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19th Century Russia

older brother, Alexander I, died and his second brother, Grand Duke Constantine, refused the crown (Levykin, 1999). His first act ...

Giacometti and Kandinsky

display at the Dallas Museum of Art (Giacometti). It is what the name implies: three of Giacomettis elongated figures, walking tog...

Working Conditions and the Industrial Revolution

any attempt to better their conditions was seen through direct contact with officials, rather than mill owners. With those realiti...

Yinka Shonibare/A Flying Machine for Every Man, etc.

of Shonibares characters via their clothing. While Victorian in style, the design for the wax fabrics originated in the Dutch colo...

British Imperialism in the Middle East in the Early 20th Century

were "formidable obstacles" that "blocked the road to peaceful progress and promoted wars and rumors of wars."3 Also playing a la...

THE THROW-AWAY WORKER: USE (AND ABUSE) OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN DEVELOPING CANADA'S RAILROADS - AN OUTLINE

the immigrants were considered expendable when it came to building the railroads. History of Canadas Railroads Much of th...

Jefferson and Hamilton and Agriculture

et al., 2007: 198). He tried to convince Congress to move in that direction and actually encourage the nation "to promote the immi...

Albert Einstein: Life and Accomplishments

patent office located in Bern ("Albert Einstein"). It was during his employment here that Einstein began to write about theoretica...

Reform Movements of the 19th Century: Frederick Douglass

a free man prior to the Civil War and it was during the Civil War that he began to work alongside Abraham Lincoln in many ways, al...

Essay on Auguste Comte

equality reversed and he no longer supported the cause of "economic and moral independence" for women in his later years, but rath...

The Expanding Nation

migration of people to urban centers and increasing support for westward expansion. As many began to support the spread of aboli...

PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD AND ITS ART

Gabriel Rossetti; William Holman Hunt; John Everett Millais; James Collinson; Frederic George Stephens; Thomas Woolner; and writer...

AMERICAN HISTORY: AN OVERVIEW

having to serve it. These days, of course, television is very much ensconced in the fabric of our lives, with most homes having at...

English Language Learners' Educational Timeline

schools to take "affirmative steps" to overcome language barriers that impeded non-English speaking children from academic success...

Questions on 10th Century Psychology

as the certain quality of perception required within the sensual world is decidedly unique to human beings. In Interpretati...

Sir Edwin Lutyens and Building a Perfect Legacy

Lutyens left at the age of thirteen to absorb the lush Surrey countryside, with only a pencil and sketchpad for company. He drew ...

Assessment of Tennessee's Highlander Folk School

like drama and dance and music. They were given more than just a cursory education. Rather, they were given an impressive amount o...

The Leadership Style of Anwar Sadat

discussed, in terms of his personal qualities, his commitment to nationalism, and his political strategies with regard to Israel, ...

Architecture Hi Tech and Postmodernism

inherently good or inherently evil. Fragmentation and diversity are seen as positive and there is no conservative or fundamental p...

'Englishness' and the Occult in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

some contrasting views of Englishness and attitudes about colonialism in their respective uses of the occult/supernatural. One te...

"Around the World in 80 Days" as a Guide to 19th Century Globalization

a deck steward on a tramp steamer. The film points out quite nicely the fact that the book really is a travelogue, with each episo...

Power Justification

The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

20th Century British India

but it pays to note also that other things would occur to render the necessity of government help. As a result, it is found that o...

Cinematic Perspectives of Society and Race

culture. "Out of Africa", for example, is a love story. It is also a story of contrasts. A Danish woman lands in the middle of K...

Death in the Paintings 'My Birth' by Frida Kahlo and 'The Trench' by Jose Clemente Orozco

me today?" (Reed 25) His art has been described as being both powerful and extraordinary, and since the Mexican Revolution coinci...

Twentieth Century and the Culturally Conflicted Media

cultural influence and at times, military advantage for the country. At the same time, the various forms of mass media have deve...

New York Tenements and How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis

fate of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat" (Riis, 1971,5)....

Calypso

in the call and answer format, with matching phrases with the use of many V - I cadences and then open cadences to allow the respo...

Jews and Persecution Reasons

this premise had become a common notion and it persisted for centuries, something that would create more areas of persecution ("Pe...

Southern Slave Codes

first chapter, Goodell describes slavery as defined by the laws of various southern states; here we read things like this: "LOUISI...