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18th and 19th Century Underground Railroad Network

The Railroad was not co-ordinated or organised by any one particular group, but operated basically on the cell principle....

Long Island's Transportation History

to the multitude of choices of transport on Long Island. Finally, in a discussion of Long Island, it is important to define it. W...

Process of Collective Bargaining

In six pages the collective bargaining process is explored with the primary focus being the early 1990s negotiations involving the...

Overview of Chinese Americans

In seven pages Chinese Americans are considered in terms of their American historical significance with political struggles and ra...

Transportation Handouts and Railroads

In three pages this paper discusses the practice of government handouts to the railroad and other transportation industries since ...

Southern Slaves and Freedom Songs

followed the North Star in the Big Dipper to get oriented on which direction to travel (Curtis 34). Hidden within the lyrics of ...

Railroad Police and its History

In ten pages this paper discusses law enforcement and the importance of railroad policing in this historical overview. Eight sour...

Industrial Urban Recycling Areas

In five pages this paper considers how to revitalize such areas as Durham, North Carolina's tobacco warehouses, Knoxville Tennesse...

Multicultural Writing and Exile

In seven pages th is paper discusses how exile is thematically developed in such multicultural writings as Goodbyes by Pablo Nerud...

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....

Federal Government's Morill Act Land Grants

In four pages this paper discusses the U.S. federal government's nineteenth century land grants with the two Morill Acts for railr...

Scandalous Presidency of Ulysses Grant

he was seventeen his father, evidently sensing the need for a change in direction, enrolled him in the military academy at West Po...

Military Strategic Changes Attributed to Railroads

In six pages this paper discusses the changes in military strategy in the United States that resulted from railroads in a consider...

Railroads of China

In five pages the significance of Chinese railroads on the country's industrial development is examined. Six sources are cited in...

Film Reviews and Business History

In eighteen pages film reviews consisting of seven reactions and summaries of approximately two and a half pages each consider suc...

Harriet Tubman's Life and Activism

In five pages this paper discusses the life of Harriet Tubman, her life as a slave and her activism such as her Underground Railro...

Ousmane: “God’s Bits of Wood”

earliest in 1881, and again in 1920, 1925, and 1938; the strike that Sembene uses in his novel is the one that took place in 1947 ...

Siebert: The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom

the Railroad, which would probably have delighted him no end (Quarles, p. 145). Seibert also does something else that has largely ...

History of California: The Railroad

and political power people can possess, and many other grand images. But, at the same time he moves toward illustrating to the rea...

Abolitionism/There Was No Other Way

moral conviction, and, especially. on the part of African American activists, a fierce visceral passion for freedom" (Bordewich 4)...

The Abolition Movement

also mean they would have to pay higher taxes, but they were willing to do so (Ratification debate on the U.S. Constitution). The ...

First World War and the Use of Railroads

railways were so relatively new that strategists had yet to really utilize their usefulness. With these basic elements in mind the...

Richard Orsi/Sunset Limited

been presented in dichotomous terms. On one side is the "selfish, greedy, corporate interests" and on the other, stand "the people...

Railroad Industry and Computers

firm. However, in imagining such a company, it pays to note that today, most railroad companies are huge conglomerates ("Whats Fre...

Substance Abuse and Burlington Northern Railroad

because programs at companies that combine substance abuse education and support, along with testing, tend to have far better resu...

Theodore Levitt's 1960 Article 'Marketing Myopia'

as time when by they began to decline, they did not see themselves as transportation companies, but merely as railroads. Therefore...

American Cultural Connection and 'The Celestial Railroad' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In six pages this paper examines how American culture is reflected in this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Eight sources are ...

Railroads of Guatemala and Their Economic History

al PG). Railroads were essential for the economic security of all Guatemalans at the turn of the century, for it provided a neces...

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation

The Inspector General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation is a separate and independent organization. Its purpose is t...

Railroad Accidents

The general public does not know how many train accidents really happen. There are far more than most of us know. The big ones get...