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  • Herbert George Wells - English Author and Political Philososopher

    Herbert George Wells - English Author and Political Philososopher

    Herbert George Wells English author and political philososopher, most famous for his science-fantasy novels with their prophetic depictions of the triumphs of technology as well as the horrors of 20th-century warfare. Wells was born September 21, 1866, in Bromley, Kent, and educated at the Normal School of Science in London, to which he won a scholarship. He worked as a draper's apprentice, bookkeeper, tutor, and journalist until 1895, when he became a full- time writer.

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    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: Monika
  • What Were the Major Political and Socio-Economic Changes Introduced by the British Colonial Authorities in Kenya. What Did the Authorities Seek to Achieve by These Changes?

    What Were the Major Political and Socio-Economic Changes Introduced by the British Colonial Authorities in Kenya. What Did the Authorities Seek to Achieve by These Changes?

    What were the major political and socio-economic changes introduced by the British colonial authorities in Kenya. What did the authorities seek to achieve by these changes? When the British colonised Kenya in the late nineteenth century they brought about many political and socio-economic changes, including changing the mode of production to capitalist, the introduction of an improved infrastructure and the establishment of chiefs in 1906 when Britain established affective political control over the Kenyan people,

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Hitler's Body and the Body Politic

    Hitler's Body and the Body Politic

    I study ideology as if manifest content of a dream, seeking to comprehend the ideology's latent content or unconscious meaning. I observe recurring images and metaphors within ideological productions. Through systematic analysis of these recurring images and metaphors, it is possible to reveal the deep structure of an ideology. Ideologies are social constructions. However, why do they exist? What is the nature of the psychic work that they perform? I suggest that ideologies constitute vehicles

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    Submitted: December 1, 2008 By: Jon
  • Enlightenment Versus British Political Control - the Colonial American Enlightenment Ideals Compared to the British Oppression

    Enlightenment Versus British Political Control - the Colonial American Enlightenment Ideals Compared to the British Oppression

    Enlightenment Versus British Political Control The Colonial American enlightenment ideals compared to the British oppression The development of enlightenment ideals such as equality, democracy, and religious freedom were more influential on the American colonists than the British oppression, and helped catalyst the American Revolution. The idea of equality is a strongly preached idea of enlightenment, and was one of the main points in the evolution to the American Revolution. As stated in the declaration of

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    Submitted: January 7, 2009 By: Andrew
  • 19th Century Women Authors

    19th Century Women Authors

    19th Century Women Authors Some of the most influential women authors of all time lived in the 19th century. These women expressed their inner most thoughts and ideas through their writings. They helped to change society, perhaps without knowing it, through poetry, novels, and articles. Emily Dickinson, Harriet Jacobs, Kate Chopin, Louisa May Alcott, and Elizabeth Oakes Smith are the best-known controversial and expressive women authors of their time. On December 10, 1830 a poet

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    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: Jack
  • The Political Lift of Richard Nixon

    The Political Lift of Richard Nixon

    The Political Career of Richard Nixon 1. Nixon's Beginning in Politics 2. Emergence in National Politics A. The Hiss Case B. Nixon's Political Obituary C. Resurgence as a presidential candidate 3. The 37th President A. Nixon's Appointment's B. Foreign Policy 1. Nixon's plans for Europe 2. Vietnam C. Domestic Policy 4. Nixon's Second Administration A. Reelection B. Watergate A few weeks after the United States entered World War II a young man named Richard Nixon

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    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: Monika
  • The Political Environment of the Philippines

    The Political Environment of the Philippines

    The Political Environment of the Philippines Historical Facts: The Philippines overcame many obstacles in history that reshaped the political environment of modern times. The Philippine islands have a strong Spanish influence. Records in history date back to 1521 where Ferdinand Magellan colonized the islands in the name of Charles I of Spain. The Spanish objectives focused Philippine society toward the spread of Christianity, colonization in the name of Spain, and acquiring key positions in the

