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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....

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...

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...

Industrial Uses for Wood Adhesives

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

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...

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,...

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...

Database Management and Use

the past has been a repository of past events, a record of organizational history in several areas. "But these days we expect mor...

Defining "Crusade" And "Jihad"

The concept of Jihad has long been at the forefront of controversy in its indignation toward government and strong-arm tactics. O...

Scorsese/Gangs of New York

the foreign hordes defiling it" (Mattie 215). Cutting slays Vallon, consigns his son to an orphanage, and proclaims his rule ove...

Spielberg/Amistad

of his story, as his capture is told in flashback, which emphasizes the personal tragedy of this event for him. Cinques story of h...

Historical Jesus

Luke 2.1 there is also the reference to the birth taking place in the time of the census of Quirinius, this was in 6 CE2, however ...

Hobsbawm/Age of Capital

subsequent citations refer to this text). Part I contains only the first chapter, "The Springtime of the Peoples," and this rela...

Conquest of Mexico

of possible later interpretations of the "historical record after the conquest" (Schwartz 129). Also, other scholars assert that t...

"Medea" - Treatment And Perspective Of Women

as she was forced to come face to face with her own shortcomings, which ultimately cast upon her the tragic flaw that eventually l...

Seder: Historical/Biblical Reference

highly scripted event whereby participants are bound by myriad segments throughout the dinner that reflect specific aspects of the...

A Fictitious Discussion Between Hobbes and Kant

of his own life; and consequently, of doing anything which, in his own judgement and reason, he shall conceive to be the aptest me...

Jane Tomkin/"Indians"

Indians, but rather how scholarship can lead an historian to this answer. What is her conclusion to this overriding issue? Over...

Historical Tour to Vladivostok, Russia

drills and their equipment. The ecotour organizer states that "East Russia is also the last place on earth, where we have a...

Leaders: Controlling or Controlled?

survey of history so taking three disparate examples seems reasonable. As for whether or not leaders control events or vice versa...

We Were Soldiers/Historical Accuracy of Film

back first one North Vietnamese assault, then another, over a period of six days."i In writing about the film, co-author of We W...

2 Film Versions of 1 Novel Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

was cast as the Indian renegade Magua and a "less likely and more melodramatic Indian...is hard to imagine" (Magills-1920). Beery ...

History/Education & Educational Psychology

Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) with the first applied educational psychologist, as he attempted to put Rousseaus philosophy into ...