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    The 1920s were known as carefree and relaxed. The decade after the war was one of improvement for many Americans. Industries were still standing in America; they were actually richer and more powerful than before World War I. So what was so different in the 1930’s? The Great Depression replaced those carefree years into ones of turmoil and despair. The decade after the First World War saw tremendous change. Progressivism was a leading factor of World War I and in the 1920s the evidence can

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    Subculture: Greasers

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    Greasers Subculture Values and Beliefs: History- Greasers originated in the early 1950’s increasingly popular toward the 1960’s. They originated in the young northeaster and southern united states street gangs and changed rapidly unto other type of individuals. Initially it arose from working class families that didn’t have access to the greatest educational resources. They existed before gangs were dependent on violence and drugs. The greasers of the 1950s took their name from the “Greaser Act”

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    Police Subculture

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    1. What role does the police/corrections subculture play in fueling law enforcement misconduct? Defend your position. It is unreasonable to believe law enforcement misconduct does not exist; it has been ongoing since the creation of the law enforcement entity. This is due to the subculture created within the police and corrections units. A subculture is unwritten rules and guidelines referring to attitudes‚ beliefs and behaviors assisting the officers in survival. Survival refers to camaraderie

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    If someone is Christian‚ some of the things they do to praise the Lord most likely started with Aimee Semple McPherson in the 1920s. McPherson was the first woman preacher in history. She toured the west coast preaching the Gospel to many people‚ gaining a great deal of followers. When she settled in Los Angeles to start her ministry her fame increased along with her profits. While her success was booming‚ she disappeared very unexpectedly and no one knows what really happened. After this incident

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    Los Angeles in the 1900s was changing at a very rapid pace. African Americans from the South were migrating to the major cities of the North in search of opportunity. In the 1920s‚ the first wave of migration largely bypassed the city of Los Angeles. But starting in the 1940s‚ the second wave of migration caused Los Angeles’s population to skyrocket from 63‚700 to 350‚000 by the year 1960. This mass-migration caused many demographic problems in the new racially diverse city. The first sign of lingering

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    Metalhead Subculture

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    are the youth subcultures‚ which your good children belong to. Nowadays the life of many young people is influenced by popular culture. The youth follow certain stereotypes that are imposed on them through TV‚ movies and music. In their lifestyle they try to imitate the images of their idols. Very often young people refuse to recognize the official culture. Instead‚ they become the supporters of the so called youth subculture. A youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct

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    The Amish Subculture

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    Such Romanization of the Amish culture‚ indicates that the Amish subculture is some kind of ‘’idealistic society’’‚ where nothing bas ever happens. Even if unemployment is at a minimum‚ it’s a greater overstatement to argue that crimes within the Amish community are ‘’low‚ if not non-existent’’ (Kraybill‚ Donald B). When

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    The Basketball Subculture

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    Introduction In this analysis I will cover the different aspects of sport subculture and what it means to be a recognizable member within a group. I will give examples of what it means to be a part of such subcultures. For example‚ shared ways of dressing‚ group status and credibility‚ as well as some of the groups norms and rituals. The specific group I will discuss will be my basketball team and the role I play within it. Because my team is at highly competitive level‚ our norms may be unlike

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    The conclusion of Duncan’s vocation in the 1920s‚ in fact‚ clearly shows and uncovered the inconsistencies in the innovator mission for wholeness and their perspective of a brought together culture. The visual trepidation of Duncan’s performing body as the solidarity of another meaning of womanhood and Utopian desires for the twentieth century divided as Duncan herself faced contrast and change in present day society. Duncan saw an enlarging split between her hypothesis of an entire human advancement

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    terrified. My life would be different in the 1920s as of then because in middle school was around when technology was coming out i we were in the 1920s we would not have as big as technology we were beginning to have. All though the 1920s was known as the roaring twenties and was when technology was becoming bigger but not as it was when i was in the eighth grade. In the eighth grade was better cell phones‚ computers‚ wifi and more. In the 1920s the things that were better technology was movies

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