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"The Natural History of the Senses", 2007.
This paper discusses "The Natural History of the Senses" by Diane Ackerman.
915 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 16.95
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The paper examines Ackerman's book "The Natural History of the Senses" that spans an experiential history of all five senses. The paper explains Ackerman's premise that it is essential to use a multifaceted approach to understanding human sensory experiences. The paper discusses how human biology influences the way people experience the sensory world. The paper explains that cultural and social influences affect the ways in which these biologically generated impulses are experienced throughout history, in different areas of the world and from person to person. The paper asserts that one will never smell, touch, taste, hear, or see the world the same after reading "The Natural History of the Senses."
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"Diane Ackerman, author of The Natural History of the Senses, seems to posses the ideal qualifications to author such an enterprising and all-encompassing work. According to the author's own website, Ackerman is a noted author of poetry, memoir, and nonfiction. Her education is grounded in both creative and academic training. She received an M.A., M.F.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University. Previous to writing A Natural History of the Senses in 1990, Ackerman authored several volumes of poetry, and has written a kind of sequel after The Natural History of the Sense's success, called The Natural History of Love. She has authored a book for children on animal's senses, and even has a molecule named after her, called "dianeackerone.""
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"A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida", 2002.
A look at the history research book written in 1775 by Bernard Romans called "A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida".
1,056 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper discusses how Romans sets out to describe the land to the reader and shows that this is his sole purpose. It analyzes Roman's thesis, which is that the region can be so described best by moving from east to west, and this is the approach he takes. The book describes the region of Florida, its flora and fauna and its geographical strong points.
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"Romans opens his book with the statement that someone writing about a region should approach the mater the way an engineer would, by setting out the plans he will follow and by "directing my readers to the charts or plans accompanying it" (1). He first divides the peninsula up according to the weather prevailing in each section, finally concluding that West Florida and East Florida are virtually indistinguishable in terms of the weather. This is a "natural" history, and so Romans begins to detail the kind of flora and fauna found in the region, listing the trees that are found in different areas and the sort of terrain with which they are associated. Included among the animal life are the various Indian tribes, described according to their location and some of their habits of warfare, including taking slaves and scalps."
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Human Nature and Buddha Nature, 2002.
Looks at the differences and similarities between the Confucian concept of human nature and the Buddha concept of Buddha nature.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 50.95
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This paper is a comparison/contrast of the Confucian concept of human nature with the Buddhist concept of Buddha-nature. The two concepts are extremely different, but they still have much in common.
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Black History in British Columbia, 2005.
This paper compares C.S. Giscombe's "Into and Out of Dislocation" and Peter Hudson's "Natural Histories of Southwestern British Columbia".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper explains that both excerpts from C.S. Giscombe's "Into and Out of Dislocation" and Peter Hudson's "Natural Histories of Southwestern British Columbia" discuss black history in British Columbia. The author points out that the two writers' styles are utterly different. The paper relates that Giscombe simultaneously relates the history of his travels in British Columbia and the history of John Robert Giscome, a man who was possibly one of Giscombe's ancestors.
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"On the face of it, the excerpts from C.S. Giscombe's Into and Out of Dislocation and Peter Hudson's Natural Histories of Southwestern British Columbia seem to have little in common. Certainly, the two authors' styles are utterly different. However, closer analysis reveals many similarities between the two excerpts. The first and most obvious similarity is that both men have as their subject matter history - specifically, black history in British Columbia. Giscombe simultaneously relates the history of his travels in British Columbia and the history of John Robert Giscome, a man who was possibly one of Giscombe's ancestors."
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L.A. History Museums, 2002.
A discussion of how Los Angeles' museums shows L.A. history.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper presents a detailed discussion about the Natural Living History Museum of Los Angeles and how it pertains to the history of the state and consequently the nation. The history of the United States until 1865 was an interesting time. We moved slowly while at the same time making leaps and bounds in progress as far as settlements went. Families sought out new lives and believed that travel held the key to their happiness and future success . While the nation was still struggling to determine how it was going to conduct itself and present itself to the world it endured many changes including the Civil War and the enactment as well as the abolishment of slavery. In addition to the Natural Living History Museum being used as an example the Gene Autry Museum was also touched upon as relating to the time period.
