Essays Tagged: "19th century"

Creationism vs. Evolution

pics. One issue that truly separates Americans is the issue of creation versus evolution. Since the 19th century, this divisive topic has been debated in school boards and state capitols across Americ ...

(4 pages) 473 7 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Eleanor Rosevelt

more than any other woman, 'typified... the realizaton of the dreams of the female Crusaders of the 19th century who threw off the restrictions of the Victorian age.' So when I had the opportuinity to ... of small account when you compare it with the perfect quality of her soul.'Stuggle as wife in early 19th centuryEleanor returned in 1902 to the United States after three years with Mlle Souvestre. As ...

(10 pages) 212 1 3.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Heroin Abuse

but then people unaware of the harm it could cause began to use it more and more often. During the 19th century in China there was a period called the Opium Wars where the use of Opium had become suc ...

(6 pages) 145 1 4.5 Sep/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Paper on the unions in America

f its members was propounded by the eminent English economist Alfred Marshall toward the end of the 19th century. Marshall theorized that the strength of a union depended upon four factors. First, dem ...

(2 pages) 415 1 4.2 May/1995

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Abortion

the human who is still to small to cry aloud for it's own protection, have been accused of having a 19th Century approach to life in the last third of the 20th Century. But who in reality is using arg ...

(7 pages) 108 0 4.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Music that is Romantic

itions that plague all attemptsto graspthe meaning of Romantic as applied to the music of the 19th century. Thisopposition involved the relation between music and words. If instrumentalm ... he Classical composers, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven? Moreover,oneof the most characteristic 19th century genres was the Lied, a vocal piece inwhichShubert, Schumann, Brahams, and Wolf at ...

(3 pages) 188 1 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Literay Critisim

with his imaginative powers allows him the honor of being the most popular English novelist of the 19th century. Dickens has thrilled his readers for many years with his down-to-earth stories about r ...

(9 pages) 88 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

The Bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of woman's emancipation.

and the church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of woman's emancipation.A famous 19th century feminist named Elizabeth Cady Stanton voiced this about her struggle for women's freedo ...

(3 pages) 72 0 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

why koreans came to usa

WHEN AND WHY DID THEY COME?At the end of the 19th century the USA received it's first refugees from Korea, three pro-Japanese activists seeking e ...

(2 pages) 75 0 4.7 Sep/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Edgar Allen Poe

Allen Poe Edgar Allen Poe, the greatest American teller of mystery and suspense tales in the19th century was a tormented artist. He struggled to become the accomplished author he isknown as to ...

(1 pages) 66 0 4.8 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Music that is Romantic

itions that plague all attemptsto graspthe meaning of Romantic as applied to the music of the 19th century. Thisopposition involved the relation between music and words. If instrumentalm ... he Classical composers, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven? Moreover,oneof the most characteristic 19th century genres was the Lied, a vocal piece inwhichShubert, Schumann, Brahams, and Wolf at ...

(3 pages) 93 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Relations between women in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Relations between women in the 18th and 19th centuries.Thesis: Relationships between women in the nineteenth century America created a web o ... unconditional love found in their relations with other women.I. IntroductionA. Female friendship of 19th century not really studied beforeB. Abundance of evidence suggests very strong emotional ties b ...

(3 pages) 92 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Abortion , life or death , who chooses?

the human who is still to small to cry aloud for it's own protection, have been accused of having a 19th Century approach to life in the last third of the 20th Century. But who in reality is using arg ...

(18 pages) 339 2 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Emily Dickenson and the Theme of Death

Emily Dickenson, an unconventional 19th century poet, used death as the theme for many of her poems. Dickenson's poems offer a creative ...

(2 pages) 122 0 4.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau

What would Henry David Thoreau, a transcendentalist in the 19th century, think if he were to visit our society today? I think Mr. Thoreau would be very disappo ... A transcendentalist would believe in the preservance of earth and to take life slow also. Since the 19th century, society has changed; it has seen many technological advances, is currently moving at a ... the 1800's, and has overgone various environmental issues.The technological advancements since the 19th century has enabled us to complete common tasks much easier then it was before. The computer fo ...

(3 pages) 90 0 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Utopia

ed by all prominentsocial thinkers and visionaries to define other concepts of this kind.During the 19th century many attempts were made to actually establishcommunities which followed the beliefs of ... ing of these communities was the Oneida Community. It lasted from1848 to 1881. By the middle of the 19th century the utopian socialists were beginning tobe eclipsed by more militant radical movements. ...

(8 pages) 190 0 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Wire Pirates

Someday the Internet may become an information superhighway, but right now it is more like a 19th-century railroad thatpasses through the badlands of the Old West. As waves of new settlers floc ...

(4 pages) 44 0 3.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Poe As A Romantic

ne of the least recognized authors in American History. Poe lived and wrote at the beginning of the 19th century. His writing style was innovative, different from the styles of other writer of that ti ...

(4 pages) 155 0 3.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Hester, What a Change! Refers to character in Hawthorne's "Scarlet letter".

nds of a angry God.Many years later Nathaniel Hawthorn was greatly interested by the Puritans. This 19th-century American novelist, was born on July 4, in Salem, Massachusetts, and died May 11, 1864. ...

(4 pages) 58 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Emily Dickinson, and Death as a Theme in her Poetry

r her incredible poems and letters. Numbering over 1,700, her poems highlight the many moments in a 19th century New Englander woman's life, including the deaths of some of her most beloved friends an ...

(3 pages) 397 2 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry