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Lord Macartney's embassy and China's resistance to Western modernization

Two Asian countries, China and Japan, have tried to postpone the process of modernization in the occidental sense of the word as long as possible. By definition, modernization comes along with openness.

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The Iron Curtain and the Cold War division of Europe

Iron Curtain: This term refers to an imaginary "curtain" that fell across Eastern Europe after World War II and which eventually led to the construction of the Berlin Wall, separating East from West Germany.

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Wikipedia as participatory journalism and knowledge dissemination

Participatory Journalism -- "The act of a citizen, or group of citizens, playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information.

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Women's oppression in Madame Bovary and The Awakening

Much has been written about the oppressive situation respectively faced by the protagonist of Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Chopin's The Awakening.

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King Leopold II's conquest of Congo under the guise of humanitarianism

King Leopold's Ghost is an amazing though disturbing account of one man's ruthless ambition and carnage that resulted in mass murder, subjugation, horrifying cruelty and severe exploitation.

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Defense witness immunity and prosecutorial discretion under the Immunity Act

The Supreme court in Brady v. Maryland 373 U.S. 83 (1963) has settled any controversy regarding the prosecutor's duty to disclose exculpatory evidence.

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Enlightenment ideas and the American Constitution's ratification

Enlightenment represents a stage in Western philosophy and culture which spanned the eighteenth century, and advocated Reason as the primary source of authority.

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Vietnamese immigration to California, 1975 to 1995

The United States is a country of immigrants, and except for the Native Americans who were already here, everyone in the nation can trace their roots to another country.

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Group dynamics and communication in an international safari group

The issue of group interaction and dynamics is one that has many variables and depends on the particular situation and stresses and strains that the group experiences. The study of group behavior is also a subject that has become the focus of contemporary socio-psychological theory.

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American culture and economics shaping Canadian politics historically

Merelman notes that the question of culture's role in politics is not a new question. Plato expelled poets from his Republic for fear of their influence. Despite this ancient effort to eliminate cultural influence on politics, today its influence is far-reaching.

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