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Southern women's roles and resistance in the Civil War era

In this superbly researched and entertaining work of non-fiction, Laura F. Edwards, associate professor of history at Duke University and author of several other books on the Civil War and the Reconstruction Period, explores the history of the Deep South before, during and after the War Between the…

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Title One funding challenges and No Child Left Behind implementation

Title One is a state funded program that helps school aged children with literacy skills. This program benefits many children from low income families who need extra help with reading, but cannot afford the extra help. As a result, schools overall are able to score higher on standardized testing.

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Environmental engineering: role, characteristics, and importance

Of the many different sectors in which engineers can find employment, one of the most exciting and rapidly expanding areas is that of environmental engineering.

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Cotton's role in shaping United States history, 1793-1865

Extensive cotton production in the United States began in the spring of 1793 with the invention of Eli Whitney's cotton gin (i.e. A machine which separates cotton fibre from cotton seeds) (Current 1998). Almost immediately after this invention cotton production rose dramatically.

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International capital flows and global economic development

International Capital Flow: Why is it important for the Global Economy? This brief paper will consider the role that the international flow of capital has on global economic development.

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Italian wine commercial claims and sophistication appeals

It blatantly claims to be made with some of the best grapes Italy has to offer; "you can tell this was made from the finest Italian grapes." It also presents that just because it is Italian it is better than other wine choices.

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Anne Scott's "The Southern Lady": challenging the belle myth

Scott, Anne F. The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930. University of Virginia Press, 1995. Historian Anne Scott's The Southern Lady is a text designed to question the image of the delicate, submissive Southern belle that has become a fixture of American popular culture.

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Pre-colonial and modern American educational system control issues

The history of the educational system ironically has not been changed as much as one might think since the colonial era. Of course the content being studied may be completely different and they had no IPods in the early days of America, but the idea of education is still the same.

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Social complexity and religious hypocrisy in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales is a fragmented narrative. It consists of a series of tales, told by a variety of characters on a pilgrimage. The tales are given additional resonance because of the character of the teller. For example, "The Pardoner's Tale" is a tale of how money is the root of all evil.

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Sectionalism and regionalism in early American development

The United States has recently begun emphasizing a united image with staunch patriotism, and criticizing others for their differing opinions in a height of fear. Yet, social and intellectual divisions through sectionalism have been a part of this nation from the very inception.

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