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State Department Notes on Costa Rica

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Costa Rican Relations PEOPLE Unlike many of their Central…

Mexican art and architecture

(Encyclopedia) Mexican art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in the area that is now the country of Mexico. Such arts were already highly developed in the ancient civilizations…

pacifism

(Encyclopedia) pacifism, advocacy of opposition to war through individual or collective action against militarism. Although complete, enduring peace is the goal of all pacifism, the methods of…

basketball

(Encyclopedia) basketball, game played generally indoors by two opposing teams of five players each. Basketball was conceived in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a physical education instructor at the…

woman suffrage

(Encyclopedia) woman suffrage, the right of women to vote. Throughout the latter part of the 19th cent. the issue of women's voting rights was an important phase of feminism. On the European…

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

(Encyclopedia) Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn or RynRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn or Rynrĕmˈbrănt, Du. rĕmˈbränt härˈmənsōn vän rīn [key], 1606–69, Dutch painter, etcher, and draftsman, b. Leiden.…

Writing Well: Term Paper #3

Term Paper #3Writing WellSample Term PapersTerm Paper #2Term Paper #3 Irish Step Dancing and Appalachian Clogging: The Roots of American Dance by Jessica Swantek My curiosity about clogging and…

State Department Notes on Lesotho

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Lesotho Relations PEOPLE More than 99% of Lesotho's population is ethnically Basotho…

America’s Most Literate Cities, 2005

This study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its major cities (population of 250,000 and above). The study focuses on six…

America’s Most Literate Cities, 2007

This study attempts to capture one critical index of our nation’s social health—the literacy of its major cities (population of 250,000 and above). The study focuses on six…