Hippie Revolution Over the course of the 1960s, the United States saw great social and political upheaval, as countless young people revolted against a system that was fundamentally incapable of effectively representing them or their desires. Though Continue Reading...
Chapter 12 Missionary efforts during the nineteenth century had led to a massive expansion of the Church and Christianity, and the first several decades of the twentieth century saw several international and inter-denominational conferences regard Continue Reading...
Prohibition One of the most conflicted points of United States history is associated with the temperance movement, which culminated into a federal constitutional amendment prohibiting the production, transportation, and sale of all alcoholic beverag Continue Reading...
E-Learning on the 21st Century Workforce E-learning refers to learning experiences enabled and delivered by electronic technology, specifically into the workplace and aimed at increasing workers' knowledge and skills (Pantazis 2001).This increase in Continue Reading...
Scientific Revolution of 1600-1715 -- When humanity shook its free from the grips of the fallacy that 'Man is the center of the solar system,' it gained the confidence to raise the human scientific intellect to the center of the political, religious, Continue Reading...
French Revolution Enlightenment The enlightenment was one of the most interesting times in history. In this period there was a considerable amount of philosophical inquiry being devoted to challenging traditional worldviews. Intellectuals began to Continue Reading...
utopian communal societies and their influence on leadership in the nineteenth century. Utopian societies sprang up around the United States during the nineteenth century, partly in response to some of the ills their members saw in society at the ti Continue Reading...
Not only was this theme fully explored within the historical context, but thoroughly analyzed within Europe as well. The teachings of such notable thinker as Sigmund Freud points to this direction of development. He concluded that there modernism wi Continue Reading...
American Economic Thought in the Seventeenth Century by Edgar AJ. Johnson. (New York: Russell & Russell, 1961). 202 p., (HB119.A2J6). This book is a global look at what motivated colonization economically in the New World, and how American thou Continue Reading...
A major point of the above is that the winners of wars typically write the history books and their reverence and view of history may not be all that positive. Examples like that litter the pages of history including the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Emp Continue Reading...
Not only this, the business processes are also accomplished through digital networks spanning the entire organization (Buyya, Yeo, Venugopal, Broberg, and Brandic, 2009). One of the examples of the organizations that are quickly transforming themse Continue Reading...
It wasn't until the 1920s and '30s that their blue-collar counterparts began to get paid vacations as well. Americans in the late 20th century "worked more days per year than workers in other prosperous nations, such as those in Europe, yet on aver Continue Reading...
Education in America The seventeenth century has been called, as an age of faith, and for the colonists a preoccupation with religion, as probably right. The religious rebel of the sixteenth century was severe and shaking as its impact was felt bot Continue Reading...
In 1869, Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, another prominent 19th century suffragist, formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) to collectively lobby for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. The NWSA also focused Continue Reading...
Classicism manifested itself in the 18th century. There are five references used for this paper. There have been a number of cultural styles over the last centuries from Baroque to Classicism to Romanticism. It is interesting to look at Classicism Continue Reading...
Witchcraft in the 16th & 17 Centuries: Response to Literature At first glance, a logical 21st Century explanation for the "witch craze" (also known as a witch-hunt) during the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe was based largely upon human ignora Continue Reading...
Immigration and Health Policies in the 20th Century Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the g Continue Reading...
Philosophy and Education 21st Century Behavior and trends within the education system are rudimentarily based upon the collective groups collective philosophy. The knowledge base that is infused with ethics combines to create a philosophy that is su Continue Reading...
Federal Hall National Memorial The New York City Hall was located at the 26 Wall Street prior to the construction of the classic column building by Town & Davis. The City Hall was later on known as the Federal Hall. The Bill of Rights was writte Continue Reading...
nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century was a time of hardship for many Americans, and a time of extreme injustice for several groups, as well. African-Americans were strictly segregated and subjected to institutional racism b Continue Reading...
American Imperialism (APA Citation) American Imperialism in the Late 19th Century There were two main reasons for American overseas expansion in the late 19th century: economic and nationalistic reasons. As America entered the industrial revolution Continue Reading...
Poor working conditions had a tremendous and negative effect on the health of the working class in England in the Victorian Age. The Victorian Age (the nineteenth century) saw the rise of a large working class, where women, men, and children are spen Continue Reading...
Starting from 19th century psychology, school of thought of behaviorist shared commonalities and as well ran concurrently with the 20th century psychology of psychoanalytic and Gestalt movements, however it was different from Gestalt psychologists' m Continue Reading...
The most notable would include: the 1976 Racial Discrimination Act, 1981 Handicapped Persons Equal Opportunity Act, the 1984 Equal Opportunity Act, 1989 Equal Opportunity Amendment Act -- Intellectual Disability, 1990 Equal Opportunity Amendment Act Continue Reading...
I also asked my uncle the following questions about movies in 1973: Question: How much did movie tickets cost that year? Answer: I don't remember exactly, but something like about $1.50 or $1.75 a ticket rings a bell. Also, they didn't have any m Continue Reading...
His clothes were untidy, but he had a commanding short-collar on." (Charles Dickens (1812-1870): (www.kirjasto.sci.fi/)Dora, David's first wife, expires and he marries Agnes. He seeks his vocation as a journalist and later as a novelist. (Charles Di Continue Reading...
There various technological measures that have been used to enhance the effectiveness of police officers include crime laboratories and finger printing. The other technological measures used in policing include the two-way radio used in police cars Continue Reading...
Oroonoko Aphra Behn's novel Oroonoko is about a young man who was born a prince and dies a slave. As an African male, Oroonoko is subjected to the racism of the white males who have all the power in his society. In the time period that Aphra Behn wa Continue Reading...
The Panamanians however, did get the short end of the stick for a really long time. The Panama Canal Treaty had an astonishing impact on international relations, such an impact, that it is still present today. Panama is the single-most busiest port Continue Reading...
18th century a number of races and nationalities were in the process of settling North America. The variety of ethnicities and cultures included, but were not limited to: Native Americans, Spanish, English, French, Germans and Jews, yet eventually t Continue Reading...
Milton Friedman -- a Living Economic Legend Even those individuals who consider him to be a negative influence upon economic theory cannot deny the impact of Milton Friedman had in deflating the once-uniform confidence economists invested in Keynesi Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Role of Enlightenment Ideas in Fueling the French Revolution: Explore how Enlightenment philosophers such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu influenced the ideological foundation of the F Continue Reading...
Generally, the European economy was characterized by the following aspects: The development of the economic activity's industrial side, not only in Western Europe but also in other countries previously considered to be exclusively agrarian. The in Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. Impact of Enlightenment Philosophers on the Ideals of the French Revolution: This essay could explore how Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu inspired the principles and r Continue Reading...
Labor in Europe in the 19th Century: Exploitation and the Rise of Labor Unions As Carolyn Tuttle of Lake Forest College points out, the first textile mills in England were bad enough to elicit the opprobrious condemnation of none other than Charles Continue Reading...
' His ground-breaking "Principia Mathematica" published in 1687 argued that the universe could be explained completely through the use of Mathematics without resorting to theology or the scriptures; that the universe behaved in an entirely rational a Continue Reading...
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Wild Swans is the story of three generations of women in China in the 20th century. The author is Jung Chang: her autobiography comprises the last third section of the book; the first two sections are devoted to Continue Reading...
1 Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th and 19th centuries and is responsible for the moving of nations away from farming to industry and manufacturing. The Industrial Revolution introduced trains, more advanced shipping Continue Reading...
