117 The Histor Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
Marketing Mix is a concept that involves the four Ps of Strategies for Marketing
Marketing Mix Paper
Marketing Mix is a concept that involves the four Ps of Strategies for Marketing. The four Ps are Product, Place, Promotion and Price. Each element plays a huge role for the Strategies of Marketing. Mr. Neil H. Borden published an article call The Concept of the Marketing Mi....
"In the time of Greatness"
Birth Date. William Shakespeare, surely the world's most performed and admired playwright, was born in April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, about 100 miles northwest of London. According to the records of Stratford's Holy Trinity Church, he was baptized on April 26. Since it wa....
1775-1900: The History of the Buffalo Soldier
Throughout American history, Afro-Americans have had to decide whether they belonged in the United States or if they should go elsewhere. Slavery no doubtfully had a great impact upon their decisions. However, despite their troubles African Americans have made a grand contribution and a great imp....
1899 Newboys Strike
1899 Newsboys Strike
In 1899, the streets of New York City echoed with the voices of newsies, peddling the papers of the Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, and other newspaper giants of the world. The newsboys, aka newsies, were a ragged troop of street rats and poverty-stricken ch....
1930s baseball
In the 1930s baseball was the sport of America, everyone kept up with the game and knew what was going on in the baseball community. Baseball in the 30s was plagued by the Great Depression and racism, but through new technology like radio fans never missed a beat. Americans connected to the game wit....
A Brief Discussion of the History of Europe
The History of Europe describes the passage of time from humans inhabiting the European continent to the present day. The first evidence of people living in Europe dates back to 35,000 BC. Europe's ancient classical antiquity dates from Homer's Illiad in Ancient Greece of around 700 BC. The Roman Re....
Alcoholism
Prescription drug abuse has become a prevalent problem in the United States today, and one that is showing an increasing trend. The accessibility of prescription drugs is thought to be the main stimulus behind this growing national trouble. More medications are being prescribed today than ever bef....
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great, a patient and often devious man; had never struck without careful planning. The youthful, headstrong Alexander liked to settle problems by immediate action. Making decisions with great speed, he took extraordinary risks; his success was achieved by the amount of sheer force and ....
American fine Arts
American Fine Arts 1945-1970
By: Anonymous
PREFACE: Art during the mid-twentieth century contained some of the most important changes art history. These explosive times were counter-balanced with explosive popular culture. More historical events, abrupt changes, and turbulence occurred from th....
An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution
Randolph B. Campbells book An Empire for Slavery The Peculiar Institution shows how slavery affected antebellum Texas and its future. It shows that without slavery in antebellum Texas, it is likely that Texas would not have flourished the way that it did. It also tells of how the slaves were....
Ancient times political views and systems
Ancient times political views and systems
The general picture of political views and systems of ancient times can be easily seen through works of Plato, Aristotle and Polybius, which reflect the situation, existing in Ancient Greece of their time. Thus in order to have a conclusion on politica....
Andrei Rublev
The Historical Significance of Andrei Rublev
To Russian people, Andrei Rublev was not just the greatest icon-painter but the prophet. People adored him because in his paintings he emphasized hope, faith, love and bright future. Rublev tried to persuade people that their spirit is free under any r....
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa is self-starvation. Due to their strict dieting anorexics can be recognized by their haunting, feeble bodies. Those who are ignorant about the impact of the disease believe that anorexics are merely stubborn, vain, appearance-obsessed people who simply do not know when to st....
Aspirin: A New Look at an Old Drug
Aspirin: A New Look at an Old Drug
by Me
In purses and backpacks, in briefcases and medicine chests the world over, millions of people keep close at hand a drug that has both a long past and a fascinating future. Its past reache....
Astrology in Early Modern European History
The ideology behind astrology throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe was that the stars and planets exerted an influence on the earth and everything it housed: The relative position of the stars especially at a particularly susceptible moment like birth must therefore....
Battle of Gettysburg
During the days between July 1st through July 4th of 1863 was what some consider the turning point of the war. This battle was called the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg is a town in southern Pennsylvania.
This battle actually happened by accident. The Confederate Army was m....
Beastly Behavior; Considering the Unethical Nature of Zoos
Zoo elephants swaying from side to side, cheetahs pacing endlessly, and manic monkeys grooming themselves to baldness. This disturbed trance-like behavior is a result of the lack of stimulus afforded to animals in captivity. However, to combat the positive aspect of zoos, it is also important to co....
