Essays Tagged: "recent history"

Thesis: With the variety of family situations arising in todays society, the typical well-rounded nuclear family should no longer be considered the ideal family concept.

h two-point one children, a dog, and a white picket fence surrounding the perfect home. However, in recent history, different situations have arisen and the concept of a nuclear family has diminished ...

(5 pages) 500 1 2.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Software Piracy

s of each individual.The computer software industry is one of the great business success stories of recent history, with healthy increases in both hardware and software sales around the world. However ...

(5 pages) 131 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

The Issue of Gun Control

ond amendment of the Constitution is one of the most important and most frequently called upon that recent history can think of . Since the age of the Civil War, the weapons that we have produced have ...

(2 pages) 49 0 3.5 Sep/1995

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

abortion

oe et al. v. Wade District Attorney of Dallas County (1973), one of the most controversial cases in recent history, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all state laws that limit a woman's right to an a ... ast and are a legislative product that, to an extent at least, obviously reflects the influences of recent attitudinal change, of advancing medical knowledge and techniques, and of new thinking about ...

(12 pages) 279 3 4.2 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Future of Management.

ayol, Taylor, Weber and MacGregor (Warner, 2003) each contributed to the field at critical times in recent history. The introduction and in some cases, subsequent discard of their individual and colle ...

(3 pages) 376 0 4.6 Jul/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

To what extent has DNA technology helped our understanding of human colonisation and the spread of agriculture in Europe over the past 10 000 years? How is this supported by language evidence?

ation and the spread of agriculture in Europe over the past 10 000 years, it will first look at the recent African origin theory as it is relevant to show how modern humans arrived in Europe in the fi ... Africa and spread to the rest of the world around 1 - 2 million years ago; it is regarding our more recent history where they disagree. The multiregional theory takes the view modern humans evolved fr ...

(7 pages) 45 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

A Minority Among Minorities

milies and even often by themselves, homosexuals are the most openly discriminated against group in recent history. After the civil rights movements of women and racial minorities have come to an end, ... face discrimination not only from peers but also from the authorities around them. Only in the most recent years have homosexuals found the ability to have pride in themselves and make the public trul ...

(14 pages) 226 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

Collapse of ansett

d period, struggle and comeback, or collapse altogether. The organizations, which have collapsed in recent time, are Ansett Airlines. Study the recent history of Ansett airlines in the category of ail ... Ansett operated in Australia, made hazardous for the two major airlines (Ansett and Qantas) by the recent addition of new airlines such as impulse and Virgin, invited in by the government. (Skyes, 20 ...

(7 pages) 78 0 4.6 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The United States of America Should Invade Iraq

ar history of defiance, deception and bad faith. We also must never forget the most vivid events of recent history. On September the 11th, 2001, America felt its vulnerability, even to threats that ga ...

(6 pages) 51 1 4.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Albert Einstein, 20th Century Genius

ty.Einstein's Formative YearsRealizing that Albert Einstein is among the most intelligent people in recent history, one would have a difficult time believing he had trouble passing many courses in sch ...

(4 pages) 72 1 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Comparative Education & Training Module

iversity and college vocational training.During this assignment I will give a brief overview of the recent history of the Czech Republic and hopefully link this to the changes to the educational syste ... are their educational system, paying particular attention to the vocational training side, with our recent developments within the military's educational system, which of course is rooted in vocationa ...

(8 pages) 61 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

To what extent has the policing of ethnic minorities been affected by the Scarman Report and the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry?

IntroductionThroughout recent history the relationship between the British police and minority groups has been greatly test ... s has been greatly tested. This is evident through such events as the Brixton riots (1981) and more recently the Bradford riots (2001). Britain is a multi-racial society and members of the ethnic mino ...

(7 pages) 82 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Science Vs. Religion

en humans evolved there have been many explanations for events that appear out of human control. In recent history, religious and scientific views have often disagreed with one another. Religious idea ...

(2 pages) 52 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Science Essays

Abortion

oe et al. v. Wade District Attorney of Dallas County (1973), one of the most controversial cases in recent history, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all state laws that limit a woman's right to an a ... ast and are a legislative product that, to an extent at least, obviously reflects the influences of recent attitudinal change, of advancing medical knowledge and techniques, and of new thinking about ...

(12 pages) 35 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Aboriginal history - on Keith Windschuttle's black and white fallacy

ustralian History Wars" has sparked a large amount of political, social and academic controversy in recent history. The debate is over the calibre of British settlement/invasion of the Australian cont ... f the right of Australian politics, denies the invasion/genocide theory completely. This theory has recently been pushed by the historian Keith Windschuttle, whose main claim is that "British coloniza ...

(4 pages) 37 0 2.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

What is History?

what we have today. Without history there would be no future. An example of a pivotal moment in our recent history is the World Trade Centre disaster.To get an idea of what the past was like and what ... b archaeologists can do. Having a thorough knowledge of different languages whether the language is recent or ancient is very important in classifying and identifying some artefacts archaeologists fin ...

(2 pages) 67 0 3.7 Jun/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Homosexual Families

"The unprecedented growth of the gay community in recent history has transformed our culture and consciousness, creating radically new possibilities f ...

(11 pages) 93 0 3.7 Jun/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

Challenges of car traffic in Beijing.

Beijing's Recent History of Development.Beijing can be viewed as an enclosed system towards the rest of the co ... hat it does not consider taking measures to restrict the number of private cars. As prices for cars recently have fallen sharply, this should work as an additional boost for the car buyers.Public Tran ... p line consisting 16 stations (blue) and another (red) with 21 stops. The Yellow Loop Line has only recently been completed and mainly reaches the residential district.It is very cost-effective and en ...

(13 pages) 73 0 4.3 Dec/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Rise of Hitler gaining power

e many contributing factors which lead to Hitler''s gain in power over the next thirteen years. The recent history of post-war Germany, and the events that would follow were of perfect conditions for ...

(12 pages) 46 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Education And Evolution

Throughout recent history creationists and evolutionists have argued whether evolution should be a part of Amer ... that also does no scientific research), but in the end there is not a shred of science in creation. Recently many science teachers in public schools have tried to work their way around teaching evolut ...

(6 pages) 112 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education