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Origins of rap music in African and African-American traditions

The emergence of Rap music as an accepted mode of cultural expression has only been recognized by academic commentary in the last twenty years. "Twenty years after its genesis, Rap poetry remains a vastly popular art-form across the continent and around the world" (Ramsey 165).

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Post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan

Introduction number of studies and other researches have yielded findings that many or most combat or war veterans who return home from the battlefield develop Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. The disorder consists in reliving the memories of war, which a veteran re-enacts.

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Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage as a naturalist war novel

Stephen Crane's novel the Red Badge of Courage is an example of literary naturalism, a movement in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century that went beyond realism to delve into the darker side of society and to the problems facing the individual in society.

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McDonald's analysis of executive power in the American Constitution

American Presidency by McDonald takes a strong stand against the executive branch gaining too much power over the other branches of government.

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Political media bias in American democracy and news coverage

Knowledge is rarely neutral, often consciously shaped by these special interests and then unconsciously imbibed from our earliest childhood experiences as cultural "normality." More ominously, manipulation, misinformation, and deception are inescapably entwined with one's belief in the "truth."…

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Globalization's economic and cultural effects in India

The Effects of Globalization in India. The economics of a free trade society cannot flourish in a world where there is not a forward progressive economic development going on.

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Obesity and childhood obesity's impact on military recruitment and readiness

The issue of Obesity in America has been a serious concern in recent years. In addition to healthcare, the issue of obesity affects many different aspects of our society, including military readiness.

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Western dominance and the global construction of modernity

The work above demonstrates an attempt to create a better understanding of the development of modernity, with regard to understanding what is and what is not considered a viable concept of progress.

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Slavery and social order in the American South, 1800-1939

The American South is one of the most fascinating areas regarding the history of the U.S. And really the history of the world, as in many ways it was the locust of change regarding economy, culture and politics from the early 1800s to the beginning of WWI in 1939.

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Leadership characteristics and power dynamics in academic institutions

To define leadership, we first have to understand that leadership is relative i.e. everyone has a different approach to define what is good leadership. There are some who try to differentiate between the tasks and approaches of an individual in terms of being a good leader or a good manager.

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