Bones of Contention
Bones of Contention
Allison Vasquez
Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 334-01
April 30th, 2005
Archaeology was rocked to its core on November 16th, 1990 when the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was signed into law. This act gave c....
CAD CAM Software Comparisons
Elliott Proffitt
BSc (Hons) CAD
CAD/CAM Software Comparison
November 2006
Contents
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Problem Definition
1.2 Scope
1.3 Rational
2.0 Review of existing knowledge
2.1 CAD/CAM packages used
2.2.1 Introduction
2.1.2 CATIA
2.1....
Cath a chur ar Beal Feriste is Éire/The War over Belfast and Ireland
My father, more Irish than I, has no idea what the title of my paper says . To him its just a bunch of letters put together, possibly some foreign language. He was surprised to learn that it is the language of his ancestors, the Irish. The official language of the Emerald Isle is Irish, which is ....
changed and changing Korean Constitution
1. Prelude
The Constitution is the supreme norm in a country. All national institutions should be found by the Constitution, which should be the standard of interpreting every legal order. However, the Korean Constitution has been a decoration under the long dictatorship. Although the Korea....
charles manson
Charles Manson
There have been millions of people murdered since time began. There are murders committed in the act of survival, culture, and plain malice. In the 1960s a man named Charles Manson led a group of people referred to as the Family in a series of murders in California. There h....
Child Labor
The History:
Child labor is a social problem that relates to the increase of industrial manufacture and capitalism. (http://www.earlham.edu/~pols/globalprobs/children/Laila.html) It is an enveloping dilemma all over the world, particularly in the developing countries. The children who work are be....
childrens crusades
Childrens Crusade
Usually looked over by readers and historians, the Childrens Crusade normally isnt mentioned in the Chronicles of the Crusades. Often misunderstood, the Childrens Crusade is the name given to a series of events that involved thousands of wandering children who b....
Circumcision
Circumcision was an essential part of religious practice for the nation of Israel. Is circumcision a required practice for Christians today? This paper examines the biblical evidence and explores the truth of arguments concerning old covenant customs, relating them to the New Testament, and the ques....
Coca-cola Environmental factors
Abstract
This environmental paper will focus on the Coca-Cola Company whose domestic and international marketing decisions are effected environmental factors. In this paper specific areas will be covered such as: the influence of global economic interdependence, trade practices, and agreements, th....
Comestic Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery: Then and Now
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the two major stages in the history of cosmetic surgery.
Central Idea: The two major stages in the history of cosmetic surgery are the period of world wars in the early 1900s and the start of the Information and med....
Computer games
Introduction
Computer games in the information systems industry account for over seven billion dollars in sales in 2003 and are a pivotal component in driving both the software and hardware portions of the industry. (Entertainment Software Association, 2003). Computer games are quickly taking a....
Computers
Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch everyaspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live,and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the US and one out ofevery two households ....
Conflict between Bismarck and the Reichstag in 1871
After the much awaited declaration of the new united German empire in January 1871, the new German Reichstag was also later formally declared on 4 May 1871. By this point in time, Bismarck had fulfilled his aims, as far as territorial expansion was concerned. He was now faced with the teethin....
Crusader Castles: A Medieval Culmination
King Edward I of England made a number of military campaigns during his reign, in two of which he captured modern-day Wales. In order to hold his gains he built a series of castles, which are said to still be some of the world’s greatest strongholds. But, over 3500 kilometres away a period of ....
Culinary Arts Industry
The Culinary Arts Industry
"Culinary Arts is the art of cooking which began back in the 1800's" (Pesic Milos). Culinary Arts is an Industry of High demand in the U.S. Schools all around the U.S. offer programs that fit every persons needs. Culinary is the perfect career for the person who love....
Cultural Genocide in Tibet
On March 10, 2008 Tibetan monks commemorated the unsuccessful revolution in March of 1959 and marched peacefully through streets of Lhasa. A wave of protest spread from the capital to surrounding provinces with dense Tibetan population. Police and armed forces were put in place by the Chinese cent....
