Liberty
Essays

The French revolution was an important time period for the French people in 1789. This order is an annotated bibliography of sources that provide information in regards to the revolution. The sources allow one to understand and immerse themselves to that specific time period. From the sources one is able to understand what led to the revolution and how the revolution ended.

Neoclassicism is immediately apparent in the visual arts and in architecture. In literature, neoclassicism entailed the revival of Classical Greek ethics, philosophy, and political ideals.

This paper includes a review of Race and Revolutio by Gary Nash. It summarizes the book, compares it with other scholarship,and offers a conclusion on its contents. What it discovers is that Nash's book offers an interesting piece of scholarship about attitudes towards slavery during the Revolutionary period.

An Analysis of Women's Education in the 1840s

The sublime has been understood in various ways throughout history -- but most simply thus: as greatness beyond all measure. Longinus gave the Western world the first treatise on the sublime, which was essentially a…

When Edmund Burke took a stand in favor of the American Colonies' liberty, he was going against the grain in England, bucking the political tides. But he was also showing his intelligence as a leader, philosopher, and…

Is it feasible to apply the principles of democracy and capitalism as practiced in the U.S. To nation-building projects in the developing world? Is so, how; if not, why not?

The Republican Party of the United States of America is a very interesting entity. On the one hand, it ostensibly stands for small government and reduced intervention into people's lives, yet at the same time it…

Slavery by Another Name is a PBS documentary based on the bok by the same name. It is about peonage and the impact peonage had on African-American culture. Theories of crime tie into the peonage system. This is an opinion essay. It answers questions like )What are your thoughts on the impact this system had on the country during and after the system of peonage ended? (2)What is its lingering impact on criminal justice today? (3)How did it impact the perception of "black" crime? (4)Are there vestiges today?

Societies are always impacted by war. The US is no different. The melting of the Cold War is often seen as a celebration of miltiary might and justice. New assessments are looking again at what actually happened and how the current "war on terror" is or is not influenced by this global conflict. A look at what it means for the future of the US is also provided.