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Economic perspectives on Civil War causes and Southern society

Most of us, no matter where we spent our early years in the United States, were taught a version of American history in which the Civil War (and, indeed, the decade leading up to it) were marked by first an antagonism and then a bellicosity between a universally slaveholding South and a universally…

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Edgar Allan Poe's creation of the modern detective fiction genre

Most modern readers will readily recognize the name, Edgar Allan Poe, and will know that he wrote a number of famous books and stories such as "The Tell-Tale Heart," but few may realize the substantive contributions that Poe made overall to the detective genre itself in "The Murders in the Rue…

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Historiographical approaches to the First Opium War

The historical discussion of the First Anglo-Chinese War (frequently referred to as the First Opium War) included a variety of competing perspectives even as the war was still being fought, because either side viewed the war in entirely different contexts.

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California school finance sources and state budget priorities

The residents of California managed to spend more money for welfare than for education in 1994, according to the latest available statistics and are almost last on a nation level when it comes to per-capita spending on highways construction and repairing.

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Willa Cather's handling of material and feminist interpretation in O Pioneers!

Willa Cather: O Pioneers! Willa Cather's O Pioneers! was her second published novel, although she, herself, preferred to consider it her first. She believed it was the first work in which she truly had found her own voice.

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Violent lyrics and antisocial behavior in rap music

Rap music is harmful due to the violent lyrics encouraging disrespect toward women and lack of respect for moral ethics or authority.

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Equity and inequality in California's public school funding system

In any issue, particularly when politics are involved, there tends to be two views of a situation. The ex-ante analysis of the California State school finance system is no different.

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Approaches to discourse analysis in linguistic and social research

The meaning of the term is very heterogeneous and covers more than one approach to this subject. These approaches are very different with regard to their focus, purpose and techniques.

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The lineage and early reign of King Arthur's father Uther

King Arthur was the son of Uther and the grandchild of Constantine. Before the birth of Arthur, his grandfather, Constantine, was the king of Logres. Uther had two brothers named Constans, the eldest, and Aurelius Ambrosius. Constans was a monk and wanted to become a priest.

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Criminal victimization and social exclusion among homeless youth

Gaetz, S. (July 2004). Safe streets for whom? Homeless youth, social exclusion, and criminal victimization. Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice.

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