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Early Transportation in the United States, 2005.
This paper discusses the development of transportation in the United States between 1815 and 1850.
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 73.95
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This paper explains that the invention of the steam engine, which led to the steamboat and the steam locomotive, began mankind's technological leap forward that continues today. The author points out that, secondary to the invention of the steamboat was the locomotive steam engine, which allowed direct transportation from cities on the Atlantic Ocean to cities on the Pacific Ocean without having to traverse the Cape of Good Hope in the extreme southern hemisphere, making it more affordable to ship goods and farm products. The paper relates that public transportation was not available in the United States until after the Civil War; its availability was responsible for the creation of the suburbs.
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Transportation Prior to the 19th Century
The Steamboat
The Steam Wagon
Conclusion
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"How did the invention of the steam engine change the face of American history? The United States was rich in rivers, most especially the Mississippi Rivers that connected the Great Lakes (eventually connected by the Hudson River through the Erie Canal from Chicago to Louisiana. The Louisiana Purchase would have been a poor bargain if it did not include access through the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Until the steamboat became practical, large river barges were poled by hand and smaller boats such were paddled. Both methods were highly labor intensive and slow. Sailboats were not practical outside of the oceans and Great Lakes. Even then, the vessels were dependent on prevailing winds (or lack thereof)."
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The Transportation Revolution in the United States, 2002.
This paper argues that, even prior to the advent of the railroads, a transportation revolution had taken place in the United States in the early nineteenth century.
2,710 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 118.95
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The following paper argues that there were two developments that were most important in constituting a transportation revolution: Steamboat navigation and the construction of the great canals. This paper focuses on the building of the Erie Canal which constituted a revolution in its own right. The writer asserts that it was on account of the transportation revolution of the 1815-30 period that the American economy was decisively transformed into a capitalistic one.
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?In 1800, the United States did not lack a transport infrastructure, but it was a very poor one. With the exception of cities and towns located on the Atlantic coastline or along navigable waterways, there was literally no means of transporting agricultural produce and manufactured items to or from market centers other than country roads. These roads were unpaved, infrequently maintained and often impassable in wet weather (Taylor 15-16). A diary passage from 1817 gives some sense of their condition: ?I returned from Baltimore a few days earlier. Had wet weather muddy Roads and my flour condemned? (qted. in Majewski 46). By 1860, however, America?s infrastructure had so greatly improved that the country was in the throes of a major economic transformation. On the eve of the Civil War, writes Peter Way, the United States, although still largely an agricultural nation, ?was competitive, market-driven and increasingly dominated by relatively large business organizations fueled by multitudes of unattached workers??
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Guatemala and Its Relationship With The United States, 2002.
Historical account of the political and economic relationship between Guatemala and the United States.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 64.95
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The Central American country of Guatemala has benefited from its relationship with the United States through U.S. contributions to the development of its farming communities and transportation facilities, its dependency on U.S. markets for its exports, and U.S. investments and aid. It has also suffered from CIA involvement in a 1954 Guatemalan coup that preceded decades of military rule and human rights atrocities. This paper traces the relationship of the U.S. and Guatemala, specifically, the economic contributions of the United Fruit Company and how its land interests in Guatemala helped trigger U.S. involvement in the overthrow of the government.
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The United States and the United Kingdom, 2004.
This paper discusses the historical and current relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 67.95
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This paper explains that the close ties between the United States and Great Britain are deeply rooted in common language as well as a long-running and deeply connected historical base of strongly tied economic as well as militaristic cooperation that has spanned since the era of World War II. The author points out that the United Kingdom is the United States' largest customer and the United States is the country that invests the largest amount, each year, in the United Kingdom. The paper relates that the commonly held values of democracy and the inherently held beliefs in the freedom of speech, human rights and a similar legal system are the ties that bind the two countries inevitably together.
