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The Secret History of Birth Control : American Birth Control until 1900
(2017)
For centuries, America women have attempted to gain control over their bodies and uncouple sex from childbirth. And for those same centuries women have had varying success in this. However, this success has come at a cost ...
The "Black Death" and the Catholic Church in Fourteenth Century England
(2017)
The "Black Death" is the name given to the outbreak of Yersinia pestis, a strain of the plague-causing bacterium, in the fourteenth century that emerged in Europe in 1347 and spread to England in the autumn of 1348, achieving ...
To My Family : A Final Request : Death, Transnationalism, and Mourning
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2017)
This research involves conversations revolving around the topics of death and immigration. Most studies on death and immigration are often studies on the alarming (im)migrants who have settled in the US. This project ...
Smartphones : Living in the Presence of Their Progress
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2017)
This project explores the personal and practical effects of smartphone usage of this era in order to gauge the direction of society and culture under the pervasive influence of technology. Research consists of survey and ...
Unsucessful But Not Unimportant : Analyzing the Story of the 1825 Treaty of Prairie du Chien
(2017)
This 1825 treaty was unique because it was one of very few treaties that did not ask the nations who signed it to give up anything to the United States in terms of land cessions or land access. Its purpose, at the most ...
Mass Incarceration and the Media : Origins, Consequences, and Perpetuations
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2017)
The social and economic issues resulting from the mass incarceration phenomenon in the United States have been widely discussed by scholars in recent years. Existing literature points toward the historical factors contributing ...
The Hundred Years War : The Chagrin of Nobles and Delight of Kings
(2017)
During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries England and France were tied in a conflict that would come to be known as the Hundred Years War, a string of conflicts fought for control of the French crown and an era that ...
Coming to an Understanding: A Theoretical and Personal Critique of Empathy
(2017)
The intention of this essay is to critique the concept of empathy. We will look at
what empathy is, why it occurs, and ways in which empathy can do more harm than
good. I outline the ways in which acts of empathy have ...
Hornet Scholar Institute
(2017)
As stated on Kalamazoo College’s Diversity and Inclusion webpage, “Kalamazoo
College is committed to fostering a campus climate and academic experience in which our
diverse community of learners can thrive.”1 This ...