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Andrew Jackson and the forced removal of Native Americans

Andrew Jackson has the dubious honor of being the president who played the most active role in the political and military actions needed to ensure the removal of the Native Americans from their ancestral lands to those the government and its people chose for them.

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Douglas C. North and institutional economics in historical perspective

Economics is a broad subject and economists have applied several methods to arrive at conclusions relating to the economy. Economics has to consider various factors like society and the culture which molded the subject.

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Infectious agents and genetic susceptibility in multiple sclerosis etiology

Multiple sclerosis, some researchers argue, constitutes "a disease of unknown etiology," which reportedly implies a single causal organism triggers MS.

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Living with borderline personality disorder: a personal account

Do you know how it feels to totally not be in control of yourself? To be slave of your emotion? How about being unable to sustain a relationship, not even with the people who care for you the most? Have you ever felt totally alone it crossed you're mind to die?

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The Treaty of Waitangi: origins and historical context

Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of New Zealand. The name "Waitangi" refers to the place where it was officially signed - on the Bay of Islands - on the 6th of February 1840.

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Water shortage and conflicts in the Middle East

Even before food, two elements are vital for the survival of an individual, and for life on a planet to exist: air and water.

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Understanding Chinese culture for Western business leaders in China

China has recently entered the global competition and has thrown open the doors to business by outsiders.

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Mutual funds and hedge funds across America, Europe, and Asia

Mutual funds and hedge funds are part of a class of securities known as collective investment schemes. The basic premise of these schemes is that they allow investors the ability to invest in many different securities by purchasing just one. Each fund is essentially a financial intermediary.

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Rural and small-town policing in twenty-first century America

Although the literature on rural crime and justice is comparatively sparse, it is evident that rural environments are distinct from urban environments in ways that affect policing, crime, and public policy.

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Jewish women's responses to persecution in Nazi Germany

Of the many books that have been written since World War II about Nazi Germany and the "final solution," some of the most insightful and emotional stories have been individual accounts by people who were trapped in what must have seemed a never ending and surreal nightmare; like Ann Frank, whose…

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