E. H. Carr Essays

  • The Truth in History

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    we did not get all the facts or even a portion of the correct facts in regards to history. In the essay, "The Historian and His Facts," Edward Hallett Carr shares a bit of insight into the people who record history and write about it. We are given a deeper understanding of historians and just what it is they do and what they know. By doing so Carr gives the reader an opportunity to question much of the history that we are exposed to and taught. The historian Barbara Tuchman says that the most common

  • Investigating the Extent to Which Historians Can Be Objective

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    Jenkins, Keith: On ‘What is History’: From Carr and Elton to Rorty and White Routledge, 1995 Marwick, Arthur: The Nature of History Macmillan, 1970 Zinn, Howard: The Politics of History University of Illinois Press, 1990 --------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Elton, G.R: Return to Essentials – Some reflections on the present state of historical study Cambridge University Press, 1991 (P. 43) [2] Zinn, H: The Politics of History University of Illinois

  • Houston Food Bank Case Study

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    After volunteering three times with the social action committee and high school group from Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church in the previous years, the Houston Food Bank became very familiar both in regards of their history and how their volunteerism works. The Houston Food Bank is a non-profit organization that seeks donations of non-perishable food items to serve the low-income families in eighteen counties across Texas. However, during a recent trip to the food bank with the University of

  • Ireland Through the Isles of Aran Casebook Study of Liam O’Flarherty

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    O’Flaherty was born on August 28th, 1896, in Gort na gCapall, translated as “the field of horses,” on Inishmór the largest of the Aran Islands. He was born to a peasant family which plays largely into his writings along with the harshness of the Islands. Fumio Yoshioka of Okayama university, points out how it has “become, commonplace to emphasize the influence of this environment over O’Flaherty”. She shows the reader what O’Flaherty grew up in and around through the use of Patrick Sheeran’s words

  • Alan Alexander Milne ( A. A. Milne)

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    Alan Alexander Milne ( A. A. Milne) When reminiscing on past memories of favorite books, cartoons, songs and stuffed animals, many people will think about Winnie the Pooh. The man behind all of your fun filled childhood adventured with Christopher Robin and his bear friend Pooh is Alan Alexander Milne, more commonly known as A. A. Milne. Besides his creation of Winnie the Pooh short story and poetry books he was a very accomplished man through out his whole life. He showed great affection to

  • HEB Case Study

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    H-E-B is the largest grocery store chain in south Texas. With over 340 stores, and considered in top grocery stores in America, the company is highly successful and only continues to grow through the mobile programs it has established in the community (Blumberg). Furthermore, H-E-B is a prime example of how public relations interact with the community and is a shining example of what a company should provide for the environment, and world it serves. Corporate Social Responsibility HEB is the largest

  • E.H. Crump: Boss of all Bosses

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    sized statue of Crump in Overton Park, a hospital, and a street named after Crump. No matter what you think about Crump, his legacy is cemented in the history books as one of Memphis’s most important political figures. Works Cited Bergeron, Paul H, Stephen V. Ash, and Jeanette Keith. Tennesseans and Their History. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999. Print. Dowdy, G W. Mayor Crump Don't Like It: Machine Politics in Memphis. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2006. Internet resource

  • E. H. Carr Believes Everyone Draws Their Own Conclusions in His Book, The Historian and His Facts, and Causation in History

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    Facts, and Causation in History, he states that the study and interpretation of history reflects our own position in time and what we can take out of it as a society. It’s all about the viewpoint of the individual researching or telling the event. Carr supports this idea by stating that, everyone draws their own conclusions. This idea of having your own conclusions is the case for writing and recording history as a historian from the beginning of human history. Every historian has a bias or a viewpoint

  • Hell's Corner Character Analysis

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    While David Baldacci talks about the consequences of actions in his exciting novel Hell’s Corner, he explains how people will never be able to undo their actions -- whether it happened years ago or just recently -- and that there will always be an effect to this action, whether it is a positive or a negative. Since James Brennan, the president of the United States, knows about what Oliver Stone did in the past, he gives him a task with great risk and reward; “If you fail … the Russians are as ruthless

  • Ocean Acidification: Impact of CO2 on Ocean Water

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    significant role in the rise of concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. Roughly two trillion metric tons of CO2 have been emitted in the atmosphere and over a quarter of these got mixed with the ocean water resulting in ocean acidification (Buffie and Carr, 2010). Ocean acidification is the decrease of pH in the oceans due to absorption of CO2 in the atmosphere (Fabry, 2008). Over the past three hundred million years ocean pH levels have been 8.3, however in the past 200 years the pH level of oceans’

  • Systemic Change

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    hand implies a global conception of the problem and an understanding of the interrelationships and interconnections. (Carr 1996). The systemic perspective in instructional design is traditionally limited to feedback via needs assessment or evaluation. The systematic perspective in instructional design, however, is strongly represented in a variety of step-by-step models. (Carr 1996) Systemic thinking "requires keeping many aspects of the problem set in your head at one time. It is a community