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Pennsylvania's Natural Resources, 2006.
This well-researched paper details Pennsylvania as state with a long and rich history as well as vast natural resources and a vigorous environmental program.
2,098 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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The writer of this paper clearly details the ecological and environmental makeup of Pennsylvania, while also supplying relevant data and statistics regarding the state's economy. Due to the abundant supply of ore and hardwoods for furnaces, iron smelting became important in the 18th century and by the 19th century, Pennsylvania became the nation's leading steel producer. Although the state still manufactures metal products, chemicals and transportation equipment, this paper describes how heavy industry has declined in recent years. This paper delves into Pennsylvania's rich history while citing several major events. Pennsylvania has also been the site for some of America's most horrendous ecological disasters. In 1889, the South Fork Dam gave way after a heavy rain and destroyed the downstream factory town of Johnstown, killing over 2,000 people in what has come to be known as the notorious Johnstown Flood. The first oil well in the U.S. was drilled in Pennsylvania in 1859. Pennsylvania became a leader in the U.S. iron industry during the days of the American Revolution. This paper also discusses the fact that Pennsylvania spends a disproportionate share of development money on outlying areas while abandoning established communities, just one of the reasons why Pennsylvania still has a long way to go before it will be a sustainable state.
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"Pennsylvania's state forest system includes sixty-one special natural areas and fourteen wild areas that are set aside to "protect unique or unusual biologic, geologic, scenic and historic features, or to showcase outstanding examples of Pennsylvania's major forest communities." Generally speaking, sustainable forestry is defined as protecting the long-term health and viability of forests by using management techniques that value "all uses of the forests," thus, protecting the forest "ecosystem, recreation, clean water, and the production of timber for current and future generations." Pennsylvania employs sustainable forestry practices of its 2.1 million acres of state forestlands. In 1998 and 1999, a team of scientists praised Pennsylvania's commitment to its forests and its "exemplary practices and innovation in managing forest resources."
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Art, Personal, World, and National History, 2005.
This paper compares the different ways in which histories are portrayed by South African, American and Czech sources.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 13 sources, £ 24.95
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In this article, the writer offers a comparison of how South African, American, and Czech sources portray national history, art history, world history and personal history. The writer examines a selection of texts to identify to what extent each amplifies linkages between world history, natural history, art history and personal history.
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"History as a record of events and dates can be a dull affair because it does not necessarily capture the dynamics of personal or even state actions as they were experienced by the people involved. Yet people are what make history and what made up the culture or cultures in which events and actions unfolded. Professional historians, if they are skilled enough, can make an account of an era or a significant set of events lively, but the life's blood of a culture a people a person or ... "
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Natural Medicine, 2005.
This paper discusses natural medicine including an extensive compilation of various natural therapies.
34,390 words (approx. 137.6 pages), 94 sources, APA, £ 129.95
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This paper explains that the more common personal health care style is a collective health care process, called alternative medicine or complementary medicine, which includes elements of allopathic practice, non-natural medicine and surgery and of natural medicine. The author points out the idea that natural medicine is actually traditional medicine and should be looked at as such, with benefits and drawbacks, just as allopathic medicine is consider by many people. As an example of the presented natural health therapies; the paper relates that the Alexander technique, both a natural health practice and a restorative natural medical treatment, is a technique used to reduce repetitive motion injury by retraining the body to move in a different, more natural way.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Natural Health
Hydrotherapy
Herbalism
Eclectic Medicine
Natural Hygiene
Natural Philosophy
Natural Healing
Natural Medicine
Fingernail and Tongue Analysis
Iridology
Hair Analysis
Live Blood Analysis (Darkfield Microscopy) and Dry Blood Analysis
Antibody (IgE, IgG) Test for Food Allergies
Acid-Alkaline Balance (Ph Testing)
Alternative Therapies
Acupuncture
Acupressure
Air Supply Personal Air Purifier
Alexander Technique.
