Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Family; Women -- Conduct of life -- 19th century; Women -- Social conditions -- 19th century; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Oriental influences
"Harriet Beecher Stowe Had Moorish Slippers: The Oriental Roots of Domesticity" is an attempt to chart the nineteenth century relationship between the creation of woman's sphere, the gender segregated world of American elite women, and the Oriental...
As Denmark becomes increasingly part of the global economy, the ethnic homogeneity it has long experienced is changing. Beginning in the 1960s with the arrival of Turkish immigrants, Danes received their first experience with a resident population...
Web sites -- Design; Web site development industry; Internet industry
Back Alley Gourmet is an emerging company that produces gourmet salad dressings. It is founded and conceptualized by Chef Hans, a European-trained chef who worked in some of the top hotels in Germany. As a young man in his early twenties, he came...
European Union -- France; France -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
Charles de Gaulle, who knew his people well, once said: "Every Frenchman
wants to benefit from one or several privileges. It is his way of affirming his
passion for equality".
Charles de Gaulle understood what his people were like. From the times...
Drunk driving -- Connecticut -- Prevention; College students -- Alcohol use -- Connecticut -- Prevention; College students -- Alcohol use -- Attitudes
Driving while under the influence of intoxicating beverages has been a pervasive problem both in the United States and Europe, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries. Considerable research has identified college students as being at...
Norwich (Conn.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History; City and town life -- Connecticut -- Norwich -- History; Norwich (Conn.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects
During the mid 1800s and early 1900s, large numbers of European Immigrants
sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to the shores of the United States. While many of these
immigrants still came from the European countries that migrated to this country...
Puritans -- New England -- History; Diseases -- Religious aspects -- Puritans.
In historiography, the Puritan/Pilgrims have been viewed as popular extremes capable of murderous destruction or fulfilling the destiny for modern America. In the wake of Puritan settlement, epidemics struck the New England Native Americans. To...
Moroccans -- Spain -- Social conditions; Immigrants -- Spain -- Social conditions; Spain -- Emigration and immigration; Morocco -- Emigration and immigration
In light of globalization, it is important to understand the immigrant identity and experience. The Moroccan immigrant experience in Spain is especially important because it is an example of the cultural and physical convergence of Europe and...
Democracy--Morocco; Islam and politics--Morocco; Morocco--Politics and government--21st century
In most Arabs and Muslims countries, the 1990`s witnessed a vibrant movement by individuals and groups that advocate through non-government organizations (NGO) good governance, transparency and the rule of law. NGOs can be defined as non-civilians...
Latin American drama -- History and criticism; Latin American drama -- 20th century
In this research study, based on eight contemporary Latin American plays. I examine the characterization strategies utilized by the authors in order to reflect the crisis of the modern Hispanic man. The titles and playwrights are the following:...
Jos Mart, writer, poet and revolutionary has been given various names, the most widely-used of which are "The Apostle" and "The Master/The Teacher" of Cuban freedom. The interpretation of his works, post-mortum, has resulted in the creation of...
Long before the United States entered World War II after it was attacked at Pearl Harbor, there were other major battles taking place all over Eastern and Western Europe. All were desperate; all were deadly. The German war machine overran sovereign...
Falkland Islands War, 1982; Monroe doctrine; United States -- Foreign relations
On April 2, 1982, the British held Falkland Islands, two hundred and fifty miles, off the southeastern tip of Argentina, the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands were "invaded by several thousand Argentine Army, Navy and Air Force troops."...
Scotland -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Home rule -- Scotland
The democratic way in which the Scots pressed for more say in their own affairs is an object lesson in constitutional politics. On September 11, 1997 the voting booth and ballot box were the weapons the Scots used to attain Home Rule and the return...
The introduction of the Euro on 1 January 2002 created a new element of uniformity and extended the capabilities of the European Union. Through a lengthy process of trials, failures, and breakthroughs, which spanned from the European Union’s...
The military revolution had an important impact on the New Model Army of Great
Britain and because of its impact the New Model Army was able to transform Great Britain
into the dominant world power in early modern Europe. The military revolution,...
The Muslim population in France is growing, at a rate that supersedes that of the current French population. While the native French population is actually decreasing every year, the Muslim population in France is increasing. That said, the...
St. Louis (Ship); Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945; Jewish refugees
The purpose of this paper is to document the history and voyage of the Hamburg-American Line steamer the St. Louis, loaded with 908 German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. In May 1939, the ship went to Cuba to wait out United States immigration...
The story of the Golden Fleece is one of the oldest stories in Europe. The episode
of Jason and Medea, their passionate love transformed into fierce hate and destructive
desire of vengeance has been a theme of many literary, cinematographic and...
Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; Catalonia (Spain) -- Politics and government
The topic of research in this paper, "The future of nationalities and regions in an integrating Europe: The Case of Catalonia", involves all aspects of Catalan life in order to develop and understand their particular and separate nationality. With...