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Background and History
Common Initiatives - Joint Investments
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"The United States was once under British rule and in fact the American Revolution was fought for the purpose of removing the U.S. Colonies from the rule of the British. The American Revolution was fought and independence was won establishing America as an independent and separate nation from Great Britain but only after a grueling war. Great Britain was determined to keep the Colonies under British rule and after an attack on Charleston and lives having been lost the colonists stated their intentions in a document entitled "Declaration of the Causes and Necessities to Take up Arms" and the action to break away from what most considered to be their mother country began. It has been stated in history that most of the colonists identified with the British and that many of the colonists considered themselves to be Britons."
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Early German vs. Early Russian Filmmaking, 2004.
This paper discusses early German vs. early Russian filmmaking
in terms of a controlled versus an uncontrolled narrative perspective.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 50.95
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This paper explains that the primary difference between the early Russian films of the first half of the 20th century and the German Expressionist movement, whose films exemplify an artistic ethos, is the significance given to narrative and to expressing a singular and coherent ideology for the viewer. The author points out that, in the case of Russian filmmakers such as Eisenstein, the narrative and descriptive sequences of the film are manipulated over the course of the film to invest particular images and aspects of the film with great importance. The paper relates that the German cinema creates a more ambiguous sense of meaning within its choice frames; the visual, rather than the story-based aspects of the film?s shot and the film?s overall plot arc, have greater significance.
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"The greater emphasis on narrative within early Russian cinema also is evidenced in the way that the Russian directors, most notably Eisenstein, create meaning between frames of narrative, rather than within frame in a miens-en-scene approach. In this approach, the meaning of a single scene has a meaning in and of itself and can be invested with different meanings outside of the filmed narrative sequence. For instance, ?Potemkin? makes use of what is known as a dialectic montage, or a composition of rapidly evolving scenes, too rapid for the viewer?s eye simply to apprehend just one. The composition and the apprehension of scenes all at once creates a singularity of emotion and intent regarding the action, as opposed to a sustained scene where the viewer is able to consider the image and come to his or her own conclusion regarding the events that are transpiring. Miens-en-scene or middle of the scene approach became very popular in postmodernist and post-structuralism critiques and film analysis. Even the most impressionist examples of Russian cinema, such as the ?Man with a Movie Camera,? have a highly ideological and uniform tone, that of the glory of Russia, in sequences where seemingly unrelated images are created."
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Health Care Systems Of United States And The United Kingdom, 2002.
Compares healthcare costs and outcomes.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 69.95
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Compares healthcare costs and outcomes. Underlying structures and principles of healthcare in each country. Social policy. Health care delivery. Advantages & disadvantages of each. Focus on quantitative measures (costs, mortality rates, quality, access to care, public satisfaction). Managed care. Fee-for-service. Primary care. Chart of costs. Table of outcomes.
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"COMPARATIVE HEALTH CARE COSTS & OUTCOMES ? UNITED KINGDOM & UNITED STATES
The structures and the principles underlying the health care systems in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) are dramatically different. Depending upon one?s perspective on social policy generally and health care delivery more specifically advantages and disadvantages characterize each country?s health care system in relation to that of the other country.
This research compares the costs and outcomes of health care delivery in the UK and the US. The primary focus of this comparison is on quantitative measures. The quantitative measures presented in this research, however, reflect both objective data (e.g., actual costs, mortality rates, and so ..."
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Qumran, Early Christians, and Early Rabbinic Judaism, 1999.
Examines these three major religious groups, major beliefs and the use of canonical scripture.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 162.95
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Although fundamentalists in religious life assert that the answers to all human problems are available in inerrant scriptural form, there is still the problem of interpretation. From the beginning, differing stories, differing translations, and differing interpretations of scripture have led to the development of separate communities and sects within communities.
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"Research on Qumran, Early Christians, and Early Rabbinic Judaism
Introduction
Although fundamentalists in religious life assert that the answers to all human problems are available in inerrant scriptural form, there is still the problem of interpretation. From the beginning, differing stories, differing translations, and differing interpretations of scripture have led to the development of separate communities and sects within communities. The intent in this essay is to look at three separate groups the Qumran community, the Early Christians and Early Rabbinic Judaism exploring their major beliefs and their use of canonical scripture."
