Beginning in the nineteenth century, in America, this diversion became baseball. ... "Baseball suited America with perfection: It was the very symbol, the outward and visible expression of he drive and push and rush and struggle of the raging, tearing, booming nineteenth century- (Abrams 5). ... The baseball boom of the early twentieth century built upon the game's simple charms of exercise and communal celebration, adding the psychological and social complexities of vicarious play: civic pride, role models, and hero worship. ...

• Word Count: 1929
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

The 20th century was witness to probably the most useful and practical technological invention - the computer. ... In addition to, "the enhancement of telecommunications," and for that matter all technological advancements in the past century, "ha[ve] created the material infrastructure needed for the formation of a global economy, in a movement similar to that which lay behind the construction of the railways and the formation of national markets during the nineteenth century" (Thrift, 31). ... The 20th century global economy has blurred the lines of the "nation-state" and is now run by tra...

• Word Count: 1722
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A significant influencing factor in this separation is globalisation over the last few centuries and how it has changed the world since 1500. ... Archaic Globalisation is believed to have occurred before 1500, although the years leading up to the sixteenth century play a significant role in the shifting global economy. European exploration since the fifteenth century was a large contributing factor to the creation of the modern world through migration and trade. The Archaic Period was a predominantly agrarian society, with trade occurring between communities and cities that had been geographi...

• Word Count: 1673
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

During the late nineteenth and into the twentieth centuries, Nationalism was a prominent movement that had spread itself across Europe. ... Just as England had done for centuries, it had become desirable to seek out new land to rule under the laws and cultural beliefs of the "mother" country. ... The Balkans had been a problem in Europe for over a century as it was ruled by the Turkish "Ottoman Empire." ... In the early part of the twentieth century, militarism was as prominent as ever, with the recent industrial revolution being the main factor. ... At the turn of the century, Britain con...

• Word Count: 1859
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Nineteenth and twentieth century "experts" concluded that if criminality was inherited and Roma were criminals, then one could fight crime by preventing Roma from having children. ... In the late 19th centuries in England numerous Roma families were herded into forest compounds in the New Forest area of England. ...

• Word Count: 1291
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It was used in this sense until the mid-19th century when it gradually began to refer to eracial characteristics. ... Ethnicity is intimately related to the evolution of nineteenth and twentieth century state system through the force of nationalism. ...

• Word Count: 1928
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

We can see this in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with the European balance of power. ... Although the United States may not be the hegemon, we will be able to enjoy a free ride under the hegemony of China like we did in the 19th century with Britain. ...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, yet this controversial question remains unanswered. ... Rooted in the nineteenth century, anti-Asian prejudice contributed to the way Americans quickly radicalized the Pacific war. ...

• Word Count: 1509
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In the nineteenth century and before, China was one of the most advanced and populated nations in the world. ... "Opium was supplied mainly by British Indian government manufacture for more than a century down to 1917, surely one of the longest-continued international crimes of modern times." ...

• Word Count: 1759
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, by the early twentieth century, Germany and America were now outstripping Britain's industrial production, and in 1898, Germany had launched a ship building program which threatened British naval supremacy. ... In the late nineteenth century most of Africa and Asia had fallen under European protection. ...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1938 Adolf Hitler felt strong enough to risk his most serious gamble. In a kind of external coup he annexed Austria. With Austria open to the German military, the well prepared defensive positions of Czechoslovakia became obsolete - the southern border was now open to invasion. With this in mi...

• Word Count: 1755
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The conditions after World War One left Germany in a vulnerable state. The Great Depression and the Treaty of Versailles proved to weaken the once world super power immensely. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party offered a new direction for Germany. This vulnerable state helped aid Hitler in his grasp f...

• Word Count: 1601
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Albert Einstein Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by almost all living people. While most of these do not understand this man's work, everyone knows that its impact on the world of science is astonishing. Yes,man...

• Word Count: 1542
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In 1945, Britain was faced with the task of rebuilding their nation in the aftermath of World War II and in order to strengthen the economy and ease social unrest, many issues had to be addressed for the first time in British history. There was a massive gulf between the rich and poor populations a...

• Word Count: 1879
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• Has Bibliography

The Modernist era arrived in late nineteenth century Europe due to a general change in the attitude of the time. The effects of Industrialization on Europe's society, the development of scientific theories, such as Darwin's evolution theory', and the tension between the European nations that was ...

• Word Count: 2437
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School