Slavery in colonial America
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
During the centuries that slavery was practiced in colonial America, the threat of rebellion was a constant cause of concern for slave owners. In order to avoid rebellion and uprising, white slave-owners in colonial America would engage in various methods of inhumane treatment, and set in place a...
One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter/Today's terrorist is just tomorrow's state leader
Essay - 3 pages - Social sciences
The famous example of the General De Gaulle can corroborate this claim. After his radio address in June 1940 exhorting the French people to resist Nazi occupation, he organized the Free French Forces with exiled French officers in England and led the interior resistance which used...
"Imagine the subculture of the future"
Essay - 3 pages - Social sciences
It is hard to determine which subculture is likely to become dominant in the future (or at least very popular), considering the plethora of influences and socioeconomic factors that play a role in the emergence of new subcultural forms. Moreover, no subculture is static: they all evolve and...
Native American identities and adaptations: Identity vs. adaptation: Manoomin and the biotech industry
Thesis - 5 pages - Social sciences
In the migration story of the Anishinaabeg, prophets told the tribe to follow a shell in the sky from near the Pacific Ocean to a land “where the food grows on the water [LaDuke 2007].” There, the Anishinaabeg, named Ojibwe or Chippewa by whites, found manoomin, which the whites named...
The plot against people: Critical analysis
Thesis - 3 pages - Literature
In “The Plot Against People,” Russell Baker writes about inanimate objects and the three major categories they can be classified in; those that don't work (A), those that break down (B), and those that get lost (C). The way this essay works is that Baker describes various objects with...
Mechanism of Multidrug Transporter- Proteins
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Multidrug transporters are proteins that exist in the membranes of almost every cell. These proteins bind to numerous compounds that are dissimilar both structurally and chemically and efflux them from a particular cell. The process of cytotoxic compounds removal is aided by proton motive force...
The introduction of apartheid in South Africa
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Effective African colonization began with the Dutch at first were very friendly relations, becoming violent later. The Dutch also called Boers found several foci of resistance as the Hottentots, Bushmen and further north the Xhosa (were farmers, practiced animal husbandry, possessed large...
John Barry, social theory and the environment, London: Routledge, 1999, chap.5 "Gender, the nonhuman world and social thought" & Mary Mellor, "Eco-feminism and environmental ethics: a materialist perspective", in Michael E. Zimmerman (ed.)
Thesis - 3 pages - Social sciences
The first text, “gender, the nonhuman world and social thought”, presents the concept of eco-feminism by highlighting the links between environment, gender and social theory. The main movements within eco-feminism are explained with both their advantages and limits. The author chose...
Smoke in mirrors: Reconsidering the Gestapo
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
perfection of the totalitarian police state. So perfect and awesome in their ability to conduct surveillance on German mass society, many historians have described the Gestapo as an omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent apparatus of the Nazi regime. Under the guise of this perfect totalitarian...
Mixed Messages
Essay - 3 pages - Social sciences
During the 1960's, the civil rights movement swept the nation as African Americans rallied to overcome segregation and bigotry. Although in the long run these activists furthered the constitution's promise of equality, they met strong resistance from the predominantly white majority....
The Mothers of Martyrdom: Women in Early 20th Century Irish Drama
Essay - 3 pages - Film studies
In the early quarter of the 20th century men of Ireland struggled for freedom; forming leagues and brotherhoods and secret organizations of resistance, unionizing labor and creating a more cohesive political resistance, arming themselves and training for armed conflict, eventually...
Forest fires (prediction, prevention and suppression)
Essay - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
The problems and negative impacts associated with large-scale uncontrolled forest ?res have increased worldwide over the past two decades. Globally an estimated 300-400 million hectares of forests and woodlands burn annually, emitting an estimated 9.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases; however,...
Cancer immunotherapy :Study of T-Cell antigen receptor signaling functions
Thesis - 7 pages - Medical studies
Cancer immunotherapy attempts to harness the immune system, including T cells, to target and eliminate malignant T cells in the host. However, generating efficient tumor immunity presents a major challenge to the scientist. The immune system is unable to recognize the tumor cells. These cells are...
How does the European Commission foster the integration of the energy market?
Thesis - 5 pages - European union
The European Union (UE) proves to be an efficient exporting actor for the goods and services market. However, its capital account remains negative in the energy market. UE's growing dependency on gas and electricity suppliers is becoming an economic and strategic weakness for the business...
American history: A chart on the causes and effects of the revolutionary war
Thesis - 7 pages - Modern history
Throughout the mid-1700's resistance to British control in the colonies grew as Britain tried to consolidate their empire through a series of ordinances after the Seven Years' War. Although the passage of the Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Sugar Act, and the Townshend Duties did not...
