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            The French revolution (1789-1799) viciously transformed the monarchial state comprising of rigid hierarchical structures into a contemporary nation in which the social structure was slackened and power passed to the bourgeois. The French revolution is a major turning point in French and world history and has major implications on the ideology of revolution, system…

Gary Soto, born on April 12th, 1952 is a proud Mexican-American that grew up in a very low class neighborhood in Fresno, California with both of his parents (Gillespie, Becker 100). Soto exclaimed that he was marginal kid; this means that he could have either ended up in prison or easily graduate from college. He…

Unsuccessful Companies Expanding internationally can be a profitable venture, and it can be the first business of its kind in an international market. Although there have been success stories of big companies expanding internationally, there are also companies that failed. When expanding internationally it is important to consider the external factors. These external factors include…

Modernism, Modernisation and Modernity in Australia, 1919 –1939 Lighting the Way: New technologies, new materials, new cities. Modernism transformed life in Australia across five tumultuous decades from 1917 to 1967 , it spans all aspect of Australian culture including art, design, architecture, advertising, film, photography and fashion. The process of modernisation has had a profound…

The topic of Aboriginal civil rights in Australia has been extensively debated over the past century. Numerous events have influenced the progress of these rights from the 1920s to the constitutional referendum in 1967. Due to the significant number of important occurrences during this time, it is impractical to discuss them all. However, I will…

INTRODUCTION The Story of Blima: A Holocaust Survivor is a true story. It tells of the experience of Blima Weisstuch, a Jewish girl in Poland, between the years 1936 and 1947. To a reader today, those words—Jews, 1940s, Poland—may not suggest anything particular. But to someone who lived through those years, the words evoke shudders…

Francisco Goya, an artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, expressed his views on the political turbulence in Spain through his artwork. Living during a period of political and social unrest in Europe, Goya was deeply influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment, which had also captured the attention of Spain’s influential figures….

Question One The conditions that allowed or favored Napoleon to follow his policies both domestic and foreign was because of the peace negotiations of the Russia and the British empires. On my opinion Napoleon could have pursued other policies to enable him to conquer Italy and Rome. One of his policies would have the building…

I elected this subject because I believed it was crucial to emphasize the recent accomplishments of Latino baseball players, demonstrating how minority groups can thrive in America. Through the field of baseball, Latino athletes have gained fame and wealth, something that was previously unimaginable without Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball has provided Latin Americans…

“A carbon fiber is a long, thin strand of material about 0. 005-0. 010 mm in diameter and composed mostly of carbon atoms. The carbon atoms are bonded together in microscopic crystals that are more or less aligned parallel to the long axis of the fiber. The crystal alignment makes the fiber incredibly strong for…