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Historical Overview of the New York City Public Transportation System

America was a bit behind. Paris had its omnibus in 1823 and London in 1829 (Ellis, 1997). New York states first railroad, the Moha...

Discussion of Denver International Airport

In six pages Denver International Airport is discussed in terms of its flawed design and construction as described in an Exhibit A...

Discussion of Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren

In five pages Warren's memoirs are examined with the 'Miranda' and Brown v. Board of Education decisions being the primary focus. ...

The Arts and Perceived Inferiority of Women

In five pages this paper examines the arts in a consideration of the historical discrimination against women. Three sources are c...

American Cinema, Historical and Education Ideology

In seven pages historical comparisons are made between the ways in which education is depicted in such films as Stand and Deliver,...

Dodona Legends and the Zeus Sanctuary

In four pages this paper discusses the Dodona legends in an historical overview of the Zeus sanctuary. Six sources are cited in t...

Price of Glory - Verdun 1916 by Alistair Horne

In this paper that contains five pages the ways in which the First World War and especially the strategically important Battle of ...

Reflections on the French Revolution by Edmund Burke

This report consists of five pages and considers such issues as prejudice, attitudes, class, influences of place and time within a...

Stephen W. Sears' Landscape Turned Red

In five pages a review of this historical text that examines the Civil War Battle of Antietam is presented. There are no other so...

US and Judaism's Role

their faith was gathered into the volumes and artifacts which still remain as a venerated part of the cultural and religious world...

Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev's The Haunted Wood Soviet Espionage in America- the Stalin Era

In ten pages a review of this Cold War historical text is presented. There are no other sources listed....

Dell Computer's Corporate History

Dell had reached the opportunity to go public, which occurred in 1988. It was during that year that Dell had as many as six hundr...

Late Eighteenth Century Haitian Revolution

French Empire. It was during this period that African slaves were brought to work the sugarcane and coffee plantations. In 1791, t...

Historical Overview of the 'Big Bang' Theory

The Big Bang Theory is the focus of this historical overview consisting of five pages in which black holes, curved space, theories...

John W. Jeffries' Wartime America The World War II Home Front

In five pages this historical text is critically analyzed with the focus being on the author's informative perspectives. There ar...

Africa and the Historical Role of Islam

In ten pages this paper discusses Africa and the historical role Islam played in terms of influence, development, and expansionism...

Current Kosovo Situation

In five pages this paper discusses NATO intervention in a consideration of the current Kosovo situation with historical background...

James McPherson's The Negro's Civil War How American Blacks Felt and Acted During the War for the Union

In five pages this paper presents an overview of this American historical texts and assesses the author's arguments in terms of th...

Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War by Eric Foner

free laborer was entitled to work and prosper to the best of his abilities, while the South was mired in a false sense of aristocr...

Cultural Anthropology Study of Japanese Americans and Their American History Influence

In nine pages cultural anthropology is applied to the culture of the Japanese Americans in hopes of understanding their U.S. histo...

Industrial Uses for Wood Adhesives

Wood adhesives and their uses in industry are examined in this historical and developmental overview consisting of fifteen pages. ...

Dust Bowl Legacy and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In 5 pages this paper examines the classic novel by John Steinbeck from an historical perspective. There are no other sources lis...

Historical Plausibility of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In 5 pages this great American novel is analyzed in an historical overview of the relevant 19th century issues including children'...

Historical Overview of Penicillin

This paper considers penicillin in an overview consisting of ten pages that includes its historical background, uses, pros and con...

Jacksonian Era's William Wirt

This paper examines the American historical significance of William Wirt in fifteen pages. Fourteen sources are cited in the bibl...

U.S.Impeachment Proceedings of Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

concern over a woman the man had touched, in what way, and with what level of intimacy. Johnsons impeachment was the result of a ...

Corrections, Policing, and Women

womens entry into the field of law enforcement (PG). Wells was appointed by the Los Angeles Police Department to initially perfor...

Concepts of Taoism

would be "walking the path of wisdom." Te means virtue or character and its symbol is made of the elements representing "straight...

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...

Economy of Puerto Rico

In three pages this paper discusses Puerto Rico's economy in a historical consideration that includes manufacturing shifts from in...