Denmark Civil Rights
Officially known as the Kingdom of Denmark, is the land of the Danes. The country of Denmark, whose total land area is 16,693 square miles, is located on the peninsula of Jutland and includes an archipelago of 400 islands. Denmark connects to Germany along a 42 mile boundary. The rest of the cou....
diphtheria
Abstract
Diphtheria is a disease caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Diagnosis of the disease is confirmed by the demonstration of diphtheria bacilli cultured from material obtained from the site of infection. Some of the types of diphtheria caused by the organism are nasal diphthe....
Divine Comedy-The relationship between Virgil and Dante
The Divine Comedy is Dante Alighieris masterpiece which takes the reader through a journey with as many characters as there are symbols. Most of Dantes characters hold a special symbolism to Dante, whether it be their works having influenced him when he was living or actually having known the i....
Eating Disorders
It is not surprising that eating disorders are on the increase due to the value society places on being thin. In modern Western culture, women are given the message at a very young age that in order to be happy and successful, they must be thin. Every time you walk into a store you are surrounded by....
eva luna
The Historical Context. The historical and time settings of Eva Luna are not directly identifiable in the narrative. However, it is clear that the unnamed country is Chile in the second-half of the twentieth century. Many of the events described in the narrative are clearly fictionalized accounts of....
Female Breasts
In many works of art throughout history, female breasts have been featured prominently and in the nude. The symbolic meaning credited to the breast was usually associated with fertility and nourishment, both spiritual and physical, and in the wider sense, with life. Eroticism, nourishment, abundance....
Film and communication
Motion Pictures and
Communication
A historical overview of the development of motion pictures as a medium for communication
Beau Sorg
Jaime Garza
Elizabeth Jones
-INTRODUCTION TO THE MOTION PICTURE AND ITS INFLUENCE-
Nineteenth century inventors provided the impetus to....
First Crusades
Given the convergence of events in the 11th Century (the defeat of parts of the Byzantine Empire, the destruction of the Holy Sepulcher, Seljuk Turks intolerance of Christians, religious fervor created by the Investiture Controversy, the schism of 1054 causing the Roman Catholics Church's desire to ....
First Persian Gulf War: 1990-1991
The First Persian Gulf War between 1990 and 1991 was the most militarily efficient campaign in US history where comparatively few lives were lost. This war accomplished many goals, including that it secured the economic advantages for the Western World. It encouraged a free flow of natural resources....
Foucaults View on Sex and Power
Power has been a concept with which political scientists, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and others have been concerned at the very heart of their disciplines. It a reality which in this century has been used and abused to what Foucault calls pathological extremes, but the unders....
Freedom
Freedom: Defined and Undefined, The Story of Americas people
Webster defines free as, Not under the control of some other person or some arbitrary power. They also go on to define free as, Having or existing under a government that does not impose arbitrary restrictions on the right to sp....
Freud and Jung
The psychological genre as it relates to sociological and medicinal matters has gained an increasing amount of scientific approval. Impartiality and the scientific method are both integral components to a psychologists mode of practice. However, even the most esteemed of psychologists can only specu....
George Eastman-The Man Who Brought Photography to the Masses
GEORGE EASTMAN
This paper is on a man who had very humble beginnings and through his ingenuity and curiosity was able to enhance the culture we live in, even today through his inventions in photography. For without his invention of the roll film, photography might be a much more difficult ....
Herodotus, The Father of History
Herodotus, The Father of History
Herodotus was born in 484 B.C. and died in 425 BC. He was born Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey) and lived the early part of his life there up to about age 27. At about 457 B.C. he is believed to have been exiled from Halicarnassus for conspiring against Persian....
History Journals
The library I selected to conduct my search for History journals was at the University of Buffalo, Amherst Campus. Having made trips there on two separate occasions and having skimmed quickly through perhaps twenty or so different journals I eventually selected a handful that I felt were a good ....
History Of Hip-Hop
Hip-hop. Probably the most evolved of all musical genres. The whole rap culture has increased dramatically within the past six to eight years. However, the music has been around for many. Decades as a matter of fact. The first recorded hip-hop music was produced in the early 1970s. Yet, there ....
History of Interior Design
Lauren Graham 1 Graham
Melissa Jushchyshyn
English 101
October 25th, 2007
History of Interior Design
As soon as someone decided to spice up their living space through colo....
history of photography
A brief History of Photography
from its beginnings till the 1920s
Robert Leggat first began photography at the age of eight. He still remembers the excitement when his first pictures emerged - only two out of twelve - and still finds it exciting when a print begins to appear in the developi....
