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Management and Leadership in American Business History

literally with nothing and achieve financial success and economic stability for his family. It also had its dark side, howe...

Economic Interdependence in American History

The Revolutionary War itself, in fact, came with significant expense. The fledgling nation was immediately saddled with tremendou...

African Americans: History, Culture, Families, Beliefs and Religion

African slaves brought to the New World were sent to what is now the United States (Horton, 1997). Most of the rest went to the Ca...

Medieval Manuscripts

wooden frames and written on with a stylus, as used in Roman antiquity, were used in the middle ages by students, accountants and ...

American History, Sex, and the Nuclear Family

In seven pages this paper examines how the concept of the nuclear family and sexual perceptions developed in America during the ni...

American History and How it is Guided by US Presidents

In five page this paper examines how US Presidents have shaped the course of history in America. Three sources are cited in the b...

Presidency of Thomas Jefferson and American History

This paper examines the impact of Thomas Jefferson's presidency upon the history of America in five pages . Six sources are cited...

History of the American Customs Service

In twenty three pages this paper presents a history of the US Customs Service from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries in an ove...

Short Essays on American History

Short essays are included in this three page paper with on page being a letter that is written to Winston Churchill by Indian lead...

American Music History and the Development of Rap Music

In ten pages this paper examines the important American musical developments of hip hop and rap music culture. Eight sources are ...

African American: History and the Present

is the Present and Future Condition of the Negroes, from the book Democracy in America (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville. In this he...

Kupuna and the Hawaiian Culture

play a role in it" (273). As with many schools, and educational institutions around the nation, the Hawaiian schools need a deep...

London's Early History

for his death (Wells, 1931, 469). In effect, Caesar was consumed with one goal: to satisfy the desires and urges of Caesar. Well...

Africa's Cinematic History

Africa had been claimed by one European nation or another. The nations claiming Africa were Belgium, France, Germany, Great Bri...

Crime and Punishment in American History by Lawrence Meir Friedman

In five pages this comprehensive American history text is examined in terms of the author's detailed consideration of the U.S. cri...

Latin American History and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In 5 pages this paper examines the history of Latin America as it actually existed in a comparison with the period spirit evoked b...

A Consideration of the American Museum of Natural History

Hanks takes the helm of a virtual spacecraft that left Earth, flew past Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, and hurtled through the Milky Wa...

American History and the Price of Freedom

In four pages this paper discusses the high price tag attached to freedom for slaves, women, and soldiers throughout American hist...

Questions on American History

This paper pertains to various issues in American history, which range from Washington to the War of 1812. Eight pages in length, ...

The History of Basketball

It was in 1892 that the rules were first developed (Bellis, 2007). At first the ball that was used was a soccer ball and it was es...

The History Of American Gospel Music

nothing but these songs, these oral traditions that communicated not only their religious beliefs but their hopes and dreams as we...

Discussion Questions on American History

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at American history. Discussion questions are answered in short essays about civil righ...

Escalators

history of the escalator, the earlier patent was used in many places. The problem it seems was that there was not the use of elect...

History of American Education, 1950-1980

that is largely what the period was about. The episode first discusses Brown v. Board of Education and then moves on to talk about...

History of Des Moines, Iowa

It was during this year that "John Dougherty, an Indian Agent at Fort Leavenworth, Ks, recommended that a military post be establi...

Importance of Black History Month for African American Youth

of the white people. The history focuses on how the nation was founded, the Civil War, how the Depression affected people, the Wor...

Charles Chaplin in Movie Made America: A Cultural History Of American Movies by Robert Sklar

In five pages this paper discusses the Hollywood contributions of Charlie Chaplin as featured in this text by Robert Sklar. Four ...

History of American Currency

experiences a period in which it competes with a second currency as a medium of exchange ... During an episode of dual currencies,...

History of the American Crisis in Iran and President Jimmy Carter

This paper consists of eight pages and discusses the role played by President Jimmy Carter in the Iran crisis involving Americans ...

American History and the Place of Anne Hutchinson

to be worse than eccentric. The early Puritans, as they called themselves, believed that the church should purge itself of any ri...