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Horses in Canada, 2006.
A research paper on the arrival of horses in Canada prior to the confederation and the impact this had on Canadian life and horse breeding.
774 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper explains the significance the arrival of horses had on Canadian society prior to and during the 1800s and even through modern times. The paper relates that the introduction of horses in Canada impacted multiple aspects of Canadian culture aside from farming and shows how rural and urban dwellers gained significantly. The writer also examines what factors have shaped the modern day Canadian horse breed.
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Introduction
Background to the Problem
Significance of Study
Discussion/Conclusions
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"The Canadian Horse today is often considered a utilitarian animal. The breed, a general purposes horse of sorts, offers a perfect solution for farmers, ranchers and other agricultural workers needing a utilitarian breed (Hambleton & Lanctot, 1963). The horse is often considered part of Canada's heritage. Specifically the researcher intends to determine what factors contributed to the arrival of horses in Canada and how the unusually well proportioned breed and docile animal emerged from the masses in the early 17th and 18th century (Putnam, 1952).
Many considered horses a source of power and social activity, as well as pride and prestige within Canada (Hedley, 1988). Horses enabled mechanization of many agrarian tasks and changed the way many farmers and other rural citizens underwent daily living. Researchers have continually explored the ways horses have transformed society both from a cultural and environmental standpoint."
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Horses and History, 2005.
This paper discusses the ecological problems created by the introduction of horses into the more temperate regions colonized by Europeans, especially among North American Indians.
1,135 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains that the modern focus on successful Native-American equestrian cultures and the stereotype of the mounted Indian warrior obscures a deeper understanding of the often damaging impact of the arrival of horses on Native-American Indian culture and ecology. The author points out that the arrival of horses brought about a cultural transformation by allowing improvements in transportation, hunting, warfare and trade but disrupted the ecology of the bison and grassland, brought about social inequality and created disruptions in subsistence economies. The paper also relates that the native biology of all of the conquered temperate places (including humans) was not equipped to deal with European invaders: European diseases like smallpox decimated native populations, European weeds and agriculture brought large scale reductions in native flora and European animals (cattle, pigs and horses) squeezed out the native animals.
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"Horses, in particular, found their new homes rich in grazing lands, abundant with space, and relatively free of natural predators. Australia was populated with kangaroos, and the South American pampas with flightless birds: species that offered little danger to horses. Further, they did not have to compete, on a large scale, with existing animals for their niche. In the New World, horses from the old world found a welcoming ecological climate that was similar to that of Europe. Mountains, especially the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, provided large open grazing for horses, cattle, and other animals."
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?Spotted Horses?, 2002.
A review of William Faulkner?s "Spotted Horses".
1,195 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses William Faulkner?s "Spotted Horses" which revolves around an auction where Flem Snopes sells some wild, good for nothing, horses to farmers of a Southern village. It examines how the character of Flem plays the most important but very short role in the story while other characters including that of Eck Snopes, Mrs. Littlejohn and Henry Armstid play longer more influential role in depicting the forces of good and evil. It looks at how though "Spotted Horses" discusses an individual isolated case where wild ponies are sold to unassuming farmers and this gives rise to some truly hilarious situations, it has many characters which infiltrate from other stories too.
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"Faulkner has always been concerned with the subject of good and bad, but it is not exactly easy to detect these forces in his stories because of the fact that they are often obscured between the lines and can be seen in various symbols. In spotted horses we come across the universal conflict that we notice in almost every short story by the author. Snopes and Sartoris are shown as representatives of two separate worlds his works and they symbolize good and bad and traditional and non traditional."
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"All the Pretty Horses", 2006.
A review of the book "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy.
1,223 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 41.95
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The paper summarizes the story of "All the Pretty Horses". The writer notes the similarities to the style of William Faulkner, as seen in the long evocative sentences in the book. The writer explains that there can be some difficulties in understanding McCarthy's book, as he uses some Spanish which is not translated and conducts long conversations without quotation marks. In summation, the writer states that "All the Pretty Horses" is a hero's quest without a neat resolution, a book in which the strange light of mythic struggles shines through the quick-paced adventure.
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"Make no mistake, this is no story of three young boys having a fun little adventure. This is the well-told tale of young men facing hard times in a strange land. As a result of Jimmy's situation, Lacey and John Grady end up in prison and almost lose their lives. The story seems like it couldn't be happening in our times. It's a modern western that feels like it took place in another era."
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Horses, 2002.
Describes the evolutionary development of horses.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, $ 71.95
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Describes the evolutionary development of horses. Evidence obtained from fossil records that supports the anagenetic view of horse phylogeny as well as cladogenetic pattern. Fossil record as a clasic example of macroevolution. Branching speciation. Support of the view that a gradual microevolutionary process occurred within the species. Focuses on the North American Eocene and Oligocene fossil records.
