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The Impact of Robert Adam, 2007.
An examination of the contributions and works of Robert Adam, a style-leader in the classical antiquity movement in England during the 1700s.
2,142 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 67.95
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This paper discusses the contributions of Robert Adam to architecture, with an emphasis on his design innovations. These include his introduction of the classical revival style in both architecture and interior decoration during the last half of the 1700s. The paper describes Adam as reacting against the Neo-Palladian styles that was in vogue in the first part of the century. The paper also touches on some of the artistic works that influenced Adam's style, such as Etruscan vases. Adam's interior design is also examined and noteworthy examples of his architecture and interior design are cited with illustrations.
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Interior and Exterior Designs Preceding and During the Time of Robert Adam
Adam's Visual Design Composition
Contextural Design
Adam's influence on Early Neoclassical Design
Conclusion
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"The materials used by the designers during the 18th century reflected the industrial revolution, in that they were able to utilize improved older materials. Bricks were fired at higher temperatures and became different colors. Stucco and ceramic tiles were also utilized, with decorative or highly colored motifs that carried designs or imitated brick. Improved casting techniques allowed designers to use decorative ironwork to create delicate, Neoclassical patterns that were used in balconies and window frames. Structural ironwork was also used in staircases, increases and iron plates that helped fireproof structures. "
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Adam the First and Adam the Second, 2005.
An analysis of the Bible's creation myths.
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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There have long been disparities among Bible scholars concerning the relative accuracy of the Bible's creation story. The source of disagreement appears to be the fact that the creation story itself contains within it a small discrepancy; the creation myth presented in the Bible is actually told twice and is not necessarily in agreement with itself. This paper highlights the main distinctions between the Bible's creation myths, i.e., the order of creation, Eve begotten from Adam's rib or from the earth, the mythic qualities of both versions as opposed to their "truthful" qualities, etc. Also the idea that there were two authors for the different stories is suggested and explored.
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"The second creation story is more mythic in the way that it reads. The heaven and earth have already been created; God makes man from the earth, breathes life into him, and creates animals and then woman. A second difference between the two creation stories is in the reference to God himself. Version one simply refers to god as "God" while the second creation story uses the more endearing name "Lord God." This use of the sacred name "Lord God" suggests a more man-centered text and is often speculated by biblical scholars to imply that the two creation stories of Genesis have different authors."
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Henry Adams's "The Education of Henry Adams".
This paper reviews Henry Adams's "The Education of Henry Adams; Henry Adams was the grandson of John Quincy Adams and the great-grandson of John Adams.
1,770 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 57.95
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This paper explains that Henry Adams's "The Education of Henry Adams" is subtitled as a biography, but doesn't actually tell the story of Henry Adams life; instead, it looks at how he developed his mental ideas and opinions based on historical, political, and philosophical contemplation of the things that were going on during his time. The author points out that, in the "The Education of Henry Adams," Adams places a great deal of criticism on himself and the entire world, which can be very satiric and biting, but there is warmth and humor contained within the book. The paper relates that one small downside to the book is that Adams appears to generalize everything to the point that it often appears he is lumping too many individuals together and does not allow various individual opinions to actually come through.
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"Much of what the book has to offer, however, deals with the power that was had at the time by Christianity and the church and how this power was changed and forced into submission by Darwin's theory of evolution, and much of the power that technology had over individuals during that time. To discuss technology, Adams mentions the Paris exposition that he attended in 1900 and the dynamos that were present there. After he saw this type of technology coming to the front the also realized that Darwinism was causing so much chaos in the world and he felt that there was so much power in technology that the church was not able to withstand the onslaught."
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Abigail Adams, 2005.
Summary and analysis of Charles W. Akers' biography of Abigail Adams, "Abigail Adams: An American Woman."
1,921 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper presents a positive review of Akers' biography of former First lady of the sixth president of the United States, Abigail Adams. The paper points out that this biography had the advantage of being written after various family manuscripts were opened to public scrutiny so that Akers was able to make use of the material as well as approximately 2000 letters written by Abigail Adams and shape a picture of her that sets her apart from many of the women of her time.
