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    The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith was first published in 1776. The book alluded to create a new understanding of ‘classical economics’. It aimed to overturn the disallusion of mercantilist systems‚ and simultaneously preached the benefits of free trade‚ particularly encouraging the usage of government intervention through regulation‚ but not with vested interests. Smith also frequently inserted policy recommendations combined with moral philosophy to extend

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    Chilean Folk Music

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    Chilean Folk Music There are four main types of folk music in Chile they are: -Northern Chile‚ Musica Andina -Central Chile -Mapuche Music -Chiole Music Each type or sub-genre of music has a quite distinct sound and can be related to the racial groups of these areas and to the history of Chile. Racial History of Chile The history of Chile is varied as it has influenced greatly the course of folk music in these four main areas. The history is marked by the following major events:

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    Philippine Folk Literature

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    PHILIPPINE FOLK LITERATURE Ms. Arcelyn N. Sangalang Instructor- Engl04 Cpoyright 2010 PHILIPPINE FOLK LITERATURE  traditional oral literature of the Filipino people  refers to the collection of tales and superstition about magical creatures and entities  wide range of material due to the ethnic mix of the Philippines 3 MAJOR GROUPS folk narratives folk speech folk songs PHILIPPINE MYTHOLOGY  derived from Philippine folk literature  stories of ancient Philippine mythology include

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    Analysis of Queer as Folk

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    Considering I’ve been watching the television show Will & Grace since it first aired in 1998‚ I thought that this paper would be a no-brainer. It’s about two gay men and their incredibly annoying yet lovable straight female friends; like I said‚ it’s just oozing politics. However‚ I believe this show is much deeper than just some other gay show (no pun intended). Masked by it moments of comedy and hilarious banter between characters‚ this show was thought to be “revolutionary” and “ground-breaking”

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    The Souls of Black Folk

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    Du Bois‚ W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co.; [Cambridge]: University Press John Wilson and Son‚ Cambridge‚ U.S.A.‚ 1903; In The souls of black folk Du Bois examines the years immediately following the Civil War‚ he relates this to his experiences as a schoolteacher in rural Tennessee‚ and then he turns his attention to critique materialism in the city of Atlanta where the attention to gaining wealth threatens to replace all other considerations. Rather‚ Du Bois argues

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    The Souls of Black Folks

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    Bob Schmitt History 108 February 5‚ 2014 Primary Source Paper 1 Eric Foner argues‚ in Give Me Liberty‚ that former slaves’ definition of freedom mirrored that of white Americans. In The Souls of Black Folk‚ the author‚ W. E. B. De Bois supports this argument. De Bois says blacks just wanted to be treated the same as the white man. They wanted to be accepted into society‚ instead of discriminated against because of the color of their skin. De Bois states‚ “The problem of the twentieth century

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    Amish Folk Culture

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    The text describes the Amish as an example of folk culture in the United States. This assignment will require the use of the internet to gather information on the Amish way-of-life as an example of folk culture. You will gather information on the Amish‚ using various sources (internet‚ books‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ etc…)‚ and compare it to what you know about pop culture. You need not research case studies about pop culture‚ because you yourself are a living testimony to pop culture. I. The

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    Pakistani Folk Dances

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    Pakistani Folk Dances: Dances are traditionally part of the lives of people especially in Pakistan. Dance for Pakistanis is so important that people can communicate with each other and tell a story without uttering a word but rather dancing to send those messages. Folk dances are still popular in Pakistan and vary according to region such as: • Bhangra -Punjab • Luddi - Punjab • Dhammal - Performed at Sufi shrines/ dargahs in Punjab and Sindh • Attan - Folk dance of Pashtuns tribes of

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    Folk Dances of the Philippines Traditions and Heritage - Luzon Region We Shall Never Forget our Heritage LUZON -- Consisting of the tribes such as Ifugao‚ Benquet‚ Kalinga‚ Bontoc‚ Apayo‚ Kalinga‚ sometimes these are call Igorot. "But sometimes that is considered degrading." Cordillera name also used for some parts the Luzon Region... Northern most regions of the Philippines‚ Luzon gets its Cultural influence from Hindu-Buddhist‚ Spanish and many ethnic religious tribes. All with differences

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    Southern Folk Music

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    Southern Folk Music and Race Relations Abstract Introduction The growth of the American folk music reservoir is a process that counterparts the historical and cultural development of American society. In the formation of this reservoir‚ two major streams‚ British‚ African‚ and several smaller branches‚ e.g.‚ German‚ French‚ Cajun Mexican‚ etc.‚ flowed together over a two-century period (Malone‚ 1979:4). Alan Lomax‚ one of folk music ’s leading historians‚ has detected that the merging

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