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- 31: Ireland, History And Nature
- Ireland, History And Nature Author: Jarle Palm You stand on the top of the valley. Down, far below you, you see a brook, windind it's way through the valley. As you ... have found out. And while you wait for your plane to arrive so you can go back to your own country, you think about the essay you wrote about the history of Ireland last month. The history of Ireland Ireland is a beautiful country, but in many ways it is also a tragic country, which has been cruelly treated during the centuries. The suppression of the ...
- 32: History of Turkish Occupation of Northern Kurdistan.
- History of Turkish Occupation of Northern Kurdistan. Author: Eric jensen Since 1984, and especially the last few months, the domestic problems of a major N.A.T.O, Middle Eastern, and ... versus Communism, East versus West, or U.S versus the Soviet Union. In order to really comprehend the holistic situation in Turkey one must first be familiar with the complete history of the Turks and Kurds. The Kurds of Turkey constitutes, by far, the largest ethnic minority group in Turkey. The estimate of their population, however, are very dubious because of ... since the last seventy years of Turkish rule or has suffered even worse economically. The thirty million Kurds of the Middle East have lived in Kurdistan before record of modern history was kept. The very first mention of the Kurds in history was about 3,000 BC, under the name Gutium., as they fought the Summerians(Spieser). Later around 800 ...
- 33: Hofstadter
- WORKS of philosophy can last for millennia, novels for centuries. Works of history, if they're really good, survive maybe a generation. But Richard Hofstadter's The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It is now celebrating its fiftieth year in ... individual lives, from Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson to Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and two group portraits (the Founding Fathers, the robber barons) -- that span the nation's history. Hofstadter subjected America's heroes, and a few villains, to a critical scrutiny they had previously escaped, yet he did so without the bloodthirsty zeal we have come to associate with "revisionist" history. The American Political Tradition exudes an air of maturity belying its author's later claim that it was "visibly a young man's book." It presumes no inherent tradeoff ...
- 34: History of Lacrosse
- History of Lacrosse What is the history of lacrosse? It is a topic that holds interesting for me in two respects. First, I enjoy all types of history, so learning the who's and what's of the sport is interesting to me. Second, I play lacrosse and knowing who and how the sport was developed would ...
- 35: History Of Lacrosse
- History of Lacrosse What is the history of lacrosse? It is a topic that holds interesting for me in two respects. First, I enjoy all types of history, so learning the who's and what's of the sport is interesting to me. Second, I play lacrosse and knowing who and how the sport was developed would ...
- 36: Social Darwinsim History
- By: Anonymous Social Darwinism History Social Darwinism and its use to Justify Business Practices of the 19th and 20th century. Thesis: The need for a justification of enormous wealth of a few and an unimaginable ... confirm their virtues. It appealed to them because it placed their activities within the context of traditional American ideas of freedom and individualism." (Current 506-507) - a quotation from a history textbook. This perception, Irvin G. Wyllie argues, is greatly exaggerated. In reality, only a very few elite entrepreneurs like John D. Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie occasionally used Social Darwinism as ... New York, Sept. 1919. Bannister, Robert C. Social Darwinism: Science and Myth in Anglo - American Social Thought. Philadelphia: Temple U P, 1979. Bryant, Keith L., and Henry C. Dethloff. A History of American Business. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1990. Cashman, Sean D. America in the Gilded Age: from the Death of Abraham Lincoln to the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. New ...
- 37: "Indians" By Jane Tompkins: How Bias Affect Ones Concept of History
- "Indians" By Jane Tompkins: How Bias Affect Ones Concept of History Whenever you are in any educational situation, you are subject to perspectives and bias of the instructors. In an essay entitled "Indians," by Jane Tompkins, it discusses how different biases may reflect upon one's concept of history. It is imperative to realize that when learning, which generally involves someone's concept of history, we are consequently subject to that person's perspectives that may be a result of their upbringing. In the essay Tompkins regarding history, Tompkins says "it concerns the difference ...
- 38: Cinematography Everything You Need To Know
- ... or motion analysis. Cinematography becomes an art when the filmmaker attempts to make moving images that relate directly to human perception, provide visual significance and information, and provoke emotional response. History of Film Technology Several parlor toys of the early 1800s used visual illusions similar to those of the motion picture. These include the thaumatrope (1825); the phenakistiscope (1832); the stroboscope ... moved about. In recent years, equipment, lighting, and film have all been improved, but the processes involved remain essentially the same. RICHARD FLOBERG Bibliography Bibliography: Fielding, Raymond, ed., A Technological History of Motion Pictures and Television (1967); Happe, I. Bernard, Basic Motion Picture Technology, 2d ed. (1975); Malkiewicz, J. Kris, and Rogers, Robert E., Cinematography (1973); Wheeler, Leslie J., Principles of Cinematography, 4th ed. (1973). film: -------------------------------- film, history of -------------------------------- The history of film has been dominated by the discovery and testing of the paradoxes inherent in the medium itself. Film uses machines to record images of life; ...
- 39: Napoleon: Does History Repeat Itself From People Seeking Power?
- Napoleon: Does History Repeat Itself From People Seeking Power? Thesis Does history repeat itself because people become power hungry? In the years from 58 B.C. to 1821 A.D., two infamous generals led armies to great success, yet met with similar ... take in order to achieve success. Napoleon devoured books on the art of war. Volume after volume of military theory was read, analyzed and criticized. He studied the campaigns of history's most famous commanders, but his favorite, and the most influential on his strategies, was none other than Julius Caesar . It was Caesar that Napoleon modeled himself after the ...
- 40: Latin Literature In History
- Latin Literature in History Greek literature was one of the numerous Greek accomplishments from which Romans drew immense influence. The Romans picked up first on the Greek embrace of rhetoric, which became an educational ... Greek themes were just a backbone in Roman literature, and as time, progressed, Rome established a unique literary style, which, alongside Greek Literature, had a profound influence on the future History of Europe. One important early innovator is Quintus Ennius. Called the father of Latin poetry, he wrote a number of comedies in Latin as well. In addition, Ennius adapted Greek ... s age as well. The general Julius Caesar and Historian Sallust made important contributions to the circle. Caesar with detailed accounts of the Gallic and civil wars, and Sallust writing history as well, noted for brilliant descriptions of people and their motives. A new kind of writing called lyric poetry also sprung to life in this period. The rule of ...
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