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    1940s and 1950s although there are many disputes on the “ birthplace”. 1951‚ in Memphis‚ TN at the Sun Studio‚ Rocket 88” by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats was recorded‚ which some say was the first rock and roll song. Of course several other cites have made this claim‚ including Wildwood‚ N.J.‚ where Bill Haley and His Comets performed the first song with “rock” in the title (“Rock Around the Clock”)in 1954; Ohio‚ home of the rock and roll hall of fame and Alan Freed who is commonly referred

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    Pop Art movement was marked by a fascination with popular culture reflecting the affluence in post-war (WWII) society in the 1950’s and 1960’s. It was most prominent in American art but was understood to have commenced in Britain. Pop Art coincided with the globalization of pop music and youth culture. It was brash‚ young‚ fun and hostile to the artistic establishment. The movement was led by activists‚ thinkers‚ and artists who sought to rethink and even overturn what was widely interpreted as a

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    Political Climate of 1950’s vs. Today The novelist Lauren Groff once wrote‚ “In America‚ possibly because of whatever the American dream is‚ this happens over and over again. These eras repeat” (“Lauren Groff Quotes”). Two such eras are the 1950’s and the 2010’s. The 50’s‚ remembered with the military-man Eisenhower; the 2010’s‚ with the watershed Obama‚ may seem stark in their physical attributes; however‚ at their heart‚ these two eras may have more in common than first realized. The political

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    TMG Tom’s Midnight Garden‚ 1958. Perceptions of class and social hierarchies in the 1950’s had changed and some children’s literature began to tackle social issues. P 143 Reader 1 red Reader 1 There was moral panic about mass media and the fear it could divert attention from moral activities such as reading. 1 red Children’s literature began to reflected these changes and fears‚ yet books still had to be generally suitable in a gentle middle class manner and publishers still wanted educated readers

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    How the 1950s and 1960s changed the United States Your grandparents or great grandparents were obviously hormone filled young men and women. As many men were coming home from war‚ so were a ton of hormones. There were 76.4 million babies born from 1946 to 1964‚ with the greatest overall numbers coming from 1954 through 1964. By 1964 those babies‚ known as “baby boomers”‚ accounted for almost 40 percent of the United States population. Along with the growing population came a growing need for more

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    Migrants of mixed-race origin - like Leila in The Final Passage‚ inherently suffered against racist attitudes in 1950’s Britain. In Black‚ white or mixed race? It is noted that: ‘mixed-bloods’ were seen as anomalies‚ demonstrably neither one race not another and as such they tended to arouse discomfort.’ This distaste for racial mixing was reflected in the derogatory names given by white people to those of mixed parentage such as ‘mulatto’ the Portuguese word for ‘mule’. The latter resulted in

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    McCarthyism‚ Civil Rights and the Vietnam War all put in to place a chain of events that have made our country what it is today. This paper will review a few of the social‚ economic and political events between 1950 through 1990 that had a powerful impact on the American people and their decade. 1950’s Cold War Ideology‚ McCarthyism and Eisenhower’s politics Cold War ideology crystallized after the end of World War II. During this war the US had alliances with Britain and Russia. Postwar the US was

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    How do you assess the impact of commercial television upon the British Broadcasting System from the 1950’s until the present day? To help answer this question‚ it would be beneficial to begin by summarising the history of Broadcasting from the 1920’s up to the 1950’s. This will help generate an understanding and make more clear‚ whether there was a change in the British Broadcasting System after the launch of the first commercial television channel in Britain. This history will contain‚ in short

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    From the dawn of the modern era‚ to the world of today‚ the family dynamic has changed significantly. From family structure‚ to relation to technology‚ to social interaction within the family unit‚ all have evolved in different ways. While the family of the 60s was just entering a beginning of the modern age‚ While the family of today exist the midst of the Modern Age Life in the 60s was an exciting time‚ with the space race in full swing. In this time period‚ the family unit would normally consist

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    referred to the interpretive approach followed in the Jaga v Dönges‚ a notorious case from the 1950s. In this essay‚ I argue that the recent comments by the Constitutional Court about the case clearly show that the Jaga judgment is no longer relevant to the interpretation of statutes after the democratic transformation. The facts of the Jaga case The Jaga case was a notorious case which occurred in the early 1950’s. Jaga being the accused in this case‚ as he was caught selling unwrought gold which is

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