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"The Map that Changed the World", 2006.
This paper reviews and analyzes Simon Winchester's biography, "The Map that Changed the World," which describes how William Smith indelibly changed the face of geological science.
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 48.95
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The writer of this paper examines the life and accomplishments of William Smith, the English geologist credited for creating the first geological map. This paper examines how Smith's maps shifted public perception regarding the creation of the universe. This paper reviews Simon Winchester's biography, "The Map that Changed the World," which summarizes Smith's life, his achievements and the impacts made on the scientific community due to his research. Smith's early work with canal digging companies and within the mining industry enabled him to become more aware of what lie beneath the surface of the land. This paper focuses on Smith's fascination with the earth, rocks and fossils, which led to the creation of his first geological map of Bath. Influenced by other cartography and on extant atlases, Smith devised special colorization systems for his geological maps, which are discussed in this paper. This paper also examines Smith's longing for more recognition than he was afforded during his lifetime. While Smith's maps were published during his lifetime, what should have been the high point of his life marked the beginning of a downward spiral, when many of his personal and professional relationships fell apart. This paper examines why centuries after his death, geologists still pay homage to William Smith, the father of modern geology.
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"His early work with canal digging companies and within the mining industry enabled William Smith to become more aware of what lie beneath the surface of the land. There could be no better situation for a man who loved geology in the eighteenth century than being paid to dig deep under the ground. Thus, his professional work offered him a private pleasure and a convenient means by which to formulate, develop, and prove his theories. On his own, while he traveled as a surveyor for the Somerset Coal Canal Company, Smith observed how sedimentary layers of rock were arranged in patterns across the land. Somerset Coal Canal Company was not so much interested in the scientific implications for Smith's findings as in their financial implications. For instance, when he was first hired, Smith noticed how English villages rest on top of "a score of complex, broken, twisted, and contorted seams of coal." For Smith, his work meant unlocking some of the earth's deepest secrets."
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How Will Climate Change Change Atlantic Canada?, 2006.
A discussion regarding Atlantic Canada and the unusual climatic changes.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses how more and more scientists are now accepting that the world is undergoing unusual climate change. This paper examines the most important and likely ways that Atlantic Canada will be affected by climate change. The paper shows how climate change has the potential to have a devastating effect on the forests, farms and economy of Atlantic Canada. Natural Resources Canada reports that the latest analysis provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides more scientific proof that climate change really is happening.
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The Changing Word of Changing Times, 2002.
A look at the development of English literature from the Anglo Saxon period through to the eighteenth century.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This five-page paper presents a detailed discussion about the changes that occurred in English literature from the Anglo Saxon period through the eighteenth century. The writer discusses subject matter, language, and style while comparing and contrasting the eras.
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Organizational Change: The Dynamics of Strategic Change, 2001.
This paper analyzes the concept of "change", theories behind it, why it is necessary and how organizations need to cope with change in order to survive.
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 13 sources, $ 56.95
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This paper analyses the concept of "change", theories behind it, why it is necessary and how organizations need to cope with change in order to survive.
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"Change requires change. Organizations today are making abundant changes internally to cope with a highly turbulent external environment. With frequent reorganizing, downsizing, rightsizing, delayering, flattening the pyramid, teaming and outsourcing taking place, careers and career opportunities are in pandemonium resulting from the progressive destabilization of relationships between people and organizations."
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"The Machine that Changed the World", 2004.
A review of the book, "The Machine that Changed the World," written by James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos.
1,286 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses the book, "The Machine that Changed the World," written by James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The paper describes the five-year-long study that took them to 14 countries and cost the Institute around $5 million. The paper explains that this expensive, but extremely useful, study was conducted to closely analyze the production and marketing strategies of automobile companies in other parts of the world and compare them with those in the United States and Europe.
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"'The Machine that changed the world' revolves around the idea that it is lean production that helped Japan rise to the very top in automobile sector because this system uses less time, less labor, less resources and produces few if any errors. Compared to the mass production system used in the US and Europe, lean production is considered less time consuming and more efficient way of manufacturing automobile. What makes the book more interesting to every kind of reader is the fact that the authors have applied the lean production technology to global market claiming that it is 'a superior way for humans to make things . . . It follows that the whole world should adopt lean production, and as quickly as possible'. (225)"
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Great Expectations - Changed Endings, 2001.
This paper discusses the novel "Great Expectations" with a changed ending.
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 45.95
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This paper is an analysis of "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens - focusing on his desire to change the ending of this novel to a happier one in light of "public request". It looks at the characters of the novel and explores them while viewing Dickens as a master storyteller.
