Alans

Professor Alan Taylor’s topic in the first page of the essay is how the founding fathers, like many Americans at the time, clashed on many issues. He uses combative diction to not only suggest, but to force readers to understand that the parties clashed. He denounced the “mythic” misconception of the unity of the founding fathers to “violent” “enemies” in order to show his readers how cutthroat politics were back then. The way he would quote people would only include their party affiliation,…

Alan Weisman’s Countdown masterfully complies the stories of cultures from around the globe, encompassing many branches of the demographic field. His expansive research boils down to four questions, rather than a formal thesis: how many people can our planet hold (15); is there a humane way to convince all people to control population growth (23-24); how much ecosystem is required to maintain human life (32); and how to we redesign an economy to fit our shrinking - and then stable - population…

A collateral interview was conducted with Alan Gershkovich, Mr. Gershkovich’ brother. Mr. Gershkovich reported that no one has ever been concerned about his brother’s mental health. He indicated that there are no biologically related family members who have a history of mental health or substance abuse problems. During the time the family was together there were constant stress. He indicated that the apartment was not clean and there was food and dirt around the apartment. She would clog up the…

torturous, backbreaking slavery. Davie formed a tight bond with a fugitive, Alan, whose arrival on the ship was an enigma. They endured numerous struggles, yet they persevered and overcame the hardships. Although many people with opposing views tend to disagree, Alan and Davie combined their contrasting opinions to successfully accomplish their goals. Alan and Davie’s political views were very diverse. A loyal Jacobite, Alan yearned for the glory of the Scottish kingdom to return, while Davie, a…

Alan Stuart Franken, better known as ‘Al’ was born on May 21st, 1951 in New York City, and graduated Harvard University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts with a cum laude degree in government (Biography). This degree is one of many qualifications which Franken has that validates his expertise to discuss the subjects in his book Lies and the Lying Liars That Tell them. Franken began his comedic career as an entertainer and writer for Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980, and later became a…

Chester Alan Arthur became the 21st President of the United States in 1881 and served a four-year term up until 1885. Arthur’s presidency is often overlooked and his reputation was neither good nor bad. Although he was an accidental president and in a time of distrust in the political system, Arthur surpassed expectations when he calmed the nation and helped end the corrupt political system that brought him to power. Chester Arthur was born on October 5, 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont to…

Alan Trachtenberg’s The Incorporation of America examined the various changes experienced by America in the mid to late 1800s. The book started off by setting the stage for the rise of the cities and industries. This was accomplished by the westward expansion of America in the post Civil War era. In addition to integrating America, the expansion of railroads led to the extermination of the Indian population through bloody massacres and assimilationist policies. With America fully connected,…

In the American Presidency, Alan Brinkley and Davis Dyer illustrate the scale of American Foreign Policy greatly differing from 1789 to 1861, with some presidents such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe practicing Isolationism, and others such as James Madison practicing Foreign Involvement, and certain presidents such as Abraham Lincoln practicing a degree of both foreign involvement and isolationism. Many early presidents practiced isolationism because the United States was not…

to die at any time”(Death Quotes, Brainy Quotes). Julius Caesar and Alan Berg both stared death in the face more than one time and eventually they both paid for it. Alan Berg and Julius Caesar were both very influential people with radical ideas that not everyone agreed with. The two men lived very different lifestyles and had very different views on the world but, both of the men’s radical ideas led to their assassination. Alan Berg was shot multiple times out of cold blood on June 18, 1984.…

Cultural atrocity A Critical Review of Alan Kramer’s Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War. Kramer, Alan. Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp.483. ISBN:9780192803429 In Dynamics of Destruction, Kramer begins the book on August 28th, 1914 with German troops invading Louvain destroying the Halles University library that contains “hundreds of thousands of volumes, rare and…