Category: History

Los Angeles is considered as the embodiment of everything new and modern in American Culture—a combination of super highways, affordable housing, and opportunity for everyone. It was (and is) a cosmopolitan place, because it was built by immigrant settlers like Spaniards, Mexicans, English, French, Basques, Chinese, and Germans during late 1800s and early 20th Century,…

Table of Contents Introduction Background Conclusion Reference List Introduction Brothels and red rights streets are destinations, houses or spaces provided or offered to accommodate commercial sex workers. They are licensed houses or rooms specifically meant to accommodate commercial sex workers mainly in major towns. From time in memorial, brothels and red rights were a confined…

Table of Contents Introduction Deployment of sexuality in Marie de France’s lais Bisclavret The Role of the Discourse on Sexuality Conclusion Reference List Introduction A common notion about the history of sexuality is largely informed by the belief that sexuality in the past was repressed, much like a taboo. However, in the eighteenth century, sexual…

Perhaps, the most important lesson that we should have learned from the history of drug use is that ban on drugs decreases their usage. A common misunderstanding regarding the prohibition of alcohol is that it increased alcohol use instead of leading to its decline (Goode, 2015). However, evidence shows that alcohol use reduced dramatically in…

Table of Contents Introduction Views of Foucault Analysis of Foucault’s Ideas Conclusion List of References Introduction Michael Foucault authored the History of Sexuality, which is a three series book designed between 1976 and 1984. The scholar was a historian and a philosopher who tried to conceptualize the issues surrounding sexuality in the western culture (Foucault…

Table of Contents Social Darwinism before the 19th century Social Darwinism during the 19th century Social Darwinism in modern times Proponents of social Darwinism before the 19th century Synopsis on people and changes of socio-Darwinism during 19th century Social Darwinism since the 19th century References Social Darwinism is a social order that borrows ideologies from…

The word “inclusion” comes from the verb “include” (of French origin and means “to contain, to include, to embrace, to have in its composition.” Nowadays, this word is becoming a term that reflects essentially a new view not only of education but also of a person’s place in society. Inclusion is the central idea of…

Introduction The mid-fifteens and late seventeen periods were comprised of numerous inventions and that is the reason why the period is referred to as the age of discovery. It is during this period that the European scientist drafted the universe sketch, which has currently been adopted. There is also a great connection between the mathematicians,…

Table of Contents Opinion about history Uses of history Conclusion Bibliography A popular opinion amongst people nowadays is that history, as a study, is becoming less relevant. The world is moving forwards, so the opinion goes, and so studying the past is actually retrogressive. Careers that are considered noble or laudable commonly have scientific leanings…

Introduction The differences between rates of progress between various societies in the world have whetted the appetite of scholars. They have developed an interest to explain this phenomenon that seems to have persisted from earlier societies to contemporary ones. Theories explaining these differences are as many and as varying as there are scholars. They all…