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Slavery's role in shaping American history and the Civil War

Slavery in the United States is not only one of the darkest moments in history, but also one of the most significant.

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How restroom icons reflect cultural symbols and meanings

Interpersonal communication would be completely impossible without the use of symbols. A simple examination of the most common forms of communication shows the truth of this assertion: speech consists of nothing more than agreed-upon auditory symbols (i.e.

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Slavery, freedom, and nation-building in eighteenth-century America

The Intersecting Roles of Slavery, Freedom and Nation-Building in 18th Century American Society in the Boisterous Sea of Liberty by D. Davis and S. Mintz

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John Locke's natural rights theory and political philosophy

During the Enlightenment, a period when John Locke, one of the greatest contributors was challenging the world order. In the wake of political turmoil in England, Locke asserted the right of a people to change a government that did not protect natural rights of life, liberty and property.

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Plato and Hobbes on the good and political life

Plato and Hobbes present very different teachings on the human concern with the good. How are their respective understandings of the ends of political life related to this difference?

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Faculty loyalty and institutional governance in higher education

We often speak of faculty loyalty to their discipline and to their "academic guild..." Can faculty have loyalty to their "guild" as well as to their employing college or university or will there always be a fundamental tension?

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Genocide from Lemkin's coinage to Rwanda and Darfur

Genocide. The word brings to mind thoughts of places as far away as Sudan and Darfur and as close as Germany and the Holocaust. They bring to mind images of family members hiding in bathrooms, horrific torture and execution.

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French and Indian War alliances and native American tribal motivations

The British and French were in dispute over a specific patch of land in the Ohio Valley, which had been originally claimed by the French, then was abandoned in the face of native hostility and was now claimed by a British company. However, the conflict spiraled into something much greater.

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Diplomacy, warfare, and politics between Native American nations and European colonists

Native American Nations and European invaders. Specifically it will discuss and evaluate the diplomacy, warfare, and the politics of negotiating relationships between Indian Nations and European invaders.

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Foreign language instruction in Libyan schools and business competitiveness

The nation of Libya has transformed itself from an international pariah by renouncing terrorism to an increasingly willing partner in the international community in recent years, and it is becoming apparent that things are changing in substantive ways in the country today (Libya, 2009).

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