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"Akers discusses her education, especially her love for poetry because of her teacher, Richard Cranch. She learned much from her reading of different British authors, especially from the novels of Samuel Richardson and his celebration of female innocence. This reflected a reality in the colonies that made that area different from Europe, for a "scarcity of females and the dire shortage of labor in the colonies had temporarily raised the importance of women in America as compared with Europe" (11). Women were still not economically independent and still lived in a male-dominated society, but the egalitarian nature of the New World gave them a stronger position than their sisters in Europe."
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Abigail Adams, 2002.
This paper analyzes the life of Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, the second president of the United States as presented by Charles W. Akers in his book ?Abigail Adams: An American Woman?.
1,260 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains that Abigail Adams stood as a witness to the crucial political events that resulted in the formulation of the nation?s early political and legal history; however, her status as a woman during time and her intellectual and personal capacity is interesting in its own right, outside of her marital connections. The author points out that, unlike the relatively singular lives of Washington or Jefferson, the Adams emerged as a political dynasty as well as a political influence in the young nation?s development. The paper states that Abigail Adams? letters to her husband lay testimony to the fact that rather than being complaint, during the immediate antebellum period, the ideological struggles over slavery and women?s rights were woven into the historical fabric of the founding nation.
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"Adams? failure to exhort her husband and to use her political influence to achieve her objectives highlights the contradictions of this early period of American history. It has been commented that the more simply articulated ideals of the Declaration of Independence eventually were diluted by the political necessities of constructing a Constitution amenable to all of the states, and to the maintenance of the aristocratic, land-owning class that the Founding Father came from. The new nation was to be governed by the Thomas Jefferson?s of the world, not the Thomas Paines, and to maintain a delicate equilibrium between South and North; the existence of slavery was tolerated via the ?three-fourths compromise.? Similarly, women?s rights were also compromised and bracketed for later reference, to be resolved by future generations. Certain contradictions of American free governance were put aside for later generations to wrangle with, rather than to become a part of the difficult struggles of making America into a new nation."
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Henry Adams, 2007.
A review of Henry Adams' autobiography "The Education of Henry Adams."
1,430 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses the concepts found in Henry Adams' autobiography "The Education of Henry Adams," regarding the technological and social changes of the 19th century. The paper discusses Adams' rejection of technology and his praise for spiritual values and gives examples from the book to illustrate his points.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Adams' Rejection of Technology, Praise of Spiritual Values
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"Again on page 383 Adams juxtaposes the new science with religion; Adams' concept of education was being stood on its head by these new machines, and there had not been such a dramatic break with the past since Copernicus and Galileo broke the news to the world that the earth was round, not flat. Columbus proved something shocking too, but there had not been a "revolution" like the one at the Chicago "Gallery of Machines" ("Great Exposition of 1900) since Constantine (the Roman emperor who became a Christian) "set up the Cross." This kind of astonishing and radical departure from previous society, previous learning - this "mysterious energy" - had not been witnessed since the discovery of the Cross (Adams 383)."
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"The Education of Henry Adams", 2006.
A review of the book "The Education of Henry Adams", written by Henry Adams himself.
1,780 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 57.95
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This paper reviews Henry Adams' book "The Education of Henry Adams". This book is not an autobiography as it does not tell the story of Adams' life, but rather his ideas and outlook of life based on historical, political, and philosophical contemplation of the things that were going on during his time.
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"The book is subtitled as a biography, but doesn't actually tell the story of Henry Adams life. Instead, it looks at how he developed his mental ideas and opinions and at the conclusions that he reached based on historical, political, and philosophical contemplation of the things that were going on during his time. Because of this, there are some of the more controversial issues of his life that have been left out. For example, he was married to a photographer named Clover for quite some time until she eventually killed herself. This is left out of the book in light of looking at more of the philosophical implications of the country at that time. Henry Adams also wrote the "History of the United States" and even though the writing was extremely large it has been omitted from this particular book. There are, however, some references in various parts of the text to some of the latter work. "
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Adam Smith and Karl Marx, 2005.
This paper examines the writings of Adam Smith and Karl Marx by reviewing their positions on joint-stock companies and Adam Smith's famous deer-beaver argument.