Aromatherapy
Astropulse
Ayurveda
Bathing Therapy
Biomagnetics (Magnetic Field Energy Therapy)
Electro-Dermal Screening
Chelation Therapy
Chi Lel
Chiropractic Treatment
Colloidal Silver Therapy
Colonic Therapy (Colon Lavage, Colon Hydrotherapy)
Color Therapy (Chromotherapy)
Crystal Healing
Dental Amalgam Mercury Removal
Detoxification Therapy
Reflexology
Shiatsu
Rolfing
Fasting
Feng Shui Balance
Flower Essence Therapy
Food Detoxification
Flotation Tank
Glandular Therapy
Prayer
Guided Imagery (Visualization)
Herbal Medicine
Homeopathy
Hydrotherapy
Hypnotherapy
Hydrogen Peroxide Therapy
Juicing
Kinesiology
Laughter (Play) Therapy
Light Beam Generator Therapy
Light Therapy (Solar Therapy)
Lymphatic Therapy
Macrobiotics Diet
Massage Therapy
Moxibustion
Music and Sound Therapy
Naturopathy
Osteopathy
Oxygen Therapy
Radionics (Radiesthesia Dowsing), Reflexology
Reiki (Therapeutic Touch)
Infrared Heat Therapy
Vitamin C Therapy
Yoga
Holistic Nutrition
Food Safety
Exercise
Conventional Medicine
Maintaining Health
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"In the time surrounding the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), in America, medicine was often seen as a part-time practice, conducted by laywomen and men who had a vocation for the healing arts or who inherited the knowledge from ancestral teachers. These healers who took care of their friends and families illnesses, injuries and births performed most medicine, outside the major centers of population. "Of course, these natural healing practices varied from locality to locality with major cities, like Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City having hospitals and other medical practices approaching those found in Europe.""
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Edmund Hallet Carr's "What is History?", 2002.
A critical review of this work, with respect to the meaning and purpose of history.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 16.95
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This paper reviews the work "What is History", by Edmund Hallet Carr. It looks at how the work redefines the way historical facts are understood and the importance of context in the interpretation of historical facts. It looks at the importance of a historian having an awareness of the time-frame a historical work was written in, the objectives of the writer at that time and his/her own society-based biases. The paper then brings in Cronon's "A place for stories: nature, history, and narrative" and Linda Alcoff's "The problem of speaking for others", as examples of how Carr's ideas have been used by other historians writing on the meaning of history.
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"Edmund Hallet Carr's book, What is History?, was first published in 1961 and had a major impact on the understanding of history. Reading this book over 40 years later, it still has the same impact, creating a change in the way history is viewed and understood. The lasting impact of Carr's concepts can also be seen by the way they are still applicable to modern ideas on the meaning and purpose of history."
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Walter Benjamin's "Theses on the Philosophy of History", 2008.
A discussion of various interpretations of history, with a focus on historian Walter Benjamin's 1940 book "Theses on the Philosophy of History".
2,820 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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This paper explains that, in his 1940 book "Theses on the Philosophy of History", Walter Benjamin, using the analogy of an Angel of History, warns that false interpretations of history can be as deadly as the historical tragedies themselves. The author points out that a means of avoiding this is not to emphasis and understand history as a rigid sequence of absolutely true events, which must be accepted as the definitive truth. The paper stresses that it must be remembered that history is written by the triumphant winners. The author discuses examples of history from the ancient Greeks to modern times to emphasize that human nature has changed very little over thousands of years: Intolerance still causes ignorance, which causes wars and kills people.
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"The exploitation and abuse of women throughout human history is another refutation of the triumphalist conception of history. As Mohanty notes, even in modern times, women are still struggling for equality, for social movements such as women's liberation tend to trigger resistance because many people prefer the status quo and feel threatened by social change. For example, in recent years some feminist organizations have drawn increasing criticism from mainstream America due to strategies and tactics which seem too aggressive and divisive."
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The History of the Federal Reserve System, 2008.
An examination of how the history of the Federal Reserve System has paralleled the history of economics in the United States.
