Essays Tagged: "Turner"

Historian Frederick Jackson Frontier Thesis

proclaimed the western frontier closed. Nevertheless, three years later Historian Frederick Jackson Turner from Wisconsin University gave his now famous "frontier thesis" at the American Historical As ... University gave his now famous "frontier thesis" at the American Historical Association. Frederick Turner ran with the "closing of the frontier" as an opportunity to show the influence it had on Amer ...

(3 pages) 149 1 3.6 Mar/2002

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

Anthropology - Ritual and Symbol

lassify using Van Gennep's categories and point out aspects which would be ofparticular interest to Turner and to Chapple and Coons.The Mescalero girls' puberty ceremony is an example of a 'Rite of Pa ... ransition, or liminality, is a period in which the participants lie 'betwixtand between' two poles (Turner, p.95). For the puberty ceremony, this period lasts for fourdays. In these days, the girls re ...

(8 pages) 256 2 3.6 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

This is an essay about Tuner's Syndrome a genetically transferred disease

In 1938 Dr. Henry Turner, an internist at theUniversity of Oklahoma, described what is now calledTurner's syndrome. Tu ... her mother. Two X-chromosomes are required for normal ovarian development infemalesThe female with Turner's syndrome has only one X-chromosome in each of her cells due to a nondisjunctionevent during ... xamination of the genetic material, usually by means of ablood sample, can confirm the diagnosis of Turner'sSyndrome. Depending on the degree of nondisjunction of herparents' gametes, the genotype of ...

(2 pages) 36 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Turner's Syndrome.

TURNER'S SYNDROMETurner syndrome, also known as Turner's Syndrome, is a chromosomal disorder resulti ... single "Y" chromosome. Women however normally have two X chromosomes. Unlike females who don't have Turner's Syndrome who have two X chromosomes, those with Turner's Syndrome are missing or have a dam ... th Turner's Syndrome are missing or have a damaged X chromosome.It is impossible for a male to have Turner's Syndrome because without an X chromosome, a male fetus cannot survive. Y chromosomes cannot ...

(2 pages) 60 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The Great Plains and the history of the Froniter.

This paper by two well known authors should do the trick.Walter Prescott Webb and Fredrick Jackson Turner were two of the most influential men to explain in detail the history of Frontier of the Grea ... the most influential men to explain in detail the history of Frontier of the Great Plains. Webb and Turner differ in their interpretation of the how the Frontier movement began. Webb believed geograph ...

(6 pages) 82 0 3.6 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

This is an Essay about the history, hardships, and chemical properties of turner's syndrome

Turner SyndromeTurner Syndrome is an interesting genetic disorder that solitarily affects women. Whi ... with interest and knowledge, I also found myself enwrapped in the everyday struggles of a girl with Turner Syndrome. Turner Syndrome is a life crippling disorder that affects a girl's body along with ... gh more and more treatments for this disorder are being developed, each of them has their downfalls.Turner Syndrome, or Turner's syndrome as it is commonly referred to, was first described in 1938 by ...

(2 pages) 44 1 2.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Progressive Movement... everything about the progressive historians

ruth," we must proceed...Perhaps the most famous of all progressive historians is Frederick Jackson Turner. His most famous argument is not devoted strictly to the American Revolution, but instead to ... argument is that the frontier was the chief determinant in American history.This is not to say that Turner did not write about the war; he did, in his seminal work, "The Frontier in American History," ...

(26 pages) 264 0 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

In The Significance of the Frontier in American History Frederick Jackson Turner says that there are certain traits of the west that influenced in the past and still do.

According to Frederick Jackson Turner in his paper, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, the conditions of frontie ... fected by these traits since what was suitable for the Westerner could be harmful for the Easterner.Turner ends his paper by emphasizing the importance of the intellectual traits that formed due to th ... .in developing each area... of the primitive economic and political conditions of the frontier." As Turner mentions it is the return to the primitive conditions on the frontier which made acceptable t ...

(5 pages) 105 0 4.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

An Essay On The Historical Relevance Of The Slave Revolts Of Gabriel Prosser, Nat Turner, And Denmark Vassey

t of people because of the color of their skin. The legacies of slave rebellion leaders such as Nat Turner, Gabriel Prosser, and Denmark Vassey have and continue to be an undeniable and ubiquitous pro ... belief, however, would soon be shattered by a man referred to amongst the slaves as "Prophet," Nat Turner, when he led a revolt where God seemingly didn't protect the slave owners. Turner, like Vasse ...

