Since the beginning of its existence as a country, Italy has faced enormous challenges in establishing itself as a unified political and social entity. The geographic, economic, and linguistic differences between its various regions and the artificial manner in which they were amalgamated cre...

A nation is commonly known as a group of people whose common identity creates a psychological bond and a political community. Their political identity usually comprises such characteristics as a common language, culture, ethnicity, and history. What is it that shapes the nation's political inst...

Throughout the past centuries, much of our world's nations have converted from various types of governments to a democracy of some kind. Of all of the countries that have switched to this type of government, none have found this form of government to be undesirable. What is it that mak...

The Origin and Expansion of the Italian Mafia Mafia. The word that continues to make many quake in fear at the mere mention of it. The Mafia is the longest lasting structured crime organization, it's origins dating back to the 1200's. In those early years the Mafia had...

Artemisia Gentilschi: Feminism in Italian Society Throughout the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Painting in the Baroque period evoked emotion by appealing to the senses in very dramatic ways. Artists often used religion or personal experiences and effectively translated these aspects into ...

During the outbreak of World War I, Italy remained a neutral state, many socialists including Benito Mussolini at the time believed that war was imperialistic and contrary to working class interests. The Italian government intrigued by the territorial lands they would acquire through the tre...

David Visconti Organized Crime Over the past month, as I have been going to work with Sgt. Blake Gilmore, there has been much talk about organized crime ever since the second in charge, the underboss, Al Bruno was shot. It was a big story and every time I go into his office, something n...

ERNEST HEMINGWAY BIOGRAPHY On the date of July 21, 1899 Ernest Hemingway, a now known brilliant writer, was born. Hemingway was conceivably the only writer to achieve the combination of international celebrity and literary stature in the twentieth century. Hemingway was brought up in the village ...

Bubonic Plague" I buried with my own hands five of my children in a single grave. No bells. No tears. This is the end of the world." (Deaux, 1969) These are the words of Italian author Agniol diTura, but they reflect the emotions of an entire nation in the 1300's. It was at that time thatEurope ...

Introduction Many tales have been spun from Marko Polo and his stories of his life adventures exploring the Far East. History will never truly know what was fact and what was fiction, the truth lies only and died with Marko Polo himself. But, history was also altered by the yarns of Marko Pol...

In the early 1920s Mussolini was amongst the first fascists to refer approvingly to the newlyemerging Italian Fascist state as 'totalitarian'. During the late 1950s and the early 1960s -particularly in a Cold War fixated America - a theory centred on totalitarianism became thedominant academic narra...

In the period previous to the 1930's, the predominant form of filmmaking was that of the crank camera. This is not to say that motor-driven cameras were not possible. However, the motors to advance the film were so large that they were s...

Widely considered among the five greatest poets in the English language, John Milton was born and educated in London, the son of a musical composer. His early schooling took place at the St. Paul\'s School. From this prestigious beginning, Milton made his way to Cambridge, where he studied at Chri...

Much painting had been done in England by a handful of native artists well into the eighteenth century, although it was foreign artists that had dominated the market for paintings. British artists could not form an original style and one they could call their own, thus they were seldom admired. In...

In the 1920's, Americans lives seem to revolve around their glittering automobiles, blaring radios, rambunctious parties and a "live life in the fast lane" attitude, but underneath all the glitz and glamour lived a group of people who refused to obey any laws. With the enactment of Pr...

In the 1920's, Americans lives seem to revolve around their glittering automobiles, blaring radios, rambunctious parties and a "live life in the fast lane" attitude, but underneath all the glitz and glamour lived a group of people who refused to obey any laws. With the enactment of Pr...

This essay will illustrate why Napoleon Bonaparte is regarded as one of the greatest military masterminds in the history of mankind. It will show the life of Napoleon from when he was a young boy, till he died in 1821. It will show how he deceived the French into giving him power, and how h...

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Jr. was born on November 15th, 1891, in the town of Heidenheim. His father, Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel Sr., was the local schoolmaster. Erwin Rommel Jr. was one of five children to be born in his family, although his one brother, Manfred, d...

I. Introduction Print section Napoleon I (1769-1821), emperor of the French, who consolidated and institutionalized many reforms of the French Revolution. One of the greatest military commanders of all time, he conquered the larger part of Europe and did much to modernize the nations he ruled. ...

Table of Contents History 1 Vision/Mission 1 Business Outlook 2 - 3 SWOT Analysis 3 - 6 Five forces of Competition 7 - 8 Financial Analysis 9 - 11 Problems 11 - 13 Strategic Alternatives 13 - 14 R...

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was born on the fifteenth of April, 1452, near the town of Vinci, not far from Florence. He was the son of a Florentine notary, Piero da Vinci, and a young woman named Caterina. Leonardo spent most of his life in Florence and Milan. In 1469 he was app...

STARBUCKS CORPORATION 1.0 PROFILE OF THE COMPANY: Starbucks Corporation is a Seattle, Washington based coffee company. Its main core business is to roast and sell whole bean coffee and coffee drinks through its retail outlets spread across USA and other major developed countries in Euro...

Michelle Wallace, author of the essay "Boyz in the Hood and Jungle Fever," defines the term "jungle fever" as a "condition in which blacks and whites (Asians, Native Americans, and Latinos appear to be both immune to the disease and irrelevant to the narration) become inti...

A History of gangs in the USA Although it is not fair and certainly not warranted to connect any ethnic group with organized crime, it is a fact that the massive immigration of the early 1900's fueled the creation of the early gangs, particularly in New York City. As more and more immigr...

Jimmy Herndon Revolutionary Europe April 23, 2000 Napoleon and His Times Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. This was only a few months after France had annexed the island. Napoleon grew up in a unique situation, he a citizen of a conquered...