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The United States Almost Un-United For Good, 2002.
This paper presents a look at the history of the Confederate Army and the Confederate States of America.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 90.95
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The author takes us through the beginning and end of the attempt to create its own nation despite the fact that the original US still outdid the Confederate States in population, as well as finances and military power. There were six sources used to complete this paper.
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The United States, the United Kingdom and Iraq, 2004.
A look at the strain put on the special relationship developed between the UK and the US because of the war on Iraq.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 15 sources, APA, AU$ 104.95
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This paper looks at how, thus far, the UK and the US have worked together fairly smoothly on the war on terror, but that the war on Iraq has placed severe strain on the special relationship developed between these two countries.
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"This research paper discusses the current state of the special relationship' between the United Kingdom and the United States in the light of the war on terror and the current Iraq war. The special relationship' refers to the close military and diplomatic cooperation that has characterized Anglo-American relations since..."
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Early British Colonial Life in the United States, 2002.
This paper compares the lives of the early English colonists who landed in the Mid-Atlantic area and those who landed in New England.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 41.95
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This paper explains that the different positions about slave trade, geographic considerations, economic conditions, Native-American relationships and religion resulted in the development of separate cultures in the New England and the Mid-Atlantic colonies. The paper discusses that the introduction of tobacco was one economic factor that greatly influenced the economic and social structure of the Jamestown and Virginia colonist. The author points out that for the New England colonists the sea was their source of revenue and culture.
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"The area soon became controlled by a handful of large plantation landholders with indentured laborers. Since few British colonists could finance their cost of passage, colonizing agencies fronted transportation costs. In exchange, emigrants agreed to work for the agencies as contract laborers for usually between four and seven years. Often, these contracts were sold to colonists with large estates. Though many indentured servants earned their freedom over time, more wealthy colonists were able to absorb New World land rapidly during early colonization. As experienced in other colonies, indentured servitude created an imbalance of economy and political power as Jamestown and the Chesapeake Bay colonies developed. After indentured emigrants won their freedom, the situation also created a need for manpower, which came in the form of a burgeoning slave trade."
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The Legalization of Gay Marriage in the United States The Legalization of Gay Marriage in the United States, 2006.
A discussion regarding the controversial issue of same sex marriage in the USA.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 64.95
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This paper discusses the long debated issue of gay marriage in the United States. This paper reports how proponents of the issue contend that same sex marriage is not about gay rights but about human rights. It further discusses how these individuals believe that gays in modern society have long been subjected to inequalities and a lack of support from the social order. The opponents of the gay marriage issue refer to a stereotypical framework for gays in general that suggests that gays are evil and dangerous to children.
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Transportation, 2002.
A detailed study into the subject of surface transportation in the United States.
3,100 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 131.95
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The author of this paper shows that good transportation is necessary in today's world and that this requires a well-developed infrastructure. The author investigates how the United States is meeting its citizens's transportation needs - especially those of the poorer sectors - and the problems involved. The paper also offers solutions to these problems.
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"An efficient and effective transportation plan though not necessarily effective in eliminating poverty, will however, help the economic conditions for the poor. For an area to be able to unleash its economic potential the infrastructure for the transportation of man and material is required. Transportation also helps in establishing the social fabric of communities. Better access provides a poor person a conduit to create a business or engage in gainful employment. Transportation policies however, should also be based on equity and efficiency."
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Rise and Decline of Mass Transportation in the U.S., 1976.
This paper discusses the role mass transportation played in the United States: The different forms, how they began, their success and what happened to them.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 139.95
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"This research discusses the role mass transportation played in the United States: the different forms, how they began, their success and what happened to them. The first stagecoach in America went from New York to Philadelphia along the road known as the Kings Highway in 1756. The first regular runs went from Boston to New York and New York to Philadelphia. They went over "post" roads, which had regular stopping points, or posts. The Albany-New York Highway, or Post Road, was established in 1667, and the Boston Post Road from New York to Boston in 1673. A later post road which was critical to the settling of the Midwest was the Cumberland Road. While these roads are no longer used in the same way, many of the names survive.