History of the Computer Industry in America
Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the U.S. and one out of every two househ....
Hitler's Rise to Power
Hitlers Rise to Power
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria. The town is near to the Austro-German border, and his father, Alois, worked as a customs officer on the border crossing. His mother, Klara, had previously given birth to two other children by Alo....
how church and state are handled in the islamic and christian communties
Cierra Green
Mr. Troupe
Myth and Legends
3 May 2006
How Church and State are Handled in the Islamic and Christian Communities
There is a difference in the relationship Muslim and Christian communities have with the political systems of the nations in which they practice their religion. I....
How has the NFL changed over the history of football?
How has the NFL changed over the history of football?
Football has been around for over a hundred years. Throughout those years many things have changed. Today, the National Football League is nowhere near what it was like when it started. From 1876 to 2006, things such as safety issues, public....
Human Resource Management Paper
The human resource management history of growth goes back to the early 1900s. Human resource managers unique purpose was to basically manage conflict resolution. The History of Human Resources Management in the past has been characterized by a continuing effort to justify the function within....
Imformative speech on underwear
12:00-12:50
February 9, 2004
February 13, 2004
UNDERWEAR
Specific Purpose: To inform the audience the purpose of underwear, where it came from and its future.
Central Idea: Wearing underwear is one of the human cultures longest traditions, but not many people know where it originate....
Impact of Business on Sport and Society: From Industrialism to the Present Day
Louis
Patrice Louis
Dr. Collins-Cavanaugh
ENGL 011 10
May 13, 2005
Impact of Business on Sport and Society: From Industrialism to the Present Day
For years, athletic competition has been a mainstay in western civilization. In todays world, sports, business, and commerce go hand i....
Inspiration Dragon
Dragons, once believed to be real at one time, are still alive in our hearts and our imaginations; theyve inspired many great movies and literature. Many great novels have been inspired by the very concept of dragons, if not the whole then at least parts. The History of Dragons intrigues many.
D....
Interview with a Prostitute
INTERVIEW WITH A PROSTITUTE
DEVIANCE PROJECT
In the United States, prostitution flourished in most cities and was virtually
uncontrolled until the passage of the Mann Act in 1910, which prohibited interstate
t....
Jesus & Mohammed
Introduction
According to world religious statistics, of the monotheistic religions 33 percent of the world are Christians; and 21 percent of the world are Muslims. (Bruce, 2006) Combined, this means over half of the worlds population is either Christians who are followers of Jesus, or Muslim....
John D Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, a self-made man, started his career with an oil refining company in Cleveland, Ohio and through tactful vertical and horizontal integration found himself the captain of petroleum, having control over ninety percent of the oil refining industry at one time. One man having achiev....
John D. Rockefeller: The Business Man
John D. Rockefeller 2
John D. Rockefeller: The Businessman
The recent rise and fall of fuel prices often leads us to the question why? Why is ....
Life without television
I dream of a world of higher intellects, where people read much more than they do and participate in intellectual debates and other activities that require more thinking and less zombifying in front of an electronic device that does not always produce high-quality intellectual programming. I think w....
Management accounting_relevance lost critique
Management Accounting: Relevance Lost A Critique
Critical Appraisal Of The Main Arguments Of Relevance Lost
Todays management accountant information, driven by the procedures and cycle of the organisations financial reporting system, is too late, too aggregated, and too distorted to be....
Matthew Pearls The Dante Club a Historical Novel?
"Few intellectual developments in the last two hundred years have af-fected us more profoundly than the enriched sense of historicity." This quota-tion illustrates the fact that the interest in literary has grown.
As "[w]e have an increasing appetite for fiction and an increasing d....
Medicine During the Civil War
As the War Between the States began, many thought that the war would be a brief excursion and people would soon be back to their regular lives. As many believed in the South, a ladys thimble will hold all of the blood that will be shed (McPherson 238). This could not have been farther fr....
Meditation: The History and Benefits
Meditation History and Benefits 2
Meditation is the practice of deep concentration of the mind and body and has been around for thousands of
years. While meditation is not a substitute for traditional medical applications, Eastern cultures practiced this for
centuries as an alt....
