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Hansinger | Intersections: Past and Present
Intersections Past and Present. For this paper you will select a topic with present-day significance. Then your will conduct historical research to better explain an aspect of the present-day issue.
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Slavery Today
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Columbus Day
Columbus Day
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Viewpoints, news, articles, audio, and more all related to this holiday from Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context.
Map Room Research Guide
This link returns you to the research guide created for the earlier research around global discovery and the Hoey Hall Map Room.
Haiti
Haiti: Culturegrams
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This resource provides current information about the government and economy of Haiti as well as resources around attitudes and customs of the people who live there. Explore the top tabs to find interviews, videos, graphs, tables, and more.
Haiti
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Despite early independence, Haiti continues to grapple with the legacy of its colonial past and frequent natural disasters including hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes. This resource from Gale's Global Issues In Context, provides news stories, statistics, full text articles, and more.
Indigenous Rights
Indigenous Peoples' Rights
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Comprising over 6 percent of the world's population. Indigenous people have often been subjected to discrimination, violence, assimilation policies, and the gradual erosion of their cultures and traditions. This resource from Gale's Global Issues in Context database provides viewpoints, videos, journal articles and more on this topic.
Map Room Research Guide
This link returns you to the research guide created for the earlier research around global discovery and the Hoey Hall Map Room.
Legacies of Colonialism
Decolonization
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Decolonization is the undoing of colonialism. The term is used to refer to the formal political process of freeing a state from its subordinate status, as well as subsequent efforts to reckon with the cultural, social, or economic dominance of a former colonial power. This compiled list of resources on the topic is from Gale's Global Issues in Context.
Modern Textile Industry
Textile Industry
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From EBSCO's Points of View Reference Center, this list includes thousands of articles written about this industry written in the past 40 years. You can use the dates on the left to narrow the timeline further.
NATO's Role in International Relations
NATO
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This resource from the database Points of View Reference center includes assorted viewpoints on this topic as well links to more information.Check the links on the left to find even more information on this topic.
NATO Expansion
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NATO formed during the Cold War (1945–1991), a prolonged period of political and military rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. This resource from Gale's Global Issues in Context includes viewpoints, articles, videos, and more related to this topic.
New Silk Road (Belt Road Initiative)
China's Belt and Road Initiative
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The BRI name derives from hopes to create an international trade network made of a "Silk Road Economic Belt," which would link China to other countries over land, and a "Twenty-First Century Maritime Silk Road," connecting the rest of the world to China via sea routes. This resource from Global Issues in Context provides news stories, videos, articles, opinion pieces, and more, all related to this topic.
China: International Influence and Relations
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China has invested in development projects in more than 130 countries. This resource from Global Issues in Context provides news stories, journal articles, videos, and more on this topic.
Slavery Today
Human Trafficking
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Human trafficking, also referred to as trafficking in persons or modern slavery, is a crime in which a person or group of people exploits and controls another person, often for financial benefit. Human trafficking is commonly associated with the illegal transport of people across national borders. However, trafficking can occur within a single country and does not require the crossing of a border. This resource from Gale's Global Issues in Context includes viewpoints, statistics, and more.
Human Trafficking
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This resource from Points of View Reference Center provides a great overview of this issue as well as assorted viewpoints. Be sure to check the links on the left side for even more information.
War in Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
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Issue overview with links to veiwpoints, journal articles, audio, images and more from Global Issues in Context.
Russian Imperialism and Its Monopolies.
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2022 Article found in Explora. Click the link to download the PDF.
Times Topics: Vladimir Putin
An aggregated collection of New York Times news stories and opinion pieces about Russia's current leader, Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine
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This Gale resource provides data on Ukraine as well as articles, videos, and news stories on the nation.
War(s) on Drugs
Drug Trafficking
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The political and social consequences of drug production and trafficking include corruption, instability, violence, and public health risks. This resource from Gale's Global Issues in Context provides viewpoints, audio, statistics, magazine articles and more all related to this topic.
Opium Wars
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An overview of this conflict with information on all of the Opponents as well as Causes and Consequences and a topic library. From ABC Clio.
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