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"A Cladogenetic View of the Early Evolutionary History of Horses
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Drawing upon the theoretical and empirical literature, this report describes the evidence obtained from the fossil record that supports the anagenetic view of the horse phylogeny and its early evolutionary development. The anagenetic perspective advances the notion that a gradual microevolutionary process has occurred within a species. It is also associated with phyletic transformation from ancestral to descendant species. The fossil record for horses presents, in general, a progressive replacement of one genus with another without a strong indication of temporary overlapping. However, the literature also suggests that anagenetic development was dominant within the Eocene and Oligocene, while genetic diversity (branching) suggesting a ..."
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The Early Evolutionary History of Horses, 2002.
This paper is a cladogenetic view of the early evolutionary history of horses.
2,365 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 72.95
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This paper discusses that, for many years, paleontologists held that the evolution of horses, as evident in the fossil record, was anagenetic, or progressing in a virtually straight, single line of evolution; but more recently paleontologists have found evidence supporting a cladogenetic evolutionary pattern in the Miocene, which created a multiplicity of horse species or "branches" on the evolutionary trunk. The author points out that, as the fossil record yields more and more of its "secrets" to paleontologists through new investigative technologies, the established theories require revision.
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Introduction
Discussion
Anagenesis and Cladogenesis
The Emergence of Speciated Branching
Summary and Conclusions
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"The fossil record of horses (family Equidae) over the past 55 million years is a classic example of macroevolution. North America is the ancestral home of horses and many fossil sites across the continent have been identified as containing abundant remains of ancient members of the family. ... states that any given fossil locality in North America from about 50-55 to 20-25 million years ago, it is usually possible to find 2-4 species of horses that seem to have lived side-by-side. However, from about 20-10 million years ago, the fossil record suggests that horses evolved rapidly, adapting to various environments and ways of life."
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?They Shoot Horses. Don't They??, 2004.
A comparison of the book, ?They Shoot Horses. Don't They?? by Horace McCoy, with the movie version.
1,587 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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The paper talks about the comparison between the 1930?s novel, ?They Shoot Horses, Don?t They??, and the film with the same title, which adapted the storyline written by Horace McCoy. It explains how the novel deals with the issue of the Great Depression and how the movie, created at a later date, softens the image of this period.
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"With its structure, storyline and expression the novel can be stated to be giving a murky glance at both, human disposition and human psychology. To say the least this is fast moving, atrocious crime novel. These elements are exposed through the participation of ?Couple 22? in a marathon dance contest being held in the state of California. The competition turns out to be a symbol of the severe and relentless drudge and toil of real life."
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All The Pretty Horses, 2004.
This paper discusses Cormac McCarthy's novel "All The Pretty Horses."
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 103.95
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This paper offers an analysis of Cormac McCarthy's novel "All The Pretty Horses" and explains the multitude of roles that nature plays in the coming-of-age of John Grady Cole. The paper focuses on Grady's growing understanding that choices have consequences.
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"Cormac McCarthy's "All The Pretty Horses" is the coming-of-age story of John Grady Cole. The setting is Texas and the Northeastern part of Mexico shortly after the end of World War II. Grady's father wants little to do with him since coming home from the war and his mother is even more distant from him, separated from her husband."
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The Importance of Horses and Buffalo to the Sioux Indians, 1998.
An examination of how horses and buffalo became an integral part of American Indian life.
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 6 sources, $ 54.95
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"Preceding the entrance of the Sioux, onto the plains, the horse was already becoming part of the Plains Indians life. Brought to America by the Spanish, the horse was viewed as a "mystery dog" by the Native Americans. At first the horses were stolen to be used as food. The Indians saw the horse as a fairly easy way of getting meat. It was the Mexican peasants, after revolting against the Spanish, showed the Indians what the use of the horse really was. The horse then became an integral part of their lives. Not only could they be used to carry people, they were put to use as carriers of household goods. This gave much relief to the dogs and women who were the prior beasts of burden. With this new mode of transportation they could there have moreprosperous buffalo hunts, also alleviating some of thedanger associated with hunting buffalo on foot. The buffalo began providing for all their needs, food, clothing, and household goods. The buffalo became a four-legged commisary that the tribes could follow more easily with the horse. As the herds migrated, so did the Native Americans. Before the horse, the Indians led a slow paced settled life. This was especially true for the Sioux tribe. "
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Evolution of Horses, 2001.
Analysis of fossil records & new investigative technologies with differing findings on evolutionary development of horses.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, $ 95.95
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"A Cladogenetic View of the Early Evolutionary History of Horses
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Drawing upon the theoretical and empirical literature, this report describes evidence obtained from the fossil record supporting the anagenetic view of the horse phylogeny and its early evolutionary development. The anagenetic perspective advances the notion that a gradual microevolutionary process has occurred within a species. This view is also associated with a phyletic transformation from ancestral to descendant species. The fossil record for horses presents, in general, a progressive replacement of one genus with another without a strong indication of temporary overlapping. However, the literature also suggests that anagenetic development was dominant within the Eocene and Oligocene, while genetic diversity (branching) suggesting a.."