Mexican Revolution
Crane Briton wrote the anatomy of a Revolution. This anatomy includes seven parts. The Revolution must contain discontent of the people, moderates then try to create a reform. If this reform works the revolution come to an end. If it doesnt work the radicals take over. Next there is a reign of te....
Michel Foucault - The Will to Knowledge
How does Michel Foucaults conceives power in the Will to Knowledge?
Power is a very prominent subject within Michel Foucaults book The Will to Knowledge, The History of Sexuality: 1. Foucault illustrates that power is many different things and affects all relations, whether it is known or un....
Morris jumel Mansion
Chapter One
Introduction
The subject of this thesis is the analysis, conservation, and stabilization of a lace lappet from the Morris-Jumel Mansion. The MorrisJumel Mansion is an historic house museum located in the Washington Heights section of northern Manhattan. The Mansion is the oldest r....
Muawiyas claim to caliphate was due to his lust for power, status and personal gain. Discuss.
The conflict throughout Alis reign between himself and Muawiya was supposedly due to his reluctance and decision not to find and punish Uthmans killers, and hence regarded as an indirect accomplice in the murder. This seemed to be sufficient reason for Muawiya not to pay allegiance to him, as it....
Muawiyas claim to the caliphate (Islamic History)
"Muawiyas claim to the caliphate was due to his lust for power and status. The death of Hassan & Hussein, nomination of Yazid as next caliph and lack of Islamic practice affirm his position against Ali as one of personal gain. Do you agree/disagree?" Discuss.
The clash between Ali, the fourth....
Music and Shakespeare
1. Inheritance from Medieval Drama
· From the medieval drama the Elizabethans inherited in palpable and concrete dramatic form that association of music with the divine which is an invariable part of their mental furniture. When, in the mystery cycles, God appears on a scaffold, between tw....
Navajo Code Talkers of World War II
The Japanese military of World War II was relentless. Strategies, locations, and plans were often intercepted through open radio channels between the Allied forces and the Japanese commanders. As a result, the United States and the Allied forces developed a secret way of communicating in code word....
nifty fifties
The Nifty Fifties
Thesis The Fifties shaped the way we live today. Fifties entertainment and fashion were in some ways better than today, and worse in other ways.
Introduction
I. Music
a. Rock and Roll and artists
II. Movies
a. Gimmicks
b. varieties
III. Censorship
a. Movies
b. Radio
....
Origins and Results of the Spanish-American and World War I
Introduction
The United States of America waged a brief war against Spain from April 25th to August 12th, 1898. There were many factors that started this war making it a turning point in American history (Leckie, 1968, pp.53). 20 years later, The United States was involved again in another war,....
Plant Patents: A Historical Analysis
Plant Patents: A Historical Analysis
I. Introduction
Create, Inspire, and Protect. These three words summarize the purpose of Intellectual Property Law and facilitate its progress. Everyday there are new ideas, some are acted upon and some are forgotten, and it is the goal of intellectual proper....
postfeminism and sex and the city
With reference to relevant textual examples, discuss how useful the concept of postfeminism is to our understanding of contemporary popular TV drama. Your answer should demonstrate a clear understanding of the term 'postfeminism' and also an evaluation of the work of feminist writers in the topi....
presidential election of 1972
Since the election of George Washington, political campaigns have been full of divergence and controversy. The two main candidates in the presidential election of 1972 where Richard Nixon and George McGovern. Although there were many issues that greatly impacted the election, the economy and the Vie....
Products, Services, and Prices in the Free Market Economy
Running head: Products, Services, and Prices in the Free Market Economy
Products, Services, and Prices in the Free Market Economy
Starbucks Corporation is a dominant multinational coffeehouse chain based in the United States. ....
Religion and Dracula: Bram Stokers Dracula
In modern day society pretty much everyone has heard of and/or seen an interpretation of vampires and, the supposed king of all vampires, Count Dracula, whether it be in all the several different variations and interpretations that can be seen in movies (most recently the series of Blade movies star....
Road to Riches: How Incan Technology Impacted Society
Of all the ancient Andean civilizations, the South American Incas are undoubtedly the most intriguing. In just under 100 years, the Incas grew from a small farming community in southern Peru to a massive empire that stretched 3000 miles along the Andes mountain range. For 94 years, the Incas success....
