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Robin Hood's Fact and Fiction

equated with a Robin Hood ideology. In fact, many do refer to people who hold such concepts as being a "Robin Hood." This twelfth ...

Tutorial on Prostheses and Latest Developments

changed from leather to plastic. This made the prosthetic a great deal lighter (Fox, 2001). Advances continued to be made in pros...

Old World Encounters Cross Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre Modern Times by Jerry H. Bentley

that have brought forth cultural influence as it is known today. "On the basis of its global analysis, the book identifies severa...

European Perceptions and How They Have Evolved

but when they found it, they refused to allow any other religion to exist but their own. The new interpretation of religious free...

Historical Connections Between Liverpool and Shanghai

This paper discusses the common historical aspects of these two very different and distant cities. The author examines how Ninete...

Impact of Isaac Newton and That Apple Tree

the notion of gravity. Although its uncertain if the story is true (Newton was known for observing the fall of apples from his mot...

Classical Themodynamics Topic Critique

more extended its range of applicability. Therefore the deep impression which classical thermodynamics made on me. It is the onl...

A US Post Civil War History

In this paper of six pages several important historical events such as the growth due to the Industrial Revolution, the twentieth ...

English Weddings of the 16th Century

Despite their integral cultural connection to the rights of passage associated with weddings, the great wedding celebrations of si...

A History of the Magazine in America

other reason may be that they were too expensive for the average household to buy. Documents from that time indicate that the maga...

Rebecca Foster's 1789 Rape

for the entire community provided the basis upon which its historical evidence might be knowingly skewed to help support the notio...

Nursing and Global Perspectives

on a global scale. Therefore, for nurses to succeed in the complex world of the twenty-first century, many authorities feel th...

Expansionism of the U.S., Italy, and Germany During the 19th Century

there was considerable fractionation between the people. The young United States also faced the problem of enlarging her territor...

Lombroso and Criminal Behavior

a sensation with his book that was published in 1876 ("Cesare," 2001). In the work, the doctor utilized Darwinian principals of ev...

Eighteenth Century Social Reformer John Howard

In nine pages this research paper discusses John Howard's 18th century prison reform efforts. Five sources are cited in the bibli...

17th Century Conflict Between English Colonists and Native Americans

They would found the first permanent English colony, New England. Some twenty-one thousand would arrive between 1630 and 1642 (Re...

Passenger Aviation

were designed to be lighter than air, but still there was little success until , Orville and Wilbur Wright started to experiment w...

St. Augustine and His Impact

2001). In many ways St. Augustines life would serve as a bridge between pagan Rome and the Christian middle ages (ODonnell, 2001)...

A Fictional Converation Between Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx

conversation begins when Marie arrives at the table and seats herself with her guest, Ian and not far behind them is an older frie...

South Africa's Development and the Impact of the Boer Wars

and the British Empire - black people were also involved at all levels of the war and this in itself had a salient effect on the w...

Piano's Development

loud" (History of the Piano...Grover). In its shape and general construction, it resembled a harpsichord, however, there were ma...

Modern World and Marxism

the utopia that Marx sees as a communist society. Yet, the final three parameters of this human journey involve capitalism, social...

Ideologies of Machiavelli, Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle on Democratic Rule

of the United States. Without the philosophies of those that lived in the centuries prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence...

The Impact of World War I on Australian Art and Artists

to the gracious host to the worldwide event known as the 2000 Summer Olypmics. Art, Wartime and the land "Down Under"...

The Concept of Manifest Destiny as it Applies to Early Life in California

Yankee settlement. Only two days after the American flag rose in the center of town in July, 1846, More than two hundred Mormon s...

Historical Importance of the 1930s' Dust Bowl

the Dust Bowl was an area of land that had been so depleted of its natural resources that it dried up and turned into dust that no...

Culture, Identity, and Roots in the Writings of Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe

society as a whole had become better educated by the mid-19th century, a new market presented itself for stories, regional sketche...

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Women in the 19th Century

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...

Critical Opinions on 'The Souls of Black Folk' by W.E.B. Du Bois

In eleven pages this research paper considers the diverse critical opinions regarding this landmark early 20th century African Ame...

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

In seven pages this paper analyzes how the author depicts the 20th century Jewish male coming of sexual age in this amusing and in...