root‚ a major source of carbohydrates. It differs from the similarly spelled yucca‚ an unrelated fruit-bearing shrub in the Asparagaceae family. Cassava‚ when dried to a powdery (or pearly) extract‚ is called tapioca; its fermented‚ flaky version is named garri. Cassava is the third-largest source of food carbohydrates in the tropics‚ after rice and maize.[1][2] Cassava is a major staple food in the developing world‚ providing a basic diet for over half a billion people.[3] It is one of the most drought-tolerant
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Yang Yue 301230807 November 6‚ 2015 Primary Source Analysis Contact and Conflict European explorers have great impact on Canadian history. Their Journals are important historical documents for historians to study the Canadian history. Because these journals appeared in many kinds of forms and provided very detailed information about early Canada before confederation. These documents portray very vividly the life in Canada and shows that the process to confederation is full of contacts and conflicts
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Primary Sources: Kant‚ Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason. Edited by Vasilis Politis. London: Dent‚ 1993. Nagarjuna. Madhyamakakarika. Edited by Kenneth K. Inada. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press‚ 1970. Secondary Sources: Allison‚ Henry. "Kant Transcendental Idealism." In A Companion to Kant‚ edited by Graham Bird‚ 111-124. Oxford: Blackwell‚ 2006. Ameriks‚ Karl. "Critique of Metaphysics‚ Structure and Fate of Kant’s Dialectic". In The Cambridge Companion to Kant and Modern Philosophy
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Primary Sources - Hinduism‚ Jainism‚ and Buddhism For more background information on religions see: http://home.comcast.net/~mruland/WHAP/Notes/foundations/wreligion.htm The Aryan invasion of the subcontinent around 1‚500 B.C.E. brought with it a new religion that featured a pantheon of gods that the Aryans worshiped through ritualism and with burnt sacrifices. Over the next thousand years‚ the religion matured‚ probably incorporating some elements of Harappan theology and certainly establishing
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1970s‚ Stefan R. Landsberger had collected Chinese propaganda posters and developed his collection into one of the largest private collections in the world. They have become a rich primary source dealing with many important subjects in contemporary Chinese history. Mao Zedong‚ for instance was one of these prominent subjects‚ being the inspiration for much of the propaganda in China since 1949. One of the numerous posters depicting this great chairman of the People’s Republic was collected in 1971
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Primary Source Analysis: The Communist Manifesto By Oliver Stearns B00559549 The Communist Manifesto discusses the political objectives of communists on behalf of the proletariat class. The ultimate goal of the Communist Manifesto and communism is the overthrow of the bourgeois by the proletariat class and the removal of private property. “formation of the proletariat into a class‚ overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy‚ conquest of political power by the proletariat.” (Marx) Marx theorized that
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Primary Source Analysis Thomas Paine Common Sense Context: In result of The Seven Years’ War Britain controlled American trade and territory. In order to pay for the expenses of the war several taxation acts and military presence were implemented such as the Sugar Act‚ Stamp Act‚ Currency Act‚ Quartering Act and the presence of British troops at the colonies. Consequently‚ Americans who thought these actions violated their political and constitutional liberties opposed these policies with petitions
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Stacy Sharp Psyc281-33 General Psychology December 10th 2012 Research Question: Locus of control External Locus of Control-Individual believes that his/her behaviour is guided by fate‚ luck‚ other external circumstances. Internal Locus of Control-Individual believes that his/her behaviour is guided by his/her personal decisions and efforts. Carden‚ R.‚ Bryant‚ C.‚ & Moss‚ R. (2004). Locus of control‚ test anxiety‚ academic procrastination and achievement among college students. Psychological
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Primary Source Analysis: George Alsop‚ a Resident of Maryland‚ Argues That Servants in Maryland Profit from life in the Colonies‚ 1666 George Alsop’s memoir of his service as an indentured servant in the colony of Maryland provides an insightful look into the lives of indentured servants in Maryland during the middle of the 17th Century. Throughout this period of colonial America the British were notorious in their use of propaganda to attract young British men into indentured servitude as the use
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content‚ President Truman. Not only is this document a primary source‚ Henry Wallace was an American politician thus adding great value to the document because he had previous knowledge and perhaps insight of the issue‚ allowing him to make a clear conclusion or summary of what was causing the problem. However‚ this document contains limitations as well. For example‚ the exclusion
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