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Three Chapters of Environmental History of Pittsburgh and Its Region

industry would locate along a waterway is understandable and even forgivable for the time in which it occurred. Rivers were magic...

18th and 19th Century Equality and Liberty

In five pages this paper examines equality and liberty and the tensions that arose during the late eighteenth century and early ni...

A 'Personal Narrative' of South America by Alexander Von Humboldt

cheese" (37). He tends to make such quick and facile deductions. However, on direct observation, Humboldt is flawless, and many of...

Nineteenth Century Romantic Literature

In five pages this paper examines h ow 'The Vanity of Human Wishes' by Samuel Johnson and William Wordsworth's 'Ode Intimations o...

Warfare of Early America and Technology

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

NC During Colonial American and Early Republic History

Bays, Rivers, Isles, and Islets belonging unto the Country aforesaid; And also, all the Soil, Lands, Fields, Woods, Mountains, Far...

Differing Views on Native American Distinctions

the historical record to present well-documented evidence that Native Americans did indeed have not only an opinion but an express...

Barbara Novak/American 19th Century Art

"Death on the Pale Horse (1802), oil sketch on canvas, Allstons analysis relates something of his own romantic vision. He writes t...

Humor in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne / Humor Through Characterization and Contrast

In six pages this paper examines how humor is employed for contrast and in characterization in the 4 stories 'Mrs. Bullfrog,' 'Mr....

Every Man in His Humor and Every Man Out of His Humor by Ben Jonson

In ten pages this research paper analyzed the life and two works of celebrated Shakespearean era playwright Ben Jonson. There are...

The Comedy Team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

In this paper consisting of eight pages this comedy duo's contributions to American humor is explored. There are four bibliograph...

American Humor

after prime time players. What is really going on in this brand of humor? American humor has not always centered around political...

Film Adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans

accusations, which effectively illustrates the films irony. Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe and Steven Waddington play th...

Societal Impacts and Influences of American Warfare

In nine pages the ways in which war influenced and impacted the society of early America are considered in a discussion of the Ame...

The Sovereignty and Goodness of God by Mary Rowlandson

come about. At the same time, the authors depiction of the Indians is less than kind and while that is true, one can say that her ...

Vietnam and American Politics During the Turning Point of 1968

achieved (McDougall, 1996). That goal was and is to establish a strong buffer state to protect the nations of Southeast Asia from ...

An Analysis of Slavery and Freedom in America

This paper consisting of six pages analyzes early Virginia's demographic and economic development as it is depicted in American Sl...

Slavery Reparations and African Americans

times a day (82). Food is an interesting consideration. Other documentation on slave diets is rather dismal. This subject creeps i...

Early American History and Free African Americans

my opinion, yet I consider our condition but little better than that....After all, methinks there are no chains so galling as thos...

Early Accounts of American Colonial Life

have long been "possessed" by adventurers, as this act would eternalize "the memory of those that effected it" (Smith). As this su...

African Americans in Early America

(Laughter Genealogy, 2008). Another region, Pennsylvania, saw an African American history that was essentially one of slav...

de Tocqueville and Crevecoeur

However, as Lauter (2004) points out, Crevecoeurs perspective that all nations were represented and that these were being transfor...

Contemporary Melting Pot and America

the great melting pot that is the United States. They will no longer be seen as outsiders, but an integral part of the society of ...

Prison Riots

people were injured (James, 2009). The suspected cause racial tensions between Blacks and Hispanic inmates. More than two decades...

Avant-Garde and Readymade

the changes in any given society so with some chaos and change came more chaotic art. In truth, defining and keeping track...

Women's Struggle in the Workplace

were once again going to work for their country (not for themselves). It was during this war that women started working in the arm...

The Development of a Marketing Stratagem for McDonald's

and fries had all been there for more than two decades and Chicken nuggets were introduced in 1980 (McDonalds, 2010). In any mark...

Competing Views of Abnormal Behaviors

characteristics that clinicians would place within the scope of mental disorders would not necessarily be perceived as problematic...

20th Century and its 'Dismal State' Captured in Text

this once desirable state of affairs. Indeed, the twentieth century saw fights in terms of the legalization of drugs and alcohol, ...

Arabic Poetry and Romanticism

In five pages this research paper discusses Kahlil Gibran's works and the influence of Romanticism upon 20th century Romantic poet...