changing Alliances

The French Revolution had a reverberating effect not just on France but on the world. State relations changed dramatically during...

Does the World Trade Organization Hinder Economic Growth in Developing Countries?

first world nation economies. A good example of this was the multi-fibre agreement. Many developing countries, such as China, ha...

The Development of a Marketing Stratagem for McDonald's

and fries had all been there for more than two decades and Chicken nuggets were introduced in 1980 (McDonalds, 2010). In any mark...

The Shift from Latin to Vernacular Language Use

This resulted in a gradual shift, and reflected not only the lower level of influence of Rome, but also the declining influence of...

Avant-Garde and Readymade

the changes in any given society so with some chaos and change came more chaotic art. In truth, defining and keeping track...

Early Perceptions of Mental Illness

that if mental illness was caused by a weakened or weakening of the mind, then the stable environment and care that was provided i...

The Congress of Vienna - Good For Europe?

doubt that a great deal of good came from the congress, and it is interesting to note there was a condemnation of the slave trade....

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY: ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND TOUGH MANAGEMENT CHOICES IN TODAY’S ECONOMY

lag in any recovery. Employers are reluctant to hire. This particular trend is especially true in this recession - employers arent...

Aphra Behn, Restoration Author

or her audiences perceptions of those locales. This discussion will demonstrate that the father Apha Behns work moves from her Lon...

Outcomes/Pressy v. Ferguson

On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for challenging Louisianas Separate Car Act in a deliberate act of civil disobedience a...

Piety of Margery Kempe

pages 6-9 in the Book.) This was not an easy pregnancy and Margery suffered "severe attacks of illness" prior to the birth (Kempe,...