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American History and Railroad Construction

end-of-the-track towns called hell-on-wheels" (The Iron Road). Explosions and avalanches were commonplace for the Chinese crews, ...

History of the Louisiana Purchase

or concerns which arose from the potential purchase of this territory. Initially, Louisiana was owned and controlled by the...

History of Texas and the 'Runaway Scrape' Battle

their homes and their towns to somewhere out of Texas that would be safe (Bredeson, 1996, See also Texans Return to 1836, 2001)....

The Secret History by Donna Tartt and Greek Themes

Civilizations/Myths. This work offers a greater understanding of Tartts work in that the implied use and meaning during the Greek ...

History and Fate of the Great Basin's Anasazi

between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada ... The landscape is more than half empty" (Christensen, 2003). Technically, however, t...

A History of the Holocaust by Rita Steinhardt Botwinick

which occurred in Germany after the horror had ended. Many questions are provoked by the work and some of these are posed by the...

The Park and the People A History of Central Park by Roy Rosenzweig and Elizabeth Blackmar

4) Redefining Central Park; 5) The Nineteenth-Century Park in the Twentieth-Century City; and, 6) The Past Fifty Years, in additio...

Reading Education History

eye" which meant that there was more to reading than decoding. Reading was perceived now as a process. The key motto was "reading ...

Social History and Collective Memory

a word or phrase. Analysis of these lieux de memoire can account for the basis from which the collective identity of the group is ...

History of Capital Punishment

In ten pages this paper examines capital punishment in an overview that includes its history, public opinion, and the ongoing cont...

History and Progress of Community Policing

In seven pages community policing is considered in terms of history and impact of 1994's Crime Act that established a COPS grant p...

A Policing and Police History

This is an informational research paper consisting of ten pages in which policing dating back to the ancient Egyptians and Sumeria...

Chicago History and Organized Crime

on the door of the house (Kelly) and indicative of the violence which ruled Chicago during the gangster era. Chicago regards its ...

Italian Mafia's History

In twenty pages this historical overview of the Italian mafia traces its roots back to the 9th century. Seventeen sources are cit...

Analysis and Cross Cultural History of Prostitution

In five pages this paper examines prostitution in terms of its historical origins and from a cross cultural perspective with socia...

Cooperative Learning, History, and Reading

is incredibly generalized (Vacca; Vacca). Baer and Nourie strongly agree and illustrate this: "Frequently, teachers fail to take ...

History of the Montessori Educational Method

were not extra-social beings, but were entitled to the benefits of education as much as, if not more than, normal ones (Standing 1...

Analytical Reflections of A Preface to History Teaching Text by Carl Gustavson

In twelve pages Gustavson's book on the 'misteaching' of history is analyzed. There are no additional sources listed....

Philippines Educational System and its History

In twelve pages this paper discusses the history and evolution of the Philippines' educational system. Ten sources are cited in t...

History of the Chickasaw Indians

In fifteen pages this paper examines the Chickasaw Indians in an historical overview that includes religion, culture, and U.S. gov...

New York's Inner City Architectural History

In ten pages this paper refers to Luc Sante's Low Life in a historical consideration of New York City's urban architecture in term...

Chinese Civilization, Continuity, and History

In four pages historians such as Jacques Gernet are consulted in this consideration of Chinese civilization in a discussion of its...

History of China, the Introduction of Buddhism and its Impact

people embracing it. Ironically, as the two cultures and the two traditions worked to reach a level of harmony in belief, Buddhis...

The History and Uses of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine

This 8 page paper gives the history behind traditional Chinese herbal medicine, and its use in today's society. The writer argues ...

A History Of The Abacus

This paper addresses the historical significance and development of the abacus, an early counting machine and precursor to the cal...

History and Practice of Zen Meditation

beginning of all things--the Buddha. And for those in a hurry --there developed the satori-- or sudden enlightenment. It was often...

History and Contemporary Problems of the Educational System in China

In five pages this essay discusses the educational system in China in a consideration of history and the current problems it is co...

Japanese History in The Pillow Book by Sie Shonagon

In fourteen pages this research paper examines this revealing look at the medieval history of Japan written by an Imperial Court's...

Economy and History of Japan

In nine pages Japan's history is discussed and its economy both past and present is the primary focus. There are 4 sources cited ...

Senso and the History of Japan

This paper consists of four pages and discusses whether or not the continuity of history for Japan was broken in 1945. Three sour...