History papers

An examination of why interest in Ernest Shackleton increased dramatically in about 1995, focusing on the 2001 film "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition."

An argument claiming that President Bush has created a number of challenges to democracy in the United States today.

This paper discusses the role of government policy in attracting
foreign direct investment (FDI) in China.

This paper explores how the young German people were essentially robbed of their youth by Hitler.

This paper discusses the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976 in relation to Chinese society that always favoured the state or the society over the individual.

An overview of the history of Hadrian's Wall.

Discusses the role of the organization Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) in the Basque nationalist movement and its consequences.

A discussion of whether it is nationalism which engenders nations or the opposite.

An analysis of the relationship between Italy and Germany, and Austria during the period between World War I and World War II.

A comparative book review of John Reed's 'Ten Days That Shook the World', Edward Carr's 'The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1923,' and Robert Service's 'Lenin: A Biography'.

This paper looks at the war between Athens and Sparta in 431-404 BC, known as the Peloponnesian War.

A discussion of the causes of the Iconoclastic Movement in the Dutch Revolt (1559-1648).

An analysis of peasant life during the bubonic plague in a Medieval village.

Examines the approaches of two reformers, Abdullah Cevdet in the Ottoman Empire and Malkum Khan in the Persian Empire, to the problem of modernization and the need to retain the integrity of the Islamic religion.

An analysis of the changes that occurred to the family unit with from the Communist Revolution in 1949 through much of the 20th century.

An examination of Karl Marx's challenge to liberalism in "The Communist Manifesto."

A discussion of the monsters in Greek mythology.

A comparison of the feminist construct of gender in ancient Roman and Grecian cultures with a focus on the Greek female festival of Thesmophoria.

An analysis of Ernest Hemingway's novel "Across the River and into the Trees".

This paper discusses the treatment of Jews in the establishment of a state in Medina.

An analysis of the religious orientation of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 according to "Spanish Missions, Cultural Conflict, and the Pueblo Revolt of 1680" by Henry Bowden and "Franciscans and the Pueblo Revolt" by Ramon Gutierrez.

This paper uses the primary paradigms in international relations to enhance our understanding of the Korean War.

A discussion of the effect on civil rights in America of the Patriot Act of 2001 and the 2007 Supreme Court's decision to make partial-birth abortions illegal.

A review of the literature regarding reform and thought in contemporary China.

An overview of the history and architecture of Emperor Diocletian's palace and the City of Split.

A discussion of the impact of the Civil War on American society.

An analysis of the reasons for and effects of the intersection between religion and the media in Nigeria.

A discussion of the preservation of Roman identity and the fall of the Roman Empire.

An analysis of the reasons and justification for the bombing of Hiroshima through a review of Howard Zinn's "Hiroshima: Breaking the Silence" and Samuel J. Walker's "History, Collective Memory, and the Bomb".

A look at how Christians throughout Europe responded to natural disasters and the ways in which they contributed to certain widespread notions of eschatology.

An examination of the achievements of Harry S. Truman as President of the United States, focusing on the challenges that he had to overcome in this role.

A discussion of the Jugurthine war between the Romans and the Numidian Kingdom.

An analysis of the efforts of Buddhist activist monk, Taixu, to improve Buddhism and life in China.

A look at the development of the Gregorian chant and the important role it plays in church music.

This paper discusses the guilds that were in existence in Geoffrey Chaucer's fourteenth century England.

An analysis of the impact of railway expansion in the United States on the country's economic growth.

An analysis of the relationship between the Arab/Israeli conflict in the Middle East and terrorism in America.

An analysis of the capital punishment laws in South Carolina compared to other states and a discussion over their future.

This paper evaluates competing written accounts of the status of women in a specific period of Korean history.

An analysis of how artistic activism is attempting to draw more supporters to the comfort women's cause.

An analysis of the history and development of organized crime and the mafia in Boston.

A study of the reign of Chinese Empress Cixi in the late Qing dynasty.

An overview of the history of Christianity in Ethiopia.

An analysis of the re-emergence of fascism in 20th century Europe.

A look at the events surrounding the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

A comparative analysis of India and Pakistan.

A discussion of the future of the Republic of Iraq.

A look at the events surrounding the CBS news report by anchor Dan Rather's regarding apparent gaps in George W. Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard.

This paper shows how the Cuban Missile Crisis validated President Kennedy's strategy of flexible response.

