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Disease and the collapse of indigenous civilizations in Latin America

Why did the native populations, such as the Incas and the Aztecs, appear to be, not equals to be met with military and diplomatic force, but as victims born to die in the eyes of the invading European powers?

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Conditions and rise of totalitarian governments in twentieth-century Europe

Although no exact definition of "totalitarianism" exists, it generally refers to an extreme form of authoritarian government in the modern times.

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Ian McEwan's Atonement: false reality and redemption through imagination

Nominated for the 2001 Booker prize for fiction and listed as one of the All-Time 100 Greatest Novels, British author Ian McEwan's novel Atonement asks the reader to enter the recent past and understand how simple events can actually have large, life-changing consequences and a domino effect upon…

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Globalization's role in triggering recent financial crises

Does globalization impact in triggering recent economic recession? The current financial crisis will be remembered as one of the most serious in the history of world capitalism.

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The gamelan ensemble: Indonesian musical tradition and cultural identity

Overview- The gamelan is a traditional musical ensemble from Java and Bali, islands in the Indonesian chain. In the Javanese language, the word meaning bronze instrument.

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Art therapy and cultural identity reconstruction for ethnic clients

The psychological needs of the ethnic child, teen, adult, and senior - from prelinguistic to senescent - have been historically underestimated and under treated. While there are many reasons for the limited offering, access, or availability, therapists are one of the intrinsic factors.

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Marsh & McLennan's response to fraud allegations and leadership reform

"Staggered" by accusations that it cheated its customers, Marsh & McLenan Companies, "the world's biggest broker of commercial insurance," released a statement on November 9, 2001 that it was going to be forced to lay off 3,000 employees in the coming months.

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Technology's role in police officer safety and crime control

Has the increase in technology that is evident in today's world effected the police officer and if so then how? The police officer's job is one that is demanding as well as dangerous.

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Ralph Ellison's engagement with blues music and African American cultural expression

Biographer Lawrence Jackson wrote that author Ralph Ellison was exposed to the blues and classical music from an early age, eventually playing the trumpet and pursuing a degree in music at Tuskegee (McLaren Pp).

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Plagiarism policies at the University of Delaware and West Virginia University

Technology has brought the modern world into a position of overwhelming information availability. The ability to work in a word processing program, alone has significantly reduced the amount of time needed to produce equivalent document as one written just 40 years ago.

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