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"It should not surprise any of us who has grown up in an era in which everything from presidential candidate to new flavors of toothpaste is put through rigorous focus-group testing that Charles Dickens should have done a little focus-group testing himself with the end of what is generally considered to be his greatest work, Great Expectations. In fact, there are parallels for this sort of tinkering much closer to home than toothpaste or new-car purchases: Movies are often screened to see how audiences like the ending - and if the response is not favorable than the endings are changed."
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Vietnam War: When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, 2004.
A book review of Le Ly Hayslip's novel, "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places".
1,641 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper provides a brief review of life during the Vietnam war as experienced by a young girl. It explains how the book focuses on the influences that came together to cause the war, the fact that there are no enemies, just sides and positions, and the personal tragedies and emotional struggles that she and many others experienced. Hayslip is a wonderful humanitarian today. She utilizes former GIs to go back and deliver humanitarian aid to previously war-torn parts of Vietnam.
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"Le Ly Hayslip has always been in-between. She was partly influenced by the south and north, east and west, peace and war, and Vietnam and America. It has been her life and fate to be in-between Heaven and Earth. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places recounts her experiences from a small village in Vietnam called Ky La. Hayslip is another victim of the Vietnam War. The brutality of the war created separation in her family, the destruction of an individual, and distrust among formerly friendly neighbors. She was born the youngest of six children in a close-knit Buddhist family. Throughout her childhood, the peace breaks into pieces due to the war. Le Ly, as a little girl, serves the Viet Cong fighters, and she is honored for courageously surviving tortures in prison when captured by the government."
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Information Accessibility That Changed the World, 2002.
A look at five different technological developments and inventions since 1969 that have changed the world.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper presents the author's view of the five most important technological developments in the last 30 years. In the first 2.5 pages, the author gives a historical overview, detailing five inventions: UNIX, Ethernet, the microprocessor, the personal computer (PC), and broadband Internet. In the remainder of the piece, the author justifies these inventions, drawing conclusions as to why these developments, which are all related to information technology, are the most important of our time and will continue to be in the coming years.
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Why Women's Roles Changed, 1997.
The changing role of women throughout the twentieth century, with a focus on the first half of the century.
2,040 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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A review of the changing roles of women during the last century from getting the right to vote in 1919 to the current gender roles for women.This paper illustrates how the changing gender roles are viewed by society and what kind of hardships were faced. It shows how the two World Wars forced women's rights into the front line.
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"World War I was a tumultuous time in American history. It was the first major war that the United States became involved in with Europe. Yet, bitter wounds were still healing from the Civil War fought approximately fifty years earlier. When the outbreak of World War I began, the United States felt it would be prudent to stay, at first, out of the war. However after the loss of several powerful European countries the United States was forced to enter the war. While most of the soldiers that fought in the War were men, a great majority of them included women. Previously, women were rarely allowed positions near battle. Only women nurses were allowed near the battle lines, but few if any, were allowed to pick up a weapon. World War I marked a change in the way women were viewed in the military. A record number of women participated in the war effort in a variety of aspects, from soldiers to entertainers. "... Twenty - five thousand American women tool their talents, energy, and concern for humanity to war torn Europe as nurses, dentists, dietitians, occupational and physical therapists, administrators, secretaries, drivers, entertainers, canteen workers, interpreters, pilots, soldiers, journalists, and telephone operators." (Schneider 183) Previously, women were not allowed to actively participate in the war effort. The emergence of women in the battlefield set a precedence that allowed women to participate in the wars to follow. Furthermore, a more important outcome of the participation of women in war, was that it showed men that women were capable of accomplishing tasks that were otherwise thought of as only "men's work" starting a chain - reaction that percolated to other vices of society as well. Thus, World War I changed the role that women played in a society at war. Consequently, many women started enlisting in certain branches of service like the navy, air force, and army. Despite a record number of women who enlisted in the military many were met with staunch opposition from military personnel who did not want women fighting in the war. However, there was a great deal of officers who did not mind having women in their ranks and thus recruited them wholeheartedly. "The Navy simply ignored The War Department dissenters and quickly recruited women. Nearly thirteen - thousand women enlisted in the Navy and The Marine Corps as the same status as men and wore a uniform blouse with insignia. These were the first women in the U.S. to be admitted to full military rank and status."(Women in World War One). Prior to this time period it would be difficult for men to even conceive women in the military, but because of the turmoil of this age women were allowed into military positions. Consequently, the admittance of women in battle with men changed the roles that women played during war forever. No longer would women be thought of as only child -bearers; they could have some equality with men during times of war."
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An Analysis of Folkways that Have Changed in My Life., 2002.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper will discuss the nature of folkways that have changed in my life, and their importance in how I see culture's moral patterns in folk tradition. By understanding the moral conditions that have changed in my life, we can explore how these meanings take a part in my personal experience. By analyzing the different habits that I have gotten into by the sociological creation of these ways, the realization of tradition and custom, which have changed, are clear.
