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    THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL SCHOOL OF POLITICS‚ PHILOSOPHY AND INTERNATION STUDIES being a dissertation submitted for the Degree of Politics To what extent were private rented sector policies in Britain and Germany between 1914 and the early 1970s consistent with the characteristics set by Hall and Soskice’s ‘Varieties of Capitalist’ typology? A meso-level empirical comparison of predominantly rent control and regulation in the private rented sector between 1914 and the early 1970s in Britain and Germany

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    New Mexican Food

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    location on the map. Mexican cuisine has been praised by countless critics for its variety of flavors‚ textures and colors. Just as well‚ its oftentimes spicy dishes have inspired other parts of the world‚ influencing their use of ingredients‚ one clear example being the state of New Mexico. The Mexican state of Chihuahua and New Mexico share borders‚ so it is only natural that influence when it comes to food will leap over back and forth. Just as New Mexico has gained inspiration from its neighbor‚ a

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    The Mexican Drug War

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    The Mexican Drug War South of the United States across the border in Mexico there is a current drug war. According to Solomon Moore of The New York Times‚ the United States has helped the Mexican governments with over $1.5 billion dollars (1). The Mexican government is battling their drug cartels and the cartels are battling one another. The illegal drug market has never been so unsettled. There are small elite killing squads now operating on both sides of the Mexican-American border. Law enforcement

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    Why did civil war break out in 1642? Why did civil war break out? Well for about 17 years parliament and king Charles 1 hadn’t been getting on well and it didn’t help that parliament hadn’t really got on with Charles’ dad James 1 or Charles’ close advisors. They mainly got on each other’s nerves about money‚ religion and power‚ as well as the short term causes and all the extra things! Soon it got too much and Charles declared war on the 22nd August 1642. Charles sort of started the civil

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    American Historians’ Debate on the Civil War The American Civil War has without a doubt left a permanent divide on this great nation’s past and present. American historians still debate the causes of a war that began in 1861 between the Union states and Confederacy states. The war can be seen as caused by the principle of slavery‚ the growing tension between northern and southern ideology or due to a crack in the political system of the time. United States’ history classes focus on teaching students

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    Before the Civil War‚ the Northern and Southern cultures were accepted. By the 19th century sectional antagonism began to slowly decrease from the disagreements and disputes leading up to the Civil War. This made the United States truly ‘one nation.’ Slavery being the main cause of the Union‚ began to influence a good outcome. Some people thought the Civil War should not cause any sectional antagonism. From Lincoln saying “we are not enemies‚ but friends. Though passion may have strained it must

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    Sectional Crisis

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    Sectional Crisis Leading to the civil war there were a plethora of things that impacted the unity of the nation as a whole. Two major events that contributed to this were the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska Act. Both of these events changed the relationship of the nation in many ways. The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise that stated California would be admitted as a free state‚ the slave auction would end in Washington D.C‚ settlers of Mexico and Utah would decide whether

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    Mexican American War

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    The Mexican American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico. This was a battle for land where Mexico was fighting to keep what they thought was their property and the U.S. desired to retain the disputed land of Texas and obtain more of Mexico’s northern lands. There were two main causes of the Mexican War. First‚ the idea of “Manifest destiny” meaning the belief that America had a God-given right to occupy and civilize the whole continent. As large number of Americans migrated towards

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    The Debate about Censorship Censorship‚ the control of the information and ideas circulated within a society‚ has been a characteristic of dictatorships throughout history. In the 20th Century‚ censorship was achieved through the examination of books‚ plays‚ films‚ television and radio programs‚ news reports‚ and other forms of communication for the purpose of altering or suppressing ideas found to be objectionable or offensive. There have been assorted justifications for censorship‚ with some censors

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    What was the purpose for the Mexican American war? Well many people have their sides to what happened and if the U.S was justified or unjustified with going to war with Mexico.What was the war about? Who did it involve? The war was against the U.S and Mexico for disputed territory which is now Texas and the Western part of the United States.Who fired the first shots to start the war? It was Mexico‚ but why did they do it? I think it was unjustified to go to war with Mexico‚ for many reasons. Slavery

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