Global marketing strategies for iron and steel industry
Thesis - 20 pages - Services marketing
Marketing planning helps you decide what products or services are required in your market, then how to sell them and what price to put on them. There are two primary methods of making steel, differing in terms of the process and raw materials used: the blast furnace route (BF) and the electric...
Physical manifestation of stress
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
In many areas of life people often have a reluctance to seek help from others. People tend to try to solve their challenges on their own and only resort to the help from others as a last resort. Of course this isn't the case with everyone and isn't true in all areas of life. People often seek...
How your diet can boost your immune system
Thesis - 10 pages - Medical studies
Generally the immune and lymphatic systems are very efficient and defend the body against invasion of harmful substances. Although it is difficult to improve an immune or lymphatic system functioning normally it is possible to increase during periods of illness or fatigue. Change your diet, and...
An overview of the Geophysics National Company (Now a subsidiary of the Sonatrach Group)
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
The Geophysics National Company is a 100% subsidiary of the oil company Sonatrach, with a capital of seven billion Algerian dinars, whose headquarters is located in Hassi Messaoud. In 2008, its turnover amounted to 17 billion DA. With a human resource base of over 5154 employees (annual...
Struggle for freedom and sanity in one flew over the cuckoo's nest
Thesis - 3 pages - Literature
The struggle for freedom and sanity in society is a constant one. Societal leaders relentlessly place standards and requirements on people, and this produces a detrimental effect in many cases. The unavoidable contradiction between the interest of the whole and the cause of the individual...
The alkaline electric battery
Thesis - 4 pages - Physics
The material in the anode of the alkaline battery is a zinc metal powder. Its production is carefully monitored to ensure its chemical purity and accurate particle size. These provide a surface quality which enhances the reaction of the battery. Indeed, a good quality surface enables contact with...
The difficulties to stay the leader on a market: The French Wine Industry and its fragile economic position
Market study - 34 pages - Business strategy
• Recent events: Numerous violent strikes were organized by the wine growers to draw attention to their difficulties; for instance, they demanded more assistance following the bad weather conditions that ruined the annual harvest. • A succession of demonstrations: It is a traditional...
Selection of the Beach Bike Cruiser
Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing
The opening of the camping equipment company ‘Leustringue Verebleu Demamair' has been scheduled for late May. We were recruited by Christopher Mondamert for the marketing of the company website and related purchases.The following is the breakup for the purchase of bikes: 25 bikes each for...
Strategic Analysis of Michelin
Case study - 26 pages - Business strategy
The Michelin group is a global manufacturer of tires dimensioned on Euro, and headquartered in Paris. It is a multinational, whose head office is in Clermont-Ferrand in France. With 20% of the worldwide market, Michelin is the world leader in the tire industry. Its net sales in 2006 rose to 16.4...
The case study: "Garnier, take care of you" (2005)
Case study - 10 pages - Services marketing
Garnier is a French firm, owned for forty years by the L'Oreal Group, the market leader in the capillaries. Faced with fierce competition, its flagship brand Garnier Fructis saw their market share stagnate in a market that was already fragmented steeply. Two consequent threats pushed the...
"Strange fruit": Billie Holiday and the civil rights movement
Case study - 8 pages - Social sciences
Eleanor Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, is one of the most prominent jazz vocalists of the 20th century. Among her most outstanding works is the song “Strange Fruit”, which took Billie Holiday from the realm of love songs and lighter entertainment to a status of symbol of...
The White Rose Movement
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Most Americans never have and hopefully never will experience living under a totalitarian government, and therefore cannot imagine the difficulties and the severe consequences that resulted from opposition. It was impossible to speak openly because one never knew who might be Nazi spies or...
Reggae Music- Culture, tool for social change and communication
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
1960 commonly referred to as the sixties refers to the time denoting the complex interrelated cultural and political trends across the globe. It is referred to as the actual decade when decolonization took place in most parts of the world. In Africa, 32 countries gained independence from the...
Decolonizing the Language Garden: Narratives of Exploration and Acquisition in Jamaica Kincaid's Garden Writing
Case study - 12 pages - Literature
While acknowledging their problematic nature, postcolonial writer Jamaica Kincaid maintains a predilection for explorer narratives. Between her two most exploratory and garden-related works, My Garden (Book): and Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalayas, she refers to at least ten such narratives,...
The economic, territorial, and cultural impact of the European Union on the Danish identity
Case study - 5 pages - European union
Created by the treaty of Rome in 1957, the European Union now has 25 member states. Over the years and decades, it has developed a wide range of policies with an emphasis on economic measures. The member states have had to adapt themselves to this new system of governance and to the presence of...