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper explains that Adam Smith thought that the separation of ownership and control raised serious questions about the management of joint-stock companies and led him to analyze the agency problem. The author points out that Adam Smith and Karl Marx agree that an advantage of the joint-stock company is that it allows entrepreneurs to put together large sums of money and capital; furthermore, Marx concludes that the joint-stock form leads to a "tremendous expansion in the scale of production and enterprises, which would be impossible for individual capitals." The paper states that Karl Marx would have called Adam Smith's hunters simple commodity producers with each hunting with his own relatively simple weapon in a forest, which is open to all, and satisfying his needs by exchanging his excess catch against the products of other hunters.
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"Competition is another quantitative aspect of economics. One first needs to examine the conditions under which exchange ratios would correspond exactly to labor -time ratios. We begin with Adam Smith's famous deer-beaver example, "If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labor to kill a beaver which it does to kill a deer, one beaver should naturally exchange for or be worth two deer. It is natural that what is usually the produce of two days' or two hours' labor, should be worth double of what is usually the produce of one days' or one hours' labor.""
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"The American Romance with Robert Kennedy", 2006.
This paper reviews and examines author Ronald Steel's questionable portrayal of Robert Kennedy in his book "In Love With The Night: The American Romance With Robert Kennedy."
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explores author Ronald Steel's flawed method of razing the myths of Robert Kennedy. This paper proves that while Steel's interpretations are at times plausible, at others they are completely contrived and argues that the author's depiction of Kennedy is flat, one-dimensional and sorely lacking in facts. This paper also contains a brief history of Robert Kennedy's political career.
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"Steel reports that Robert's stand on the Vietnam war was not so different from Nixon's own position, but Robert admitted that he had been mistaken about Vietnam. There are no known reports that Nixon ever admitting that he was wrong about Vietnam. Steel could have taken a closer look at how Johnson and John Kennedy parted on the issues of Vietnam. He may have found that Johnson did state a greater doubt than had been known about the stability and rectitude of his policy, and while John Kennedy called the war immoral, he did not call an outright end to the war."
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Abigail Adams-An American Woman, 2006.
A review of the life of Abigail Adams, a pioneer and trendsetter in redefining the role of women.
991 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper reviews the life of Abigail Adams and discusses the impact she had on redefining the role of women in society. The paper discusses the letters Abigail wrote to her husband, which provide valuable insight into her mindset, as well as her position on key issues of her day. The paper also discusses how these positions influenced the course of American history.
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Introduction
Adams' View of the Role of Women in Her Time
Republican Motherhood in the Mind of Adams
Adams' View of Women as Daughter, Wife, and Mother
Abigail Adams Contributions in Retrospect
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"The belief and practice of Adams in Republican Motherhood speaks volumes about her views of the role of women in her time of revolution and struggle; moreover, her views of women as daughter, wife and mother are made clearer when reviewing her writings on these matters. Adams' disdain with the holding of political and social power almost exclusively by men can be seen in yet another quote from her letters to her husband: "I am more and more convinced that Man is a dangerous creature, and that power whether vested in many or a few is ever grasping, and like the grave cries give, give" (Akers, 1999). Here, Adams clearly shows that she wishes for women to have a larger role in matters of state. Expanding on this, Adams also shows that she feels that women, in the role of daughter, has the responsibility of becoming educated and learning as much as she can about what would today be called "the man's world" so that she can contribute to it in the future, regardless of what her role is as wife, mother, or even both. "
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Robert Hanssen, 2002.
A biography of the life and arrest of FBI agent, Robert Hanssen, for espionage.
2,319 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper details the life of Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who was arrested for spying for Russian Intelligence on February 18, 2001. It examines his career and personal life and how, for over a decade, Hanssen obtained and relocated a considerable amount of classified information, unobserved by the FBI.
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Introduction
Early Years
Service to Russia
Initiating the Suspicion
Hanssen?s Personal Life
Arrest and Verdict
FBI?s Pursuit of Robert Hanssen
Clues Leading to Investigation
Under Observation
Comparison with Ames? Case
Allegations against Robert Hanssen
The Robert Hanssen Case and the FBI
Conclusion
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"The FBI watched Hanssen comprehensively and finally made an arrest at the conclusion of a time frame in which, they used some of the most strong surveillance techniques so as to build a case against him. According to the authorities, the FBI operation was made trickier since quite a few number of Hanssen's colleagues were engaged in the investigation. Also, Hanssen had a habit of checking FBI records in an ongoing attempt to see if his activities and communications were being watched by means of computer forensic analysis, substantial covert surveillance, court-authorized searches and other sensitive techniques (7). "
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Abigail Adams, 2004.