Role of Sovereigns In Herodotus & The Old Testament
Herodotus & King David Paper
Throughout time, historians have attempted to bridge the gap between historical account and narrative. In two particularly famous examples, Herodotus The History and the Old Testament, the use of storytelling techniques within the works helps to add another dimensi....
schizophrenia
I chose to write my paper on the effects of Schizophrenia, and the different types of this disease. I will also try to be informative on some symptoms and some of the extensive therapies and treatments for the affected individuals. This disease has been known of for approximately less than 100 years....
She-Wolf Critique
She-Wolf
The Etruscan civilization is one of the ancient civilizations that still have scholars puzzled. What historians do know for sure is that the Etruscans helped lay the foundations for Romans and their empire. They are said to have settled in an area now known as Tuscany, Italy and lat....
Smalltalk - The Skinny on Smalltalk
Introduction
If you have previously programmed in a conventional language like C, Pascal, or COBOL, you'll be familiar with the process of creating a program. You'll be used to using a text editor to write your program, a compiler to compile it, a linker to link in any library routines you may hav....
soki
From Culturology to Transculture
From the book Transcultural Experiments: Russian and American Models of Creative Communication. New York: St. Martin's Press (Scholarly and Reference Division), 1999, pp. 15-30 (Chapter 1)
The Historical Context
Culturology is a specific branch ....
the brooklyn bridge
The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge started in 1869, and took 14 years to complete. The bridge also helped urbanize America. It connected the two different environments, Manhattan and Brooklyn, into one urban unit. Manhattan is more of a residential neighborhood, whereas, Brooklyn is more of a ....
The effect of Hitler's childhood on the holocaust
The holocaust is an atrocity to human intelligence and human dignity. It overshadows all other events in history in terms of organized crimes. The question of how it happened and why no one stopped still prolongs today. Many believe that it was caused by racial intentions, and a belief of a superi....
The Female Form Throughout History: The Incredible Shrinking Woman?
Roberta Seids composition Too Close to the Bone: The Historical Context for Womens Obsession with Slenderness addresses her discontent with todays mentality of thin is in, examining the changing forms of womens bodies through the different historical eras.
Although feminists ....
The Historical Jesus and his interaction with women.
Is it possible that Jesus had a sexual relationship or could have even been married? In the book, The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown, an ancient secret has been uncovered, the claim that Mary Magdalene represents divine feminine, and that she and Jesus had a sexual relationship. How was Jesus relat....
The history and evolution of Tital VII
Title VII Paper
The History and Evolution of Title VII:
The history of legislation prior to 1964 was characterized by repeated failures for civil rights advocates. The first Fair Employment Practice (FEP) bill offered to Congress on March 13, 1941 was H.R. 3994, entitled A Bill to Prohibit Discr....
the history of accounting
Accounting is defined as the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm. The birth of accounting dates back to as far as the earliest days of human agriculture and civilization, preferably to the Sumerians in Mesopotamia. The method of accounting was needed when a....
The History of Barbershop Music
The History of Barbershop Music
America, while contributing heavily to music, actually does not have many genres of music to call her own. Jazz and Dixieland are two of the most popular styles of original American music, yet there is another American style that has been very influential in the d....
The history of Bible translation:the British tradition
Before the advent of the printing press, the only way to duplicate a document or book was to copy it by hand. While the Old Testament was first copied on leather scrolls, the use of papyrus soon became the favourite of Bible copyists. Around 320 AD. the Roman emperor Constantine became a Christian a....
The History of Censorship in Literature and Music
What is censorship? An encyclopedia defines censorship as "the control of what people may say or hear, write or read, or see or do1." There are many reasons why people censor entertainment such as literature and music. Many governments or groups try to preserve their standards of morality by prev....
The History of Dance
The history of swing dates back to the 1920's, where the black community, while dancing to contemporary Jazz music, discovered the Charleston and the Lindy Hop.
On March 26, 1926, the Savoy Ballroom opened its doors in New York. The Savoy was an immediate success with its block-long dance floor a....
The history of extreme sports
Life is full of choices why not go BIG? Why not go EXTREME? Extreme sports have become huge since the early 90's. Itfs hard to believe that such activities like skydiving, snow boarding, and bungee jumping have been known as so called so called extreme sports. What characteristics must a sport ha....
