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US Economy 200 - 2003

there were quarters where there was negative real growth, indicating a recession. In 2002 the growth rate increased to 2.2% and th...

American Renaissance

This is not to say that the influence of European authors was not discernible in the work of these authors. For example, Melvill...

The Performance of Unilever

than growth in sales. So, between the period of 2003 and 2007 there is a difficult period, as in 2004 there was a further reorgani...

Analysis ofTwo Greek Statues

the prime of life ("Marble...woman"). This trend included depicting ordinary people, such as this statue, which is known as "The O...

The Architectural Features of Notre Dame and St. Etienne

generally viewed as a precursor of the Gothic style of church architecture, which began in 1140 with the re-building of St. Denis ...

Literature from the Heian Period

anthologies until the appearance of renga" (Miyake, 2002). In addition, though looking at Heian literature we find that "Althou...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' as a Time Period Behavioral Manual

into marriage, religion/gods, revenge, rituals, and reputation. Marriage Clearly Ulysses story involves the condition of marria...

Ancient History and Interactions Across Cultures

the Romans. Through looking at gender conditions as it relates to the Greeks and Romans we can gain some understanding of pre-cl...

Sculpture of Early Japan

figurines represented the earliest of the Japanese deities and were included within the religious observances. One sculpture, in ...

Comparative Artistic Analysis of Gimaud and Bernini

and an introduction of new and exploratory forms. However, the term has now also come to mean other forms of grotesquerie or absur...

Superstition During the Renaissance

superstitious practices that were adhered to so rigidly, it should not be surprising that the citizens of the Renaissance also bel...

President Abraham Lincoln's Role in the US Period of Reconstruction

Eric Froner Consider Reconstruction a Failure? The reasons for the failure of reconstruction are itemized in the article....

Comparing and Contrasting Two Ancient Greek Vases

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts two Greek vases, one from the Archaic period and the other from the Late Geometric period...

History of Russia in a Combination of 4 Papers

kingdom, ruled by Vladimir, stretched all the way to the Black Sea (History, 2005). Yaroslav the Wise succeeded Vladimir, and und...

Comparison of 1790 and 1860 Economies

dispute. By 1860, slavery was in full force but shortly after that, the slaves would be freed. Both the 1790 and 1860 periods were...

Europe's Disenchantment Period

In a paper of fifteen pages an examination of European history includes the Middle Ages, Baroque period, and The Enlightenment in ...

Change Reflected in Literature

who simply drank and tried to find themselves once again. This "Lost Generation" was very reflective of the changes in the world...

Hobsbaum and Scot on Bureaucracy, Prosperity, and Peace

them. But the threat of nuclear annihilation itself was enough of a deterrence on both sides of the ocean. But Hobsbaum po...

Romanticism, Modernism, and Victorian Literature

throughout the novel. This is adventure and romance and in essence offers up a very tense story that is filled with emotions, fear...

Greek Funerary Vase/Krater ca. 750-735 BC

base and down the pedestal. There are two main strips of illustrations divided by a geometric band. To either side of the vase are...

Transitions During the Enlightenment Period

secular tone ("The Enlightenment," 2006). The eighteenth century would begin the Age of Reason where there was intellectual discov...

Comparing Greek Geometric & Archaic Vases

of warriors carrying a round shield and poised between two horses. A long-legged bird stands beneath each horse. Around the centra...

A History of Jews in America

She corresponded with Grace Aguilar, a Jewish British theologian; Fanny Kemble, a British actress; Catherine Sedgwick, an American...

Overview of How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis

In five pages this 1890 text is examined in terms of how the time period's events relate to its contents. Two sources are cited i...

Extinction of Dinosaurs and the Catastrophism Theory

In eight page this paper discusses the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods' extinction of dinosaurs in an assessment of the catastroph...

Place in Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather

In five pages the representation of place with regards to the time period's social hierarchy is discussed and includes an explorat...

Dante's 'Inferno' Explanationa and Detailed Structural Analysis

In five pages a poetic explication of Dante's poem is presented in terms of explanation of betrayal as a more punishable sin than ...

Forms of Art Technology During the Renaissance

In seven pages this paper examines the technology that was developed to create the Renaissance period's sophisticated maiolica cer...

Romantic and Victorian Literature Contrasted

In five pages this essay contrasts these very different literary styles with the Romantic period's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' b...

Eighteenth Century Musical Influences

In four pages this essay examines the impact upon the Enlightenment upon the music of the eighteenth century and how it reflected ...