Essays Tagged: "Pinkerton"

The Causes and Effects of the Homestead Strike

of a desperate businessman, in attempt to retain peace, killed many men. The infamous story of the Pinkertons changed the ways of American business agreements. The Homestead Strike changed the tradit ... arger amount of strikers then the company was prepared for.Frick contracted with William and Robert Pinkerton for a fortified force of three hundred men, otherwise known as "Pinkertons". The Pinkerton ...

(7 pages) 78 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Sudden Unexplained Deaths; A Real Threat: Evaluate how incidents of "sudden death" are explained by researchers.

died without any explainable cause of death nearly three years after committing the alleged crime (Pinkerton, 1814).In New Zealand there was an account of a Maori woman eating a fruit from which she ... , American Anthropologist, issue 44, 1942Leonard, A. G. The Lower Niger And Its Tribes. London, 1906Pinkerton, J. Voyages and Travels, 1814 - 16, p. 237Stewart, C. S. Journal Of A Residence In The San ...

(5 pages) 16 0 3.7 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Allen Pinkerton

Allan Pinkerton , born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1819, emigrated to Chicago. He was America's first "private ... r women's rights to be detectives.During his twenty-eight year career as a private detective, Allan Pinkerton and his agency investigated over a thousand crimes. Pinkerton was involved in many dramas ... ed in many dramas of the nineteenth century. Work and the Underground Railroad became his life. The Pinkerton's fed and sheltered fugitives in their own home. Pinkerton was a very moral man and despis ...

(4 pages) 34 0 0.0 Feb/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

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needed service, having autonomy in practice, and being recognized by the government with licensure"(Pinkerton, 2001,p.130)."Florence Nightingale first began professional education for nurses in 1860"( ... a license to practice in all fifty states.In respect to the criteria of a profession as defined by Pinkerton, nursing does not completely qualify as a profession. Standards need to be established for ...

(2 pages) 48 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

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Allan Pinkerton , born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1819, emigrated to Chicago. He was America's first "private ... r women's rights to be detectives.During his twenty-eight year career as a private detective, Allan Pinkerton and his Agency investigated over a thousand crimes. Pinkerton was involved in many dramas ... ed in many dramas Of the nineteenth century. Work and the Underground Railroad became his life. The Pinkerton's fed and sheltered fugitives in their own home. Pinkerton was a very moral Man and despis ...

(4 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Contribution of Dr. Norman Bethune

e time, he “taught prescription writing and published 14 articles on thoracic technique” (Pinkerton, 2003, p.2066). Bethune also showed his socialist views then. He wanted the state was resp ... s Canada.Retrieved on Mar. 6th 2008 from http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/bethune/natcul/natcul1_E.aspPinkerton, P.H. (2003). The mind of Norman Bethune. The Journal of the American Medical Association, ...

(5 pages) 3379 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

Industrial Corruption

gly opposed by management. Frick brought in thousands of strikebreakers to work the steel mills and Pinkerton agents to safeguard them. However on 6 July, the arrival of 300 Pinkerton agents from New ... agents from New York City and Chicago resulted in a fight in which 10 men-seven strikers and three Pinkertons-were killed and hundreds were injured. Pennsylvania Governor Robert Pattison ordered two ...

(6 pages) 0 0 0.0 Apr/2012

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History