3,406 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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This paper examines the nature of the Federal Reserve System, the push towards centralized banking in the United States, the panic of 1907, the evolution of the Federal Reserve during the 20th century, and the future of the institution.The paper highlights the significant role that the Federal Reserve System has played in the history of the United States since its creation. The paper explains that the Federal Reserve System was the final and most successful attempt by the United States government to create a centralized banking system for the nation that could help stabilize the economy and centrally coordinate financial policy-making. The paper then points out that, though significant criticism has been leveled at the Federal Reserve, throughout its history, there are few indications that the Federal Reserve will be abolished in the near future. In conclusion, the paper shows that for the foreseeable future, the Federal Reserve System will be an undeniable feature of American political and economic life.
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Introduction
What Is the Federal Reserve System?
Early History of Banking the United States, 1791-1913
The Panic of 1907 and the Birth of the Federal Reserve
From 1913 to the Present: The Evolution of the Fed
Criticism and the Future of the Fed
Conclusion
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"The Federal Reserve System was first established in the wake of the Panic of 1907. Earlier attempts to create such a system of federal banks had failed, but the Panic provided the impetus by apparently highlighting the need for a system like the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve Act (1913) called for a system of eight to twelve mostly autonomous regional reserve banks. These banks would be owned by commercial banking interests, but coordinated by a committee appointed by the President of the United States (Flaherty sec. 13). In this way, the Federal Reserve System was originally devised as a private banking system that could operate largely in the public interest."
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The Importance of History, 2002.
A philosophical analysis of the quote, "those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it" by George Santayana.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 13.95
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This paper will discuss the relevance of a quote by George Santayana which states: " those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.", and seek to realize how this philosophy is a very true comment on the nature of history and man. By understanding how the lessons of history can teach mankind how to not repeat his mistakes, the major focus of the argument of this paper will seek to place a foundation on this point.
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Hegel's "Reason in History", 2002.
This paper looks at G.W.F. Hegel's "Reason in History", a philosophical study of history.
1,645 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 27.95
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The paper seeks to define the terms history, spirit, man, freedom, idea and nature according to the definitions of Hegel. The writer continues with an explanation of how these terms relate to each other and how they relate to Hegel's concept of God. The paper also considers the philosophy of Kant and the ways in which their ideas differ.
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"Freedom, to Hegel, is the very essence of Spirit, the highest reward to Spirit after its development of consciousness. To better explain that Spirit is Freedom, Hegel contrasts Spirit with Matter, its opposite. While Matter, responding to its gravitational dependence on other Matter, moves toward unity, thereby attaining substance (i.e. existence) outside itself, Spirit "does not have unity outside of itself but has found it: it is in itself and with itself." Applying this example to man, Hegel shows that the man who develops spiritually becomes more conscious of himself, and, as a result, is freer. When a person is free, he is unrestrained by external forces: his Spirit is self-contained and, therefore, independent. Hegel also says that history is included in Freedom, for history is "the exhibition of spirit striving to attain knowledge of its own nature." Since history is a record of States, and the State is produced of a reality that supports Right and Law, both of which are recognized through Freedom, both history and the State are part of Freedom. In conclusion, Freedom, says Hegel, is "the final purpose of the world.""
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A History of Israel, 2006.
This paper looks at a history of Israel, by comparing the views of authors John Bright and K.L. Noll.
3,183 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 47.95
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This article examines the authors' views regarding the history of Israel in the books "A History of Israel" by John Bright and "Looking on the Bright Side of Israel's History: Is There Pedagogical Value in A Theological Presentation of History?" by K.L. Noll. The writer compares the authors' opinions as he notes events recorded leading up to the creation of Israel in both books. The writer also looks at connections between history and the Bible's Old Testament and the questions that naturally arise. The writer examines the problem regarding the patriarchal narratives and how they can be trusted as far as accuracy, given the difference between events and the recording of those events. The writer looks at the theme presented in the Old Testament in which Israel and the Jewish people were chosen by God out of all the families of the nations.
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"Author John Bright puts out a seemingly thorough editorial effort in covering events in history leading up to the time when Israel (Palestine) became a land inhabited by Jews. One might argue though that he builds up the case for there not being an adequate way in which to determine something close to the exact history of Israel. He then seems to be backing away from that perspective, after which, confusingly, he goes back to the first position. Why, in the beginning, he spends so much time describing events in ancient Middle Eastern cultures leading up to the creation of Israel becomes somewhat clear as we move along in the book."
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