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Nat Turner's rebellion occurred at the wrong historical moment

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Gender, race, and class in Colonial America's hierarchical society

Colonial America differed from England because it offered greater opportunities, the degree to which one could take advantage of these opportunities depended upon gender, race, ethnicity, and religion.

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Social networking sites and their impact on political and business communication

Modern social networking has become not only part and parcel of the new marketing world, but a fact of political and professional life.

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Denver Water's "Use Only What You Need" conservation advertisement

Kassin, Fein and Markus (2011) note: "the strength of an attitude is indicated not only by the amount of information on which it is based but also by how that information was acquired" (p. 213). This notion applies perfectly to the art of successful advertisement.

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Information technology adoption and obstacles in public administration

What does the author mean by informatization? The concept of informatization is predicated on using information technologies (IT) to attain higher levels of process efficiency, performance, collaboration, communication and decision-making throughout an organization (Kernaghaii, Gunraj, 2004).

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Campaign finance reform and the Citizens United decision in American politics

There is a fundamental and systemic problem in contemporary American politics: namely, the tremendous influence of campaign contributors to election and re-election campaign funds of political representatives (Kennedy, 2006).

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Knowledge management repositories and competitive business advantage

The greatest strategic value of any knowledge management repository is in how it strengthens and provides greater insights and contributions to the strategies and initiatives companies rely on for growth and profitability (Liao, Chuang, To, 2011).

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Five pioneering women's contributions to American social progress

Wells-Barnet, a number of responses come to mind. First, it is important to note what makes each of these women unique and how they contributed uniquely to society. Second, it is important to note how they are all similar and how the contributed collectively to the evolution of women in society.

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Social media and consumer empowerment in modern marketing

Consumers Power Transformational Marketing (Hamelin, et.al.) the author provides insights into how the many platforms that support social media, driven by the powerful catalyst of mobile commerce, is providing consumers with more control over brands than ever before.

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Information systems and computer technology's impact on nursing practice

Innovations in telecommunications and information systems have revolutionized the delivery of health care services in many ways in recent years in general and on the practice of nursing in particular given the nurses' role on the front-lines of patient care.

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