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Samuel De Champlain and the Formative Years of the Fur Trade in New France 1603-1635
(1982)I have decided to write a paper for my Senior Individualized Project requirement on the fur trade in New France between the years 1566 and 1635. This time period was chosen because these were the years when Samuel de ... -
The Scarlet, White, and Blue Letter : Sex Scandals, the Media, and Political Morality in a Post-Watergate America
(2014)The author analyzes the role of the media and public opinion in coverage of three post-Watergate era sex scandals involving three Democratic members of Congress: Wilbur Mills, Wayne Hays, and Gary Hart. -
Science Fiction as Social Commentary: The Galactic Empire and the Third Reich
(2009)Why is it that historians are interested in science fiction to the extent that they are? What does the genre provide us with that is so fascinating and thought-provoking that it has caused historians to want to study, ... -
Scotland and the Union of 1707: Economics, Nationalism, and Religion
(1981)The Union of 1707 between England and Scotland was an historical event of immense importance. In order to give a full explanation of the event it would be necessary to give a detailed account of the history of Scotland ... -
The Second Coming: The Characters of Orpheus and Christ as Seen by Clement of Alexandria
(1988)My interest in this topic did not begin until late the quarter before I began writing. Through the classes of Professor Corrigan's Classical Mythology and guest professor Mr. Tjopkis' Roman Civilization, I began to wonder ... -
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 Secular Clergy in Fifteenth-Century England
(1989)This Kalamazoo College Senior Individualized Project is the result of four long months of research and writing. The subject is an interesting one that enables the reader to gain a better understanding of religious culture ... -
The Senate of the Hundred Days: A History of the United States Senate during the Special Session of 1933
(1965)This paper attempts to examine the Senate as it legislated during a critical period in American history. When, in March, 1933, after many months of economic depression, a new President took office and in his first weeks ... -
The Servant Problem in the United States
(2023-01-01)Throughout the nineteenth and well into the twentieth centuries, many upper and middle class households in the United States employed servants, but just as often, they complained about “the servant problem,” namely their ... -
Sexuality and Intellectualism In Classical Athens
(2012)Classical historian David M. Halperin believes that it is useless to ascribe current ideas and terms about human sexuality to past time periods inhabited by people who held no such notions themselves. While Halperin argues ... -
A Short History of American / Portugese Relations Concerning the Azores Islands 1918-71
(1974)My concern and interest in this topic of American connections to Portugal has its foundations in my concern with Africa. American policy towards Portugal has profound effects on our image and future in Africa, and I was ... -
Shortcomings of German Holocaust Memorialization and "The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe"
(2019-09-01)This paper will examine one memorial, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, in Berlin, and assess whether or not the memorial does an adequate job of portraying a clear message to the observer. This will be done ... -
The Silence They Carry : the Experiences of Vietnam War Soldiers and the Burden of Silence
(2019)Numerous Vietnam veterans still remain silent about the war they served in, which is today oversimplified and forgotten. The author sets out to shed some light on why so many Vietnam veterans chose to keep silent rather ... -
A Single Love, a Singular Lover; Images of God and Self in the Writings of Julian of Norwich and Mergery Kempe
(1989)I have tried in this paper to rely as much, as possible, solely on my two original texts: the written works of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe. Other texts were used to provide background .. information and continental ... -
Sir Edward Grey and the European System
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Skeletons in the Closet of Scientific Ethics : An Analysis of Nazi Medicine, Eugenics, and Bias
(2019)Scientific bias ran rampant throughout the early 1930s and well into the 1940s, virtually unchallenged by anyone. It was finally reeled in by the Nuremberg Trials and the Nuremberg Code, both of which effectively set out ... -
Slave Life on the Old Plantation
(1969)By the 1830s, a humanitarian movement had begun to sweep the United States and some men were beginning to examine the peculiar institution - slavery - and were calling for its abolition. Numerous books and articles ... -
"So the censor won't do any cutting." Letters and Diaries from World War II
(2008)There are many sources from those who survived the Second World War. Out of those that deal with men fighting in the Pacific theater of operations, there are several that were written at the time. While memoirs and the ...