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Local Culture Essays and Term Papers
Dred Scot CaseDred Scott Case
3rd Quarter Paper
The American Civil War is one of the darkest chapters in American history resulting in the deaths of 620,000 soldiers and an undetermined number of civilian casualties. Though slavery was a key cause of the Civil War, it was not the sole reason for it. To ...
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CHIBA-kenChiba Prefecture is near the capital city of Tokyo, and is divided into four main areas. It is blessed with a lot of green and nature found in Chiba with amusement parks, temples, and other sightseeing areas. All types of fishes are caught in Chiba, since it is surrounded by three seas, and is ...
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The Planet In 2050Since the development of its complex culture, the human species has become amazingly effective at utilizing diverse habitats. Uniquely human is the ability, not to simply adapt to a specific environment, but to adapt an environment to fit specific needs, thus resulting in altered environments ...
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Comparing the M-16 and AK-47The great military debate that has existed for decades attributes to which firearm has the better rifle platform, Eugene Stoner’s M-16 or Mikhail Kalishnikov’s AK-47? Both are used extensively by police and military forces around the world. These two weapons platforms have been going head to head ...
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Tikopia TribeTikopia Tribe of Melanesia
Termera Callahan
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Instructor: Donnie Burnette
February 21, 2011
Tikopia are primarily an agricultural society. Their agricultural practice is strongly tied to preserving their population. This is a tribe with a complex social ...
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Does Contact Racial Profiling Lead to Aggressive Police Conduct?Racial profiling is a policing method that has increasingly become scrutinized over the years. An overwhelming number of individuals in the United States are subject to racial profiling. Nearly thirty-two million Americans state they have already been victims of racial profiling. Nearly ...
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Control TheoryWhile many theories have been established through the years, the Control Theory established and researched by Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi in 1990 has inspired a large amount of research and proposed the most likely reason that people commit crimes. In addition to their initial theory, ...
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The Progressive EraFreedom with government interaction was the way to live in America, that lifestyle was believed to be the only acceptable way to live . Therefore Progressives became overly zealous to reform and modernize the American culture into the perfect society where politics and government represented the ...
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Slavery and Proto-Socialist ThoughtSlavery and Proto-Socialist Thought
Since the American Civil War almost 150 years ago, slavery has been painted as a indelible, perpetual wrong in the history of a fledgling nation. Racked with liberal guilt, America has never shown it is truly comfortable delving through the counter-cultures ...
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FDI in Indian RetailFDI in Indian Retail
Some Facts:
* Retail industry in India is valued at about US$550 billion, which is about 30% of the Indian GDP.
* Food and Beverages constitute about 70% of the Indian retail.
* Indian retail can be divided into
+ Organized retail:
o With major players like Future ...
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PovertyHow
This paper will discuss childhood poverty as it is a continuously increasing concern for the federal, state and local levels of government. Many policies are being considered or have been enacted to help reduce the number of children being raised in low-income families through prevention and ...
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Malcolm XIt is tempting to speculate how the radical politics of the 1960s might have played out had Malcolm X not been assassinated on February 21, 1965. The campaigns for civil rights, for the liberation of people of color domestically and internationally, against the war in Vietnam and other instances of ...
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Sweet or Destructive: High Fructose Corn SyrupSweet or Destructive: High Fructose Corn Syrup
High fructose corn syrup should be classified as a drug by the FDA and be banned in all food products. High fructose corn syrup or HFCS is both an artificial sweetener and a preservative. It is unhealthy, addictive, and mind/mood altering, which ...
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Long-Distance TravelWith the rapid pace in which technology has been developing over the last decades, air travel has become more and more affordable to the hoi polloi. This is particularly true since the spread of the `no-frills' airlines which have taken over Europe by storm. Air travel offers relatively cheap and ...
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North AfricaThe North Africa/Southwest Asia realm has spread itself from the Atlantic shores of Morocco to the mountains of Afghanistan. Sometimes this part of the world is referred to as the Arab world. This realm is one the richest in the world of historical and cultural point of view. It has been the origin ...
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CasteismThe base of India's social structure is caste and sub-caste. Infact, caste systems has been an integral part of Indian society. In ancient times, varna' system started in India which had four 'varnas'- Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras. Thus, the basis of caste.
Some of these became ...
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Small Business ProjectSmall Business Project
Introduction
What is your favorite place to go out in Managua? What restaurant do you prefer the most? Those are some of the many questions people from Nicaragua and outside the country ask frequently when they want to have fun in the city of Managua. We as a group ...
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White PrivilegeRacism
As societies become more complex a complex change came about. The social system elevated entire categories of people above others, providing one segment of the population with a disproportionate share of money, power and schooling. To a considerable degree, the class system in the United ...
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History And Development Of ComputerHISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER
First Generation (1945-1956)
With the onset of the Second World War, governments sought to develop computers to exploit their potential strategic importance. This increased funding for computer development projects hastened technical progress. By 1941 ...
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LondonLondon
I selected the city of London located in the United Kingdom. This city is one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas in the world with a range of business-oriented land uses. It is widely diverse and utilizes its urban center for business, hotels, and many markets (cafes, restaurants, ...
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