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Historical Views and Times Represented in the Writings of Toni Morrison, Adrienne Rich, and T.S. Eliot

to her poetry is the element of history. For Rich, the "sea is another story/ the sea is not a question of power / I have to lea...

In Support of Capital Punishment

penalty is used rarely and for only the most severe crimes. But in 18th- and 19th-century England and America, the death penalty w...

United States and Ethnic Conflict

the capitalist system which emphasizes individuality over community and competition over cooperation. Areas that were once ...

London's Development History

at the time, was very accessible while the area was also ideally suited for brick-making which facilitated quick growth and build...

History and Current Situation of Domestic Violence

What is Domestic Violence? Domestic violence, or battering as it is sometimes called, is "a pattern of behavior used to establish ...

Humankind's History and the Importance of the Stone Age

In 5 pages this paper discusses the historical importance of the Stone Age. There is 1 source cited in the bibliography....

Female Gangs; Social and Historical CausesGirl Gangs, Historical and Social Causes

This paper examines the reality of female gangs. The author addresses social and historical reasons for their inception, as well ...

Leadership in Henry the Eighth by William Shakespeare

during his reign. For a number of years, King Henry VIII relied on Cardinal Wolsey, his principal minister, for guidance in his l...

History and Theory

In ten pages and 3 sections student posed questions on Karl Marx's writings, Jean Paul Sartre's historical materialism concepts, a...

David Hare's Play Amy's View

In 6 pages this paper considers the play in terms of a critical, literary historical, and interdisciplinary literary analysis. Th...

The Decision to Drop the Bomb by Dennis Wainstock

In five pages this paper examines this text and the author's views regarding the historical weight of certain political decisions....

Treaty of Rome

In seven pages this paper examines the Treaty of Rome in a consideration of its historical relevance. One source is listed in the...

History of Equestrian Fashion

In ten pages women's equestrian fashions are considered in this historical overview of past and present horseback riding attire. ...

The Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg

The writer analyzes the book The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller by Carlo Ginzburg and argues that ...

Queen Elizabeth and Richard the Third

"Come, Come, we know your meaning, brother Gloster; You envy my advancement, and my friends; God grant we never may have need of y...

Man's Evolutionary History

In seven pages this paper presents an historical overview of man and the species' evolution. Three sources are cited in the bibli...

Tuscany, Italy's Etruscan Civilization

of city-states. Perusia, Volsinnii, Caere, Veii, Tarquinii, and Clusium were important (Anonymous 110-113). At one time, t...

Discussion of Hermann Hesse's Siddartha

In five pages this paper analyzes Siddhartha's journey in a consideration of the author's life as well as the parallels that exist...

Selective Process of Breeding, Rye and Secale cereale x Secale montanum

In ten pages the historical breeding of rye is discussed in an overview of conventional techniques which are contrasted with conte...

Pillar of Fire by Taylor Branch

In five pages this 2nd volume of a civil rights' movement historical text by Taylor Branch is analyzed. There are no other source...

Memoirs of Norman MacLean's A River Runs Through It and Wallace Stegner Wolf Willow

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares these geographical and historical memoirs. Four sources are cited int he bibliogra...

Mystery of Amelia Earhart's Disappearance

In five pages this paper examines the mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart's plane and the research expeditions determined t...

Historical and Social Perspectives of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

upon the concept of language is clear when one considers why it rests so uncomfortable between that of mimetic realism and moderni...

Behaviorism and Organizational Psychology's History

In eight pages this paper examines behaviorism and the evolution of organizational psychology in an historical consideration that ...

Review of It Was Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen

In six pages this historical text by Frederick Lewis Allen is analyzed in terms of its focus, scope, and content. There are no ot...

Search for Modern China by Jonathan Spence

In five pages this research paper discusses Spence's text in an examination of how the author presents the Chinese historical peri...

Situations of Domestic Violence and Changing Responses

on the subject is that the woman is in danger, there are also cases in which the man is battered. In the O.J. Simpson case, for ex...

The Canterbury Tales and the Discussion of Love

In five pages this paper examines how contrasting attitudes about love are represented in The Knight's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Ta...

History of Schizophrenia

In seven pages this paper discusses schizophrenia in a historical overview that also includes its symptoms such as hallucinations ...

New Deal and African Americans

The 'fairness' of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal on African Americans is assessed in seven pages with the conclusion reached tha...