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Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Balance of Power: A Woman's Quest
Although she has been criticized for her overwrought sentimentality and elaborate romance, Harriet Beecher Stowe has been acknowledged as one of the most popular writers, male or female of the nineteenth century. Stowe ... -
"Here I stand" (in two places): David Tracy's Interpretive Theory and its Application on Luther's Reading of the Pauline Corpus
Thus, interpretation must go about the work of "overcoming distance and cultural differences and of matching the reader to a text which has become foreign, thereby incorporating its meaning into the present comprehension ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
History, Fiction, and Meaning: A Study of Graham Swift's Waterland
As he continues to write and develop as a novelist, the now-empty niche of Swiftian criticism will undoubtedly fill up quite quickly. In determining to write this thesis on an author so recent and therefore so little ... -
"I ain't no stranger, I been here before": Malcolm's Bullets and Ellison's Confetti
Contemporary cultural debates demand a close reading of Ellison's essays and Malcolm's oratory. For both within and without the academy issues of nationalism, identity, and "multiculturalism" are at the fore of discussion. ... -
"I am the law": The Life of Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, 1876-1956
Even in deat h, Frank Hague left a lasting imprint on his city. Today people vividly remember the Boss either from fear or loyalty. The mention of his name excites almost the same emotions it did twenty years ago. The ... -
The Idea of Progress and the French Enlightenment
Lord Acton in his essay "The Heralds of the Revolution" declared that it was the combination of the American example with the influence of the French enlightenment that caused the French Revolution. Granting that generalizations ... -
Ideological Change and Governmental Growth
A fruitful approach seems to be an examination of ideological trends. As I have shown, this approach, when applied specifically to agriculture, yields valuable insight. It seems likely that the same approach, when applied ... -
Igor Stravinsky: Perennial Russian Roots Grounded in His Neo-Classical Works
Stravinsky's works are typically categorized into three main periods of composition: Russian, Neo-Classical, and Serial. The most noteworthy works of his Russian phase, roughly 1902-1920, include the ballets made famous ... -
Il Miglior Fabbro, The Achievement of Ezra Pound
In assimilating briefly a body of literature as large as that of Ezra Pound, the urgent thing is to omit and the feasible thing to work in patterns that suggest more than they encompass. This thesis is planned to operate ... -
The Impact of Monetary Volatility on Investment in Classical and Keynesian Models: Theory and Evidence
In the past several decades, monetary policy has gained increased popularity as a means for affecting the direction of the economy. For example, in the early 1980's the Federal Reserve's active intervention in the economy ... -
An Imperfect Past
I met my family through experience, but I learned my family through stories. As I grew I heard more and more stories, anecdotes dropped along the way, eavesdropping on conversations by the parents, trading information with ...