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African American Education Throughout History

years later, in 1775, Ben Franklin founded the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery (Socialist Equality Party, 1997)....

Humanist Erasmus

the more blatant abuses of the Church, such as the sale of indulgences, but on the whole "remained devout, orthodox and sincere" (...

Progress and Ideals of the Enlightenment

and the second seeks to "alter the self-understanding of groups which have been defined in negative ways by a dominant culture" (L...

17th and 18th Century Censorship of the English Stage and Jeremy Collier's Pamphlet, 'A Short View on Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage'

the name of Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) embarked upon his own personal crusade to censor these works on religious grounds. The pub...

Development of Social Work

p. 130). Figures from the early part of the century reveal that "50 to 66 percent of working families were poor and that a third ...

Gender, Women, and 2 Plays by William Shakespeare

the perspective of the other characters, they are acting as men, not women. This scenario is intriguing for its points out, within...

We Were Soldiers/Historical Accuracy of Film

back first one North Vietnamese assault, then another, over a period of six days."i In writing about the film, co-author of We W...

The Gambino Family

Luciano would bring the Mafia into the modern age, putting the group into organized crime. Out of the ruins of the Masseria and Ma...

Nursing's Contribution to Quality of Life

could be called human biological life; or(2) human personal life that includes biological life but goes beyond it to include other...

12 Angry Men/TV's Law and Order

entitled "House of Cards," the detectives and attorneys who are featured in the show similarly face what seems like a case of cert...

Movies/Then & Now

theater environment, that is most often accused of encouraging crime. Then, as now, the majority of the people ignored the naysaye...

Political and Government Systems of Ancient Rome

(Encarta). The logic of having two leaders or "co-consuls" was based on the idea that having two men in charge would keep either o...

Ancient Works of Art

far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...

Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips

vessel. The children are Nash, Martha and Travis, and their stories form the basis for the three major divisions in the text. The ...

Reform and the UK House Of Lords

leader of the revolutionary Puritans, Oliver Cromwell worked diligently to release his people from the grips of oppression. His b...

An Evaluation of the Ninth Symphony by Beethoven

(Lieberman, 1996). Rather the musical sense of what is happening coalesces slowly, as if out of a mist. In the opening bars, the v...

A Colonial Newspapers Review

Boston newspaper. Combing through a variety of papers from this era, and meticulously reading the articles, it appears that much a...

War in the Nineteenth Century

to. For example, during the Civli War , the Confederacy imposed a national draft (Miller & Faux, 1997). The union would also impl...

Reconstruction Period and Social Welfare

total disregard toward the Southern people and their hardships as a result of the war"(Jennings, 2002). In such an atmosphere, it ...

The Twenty-First Century and the First Century Compared

the Apostles in the Bible helps us realize that nearly a generation passed before the events of Jesus life were recorded into the ...

Comparative Analysis of the Paintings of Claude Lorraine and Joseph Mallord William Turner

along with the request that his "Dido Building Carthage" and "Sun Rise Through Vapor" be displayed alongside Claudes "Seaport with...

Poetry of the Romantic Period

Fourth, while previous generations of poets felt that poetry should address noble or epic topics, the Romantics glorified the bea...

Myths and Reality of the U.S. Reconstruction Period

in the end, a worse war swept into the South, full of empty promises for social reforms, which never materialized. For a good whil...

Modern Criticism of Descartes' Dualism

unique opinion about the theory. The author then indicates that "the Cartesian myth is insidious. It can assume many guises, an...

E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime and History

of the nation. We see this in the turmoil of the families presented in the novel, and in the issues which relate to such condition...

NC During Colonial American and Early Republic History

Bays, Rivers, Isles, and Islets belonging unto the Country aforesaid; And also, all the Soil, Lands, Fields, Woods, Mountains, Far...

The World View Evolution from 1196 to 1795

asserting Chinas desire to remain relatively impervious to any further Western infiltration. Lothario Dei Segni (c. 1160-12...

Japan and Traditional Women's Role

This paper discusses Japan's society in terms of the role women have traditionally played such as wife, geisha, and also examines ...

Historic British Literary Heroes

imaginations. In examining the changing role of the hero in English Literature, five British literary periods will be examined. F...

United Kingdom's Conservative Party

Duncan Smiths campaign promises included significant changes in welfare reform, and implied that Labour was no...