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High Resolution Isotope Sclerochronology Reflects Seasonal Cycle Changes at Rocky Point, Belize Between the Last Interglacial and Present
The last Pleistocene interglacial period is thought to be characterized by warmer temperatures, higher precipitation, higher sea level and lower ice volume than today due to different orbital forcing parameters at that ... -
The High School Dropout Crisis
Over the past 4 decades, the U.S. economy has transformed into a globally competitive market which places a premium on knowledge and education, where the high school diploma is now “an increasingly important prerequisite ... -
Highway Construction
Up until a few years ago roads were built solely to stand the wear and tear of carriages, wagons and heavily loaded drays but now a new question has arisen. Which road will best stand the automobile, running at a high speed ... -
Hispanic K-12 Students in the United States Public School System: Why are they Disproportionately Underachieving in School?
Hispanic students account for 22% of all people enrolled in school in the United States and, on average, these students are significantly educationally underachieving compared to their white peers in every academic measure. ... -
Historians for All Time: Thucydides, Winston S. Churchill and Their Great Wars
Professor Taylor Sanders recommended that I compare Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War with Winston S. Churchill's account of the First World War, The World Crisis. After browsing through these two interesting ... -
An Historical and Archaeological Consideration of Brickmaking in Virginia
"Of all ceramics, brick is surrounded by the worst tangle of legend and folklore." (Heite 1970: 43) The above quote represents a statement written by Edward F. Heite in reference to the specific plight of bricks in an ... -
A Historical, Contextual, and Theoretical Analysis of Masterworks in the Clarinet Repertoire, 1791-1994 (thesis)
This paper presents a multifaceted analysis of seven clarinet solo works performed on my May 1, 2021 senior recital. For each piece, I provide historical background on the composer, place the piece in context of the ... -
The History and Development of the Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve Act will and has proved to be one of the most constructive contributions ever made by Congress.(2) It is not in its final state, but as new problems and situations arise, substantial changes will have ... -
History and the Pendulum: An Application of the Schlesinger Theory of American Politics to Twentieth-Century Mexico
Beginning with the Greeks Parmenides, Errpodocles and Polybius, continuing through unknown Mayan theologians, to the works of Vico and Hegel, cyclical theories are found throughout the historiographical canon. The tradition ... -
A History of the Franklin Society and Library Company of Lexington, Virginia
To the compiler of any sort ot history the greatest task is the unearthing of source material, whether that history be the narrative of a nation's progress through the centuries or an humble account ot the deeds of an ...