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    Submitted: March 4, 2009 By: David
  • Nadine Gordimer - Author

    Nadine Gordimer - Author

    Nadine Gordimer is a white author who lives in the country of South Africa. She is known for her excellent characters and the vivid details of her books. Her stories are written in the context of her South African experiences. She also writes about the previous challenges of South Africa under apartheid, at a time when society was split by race. South Africa's racial problems began when the white people came and discovered South Africa

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Political and Religious Winds of the Seventeenth Century from Charles I

    The Political and Religious Winds of the Seventeenth Century from Charles I

    The Restoration, a period of constantly changing ideals, shows how the change in government from Charles I to Oliver Cromwell affected the people of that time. Also showing the shift in winds of religion, compares and contrasts Absolutism and Constitutionalism, shows how the influence of the English people on the world, and shows a new era being heralded in without which we would not exist. The seventeenth century started with the Ascension of Charles I

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    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Fatih
  • A Turning Point in Abraham Lincoln's Political Career

    A Turning Point in Abraham Lincoln's Political Career

    Before engaging in the debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln was relatively unknown in the political world and was just beginning his career in politics. Abraham Lincoln's reputation was just starting to grow, and his life was about to make a drastic change. The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 were a turning point in Abraham Lincoln's political career. Lincoln had served four terms in the Illinois legislature, and now desired an office with greater prestige.

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    Submitted: March 23, 2009 By: Top
  • Social, Political and Economic Effects of Wwi

    Social, Political and Economic Effects of Wwi

    Social, Political and Economic Effects of WWI "Everywhere in the world was heard the sound of things breaking." Advanced European societies could not support long wars or so many thought prior to World War I. They were right in a way. The societies could not support a long war unchanged. The First World War left no aspect of European civilization untouched as pre-war governments were transformed to fight total war. The war metamorphed Europe socially,

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    Essay Length: 2,164 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2009 By: Top
  • Election - Analyze the Changing Nature of the Media and How That Is Affecting Politics

    Election - Analyze the Changing Nature of the Media and How That Is Affecting Politics

    1. Analyze the Presidential election of 2004. What happened and why? 2. Analyze the changing nature of the media and how that is affecting politics. The two questions identified above cannot be adequately answered alone without one influencing the other because a campaign that influences the election of the most powerful position in the world is a public event. However, after months of predictions of a too-close-to-call contest, Bush won nationwide balloting making him the

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • Economic and Political Development

    Economic and Political Development

    Economic and political developments in Virginia from 1607-1700 On the year of 1607, May 14th, a hundred men sent by the Virginia Company of London, landed at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay which also resulted in the first permanent English settlement. The settlement of the Virginia Colony (Jamestown) was the source of economy of the Chesapeake Bay region and Virginia, during the colonial period was always tied upon the accessibility of plantation and slavery. On

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Political Policies of China

    Political Policies of China

    International business Environment Global Issue Paper Introduction Growing up in China, I can remember going to the street markets and bump into everyone, I felt like an ant in a mass colony. There’s no space, the buses are packed, and the bicycle lane resembled a highway during a traffic jam. Getting around was impossible. Much of the urban areas are full of construction, dust is constantly in the air, very uncomfortable. Majority of the

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Social and Political Attitudes of Brave New World

    The Social and Political Attitudes of Brave New World

    What if there was a place where you did not have to, or rather, you could not think for yourself? A place where one’s happiness was controlled and rationed? How would you adapt with no freedom of thought, speech, or happiness in general? In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, there are many different attitudes portrayed with the purpose to make the reader think of the possible changes in our society and

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    Essay Length: 700 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Janna
  • The Politics of Oppression in the Lyrics of Bob Marley

    The Politics of Oppression in the Lyrics of Bob Marley

    The Politics of Oppression in the Lyrics of Bob Marley "Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!" This is the sound of lyrical bliss from one of Bob Marley's many songs. From the beginning, Bob Marley's lyrical choice has always been towards that of defending what you believe it and not letting anyone take over or bring you down. He was a heroic figure to many, especially those who trust and believe deeply

