The First World War is usually regarded as the commencement of the modern era. In reason of the War's implication in some of the most significant changes in culture, economy, and government throughout the world, it is considered as the launch of a whole new set of outlooks of the world. An i...

The Great War and Modern Memory brought out change to language, literature, and other aspects of cultural memory. The horrible conflicts that were brought out to the 19th century innocence had incubated the irony and pessimism that has influenced 20th century letters, politics, and popular opinion...

The Modern Age for writing took place in 1915 and ended in 1946. The time period encountered two World Wars, prosperity and the Great Depression. Writers were going to war, became vetrins, others were killed in war, but some writers became famous dead or alive. The war did change the style of ...

The Modern Age for writing took place in 1915 and ended in 1946. The time period encountered two World Wars, prosperity and the Great Depression. Writers were going to war, became vetrins, others were killed in war, but some writers became famous dead or alive. The war did change the style of ...

How have the modern communications technologies of the past century affected the culture of the United States? It's like a disease spreading all over the United States but not something that you would run from. This is a type of disease you want to get because it's the future. Tech...

Modernism Until recently, the word "modern" used to refer generically to the contemporaneous; all art is modern at the time it is made. As an art historical term, "modern" refers to a period dating from roughly the 1860s through the 1970s and is used to describe the style and the ideology of art ...

In 1917, T.S. Eliot created a poem dealing with spiritually exhausted people who exist in an impersonal, crude modern society. This poem, "Preludes" captures the poor spiritual lives of those living in a lonely, sordid, corrupt culture. Eliot focuses on imagery to bring this poem alive i...

Machiavelli The Morphing of Machiavellian Ideas In the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries the common people relied on the princes of the day for protection. These princes, therefore, exercised absolute power over their state. They had a duty to protect the people and their land, and ...

People become tragically alienated from societies for having strange opinions about life and for clenching on to their moral beliefs. In the tragedy "A Separate Peace" John Knowles explores this idea thoroughly through its modern tragic hero Phineas. Because of his personal belief of not h...

Artists in this century have a long and rich, and problematic heritage on which to draw. As an artist I have been influenced by others before me and by the world around me. The technology that has been introduced into art is both a problem and a challenge for artists as it changes the meanin...

Economy, Government, and Modern Europe In early modern day Europe the government was effected by many economic challenges, such as war, taxes, trade, and expansion. These are not all of the economic challenges. However these will be the ones I will be concentrating on. Some challenges t...

Censorship. It's been around since the dawn of modern civilization. From the moment humans were allowed to express their ideas in art, writing, poetry, or images, censorship was in place. Censorship is defined as the suppression of all or part of a publication, play, or film considered offensiv...

One need only turn on the evening news to get a sense of the tragic state of world affairs, especially during times of war. Yet even before the invention of television or print photography, war and killing were integral parts of the human social and political experience. Edwin Brock captures a v...

"The Crucible:" A Lesson Learned from Salem 1692 Does the Salem Witch Trial from 1692 offer any modern day lesson for America? Often authors and playwrights use their art to teach lessons to the people who read, view, and enjoy their works. Often artists will use a real life event...

The novel, Triage, by Scott Anderson, chronicles war photojournalist Mark Walsh's experiences as he struggles through the hardships of his occupation and the challenges of daily life. By incorporating themes such as guilt, forgiveness, the nature of modern war, and sense of belonging, Anderson is ab...

Protagonist Thomas Black Bull comes full circle in Hal Borland's novel When the Legends Die. A Ute native from Colorado, Tom spends a large portion of his childhood in the wilderness, where he befriends a bear cub and assumes the name "Bear's Brother." His affinity for nature is encouraged by his fa...

Nationalism, as used in modern discussions or nation's histories, is made up of political or social philosophy in which the welfare of the nation-state as an entity is considered paramount. Nationalism is a collective state of mind or group consciousness in which people believe their prima...

The modern president has many powers the founding fathers did not wantt it to have. The presidency has grown in power ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt set up the New Deal. The great increase in power of the modern presidency since World War II has produced a variety of responses regarding the bal...

Uniting the People and Government By the end of World War II, the nations of Western Europe all faced the burdens of the post-war economies. If not destroyed, a nation was in chaos and needed dramatic reconstruction. This is where democratic societies stepped in; recreation of sturdy government w...

By the end of World War II, the nations of Western Europe all faced the burdens of the post-war economies. If not totally destroyed, a nation was in chaos and needed dramatic reconstruction. This is where democratic societies stepped in; the recreation of sturdy government was crucial to the revival...

Rebuilding Canada's Military "To be prepared for war is the most effective way of preserving peace." - George Washington One of the most widely realized problems of the Liberal government is their continuing refusal to turn the Canadian military into a viable combat force. I do suppose it is po...

The famous Krupp family of Germany has a long and at times controversial history. The history of the family can be traced to the early 15th Century but the family is more historically well - known as the originators of the first major steel-works in Germany in 1811. (Biography: Krupp) This was to...

The Communist World and the Free World were two kinds of economic and political camps existing in 1985. At the center of these camps were two nations, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics who followed the principals of communism, and the United States of America with the belief in Capitalism and...

US Policy Towards Asia In this new century the United States has placed a new emphasis on Forign Relations with Asia. Foreign Since 1945 the United States has had a special relationship with Japan. The United States has had a very detailed history in helping to create the Japan t...

The Holocaust MisconceptionThe Holocaust is likely one of the most misunderstood historical events of modern times. There are those that underestimate the extent of world knowledge about the German atrocities. There are also those who are ignorant of the way i...