Essays Tagged: "customs"

Hitler's Rise to Power

born in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of the child was Adolf Hitler. Hewas the son a Customs official Alois Hitler, and his third wife Klara. As a young boy Adolfattendated church regul ...

(7 pages) 224 0 3.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Adolf Hitler

born in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of thechild was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official AloisHitler, and his third wife Klara.As a young boy Adolf attendated church regula ...

(7 pages) 112 0 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Red guards (mao zedong)

held huge demonstrations at every stop. Theirmain goal was to eliminate as many as possible of the customs andtraditional thoughts of the old China. They participated in Long Marchesand other activit ...

(2 pages) 91 1 3.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Adolf Hitler

born in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of thechild was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official AloisHitler, and his third wife Klara.As a young boy Adolf attendated church regula ...

(7 pages) 67 0 3.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Shylock from Merchant of Venice

hylock was an upstanding member of his community, who endured abuse, forgave easily, and upheld the customs and law.Shylock endured much of Antonio's abuse, overt a long period of time. This can be se ...

(2 pages) 63 1 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Greek Philosophy.

g with the practical problems of life.The ancient Greeks mirrored their nature, beliefs, morals and customs in Greek Philosophy. Through understanding Greek Philosophy, we can see how the ancient Gree ... their territorial possessions to a greater extent. This brought about a lot of different morals and customs changes due to social and political changes. All this is reflected in the poetry, philosophi ...

(4 pages) 253 0 4.3 Aug/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Individualism

someone with personality and character, someone who is not easily intimidated by social pressure or customs, someone with a personal opinion and a singular view of the world. Because modern society fi ...

(5 pages) 282 1 3.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Television Censorship

the state.Censorship and the ideology supporting it go back to ancient times. Every society has had customs, taboos, or laws by which speech, play, dress, religious observance, and sexual expression w ... hey held that Irish author James Joyce's Ulysses was not obscene and could be freely passed through customs. The courts ruled that the use of 'dirty words' in 'a sincere and honest book' did not make ...

(6 pages) 231 0 4.5 Feb/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Ancient China's Culture and Customs. This is very simple and straighforward, but has a bibliography.

Ancient China was a time filled with many unique customs and had a most fascinating culture. Some of the people lived like people in modern China, bu ... fascinating culture. Some of the people lived like people in modern China, but some people did not. Customs have changed some but not very much. The people of China lead very interesting and difficult ... cially in the areas of the arts and in religion. Development in these areas led to many fascinating customs and a unique way of life.BibliographyAncient China (April 1997). Kids Discover Magazine.Anci ...

(8 pages) 363 2 3.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

What is equality of conditions according to Tocqueville?

civil society as much as over the government it creates opinions, gives birth to feelings, suggests customs, and modifies whatever it does not create." (p. 9) Clearly, to understand Tocqueville, one m ...

(1 pages) 81 1 3.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Cherokee, on native Americans

ckground on every one of them, so I'm going to focus on the Cherokee's since many of their ways and customs are so similar to all the other tribes in the East.When Europeans first arrived in North Ame ...

(4 pages) 142 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Relativism, The Tangible Theory

tures that make up the population as a whole. The idea of universal truth in ethics, is a myth. The customs of different societies are all that exist. These customs can not be 'correct' or 'incorrect' ... w were to be created, what criteria would be considered? Would one use each communities's religion, customs, laws, educational standards, or culture? It would be impossible to take into consideration ...

(8 pages) 234 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Examines the effects of pets on child development along with the pros and cons of a household pet on children.

and cons of a household pet on children.History has proved that animals play a significant role in customs, legends, and religions of humans. Human-animal relationships were very important to primiti ...

(6 pages) 189 0 3.6 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

"Mother to the tribe" by Marge Piercy

Throughout time people have been questioning their society. Many wonder if the beliefs and customs of their culture are actually what is in the interest of themselves or even the masses. Time ... way to bring about necessary change. The present offers many differing view points on our cultures customs and beliefs. Piercy's character Connie Ramos is a strong individual that protects society fr ...

(9 pages) 95 1 5.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Violence in the Prohibion Era

The prohibitionists were social reform agitators who sought a major change in their society's customs. Social reformers have been a nearly constant presence in American society since the early 1 ...

(6 pages) 64 0 3.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Hitler: The beginning, WW I, The nazi party, in power, the road to war, the dark side, the man,

born in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of thechild was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official AloisHitler, and his third wife Klara.As a young boy Adolf attendated church regula ...

(7 pages) 71 0 2.7 Mar/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Languge is a virus

es through publication in other languages. In many cases they are being altered to suit the tastes, customs and modes of behavior of the population to which the readers belong. In other instances the ...

(2 pages) 39 0 3.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

The Roman Occupation of Britian

and of it's pride and honor. They destroyed the Druid religion of the people. They disrespected the customs of the Celts. They installed puppet kings to make the people think they had some in the Gove ... traditions away from the celts and killing there religion. The Romans forced their own religion and customs onto the people of Britain.The first invasion happened on an evening in August in 55 b.c. Tw ...

(10 pages) 84 0 3.0 May/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History

Prohibition of alcohol in the States. A Noble Experiment?

hip. Until themid 1800's, alcohol was the staple drink in many homes. This was mainly because of thecustoms brought from Europe by the immigrants and settlers who formed our population.Most people wou ... e 1850's favored temperancemainly because of it's distrust of German and Irish immigrants and their customs. In 1869,the National Prohibition Party formed as an offshoot of the Know Nothings.9 Then, i ...

(11 pages) 176 0 3.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Disease:Bubonic Plauge and Small Pox and Aids

DISEASELanguage, religion, customs, holidays, beliefs, all of these things come to mind when we think about cultures colliding ...

(3 pages) 84 0 2.7 Aug/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History