Social History
Essays

¶ … social history, one of the most often neglected activities that has helped shape the American Experience has been the way in which sports and sporting events have evolved in American popular culture.

¶ … Korean social history from the Silla period through the first centuries of the Yi/Choson dynasty.

New history and multiculturalism: a British context

Cultural, economic, and political transformations tore at the fabric of England's social fabric from 1550 through 1700. The rise of the gentry classes, expansion of commerce, waning feudalism, and the burgeoning…

This paper is a social history profile of Richard Kuklinski, a convicted mafia hitman. It examines his family, educational, and legal history in order to determine whether he suffers from a mental illness. The paper concludes with a determination that Kuklinski may have anti-social personality disorder, and with a non-optimistic treatment plan based on low success rates for treatment in psychopaths.

Illusion is central to both Abselon's description of the "pantomime of gentility," and Cook's description of what he calls "artful deception." As described by Abselon and Cook, what role does illusion play in Barnum's…

¶ … Childhood: A Social History of Family Life (Vintage Books, 1962), Philippe Aries presents a historical analysis of the many ways that the concepts of childhood and family life changed from medieval times and through…

This is a five page paper about the book "White Bread A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf." by Bobrow-Stain, Aaron. Several secondary sources (book reviews) are used to substantiate the paper. The paper is basically a book review, but it focuses on the symbolism of white bread as white hegemony, sterility, and social power. White bread is a scary substance with political import.

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were the centuries of new exploration; the scientific discoveries had allowed Europeans to build better ships and navigation system and to explore the new worlds.

¶ … Social History in Perspective: Family and Household in Medieval England, by Peter Fleming. Specifically, it will examine several questions regarding the book and its author. Peter Fleming's book deals mainly with…