A review of Charles W. Akers's biography, entitled "Abigail Adams: An American Woman".
1,791 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses the well-researched and well-documented biography, "Abigail Adams: An American Woman" written by Charles W. Akers, presenting a multifaceted portrait of Abigail Adams. The paper contends that the book is scholarly, yet written with the lay audience in mind; the text is presented chronologically and with compelling narrative that exposes Adams's persona and opinions. Attesting to its relevance to academia and historiography, the paper claims that Akers's biography is almost entirely based on primary source material, namely, the two thousand letters Adams had written during the course of her life and the Adams family manuscripts.
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"Abigail Adams is therefore an excellent historical reference work that can provide a foundation for studying life in revolutionary America in general. Abigail Adams represents a specific stratum of American life: the upper-class, white, Protestant, New England, and female perspective. In the early chapters of the biography, Akers offers a thorough family background of Abigail so that the reader can place her in context of not only her society and times but also of her unique upbringing. Her father William Smith was a church minister in rural Massachusetts and in spite of his piety refused the evangelical trends sweeping across the colonies known as the Great Awakening. William Smith?s moderate views on religion undoubtedly influenced his daughter Abigail, who throughout her life would exhibit moderation in her opinions on most social and political issues. Although she was a staunch revolutionary, highly critical of the old European powers and strongly in favor of American independence, Abigail Adams was no radical. For instance, her brand of feminism included deference to traditional roles of women as wives and mothers."
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John and Abigail Adams and the Revolution, 2005.
A look at how John and Abigail Adams were able to cope with life during the Revolutionary War through their love and mutual support for each other.
1,247 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explores a little bit of the history of John and Abigail Adams, how John Adams rose to power as President of the United States through his political career, and how Abigail Adams stayed home and sent her support and love through a series of love letters to her husband.
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"The world during the Revolutionary War was a very scary and emotional time for the colonists, and especially for those who were involved with the politics of freeing America from England's rule. John and Abigail Adams was one couple that was very involved with the politics of the colonies. Through their love and mutual support for each other, John and Abigail Adams were able to cope with the Revolutionary War and welcome the birth of a new nation."
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John Adams' Political Theory of Government, 2002.
This paper explains step by step John Adams' theory of government.
1,775 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 3 sources, $ 66.95
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John Adams' theory was based on the notion that there are three elements of government: monarchy, aristocracy and democracy, in Adams' definition, the governments of one, of few and of all. Adams' system of government posits a tripartite legislative structure composed of executive, senate and representative branches, with no one branch stronger than any other. Adams proposes this system so that no one branch, or the interest in society they represent, can consolidate too much power to themselves and begin to tyrannize the populace. Adams believed that this golden means of monarchic, aristocratic and democratic tendencies was the only way to ensure that the liberty of all citizens would be maintained.
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John Quincy Adams versus Thomas Jefferson, 2002.
The paper discusses the relationship of two United States founding fathers and presidents: John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
2,595 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper explains that presidents John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson worked together in harmony to produce the Declaration of Independence; but, from that point forward, the clashes between the two men were well known and publicized.The author points out that Adams and Jefferson proved to be very different presidents, as the two men had greatly conflicting opinions about society and politics. The paper clarifies that the two men differed in their opinions on just about everything, but both were extremely radical and developed a deep respect and admiration for each other, despite their differences.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Declaration of Independence
The Lives of Adams and Jefferson
Differences and Similarities During Presidency
Bitter Feuds
The Letters of Adams and Jefferson
Conclusion
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"Both Adams and Jefferson showed contempt for the Catholic Church and Christianity in general. According to Adams, "The doctrine of the divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity." Adams signed the Treaty of Tripoli, with stated, "The Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." Jefferson expressed similar feelings when he stated: "I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our superstitions of Christianity, one redeeming feature. They are all founded on fables and mythology. Christianity has made one-half the world fools and the other half hypocrites.""
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