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Gore Vidal: “Creation”

Herodotus (Vidal). Herodotus was an actual historical figure, known as both the "father of history" and the "father of lies." Here...

Different Types of Sociological Research Approaches

those aspects (religion) and rather than offering alternatives, asks the subject to place religion on a sliding scale of importanc...

Canada's Sikh Community

Canada's Sikh community is examined in an historical overview consisting of 13 pages....

Paul Johnson's Modern Times

created the modern political zealot--and his crimes--so the evaporation of religious faith among the educated left a vacuum in the...

Comparison of the Declaration of Independence and Emancipation Proclamation

In five pages these two historical documents are compared. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Metropolitan Greek Collection and the Rare Kouros Art

In five pages the Kouros at the Judy and Michael Steinhardt Gallery is analyzed in terms of its posture, style, historical and aes...

US and Japan Trade Conflict

In ten pages this paper discusses the contemporary historical trade conflict between Japan and the United States....

Historical Significance of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad II

In five pages the twentieth century relevance of Heart of Darkness is considered in this historical perspective of Joseph Conrad's...

Semitic Origins of the Hyksos

the Hyksos rulers (Redmount 68). Manethos text as interpreted by Josephus describes the Hyksos rulers as "sacrilegious inv...

The Application of Censorship Rules for Internet Content

5 pages and 5 sources. This paper provides an overview of the issue of applying censorship rules to the content material on the I...

The Impacts of Caffeine on Human Behavior

11 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the impacts of caffeine on human physiology, with a specific view of t...

Analyzing an Argument

of the companies use photo ID then photo ID prevents theft. Such a broad statement cannot be assumed, and one would need further ...

Black American Perspectives on Death and Dying from a Religious View

traditions carried down through the generations (Ruark, 2003). Dr. Ronald K. Barrett has spent many years studying how African Am...

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Its Contradictions

In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...

Fact and Fiction of Drug Legislation

America, and the finicky laws that change over time, it is hard to know fact from fiction. For example, was cocaine ever legal? Wa...

Case Briefs: Six Supreme Court Cases

"separate but equal" clause violate the rights of black indivudals under the Constitutions 13th and 14th Amendments? In light of ...

Urban Renewal and the City of Pittsburgh

apartments (Fitzpatrick, 2000). Economically, it is noted that while there were shopping centers instituted, they could not compe...

The Law of the Cayman Islands and the Process of Judicial Review

review may be sought, this was seen in the case of Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374...

Food Aid to North Korea

subject to those in power. This does not mean there are not staff inside the country for the different aid agencies, but that even...

Fiction That is Historical and Realistic

realistically presented (Tyson 155). For example, after reading Fly Away Home (E. Bunting, 1991), a story that concerns a homeless...

Diversity Hiring and Affirmative Action in the Law Enforcement Profession

an extremely long history in the United States, equity per se, has an even longer history. The earliest laws were designed to spe...

Brian DePalma's 'Carrie' A Cinematic Analysis

would become his own trademark. This film, along with Obsession (1976), further developed De Palmas expressive use of cinematogra...

Henry James's 19th Century Critique of John S. Sargent's 'Lady with the Rose' Painting

lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...

Overcrowding in Prisons

fewer than 200,000 inmates (Golembeski and Fullilove, 2005). The Washington Post reported on December 1, 2006 that the U.S. prison...

History of Al Qaeda

is not new, though the 9/11 attack suddenly made everyone aware of it (Flaherty, 2003, p. 30). Americans can be remarkably blind t...

Truman’s Diplomacy and the Cold War

U.S. President Harry S. Truman introduced what would become called the "Truman Doctrine" in a speech delivered on March 12, 1947. ...

Nursing - A Historical Overview

the suffering sick, and looking after their basic hygienic needs (Roux 2012). It is worth noting that during this period, nursing ...

Do Madrasa Teach Terrorism

Madrasa have been critical components of Islamic culture for centuries. In the general sense the madrasa is a school, a school th...

Food Commoditization and the Capitalist Exploitation of Culture

In a paper of nine pages, the writer looks at food markets and cultural exploitation by capitalist speculation. Historical and mod...

The Letter of Don Juan de Onate

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the letters of Don Juan de Onate. The historical accuracy of these letters is explo...