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How Has Women's Work Changed throughout the Years?, 2008.
A discussion of the changing positions and status women have held throughout history.
2,880 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper attempts to trace the history of the changing roles and positions women have held in society. It points out that, throughout history, women have held powerful positions such as queens, wives, lawyers, doctors and ambassadors to other nations. It takes a close look at women's work pre-industrial society, as well as during the industrial boom of the late 19th and 20th centuries. The paper also addresses women's status in the workforce during World War I and World War II. The paper concludes that, although today women are entering more occupations than ever, there is still much more work to be done for employment equality.
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"The entrance of women into the corporate America has a long history. Colonists brought their belief system of appropriate sex roles for men and women to the new world of America. Before the Industrial Revolution, women's skills were hidden under different names over times. Women were called deputy husbands, she merchants, women of business, business women, etc. (Fagenson. 24). Other women's identity was easily hidden when they worked with their husbands or fathers. (Fagenson 22). Women, unlike men, received no wages. In the early seventeenth century, only one group of women could be called wage earners--domestic servants. Women were usually partners or assistants to men. However, when they were paid, they were paid less than men. Some performed midwifery, most raised children and others performed outside household work, while men worked in or around the home and engaged in the public world. Families did not necessarily suffer because of this; however when the woman chose not to marry for some reason, she suffered economically. Men followed when work changed to leaving the home for paid employment. Women were supposed to stay at home not only to care for the home and the children but also to protect their meekness, modesty, and submissiveness, valued feminine characteristics, that might have been threatened in the work world. Most pre-Revolutionary women who had limited education had no concept oft financial matters because of the common acceptance of the distinctions between the male public and female private worlds (Fagenson. 24). The majority of women had little knowledge about the economic status of their own families. This changed when women gradually expanded work outside the home to such industries as the textile and clerical industries; however it was a slow process."
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How Advertising Changed to Fit New Media and Technology, 2001.
This paper discusses the changes that have taken place to change the media and advertising world.
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The paper discusses and sheds light on how changes in the advertising industry and new creative techniques emerged to make specific advertisements stand out from its competitors. The author examines what media and advertising strategies manufactures would use, where these new ideas came from and how consumers respond. A look at how technology and the emergence of new unexplored mediums altered previous advertising strategies.
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"In the 1880s most manufactures were starting to see a huge boom in the economy, which allowed them to expand their area of distribution and dip into new markets previously unattainable. Alongside this enormous economic growth, many technological changes were taking place as well. For example, mechanized farming equipment, sewing machines, and other machinery were invented increasing the production processes of the past. As a direct result of this increase in production, factories expanded and products became available at a lower cost and faster rate than ever before. New inventions began to appear such as the automobile, telephone and light bulb. In 1896 the government and the railroad companies developed the national railroad system and rural free delivery. With this, it was now possible for manufactures to distribute goods to geographic areas previously unreachable."
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Social Change Reflected in Linguistic Change, 2005.
A discussion of different social and linguistic values found in Canadian society, with particular emphasis on "Glocal English".
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This paper discusses social change, reflected in different social and linguistic values. It discusses the changing Canadian English in French, in relation to "Glocal English", but also, the effect of multiculturalism, in the many languages spoken in large cities. The paper presents an interview with this in mind, indicating adjustments made by native English speakers in Toronto, without thinking, due to the many citizens who do not know English well. The paper concludes that "Glocal English" and Americanization are present, but also, this other fascinating phenomenon of social and linguistic change.
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"Social Change Reflected in Linguistic Change. Introduction Social change indicates linguistic change, and notably, in an officially bilingual Canada whose English and French populations have seen the infusion of dozens of other languages, many of them that remain in daily use. In Metropolitan Toronto, one-half of the population was born beyond Canada and one grows accustomed to expecting that a stranger to whom one speaks will speak English as the second, third or perhaps fourth language. Another change pertains to both English and French Canada in the arrival of terms and pronunciations considered American and towards a more American idiom of Canadian English."
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How Ford's Model T Changed American Society, 2005.
This paper studies the effect on the economy of Henry Ford's invention of the Model T.
1,808 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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The writer discusses Henry Ford's invention of the Model T. The writer looks at the profound impact on the economy and urbanization of America. This paper examines the many facets of that impact from the creation of a middle class to the integration of the automobile into the fabric of American life.
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The Events that Changed Tian An Men Square, 2002.
A look at the causes and consequences of the massacre at Tian An Men Square.
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This paper presents a discussion about the incident at Tian An Men Square that is often referred to as a massacre. We are taken on an exploratory look at the events leading up to the massacre as well as the event itself. We then discuss the way the event has affected the Chinese people and its society.
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