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History As Art The Past Is Not
History As Art
The past is not real, nor tangible. We cannot revisit the past as we are forever placed here, in the eternal now to navigate our existence. History provides our imaginations with concepts and ideas that allow us to seemingly describe the past. It must be remembered and heavily emphasized that history is in fact……
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Twentieth Century by Howard Zinn: Intro and Chapter 1 ISBN 0060530340
Give me liberty by Eric Foner: Chapter 15-17 ISBN 0393920313
. The Untold History of the United States by Stone/Kuznick: Intro to (to page xxxiii) ISBN 1451613520
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History Book Video The History
Although the consumers of Europe may have profited from cheaper goods in the short-term, the film shows that the oppression of the proletariat at home and the exploitation of natives abroad was in fact part of the same system that enriched the bourgeois and aristocracy, and kept others in their service either by fear or through the dispensing of small……
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The African Slave Trade and the Middle Passage." PBS.org: Africans in America. 2006. [22 May 2006]
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr4.html
Colonialism." Answers.com. [22 May 2006] http://www.answers.com/topic/colonialism
The History Book." Directed, written, and compiled by Li Vilstrup and Jannik Hastrup 1975.
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Histories By Herodotus
Histories of Herodotus
In his Histories, which chronicles the historical aspects of ancient Greece, Egypt and other regions of Asia Minor, Herodotus focuses in the beginning on the myths associated with these cultures and civilizations from his own distant past which at the time had acquired some relevance based on what was viewed as historical truth. Some……
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Rawlinson, George, Trans. Herodotus: Histories. UK: QPD, 1997.
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History Book
History Book video presents a historical analysis of American and world history, where chronological timeline are based on significant and crucial events that have affected and influenced the historiography not only of human society in general, but American society as well. The documentary is divided into six major divisions, which illustrates the major developments of human history, and are abstractly,……
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History Of Central Banking In The United
History Of Central Banking in the United States of America
History of Central Banking
This paper discusses the history of central banking system in the United States of America. It analyses the establishment, operations and functions of the central banks that existed in the history of the United States of America. The closing of……
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Bordo, M.D. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, (2007).A Brief History of Central Bank. Retrieved from Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland website: http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/commentary/2007/1207.pdf
Broz, J.L. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (1998). The Origins of Central Banking: Solutions to the free-rider problem. Retrieved from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/~jlbroz/origins_CBs_IO.pdf
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, (2009). The First Bank of United States of America. Retrieved from Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia website: http://www.philadelphiafed.org/publications/economic-education/first-bank.pdf
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, (2010). The Second Bank of United States of America. Retrieved from Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia website: http://www.philadelphiafed.org/publications/economic-education/second-bank.pdf
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History Of Photography
History Of Photography: From Ancient Times Into the Present Day
Photography can be traced back to ancient times. Camera obscuras were "used to form images on walls in darkened rooms...via a pinhole" and the use of shadows (Greenspun 1999). This primitive technology remained unchanged until the 18th century. Then, one day, Professor J. Schulze mixed "chalk, nitric……
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Cox, Richard. "Photography theory." Reading Archives. 29 Jul 2007. [11 Mar 2012]
http://readingarchives.blogspot.com/2007/07/photography-theory.html
"Early 20th Century Photography." Illinois State Museum. [11 Mar 2012]
http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismdepts/art/sadorus/Sadorus_EarlyPhotography.html
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History Of General Motors General Motors Is
History Of General Motors:
General Motors is one of the major companies that have played an integral role in the international auto industry for over 100 years. The company has been able to establish itself in the global auto industry because of its rich history and innovative business strategies. An analysis of General Motors' history reveals that……
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Halliday, D. (2009, January 20). A Short History of General Motors -- From Carts to Hybrid
Technology. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from http://www.driving.ca/short+history+General+Motors/1198858/story.html
"Innovation & Challenges 2000-2008." (n.d.). General Motors Company: History & Heritage.
Retrieved February 21, 2012, from http://www.gm.com/company/historyAndHeritage/innovation_challenges.html
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History Of Timepieces A Survey
Yet, it was nearly one hundred years later before a seconds hand was finally developed for the swinging pendulum clocks of illiam Clement.
However, as timekeeping was important to astronomers, having an apparatus that could tell time consistently was of some importance. Therefore, Taqi-al-Din, like Burgi, also sought to provide a more consistent and minute reading of……
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Al-Hassani, Salim. "The Astronomical Clock of Taqi Al-Din: Virtual Reconstruction."
Muslim Heritage. 19 June 2008. Web. 15 Mar 2011.
Bellis, Mary. "Clock and Calendar History." About.com Inventors. Web. 15 Mar 2011.
De Solla Price, Derek. The American Clock. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic
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History Of Muslims In Europe
The French in particular, as they are to this day considered to be one of the greatest losers of the war (and the most important battle field of the war)
were in desperate need of men to reconstruct the country. Therefore, the immigration policies changed and allowed for an increase in the labor force flow. More precisely,……
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Anderson, John Ward. "Cartoons of Prophet Met with outrage." The Economist. 2006. Available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/30/AR2006013001316.html
Al Sayyad, Nezar and Manuel Castells (ed). Muslim Europe or Euro Islam. Lexington Books: Plymouth, 2002
Berstein, Serge, and Milza. Pierre. Histoire de l'Europe. Paris: Hatier, 1994.
BBC.Cartoons row hits Danish exports. 2006. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5329642.stm
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History Of Peloponnesian War
History Of the Peloponnesian ar
Thucydides asserts that the Peloponnesian ar was caused by "…the rise of Athenian power and the fear this caused in Sparta." Does this argument place the blame for the start of the war on Athens or on Sparta? That is the thesis question to be approached in this paper. Using quality references……
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Harl, Kenneth W. 2008. "Athenian Empire: 480-404 B.C." Tulane University. Retrieved September 20, 2013, from http://www.tulane.edu .
Kagan, Donald. 1995. On the Origins of War. New York: Doubleday.
Littman, Robert J. 2009. The Plague of Athens: Epidemiology and Paleopathology. Mount Sinai
Journal of Medicine. Volume 76, 156-167.
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