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The Flesch-Kincaid readability score and its educational implications

Anyone using Microsoft Word can determine the Flesch-Kincaid readability score for their own work by doing little more than running spell-check from the top navigation bar on their computer screen.

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Robert Takaki's "A Different Mirror": Multicultural American history

Robert Takaki's book A Different Mirror is a history of the people of the nation of America. The book is not, however, a history of America that a reader might expect when he or she first opens an introductory text. The subtitle of A Different Mirror is A History of Multicultural America.

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John Stuart Mill's "The Subjection of Women" and gender equality

Breaking social conventions to achieve gender equality: Analysis of John Stuart Mill's "The Subjection of Women" John Stuart Mill was known for his contemplative discourse on liberty and utilitarianism, two important concepts that developed Western society as it moved forward into modernization in…

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Western ethnocentrism and cultural relativism in anthropology

The western world has for many centuries had an ethnocentric view of other cultures. This was due to its historical dominance in scientific and cultural areas.

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Thai history from the Ban Chiang culture to modern monarchy

History as defined in Thailand concentrates more on the Thai people, and not on the history of people living in the present day area defined as being Thailand. This history can be divided into two parts - before Sukhothai and after Sukhothai.

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Japan's economic rise and interdependence with Pacific Rim nations

Globalization and the economic boom experienced by Japan as well as other countries located in the region of the Pacific Rim has culminated in problems that were not previously experienced in the region.

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Iroquois political systems and influence on American democracy

The position of American Indians is peculiar today in view of their position as a protected species today. At the same time, when they were independent they had a distinct identity.

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Rhetorical analysis of detective fiction: Poe and Doyle's use of ethos, logos, and pathos

Ethos, logos, and pathos: rhetorical analysis on Arthur Conan Doyle's "Silver Blaze" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders at the Rue Morgue"

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Physical and cultural drivers of North American economic development

Assessing the drivers, both physical and cultural, of North American commerce is almost too easy. First, there was Plymouth Rock....and so on.

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Educational trends and student performance in U.S. and European systems

This study will attempt to examine the educational trends currently occurring within the U.S.

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