The History of Greek Theater
Theater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5th century BCE, with the Sopocles, thegreat writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life weredepicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action wascourageo....
THE HISTORY OF MASSAGE
Massage Therapy is a commonly used form of muscle and joint relaxation; and has gained popularity over the last few decades, yet its origins are not well known.
Massage is defined as: the rubbing or kneading of the body especially to aid circulation, relax the muscles, or provide sens....
The History of the Internet
When one thinks of the internet, one may think of America Online,Yahoo!, or of Sandra Bullock being caught up in an espionageconspiracy. For me, it is a means of communication. A way to talk tosome of my friends who live off in distant places such as Los Angeles,New Jersey, and the Philippines. T....
The History of the Postal Service
Although the first stamp was not introduced until 1840, the long and interesting history of postal services began in the 17th Century.
Originally, the only letters carried were those to and from the King and the Royal Court. In 1626, the service was extended to run between London and Plymouth; at....
The History of Transplant Surgery
The History of Transplant Surgery
The definition of a medical transplant is a surgical procedure that transfers a living tissue or organ to an ill person that needs that tissue or organ to become healthy once again. Transplants have become much more common within the last century as a resu....
The Impact of Television
The vast impact that Television (T.V.) has had on America is a vast subject. T.V. has brought historical moments directly into a familys living room. It has portrayed gruesome scenes of war and violence. T.V. has proved to be a wasteland for the minds of children, yet it also de....
The Internet
The Internet
The Internet is one of the most ingenious and fascinating inventions of the past century. It made communication truly global in the sense that people from across the world could talk and exchange messages easily and in hardly any time at all and at any time of day. Now our entire l....
The New York City Punk Scene
Throughout history, many cities had a great impact on the music that emerged from them. Chicago influenced the blues, Seattle influenced grunge, and although New York City influenced many genres of music such as rap, I believe its biggest influence can be found in punk music in the 1970s.
Wh....
The Regulators of North Carolina
The history of colonial North Carolina is bombarded with frequent strife and turmoil. The people of North Carolina, because of a lack in supervision from the British monarchy, learned to possess an independent spirit. The colony remained isolated from the rest of the country because of several ....
The University of Illinois
What would you think if you of going to a university where more than 90% of the graduates seeking employment obtain positions within nine months after graduation? Well, the University of Illinois is that school. I think that the university of Illinois is one of the best universities in the country, ....
The Warren Commission
The Warren Commission was a committee that investigated the alleged murder of John F. Kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald while Kennedy was campaigning for reelection. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the commission so that there was only one committee investigating the murder, and he wanted the Amer....
Tulsa Race Riots
When the late Philip Graham famously described journalism as "the first draft of history," The Washington Post publisher meant the messy and often inexact business of reporting news as it breaks. Now veteran Fort Worth Star-Telegram features writer Tim Madigan has marshalled his considerable newspap....
United Nations
The Overall purpose of this paper is to provide insight on the United Nations tradition and performance and their search for a new role. The United Nations is an international organization that consists of 191 member states. The United Nations is not a world government and it does not make laws.....
VALUES TOWARD GOLD JEWELRY AND ORNAMENTATION
VALUES TOWARD GOLD JEWELRY AND ORNAMENTATION
IN ANCIENT VISAYAN AND CONTEMPORARY
CEBUANO CULTURE AND SOCIETY:
A CORRELATIVE STUDY
A Thesis Proposal
Presented to the
Faculty of the Graduate
School of Southwestern University
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requir....
What is Philosophy?
Tesha Pittman
University of Phoenix
PHL/215 Philosophy: Methods and Application
Leon Hallingquest
November 14, 2007
The objective of philosophy is to consider the rational justification of logical inferences, human values, criteria for establishing the claims ....
Why We Lost the War in Vietnam
The Vietnam War marked the first time the United States was defeated in a large-scale military dispute. The failure of the U.S. government to adopt an effective military and political strategy resulted in prolonged war with no foreseeable end. Ultimately, retreat from Vietnam was a blow to U.S. po....
Youth Gangs
Contemporary Paper on Youth Gangs Introduction
Gangs have been heard of long before the days of Stanley Tookie Williams, who was one of the most heard of notorious gangsters and also the organizer/founder of one of the first gangs, The Crips originating in the South Central Los Angeles ....