Essays on Contemporary History

The Impact of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on the Public Spectrum The long standing conflict between Israeli and Palestine and the continuous war that has been waged across the two nations has taken a great toll on the public spectrum. There are many varied accounts and opinions in regard to the nature,...

Stowe's Portrayal of African Slaves as Intellectual Equals Stowe invites us to experience the lifestyle and even the logic of the Negro people in an effort to demonstrate how Christianity and slavery are incompatible. She is aware that the best way to get people to understand how Christianity plays conflicting roles...

Steel examines Thomas Jefferson's biography, beliefs, and contributions to gender in the journal Thomas Jefferson's Gender Frontier. (Steele, Brian). Throughout his career, he extolled American women, saying that their widespread wealth allowed for the flourishing of natural gender roles. One of the reasons undermining his claim about America was slavery, which...

The different ways that authors from the eighteenth century portrayed various issues relating to female power and agency in their published writing. In their published works, some eighteenth-century authors portrayed various issues relating to female power and agency in a variety of ways. The paper examines these three pieces of...

One of Balzac's literary works, Le Pere Goriot, is a harsh critic of the capitalist ideologies that dominated 19th-century French society and the larger population's pursuit of material success. Le Pere Goriot, in my opinion, transcends the typical social norms of the 19th Century, when it was challenging to shift...

A well-known lithographer named Honoré Daumier popularized the ideas of social realism in the 19th century through his works of art. He is credited with being the creator of the realist style of caricature, which focused on the actual experiences of people from all socioeconomic classes while sharply scrutinizing and...

The History of Slavery in America The first instance of slavery in America dates back to 1619, when slaves from Africa were taken to the colony of North America to assist in the production of lucrative crops like tobacco. Slavery was then implemented in all of America s colonies in the...

Transformation of the American Entertainment Industry From the 18th century to the present, the American entertainment industry has experienced a significant transformation. During the second industrial revolution at the end of the 19th century, there was an increase in population, a reduction in working hours, more discretionary income, increasing urbanization, and...

Railroad Regulation in the Late Nineteenth Century Railroad regulation began in the late nineteenth century as a result of the recognition that railways controlled the transportation business (Gómez-Ibáñez, J. A., & de Rus, 2006). Around this time, the automotive and aviation industries were in their infancy. As a result, railroads were...

The evolution of modern management began in the late nineteenth century. Management evolved as a result of the industrial revolution, which swept through Canada, Europe, and the United States of America. At the time, small-scale enterprises run by skilled workers expanded or were supplanted by factories that produced things on...

Together with St. Pancras, which opened 16 years later, Kings Cross station served as the hub of London's transportation system in the 19th century when it first opened in 1852. (Worthington and Awinda 2014, p. 207). The two locations were very significant in London, and even today, one can still...

Other than Gettysburg or Vicksburg The Emancipation Proclamation controversy had a huge impact on how the American Civil War turned out. Other nations, who were unable to participate in conflicts over slavery because of European participation, benefited from the event. The incident ultimately led to a union victory, which was crucial...