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History and Legacy of the Volkswagen AG Company

such a car (Caryl, 1996). The projects first director, Ferdinand Porsche, was a "nuts-and-bolts" man who was able to help turn Hit...

Democracy Transition of Paraguay

affairs and national affairs of state. This was clearly outside of his parameters, but he was ambitious and stubborn and determine...

Early Labor History in Three Strikes by Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, and Robin Kelley

Upon arrival, the worker would enter a foreboding building or mine shaft to immediately fall under the prying eyes of the foremen ...

Taiwan and Women's Changing Role

in the equation that supported the ideal that women are inferior. Based on a conviction of inferiority, male authorities were the...

Connection Between Biography and History

individual experiences. Williams (1972) recognized that it is not uncommon for man to apply a collective view of individual or pa...

California Colonization and the USA

Spanish and Mexican governments created a presence in California, much to the dismay of the indigenous Indian population; while re...

Biography of Bob Marley

his genre, but his music made pop charts in the United States. He was able to break through barriers that other musicians could no...

Cinematic Interpretation of History

In terms of the way in which...

South Philly Overview

(Learning Center/Philadelphia). However, shipbuilding still employed some 50,000 workers after World War II, but then began a pre...

Airline Deregulation History and Legislation

Deregulation in business, which is the process of allowing businesses to operate without legislative controls, has historically be...

Justice According to Thucydides and Plato

has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...

Book Reviews on the Japanese Samurai

In ten pages this paper reviews various texts on the Japanese Samurai class including Harry Cook's Samurai: The Story of a Warrior...

Eleanor Roosevelt A Personal and Public Life by J. William T. Youngs

not only who she was as a person, but to also put her contributions and her legacy into a proper perspective. The book details sp...

The Christian Science Church

book that described her new beliefs entitled Science and Health, which was published in 1875. In 1877, she married Asa Gilbert Edd...

History of China from Han to Tang Dynasties

In five pages 1,000 years of Chinese history are covered in terms of achievements, organization, and fragmentation as characterize...

Internet Medieval History Websites Compared

specific. For instance, theres a link to Malaspina Universitys "Medieval Music before 1450" page. There are links to pages specia...

Overview of the Holy Roman Empire

Empire was created out of the eastern half of Charlemagnes empire, (Anonymous, 2001). However, by 911, the eastern and western por...

Collective Bargaining and its History

the World (IWW) or the "Wobblies," but their revolutionary rhetoric almost assured that they would fail and alienate far too many...

Meaning of Grace Slick's Song White Rabbit

. . sure, Sgt. Pepper gave the Summer of Love its soundtrack, but White Rabbit melted the patchouli-scented essence of 1967 into t...

History and Culture of Grunge

think everything should include anarchy or some kind of rebellion" (Benner, 2001; grunge2.htm). Many in the punk scene were indivi...

A Description of World Civilizations from Ancient Times to 1500

well as carried new innovative things from other societies and so served to pass ideas along from village to village. Back then t...

Classicism and Greek Culture

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

Chapters 15 and 16 of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

that even hostile nations "embraced, or at least respected, each others superstition" (p. 94). However, the Jews were the only peo...

Spanish Language and the Arabic Influence

well. "Besides being spoken in Spain, it is the official language of all the South American republics except Brazil and Guyana, o...

History of Europe

due to lack of support from the homeland and the natives, whom the Vikings did battle with. Centuries later the English decided to...

Aloe's History and Use

a more supple appearance as well as providing the skin with a source of moisture that was able to keep the skin in tact over the d...

U.S. Abortion Policy Decisions

1997). In the case of an unborn fetus this consideration becomes exceedingly complex. The right of a woman to control her own bo...

The Historical Context of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

poetry, essays, stories and novels from men who had never envisioned themselves as literary artists. From their painful wartime e...

When the Coke was in Coca Cola

The history of the coca plant, Erythroxylum coca, is discussed in this paper, including its cultivation in Peru, Colombia and Boli...

Investment Bank Goldman Sachs

In fifteen pages this paper provides a history of the bank, offers a SWOT and financial analysis of its current position, and also...