The stagecoach was important as a vehicle of mass transportation beginning in the 18th century: ... "
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Early Education: "School Ready", 2008.
This paper completes the discussion section of a dissertation on the evolving elements of school readiness for children entering early education in the United States.
2,718 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 9 sources, APA, AU$ 118.95
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This paper completes the discussion section of a dissertation on what it means to be "school ready" in the United States' educational system. Specifically, the paper states that while education has always been stressed as an important factor historically, in recent years, the actual "learning" process has emerged as a significant causal factor. The poor state of the current educational system in the United States has resulted in much criticism and reform. These criticisms and reforms have led to widespread psychological studies and research regarding best methods and learning processes. This paper gives a review of the literature in this area, indicating that the family background and social experiences of children entering early education in the current decade are very different from those entering kindergarten in prior decades. As a result, the elements of school readiness, parent training and efficacy have new definitions requiring additional research and implementation of new processes.
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"The researchers found that children asked different and more interesting questions at home than they asked at school. Critics of the study stated that the data may have been biased, because the researchers chose to record home conversations starting with the lunch hour, because that was when mothers and daughters did the most talking. No effort was made to select the best time for recording school conversations. In addition, the fact that the intrusiveness of an observer is more likely to change the behavior of mothers than that of teachers, who are accustomed to classroom visitors, was also cited (Chance, 1985). Even with that limitation, the researcher's study results had a negative view of preschool and nursery school. This study compared two teaching methods: tutoring and group instruction. Formal education relies almost exclusively upon group instruction. Even in nursery school, children usually are taught as part of a group of five or more children (Chance, 1985). The mothers in this study, however, taught their daughters one-on-one. Critics of the study note that research has time and time again proved that the average tutored child learns more than almost all children receiving traditional group instruction. This theory even applies to the different categories of learning patterns reflected by young children."
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Transportation and the Environment, 2002.
A discussion of the potential effects of the government's preference for private transportation over public transportation on the environment.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 168.95
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This paper looks at how the government's preference for private transportation over public transportation bodes ill for the environment. The author believes that there is conclusive proof that a bias towards private transportation promotes urban sprawl. This, of course, promotes extensive deterioration of the environment and greatly increases the size of man's ecological footprint. The silver lining of this ugly cloud, though, is that efficient public transport systems can still be developed to curb this growing problem. Sprawl, ironically, may provide the necessary impetus to reduce the appeal of private transportation and eventually make public transport systems more efficient and competitive. This is but only one reason that a government's preference for private transportation over public transportation bodes ill for the environment. This paper will provide clear arguments to further support this assertion.
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Race and Immigration in Early 20th Century America, 2008.
A discussion of race and immigration in late 19th and early 20th century America, focussing on the case of "United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind," and the 1924 Immigration Act.
1,498 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 72.95
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This paper examines how, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a national debate regarding the immigration of several ethnic groups to the United States led to two major legal decisions, Thind v. United States (1923) which attempted to clarify the "Meaning of White," and the Immigration Act of 1924. Thind, a native inhabitant of India, was found ineligible for American citizenship because his physical appearance was "distinctively different" from what was defined as being white. The writer explains that this and many other racially-biased opinions were further propagated and supported by the Immigration Act of 1924. The paper concludes that, although the act was revised in 1952, it nonetheless strengthened purely racially-based viewpoints on people from different cultures and on immigration into the United States.
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"In essence, the racial/immigration debate in American society in the early days of the 20th century centered on one very simple question--what exactly is an American? With the first question, part of the answer appears to revolve around labor and employment, for in 1908, Samuel Gompers, one of the founders and original leaders of the AFL (American Federation of Labor) points out that white Americans were losing thousands of jobs to Asians, especially the Chinese and those whom he calls "Mongolian." Gomper's main argument is that "Mongolians" have made it nearly impossible for white Americans to obtain jobs involving menial labor, such as working in a factory or some other type of industry that manufactures household goods and clothing."
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