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Social Darwinism in American Thought by Richard Hofstadter

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of Richard Hofstadter's philosophical consideration of 19th century Social Darwinism...

Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...

Tobias Matthay and Dorothy Taubman's Piano Techniques

In fourteen pages this research paper discusses the 19th and 20th century techniques for piano developed by Tobias Matthay and Dor...

Photographer and Social Reformer Jacob Riis

16). In 1888, Riis left the Tribune to work for the Evening Sun, at which time he also began work on his first book concerning t...

19th Century Working Class Perceptions of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

This paper considers the working class perceptions of Marx and Engels resulting from major 19th century socioeconomic changes in a...

Gender and Race Issues in 19th Century Literature

passionately involved in the struggles of minorities and minority issues, Childs biographer, Carolyn Karcher (1998), readily admi...

Past Two Centuries and Fear Examples in the U.S.

In five pages this paper presents fear throughout the history of the United States in various examples and events that have create...

U.S. History, Labor, and Equality Questions

who threatened the racial caste system for that matter (747). When threats failed to yield results, planters could call upon the p...

Changing Views on Caring for the Mentally Ill

The treatment of the mentally ill has changed drastically since the asylums of the 19th century. This paper examines the historic...

Changing Perspectives on Welfare and the US Federal Government

funded job. That was the theory. In practice, the bills drafters (of whom Clinton was one) knew Congress would not be able to...

19th Century Naturalism and Realism

In twenty pages this paper examines naturalism and realism of the 19th century in a consideration of Edith Wharton's The House of ...

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah O. Jewett

In five pages this paper discusses why contemporary criticism of this 19th century novel often falls short. Six sources are cited...

A Motion Picture Industry Short History

In a paper containing five pages the evolution of cinema from the late nineteenth century until the present is explored and such t...

Romantic English Poet William Blake

This paper analyzes the Romantic aspects of William Blake's 19th century poetry in a discussion of Songs of Innocence poems 'The C...

Analysis of Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this early 19th century historical fiction novel is analyzed in terms of the freedom struggles of the Covenanters ...

Roles of Women in Mary Barton and Madame Bovary

In five pages this paper examines the domestic boundaries that dictated the roles of women during the 19th century in a considerat...

Cousin Bazilio by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros

In eight pages the late nineteenth century society of Portugal is the focus of this thematic consideration of Cousin Bazilio. Fou...

The City and the Mountains by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros

In eight pages this research paper discusses various interpretations regarding how the society of Portugal during the 19th century...

Nation States' Rice and Military Revolution's Influence

military power as significant to the subsequent position of these countries as world powers. France The history of the French mi...

Workers of Nineteenth Century France

In five pages this essay examines France during the 19th century in a consideration of the working class. There are no other sour...

Nineteenth Century Social Movements and Christianity's Role

In five pages this paper discusses how Christianity and the Bible were used in 19th century women's suffrage and slavery movements...

Radical Impressionism of Artist Pierre Auguste Renoir

In twelve pages this paper examines the life and French Impressionist works of art of Pierre Auguste Renoir and his radical 19th c...

Historians on Political Conflicts and Sexuality

such larger societal issues also had a profound impact on more intimate sexual issues and determinants of sexual behavior and atti...

Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg

seen that Gide identifies this novel as a psychological parable. By dramatizing the evil that lurks within Roberts psyche, Hogg of...

Women Servants' Treatment in England During the 19th Century

the massive scope of mortality, with some contending that natural rights are those that are without social infiltration, while oth...

Mark A. Burkholder's Politics of a Colonial Career Jose Baquijano and the Audiencia of Lima Reviewed

but rather is focused more on his efforts during a time in Perus history when Americans sought high offices and the discrimination...

Racial Inferiority Concept

are more characterized by segregation than by integration in their natural state. It is only when we introduce the formal organiz...

Indians by Arthur Kopit

putting on a play for the President and the First Lady is obviously designed to make the viewer angry (i.e. this is the "most piss...

The Transformation of China in Modern Times

for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is to improve upon what has existed in the past. The...

19th Century Innovation of Journalism

Towers, 1997). The coranto generally would appear weekly, and it contemplated global news as well (1997). This sounds very similar...