This paper discusses why John F. Kennedy was such a successful President.

An examination of the history of the religion or Satanism.

An examination of the evolution of the hero in American drama.

This paper examines the dominance of Pan-Arab nationalism and Islam over state-based nationalism in the Middle East.

A brief history of Baptist missions.

An analysis of the influence that Martin Luther King Jr. had on the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

A comparison of the Holocaust in Europe in the 1930s and 40s with the genocides in Cambodia and Rwanda.

A comparison of the practical differences between the Nuremberg Laws in Germany and the Jim Crow Laws in the United States and the racism upon which each of these legal systems was based.

An analysis of the medical experiments performed by Josef Mengele in Auschwitz and his justification for performing them.

This paper describes a period in the history of the country of Colombia from 1948 to 1958 called La Violencia, which took over 200,000 lives.

A look at how realisim provides an adequate explanation for major wars.

This paper discusses the causes of the Iraq war based on the author's interpretation of Bob Woodward's book "Plan of Attack".

This paper discusses the proposed European Union (EU) constitution, which failed to be ratified.

A discussion of the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, its history and possible future.

This paper describes the extraordinary reign of Pharaoh Ramses II of Egypt (c.1279-1212 BC), also known as Ramses the Great.

This paper examines the Napoleonic wars as an example of modern warfare and an assessment of contradictory explanations of war, the liberal and realist paradigms.

A discussion of the development of juvenile criminal behavior.

This paper discusses Queen Marie Antoinette of France and the French Revolution.

A review of the book "The Mayflower Murderer & Other Forgotten Firsts in American History" by Peter F. Stevens.

An analysis of the contemporary relevance of the film, "The Battle of Algiers", particularly in relation to the war in Iraq.

An analysis of the historical objectivity in Mel Gibson's epic film "Apocalypto".

A discussion on how E. P. Thompson's "The Making of the English Working Class" fits in to a broader Marxist history.

A critical analysis of Catherine Walker Bynum's "Fast, Feast and Flesh: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women".

A review of the events of the DC sniper shootings, including the preliminary shootings, the "Beltway" Attacks, the investigation during the attacks and the arrest of the two suspects.

A discussion of the background, rise to power and current position of Colin Powell.

An analysis of the rise and fall of the power of Britain through its foreign policy between the years 1918 to 1945.

A description and examination of how historians characterised Indian women's movements between 1850-1900.

This paper discusses how historians have sought to understand and explain the causes of Protestant-Catholic conflict since the Reformation.

A discussion on whether the defeat of the Communists in China in 1927 was self- inflicted.

This paper examines what insight social movement theory provides for the study of transnational social movements.

This paper discusses the totality of Stalin's control after 1945.

A discussion on how the responses to the plague in medieval and early modern Europe can be best characterized as early examples of the operation of disciplinary power.

This paper discusses why Henry the Monk was accused of heresy.

A discussion on whether Japan could be considered a great power in 1905.

A discussion of Chartism in 19th century Europe, a force which relied as much upon a burgeoning print culture as it did upon the radical mass platform.

This paper looks at trends and changes relating to agricultural produce in Russia, India and Japan during the inter-war period.

A analysis of the political, sociological and physical implications of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

A brief overview of the history of the current Somalian crisis.

This paper analyzes Pope Urban II's eleventh century speech at Clermont by reviewing four writings, which provide very different perspectives on this speech.

A comparative analysis of Hayashi Fumiko's story "Downtown" and Kim Yisosk's story "The Cuckoo."

A discussion on the construction of romanticism in romantic literature through the deconstructions of romance and romanticism in the eighteenth century.

A discussion of whom should be held accountable for the World War I.

An examination of the Islamic faith using the book "Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet" by Karen Armstrong.

This paper analyzes, in detail, the South Korean economic crisis from 1997 to 1998, which the paper contends was caused by globalization.

An analysis of the causes and repercussions of the European revolutions of 1848.

A discussion of the correlation between individualism and technology
and its effects on a country's developed status.

This paper discusses the factors, which caused the Great Depression of the 1930s in the United States.

An analysis of the formation of the Federalist Party under Alexander Hamilton and their contribution to American politics.

An analysis of the background and teachings of Greek philosopher, Xenophanes.

An analysis of the case of Darfur, Sudan and the neo-liberal view of humanitarian intervention there.