  • Counterfactualism in History

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    Counterfactualism in History A point made in the third of these essays, on the value of history, was the widespread human enjoyment of a good story. It was suggested that history played a part in satisfying this need. The consistent success of fiction based on a simple form of counterfactual history — Robert Harris's "Fatherland" is a good recent example — seems to indicate that this type of history is equally appealing. Sometimes known as "what if", or "alternative" history, or, in the title

  • The Internet's Effects on Social and Cognitive Abilities

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    coming up with their own ideas and solutions. The internet is shaping the way we think in more ways than one, and according to Carr (2008), it is suggests that the internet can lead to intellectual laziness. Depending on the internet as a source for information leads to an artificial intelligence. Carr also believes the media is always shaping how we think Carr (2008). Although Carr might not be the most credible due to his augment relying mostly on testimonial evidence, he has a good point. Imagine for

  • Models of Choking: A Study of Sport performance Under Pressure.

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    performance under pressure. ProQuest. 17. Sherikian, S. M. (2012). Dribble, bend your knees, shoot: the effect of a pre-shot routine on basketball free throw performance under pressure (Doctoral dissertation, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY). 18. Wallace, H. M., Baumeister, R. F., & Vohs, K. D. (2005). Audience support and choking under pressure: A home disadvantage?. Journal of Sports Sciences, 23(4), 429-438. 19. Wrisberg, C. , & Pein, R. (1992). The preshot interval and free throw shooting accuracy:

  • Schizophrenia and Suicide: How to Cope With This Illness

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    Schizophrenia in women. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/473295 Schizophrenia and related mental disorders Alliance of America. (n.d.). About schizophrenia. Retrieved from http://www.sardaa.org/resources/about-schizophrenia/ Svensson, E., Rogvin, M., Hultman, C. M., Reichborn-Kjennerud, T., Sandin, S., & Moger, T. A. (2013). Schizophrenia susceptibility and age of diagnosis — A frailty approach. Schizophrenia Research,147(1), 140-146. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2013.03.004 Swierzewski, III

  • Ethical Principles Of Behavior Analysis

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    Some of the ethical principles that govern behavior analysts include: (1) respecting the privacy of their clients, (2) recommending behavior treatment plans which they only have the needed skills, (3) ensuring decisions they make about clients are data-bases, implementing behavior programs rooted in comprehensive assessment on factors that determine behavior, (4) evaluating each and every client’s behavior and surrounding and come up with the best treatment plan accordingly, (5) recommending the

  • Newer is Not Always Better: Textbooks vs. iPads

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    2013. Noyes, Jan M. and Kate J. Garland. "Computer-vs. paper based facts: Are they Equivalent?." 51.9 (2008): 1352-1375. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. Schacter, John. "The Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement." Web. 11 Nov. 2013. Wright, Vivian H. and Elizabeth K. Wilson. "Teacher’s Use of Technology: Lessons Learned from the Teacher Education Program to the Classroom." 20.2 (2011): 48-58. Web. 13 Nov. 2013.

  • Stalin's Securement of Power in Russia by 1929

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    part of Russia... ... middle of paper ... ...- S. Phillips- Lenin and the Russian Revolution - A. Wood- Stalin and Stalinism - H. Shukman- Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy - O. Figes- People's Tragedy: Russian Revolution, 1891-1924 - R. Conquest- Stalin: Breaker of nations - I. Deutcher- Stalin: A political biography (2nd edition, 1972) - E.H. Carr - The Russian Revolution from Lenin to Stalin - C. Ward-Stalin's Russia ---------------------------------------------------------------------

  • Disruptive and Challenging Behavior Among Schoolchildren

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    functional assessment for students with emotional or behavioral disorders. Behavioral Disorders, 26, 282 – 296. Shapiro, E. E., & Kratochwill, T. R. (2000). Conducting school-based assessments of child and adolescent behavior. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. Sugai, G., Horner, R.H., Dunlap, G., Meineman, M., Nelson, C. M., Scott, T., Liaupsin, C., Sailor, W., Turnbull, A. P., Turnbull, H., Wickham, D., Wilcox, B., & Ruef, M. (2000). Applying positive behavior support and functional behavioral assessment

  • Canadian Landscape Artist Group Analysis

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    MacDonald, A.Y. Jackson, and Frederick Varley. Although Tom Thomson was never a member of the group of seven and died before the group even formed. He was important to the other artists, awakened their interest in painting landscape. He and Emily Carr were closely working with the group. At the beginning of the 20th century, people considered the Canadian landscape are ugly and unworthy of being painted. with it, the group of seven became known as pioneers of a new Canadian art, they look for