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Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev's The Haunted Wood Soviet Espionage in America- the Stalin Era

In ten pages a review of this Cold War historical text is presented. There are no other sources listed....

Late Eighteenth Century Haitian Revolution

French Empire. It was during this period that African slaves were brought to work the sugarcane and coffee plantations. In 1791, t...

John W. Jeffries' Wartime America The World War II Home Front

In five pages this historical text is critically analyzed with the focus being on the author's informative perspectives. There ar...

Africa and the Historical Role of Islam

In ten pages this paper discusses Africa and the historical role Islam played in terms of influence, development, and expansionism...

Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War by Eric Foner

free laborer was entitled to work and prosper to the best of his abilities, while the South was mired in a false sense of aristocr...

Current Kosovo Situation

In five pages this paper discusses NATO intervention in a consideration of the current Kosovo situation with historical background...

Cultural Anthropology Study of Japanese Americans and Their American History Influence

In nine pages cultural anthropology is applied to the culture of the Japanese Americans in hopes of understanding their U.S. histo...

James McPherson's The Negro's Civil War How American Blacks Felt and Acted During the War for the Union

In five pages this paper presents an overview of this American historical texts and assesses the author's arguments in terms of th...

Industrial Uses for Wood Adhesives

Wood adhesives and their uses in industry are examined in this historical and developmental overview consisting of fifteen pages. ...

Aurorae Phenomenon

In fifteen pages this paper examines the aurorae phenomenon in this historical overview. Ten sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Historical Context of the Novel Kokoro by Soseki Natsume

In five pages this novel is analyzed from a Meiji era historical context. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Dust Bowl Legacy and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In 5 pages this paper examines the classic novel by John Steinbeck from an historical perspective. There are no other sources lis...

Historical Plausibility of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In 5 pages this great American novel is analyzed in an historical overview of the relevant 19th century issues including children'...

Historical Influence of Walt Whitman

In eight pages this paper discusses the social and political influences Walt Whitman exerted through his poetry from an historical...

Discussion of Denver International Airport

In six pages Denver International Airport is discussed in terms of its flawed design and construction as described in an Exhibit A...

Discussion of Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren

In five pages Warren's memoirs are examined with the 'Miranda' and Brown v. Board of Education decisions being the primary focus. ...

The Arts and Perceived Inferiority of Women

In five pages this paper examines the arts in a consideration of the historical discrimination against women. Three sources are c...

Meteors and the Defense of the Earth

The rare fragment that survives and actually lands on earth-that is a meteorite" (pp. 90). Krajick (1999) adds that modern...

Comparative Interpretations of Clan of the Cave Bear

This paper consisting of five pages contrasts and compares contemporary historical adaptations of Clan of the Cave Bear with the f...

Historical Analysis of Edward Gibbons' 'The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire,' Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War,' and Tacitus' 'The Annals'

In ten pages three ancient historical texts are analyzed in terms of author's approach to history, the representation of the past,...

Historical Overview of the New York City Public Transportation System

America was a bit behind. Paris had its omnibus in 1823 and London in 1829 (Ellis, 1997). New York states first railroad, the Moha...

Criminal Prosecutions and the Impact of the Exclusionary Rule

In eight pages this paper discusses how criminal prosecutions have been impacted by the exclusionary rule in this historical overv...

Historical Accuracy, the Vietnam War, and Francis Ford Coppola's Film Apocalypse Now

In eight pages this paper discusses the portrayal of the Vietnam War in an assessment of historical accuracy and the presentation ...

Director James Cameron's 1998 Film Titanic

In three pages this paper discusses this blockbuster movie about the sinking of the Titanic in terms of plot outline and analyzes ...

Contextual Approach to Media Criticism in 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws'

This is an historical research paper of 8 pages that discusses the impact these films had on popular culture, economics, technolog...

Overview of Homeopathy

In six pages homeopathy is defined in a historical consideration that includes an analysis of illness treatment effectiveness. Ni...

Epidemic Proportions of the Plague and Cholera

In six pages this paper takes a historical examination of the epidemic proportion reseached by outbreakes of the plague and choler...

Analysis of Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this early 19th century historical fiction novel is analyzed in terms of the freedom struggles of the Covenanters ...

The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

of restrained antagonism -- somewhat similar to the "Cold War" of the 1950s and 60s -- simmered just under the surface, threatenin...

The Peloponnesian War of Thucydides and Greek Culture

In four pages this paper examines the historical text on the Pelopponesian War by Thucydides in a consideration of the cultural di...