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Janna
  • Hobbes’ Political Philosophy

    Hobbes’ Political Philosophy

    Hobbes argues that the state of nature is a state of perpetual war of all against all and consequently, the life of man in the state of nature "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short" (xiii, 9). In this paper I will explain Hobbes' arguments that support his claim to the state of nature. I will also assess these arguments and state that they are not valid and, therefore, not sound. I will then talk about

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Max
  • Sports, Politics, and Advancements in Science in 1979

    Sports, Politics, and Advancements in Science in 1979

    Sports, Politics, and Advancements in Science in 1979 The year 1979 was an important year for many reasons. One reason was because of the world of sports. This helped keep the world entertained during the year 1979. Another important area in 1979 was the area of politics. This area caused both happiness and grief, especially in the United States. The third area that was influential in 1979 was the area of science. There were many

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    Essay Length: 959 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Edward
  • Politics and Ethics

    Politics and Ethics

    Politics is truly one of the greatest developments that mankind has ever had the notion to make. Can you imagine our lives without? I really cannot see our lives operating as smoothly without the existence of politics in one form or another. Almost everything we do in our lives is somehow linked either directly or indirectly to some sort of political ideology. Whether you are buying a candy bar at the store or negotiating international

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Words of a Famous Author

    The Words of a Famous Author

    Bah ram you said the sheepish one, for warnith thus of thout trials ahead. You must face the darkside of the world and become stronger indeed. Run now to the riverside galley. Must be be friends? I dare not say so. Bah ram you said the sheepish one, for warnith thus of thout trials ahead. You must face the darkside of the world and become stronger indeed. Run now to the riverside galley. Must be

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Political Lift of Richard Nixon

    The Political Lift of Richard Nixon

    The Political Career of Richard Nixon 1. Nixon's Beginning in Politics 2. Emergence in National Politics A. The Hiss Case B. Nixon's Political Obituary C. Resurgence as a presidential candidate 3. The 37th President A. Nixon's Appointment's B. Foreign Policy 1. Nixon's plans for Europe 2. Vietnam C. Domestic Policy 4. Nixon's Second Administration A. Reelection B. Watergate A few weeks after the United States entered World War II a young man named Richard Nixon

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Soviet Politics

    Soviet Politics

    The government of the Soviet Union administered the country's economy and society. It implemented decisions made by the leading political institution in the country, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). In the late 1980s, the government appeared to have many characteristics in common with democratic political systems. For instance, a constitution established all organs of government and granted to citizens a series of political and civic rights. A legislative body, the Congress of

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Andrew
  • American Politics and the Catholic Church

    American Politics and the Catholic Church

    The Catholic Church and American Government Today certain countries are very dangerous places for people to live because of religious differences that separate them from their neighbors and even themselves. Acts of terrorism are committed almost everyday by people, strictly because of differences in religion. In 1776, the framers of the United States constitution made sure that the young country would have no predominate or official faith. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Victor
  • How Belief Systems Effect Politics

    How Belief Systems Effect Politics

    The belief systems of the modern world have helped determine the policies and politics of nations around the world. For centuries before, and almost definitely for decades after now, there will be disputed between people and countries on account of their faith. Religions have started wars, ended them, impacted, and persuaded people. Needless to say, beliefs are very influential on the world today. People of different faiths don’t only fight over their basic beliefs and

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Top
  • Who Really Were the First Authors?

    Who Really Were the First Authors?

    Response Paper #4: Who Really Were The First Authors? Kristin Serey Hazelett What really was the first gospel written? How much evidence to we have to prove it? Why is original authorship shitt doubted today?Traditionally, the gospel of Matthew is believed to be the first gospel to have been written, and it is believed that all four gospels were written independently of the others, three of them by apostles and one by a very close

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Victor

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