To what extent is there a conflict between academic and popular history? Margaret Conrad‚ the President of the Canadian Historical Association‚ embodies a traditional historian who has “spent a decade or more mastering a discipline” and thus “sits awkwardly” at the thought that “anyone can be historian.” Indeed‚ as Conrad argues‚ in this Age of Wikipedia anyone and everyone can own history. This democratisation of history‚ which has been galvanised by post-modernism‚ has troubled traditional historians
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Obesity: What it is and What are the Problems it Brings in People and Society “Obesity is a drain on the economy - we have to pay for the health care of fat people who are usually poor and can ’t afford insurance. Obesity is‚ well‚ bad.” – Emily Levine Obesity is a risk-factor for the most common nowadays diseases‚ as cardiovascular diseases‚ diabetes‚ hypertension‚ some carcinomas‚ degenerative diseases of weight bearing joints (spine‚ hips‚ knees)‚ and present a huge medical and social problem
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their father for defending Tom | Aunt Alexandra | Walter Cunningham | -not up to her standards to be friends with scout because he comes from a poor family. | Aunt Alexandra | Calpurnia | -Cal is black-Children are old enough for Cal to leave. | 1. What is Cal’s attitude to white society? She is treated with respect by the Finch family therefore her opinion of white people is different. When she speak to white people in Maycomb she speaks like white people however when she take Scout and
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The Civil war was inevitable if the conflict between the south and the north‚ slavery and politics were resolved. After independence‚ the differences and complexity of America sharpened increasing slavery. The complexities in terms of the migration of the whites and black slaves and shift from small scale farming to large scale farming made civil war inevitable. There were many differences between the north and south. The north preferred city life while the south was keen to plantation life. The
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are numerous marks of a good society: justice‚ equity‚ rule of law‚ economic opportunity‚ reciprocity‚ prosperity‚ critical thinking‚ ethical standards‚ concern for good citizenship‚ right to defense‚ right to private property and so on. But where does the value of Goodness for Goodness sake come in? In this paper‚ our group has made a research regarding on “What makes a good society?” Based on our research we explores some of the elements of what makes for a good society or community from a communitarian
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Working Mothers: The Effects on Society and Family Thankfully‚ the ‘Ward Cleaver’ image of the family is on its way out yet‚ according to sociologists‚ the sexual inequality associated with assigning men the role of the economic provider and women as the child rearer and homemaker‚ is still very much in existence. These social stereotypes remain in spite of the fact that‚ within the last few decades‚ there has been a sharp increase in the number of mothers deciding to venture outside the home and
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In the short story “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ the narrator commits several terrible crimes. He is writing from a prison cell before he will be hung. He is an alcoholic who loves animals but during a drunken rage he harms his cat and then when he is sober again he kills it. He gets another cat‚ and he tries to kill it but he kills his wife instead. The police find her body and he is arrested for murder. But‚ the narrator is insane and cannot control his actions due to alcohol‚ grief‚ and
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Creative Writing Essay 1 How To Be Successful in College To be successful in college one should be able to do many things. One of those things is to have superior time management skills. For example‚ if a project is due in two weeks‚ it shouldn’t be done at the last minute. One should take time out each day‚ preferably thirty to forty-five minutes. This way the project will reflect you best work. If not‚ then then project won’t even be finish or even if it was managed to be done‚ it wouldn’t as good
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To what extent is it fair to refer to Cavour as the architect of the Italian Unification? After the failures of the 1848 revolution‚ Count Camillo Benso Di Cavour stepped in as the Prime Minister of Piedmont as the state was considered to be agitation concentration for those who still aimed and fought for the independence and unison of Italy. His liberal leadership philosophies enabled him to contribute in the movement towards the Italian Unification. However‚ is it fair to consider him an Italian
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To what extent were Enlightenment ideas responsible for the outbreak of the French Revolution and the reforms of 1789? Included sources attached: John Locke‚ “Two Treatises on Government”‚ 1690; The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizens‚ 1789; Arthur Young “Travels in France during the Years 1787‚ 1788‚ 1789” The ancien régime‚ the time before the outbreak of the revolution‚ was divided into three estates. The first estate‚ for the people of the highest position in France belonged
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