(5 pages) 73 1 4.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Secondary and tertiary companies (Fullers)

Task 1I am going to write about Fuller, Smith and Turner PLC for this assignment. Fuller, Smith and Turner PLC are a brewery manufacture and a retail ... h the "Pilgrims rest" in Kent.How Fullers became a Public Limited Company1617 the Fuller, Smith and Turner partnership is founded1829 John Fuller joins the brewery that has been operating on the Chisw ... erating on the Chiswick site for over two hundred years.1845 John Bird Fuller, Henry Smith and John Turner found Fuller Smith & Turner. Direct descendants of the founding families are still involv ...

(21 pages) 109 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

"Select a Client and analyse the client's occupational performance (function and dysfunction) in theoretical terms" I applied the Model Of Human Occupation.

upational behaviour in three subsystems, which are volition, habituation, and performance capacity (Turner, Foster, Johnson 2002). Kielhofner (2002) also emphasises the importance of the environment o ... n the world (Hagedorn, 2001), and the drive that enables people to make decisions about activities (Turner, Foster, Johnson 2002). Over time, individuals have similar patterns of thoughts and feelings ...

(6 pages) 58 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

A biography of Nat Turner.

NAT TURNERNat Turner was born as a slave on Benjamin Turner's plantation in Southampton County, Virginia ... rican American revolutionary Gabriel Prosser, who had planned a slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia. Turner's father also worked at that plantation but he ran away and his name is unknown. His mother w ... d Nat's grandmother were the ones that raised him but his mother was the one responsible for all of Turner's beliefs. She believed that he was destined to be somebody important in life and that great ...

(5 pages) 56 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Turner Syndrome

Turner Syndrome Turner Syndrome, also known as Turner's Syndrome or Gondal Dysgenisis, is a ... n has this syndrome. It carries with it many signs of the disease and some problems as well. Turner Syndrome is the result when a sperm carrying a no sex chromosome fertilizes a normal ovum, or ... t development, widely spaced nipples, and usually smaller than average height. However each case of Turner has different degrees of the disease and not one patient is expected to have all of these.In ...

(2 pages) 1488 0 0.0 Feb/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Janie And Tea Cake

t ended in them passionately falling asleep in each other's arms. Then Janie got involved with Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Turner was this black woman who couldn't stand colored people. When Mrs. Turner found o ... and go out with her brother. When Tea Cake heard about this he began thinking of a way to show Mrs. Turner that Janie belonged to him. The only way he could think of was to beat Janie and make her sta ...

(3 pages) 1888 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Biography of Nat Turner

Nat Turner was born as a slave on Benjamin Turner's plantation in Southampton County, Virginia on Octobe ... rican American revolutionary Gabriel Prosser, who had planned a slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia. Turner's father also worked at that plantation but he ran away and his name is unknown. His mother w ... d Nat's grandmother were the ones that raised him but his mother was the one responsible for all of Turner's beliefs. She believed that he was destined to be somebody important in life and that great ...

(5 pages) 15 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Information on Turner Syndrome

Turner Syndrome (TS), or Ulrich-Turner Syndrome, is a genetic disorder in which one in every 2,500 f ... This causes girls to look different in appearance, mature slower sexually, and have health problems.Turner Syndrome is caused when an error occurs during the forming of an egg or sperm cell. A chromos ... ore, resulting in TS. Having only one sex chromosome instead of the normal two is called monosomy. (Turner Syndrome is sometimes called Monosomy X). Turner Syndrome is a chromosomal disorder.Girls wit ...

(2 pages) 1484 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Literary EssayBook: Their Eyes Were Watching GodAuthor:Zora Neale Hurston

t his determination, characteristics, and maybe even he wouldn't be able to achieve his dreams.Mrs. Turner, a woman who despises the blacks and their culture is surprisingly teased about her figure be ... nd their culture is surprisingly teased about her figure because of her white characteristics. Mrs. Turner was a milky sort of woman that had a unique body of her own (139). Since Teac Cake isn't used ...

(8 pages) 110 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Turners Syndrome Research

Turner's syndrome Definition: Turner's syndrome is a genetic disorder where affected woman only hav ... n only have one X chromosome. This results in developmental abnormalities and infertility. Causes: Turner's syndrome is caused when one normal chromosome is present in a female's cells and the other ... sexual changes at puberty which results in an early end to menstrual cycles and for most women with Turner's syndrome the inability to conceive a child. Prejudice: A woman with Turner's syndrome look ...

(1 pages) 0 0 0.0 Nov/2013

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases