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Political and economic causes of the English Civil War

There is a general debate among historians about precisely what started the English Civil War. While some historians hold that it was the disagreement among the king and the House of Lords and the House of Commons, others hold that this civil war was economically based.

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Idealism and chaos: Woodstock and Altamont in the 1960s

Modern and topical interpretations of the rock an roll era, including but not limited to the culminating events which played out at Woodstock, and its less well-known cousin Altamont are varied, demonstrating the idealism that drove such events as well as the reality of the "disarray" and "chaos"…

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Herbert Spencer's organic analogy and social evolution theory

Spencer, Herbert. 1860. The Social Organization. The Westminster Review. In Anthropological Theory: An Introductory Theory. Fourth Edition. R. McGee and Richard Warms. McGraw Hill.

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Social justice and the distribution of global resources

Social justice can be a difficult concept to explain becomes it encompasses such broad principles. "Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities.

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Teaching social skills to children and adolescents in schools

As children often learn the majority of their prosocial behaviors from school it is important that there is an awareness of the processes of teaching and assessing these skills.

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Life and times of Bill Haak during World War II

Bill Haak was raised in a family that was very much involved in many ways (economically, socially, and morally) with the Great Depression and involved militarily with WWI. As time went on WWII would have a major effect on the family as well.

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James Truslow Adams and the origin of the American Dream

American Dream metaphor stands as a symbol of the U.S. And of it being the land of freedom in which almost anyone can fulfill their fantasies.

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Gender-based health insurance pricing discrimination in California

Gender Discrimination: "ED medications are for men only; prescription birth control is for women only. Legislators who permit health plans to operate under a double standard are engaging in gender discrimination against women."

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Generational conflict and cultural change in Freaky Friday remakes

Social transformation and the development of popular media are essentially linked in an environment such as the U.S. where the popular media both reflects social change and spurns it on.

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Hans Asperger's contribution to understanding autism spectrum disorders

About sixty-five years ago Hans Asperger put forward a description of a distinct profile of abilities and behaviors in young children that he called "autistic psychopathy" - which means autism ("self") and psychopathy ("personality disease").

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