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Color Genetics in Horses, 2003.
An essay that explores the genetics of equine coloring.
2,648 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper provides an explanation of the genetics involved in breeding a certain color horse. Colors covered include black, chestnut, Mealy/Pangare, the dilutes, mixed patterns and the white patterns. The paper includes many photographs.
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"The Classic Roan gene affects all the bases, modifiers and dilutes but can be masked by other white pattern genes. Roan is a color pattern caused by white hairs mixing with colored hairs. There are no "Roan" hairs on a Roan horse. The resulting physical colors are usually blue or rose (black base and chestnut base) but less common colors are pale gold and almost white. The Roan gene however will usually not affect the points."
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"All The Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy, 2002.
A comparison of the written version of this work to the film version.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 24.95
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A disscusion on how meaning is enacted or re-created when a text is performed or adapted for a performance. A written comparison of a print text with the text's adaptation into film.
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"Cormac McCarthy?s novel ?All the Pretty Horses? examines in fine detail the maturing of a sixteen-year-old boy, John Grady Cole, as he travels through the scorched landscape of Mexico. Grady?s quest to uphold the romantic ideals of ?the Wild West? is beautifully illustrated through McCarthy?s attention to detail in his writing. When comparing the delicacy McCarthy has taken to articulate his ideas, with Bill Bob Thornton?s film representation of the same title, one can only feel utmost disappointed."
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"Spotted Horses" and "The Bear", 1992.
A comparison of the stories' styles, plots, themes and characters.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"Comparison of "Spotted Horses" and "The Bear
"Spotted Horses" and "The Bear," two short stories by William Faulkner, reveal similarities and differences which broadly encompass his richness in style. This discussion relates a comparison and contrast of the two works in terms of style, plot, theme, characterization, and other characteristics of the two pieces.
The first easily apparent difference is that of length. "Spotted Horses" is a short story. "The Bear" is rather long to be categorized as a short story but rather short to be called a novel . Perhaps it is a novella or a novelette. The styles are also rather different, although each is fully representative of Faulkner's powerful use of the descriptive word. "Spotted Horses" is a funny story about horse trading, told in an..."
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From Horses to Horsepower: The History of the Automobile, 2002.
This paper discusses the early years of the automobile industry in the U.S.
2,385 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 13 sources, $ 73.95
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This paper is an in-depth look at the history of the automobile. The author discusses the early era, and inventors such as Elwood Haynes and Henry Ford. The paper also discusses the Stanley Steamer, the Duryea Motor Company, and Ransom Olds. The paper includes other inventions related to the horseless carriage, and how cars have changed American society.
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"The automobile is said to have been a menace and a blessing, it has been worshiped and reviled, celebrated and scorned. The automobile is an invention that has had tremendous impact on society. The automobile has taken diverse segments of the American population; farmers, small town residents and urban dwellers and given them access to the same opportunities and experiences. Automobiles have given us motels, shopping malls, drive-through, vacations, commuting, and of course, suburbia. The concept of the automobile is one of the most profound and important chapters in the development of American society."
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Chinese Horse Scrolls, 2008.
A comparison and contrast of Gong Kai's "Emaciated Horse" and Zhou Menfu's "Horse and Groom" and what they reveal about Chinese history at the time of the Song Dynasty.
924 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses two artworks that allow the beholder insight into Chinese history from the time of the Song Dynasty. The paper analyzes and compares Gong Kai's "Emaciated Horse" and Zhou Menfu's "Horse and Groom" and describes the indications in the works that instability had gripped 13th and 14th century China. The paper also discusses both works' distinction in intensity and intent and what this suggests about the artists' political outlooks.
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"One of the most compelling characteristic aspects of the Song scrollwork is its framing of Chinese symbols in ominous and foreboding color. Its depicted objects are quite often dark, shadowy and spare, implying a mysterious and perhaps even dangerous outlook for China, in some ways apparently scorched by centuries of feuding dynasties and disunity. As the Song dynasty would be a precursor to the eventual conquering of the whole of China by the Mongols, this pervading sense of doom may be considered amongst the most sophisticated cultural insights of its time. (Wikipedia, 1) Indeed, "Gong Kai's work was a lament for the fallen dynasty and the tragedy that overtook him." (Glueck, 1) His solitary disposition is reinforced by his depiction of the symbol of his empire on the cusp of death. There is no groom to lead the horse through this tumult, a fact made notable by the comparison offered here between to pieces. The isolation of the artist is felt in this detectable absence and is projected upon a China sick and starved by the removal of its people from power."
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