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    was from $8000-$11000. During the 1950s‚ the automobile industry saw growth and change‚ particularly in its design departments. Car companies catered to young buyers’ tastes as well as their fantasies. Auto dealers sold record 58 million cars. Women tend to use the Station Wagons‚ which allow more space for grocery shopping and carry the kids to school. Although conglomerates existed before World War II‚ they became increasingly popular during the late 1950s. Conglomerates are corporations consisting

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    Actors and actresses can achieve great heights with the depiction of the characters through Lawler’s use of dramatic elements and a constant realist setting and symbolic props. ‘Summer of the Seventeenth Doll’ is a play set in Australia during the 1950’s which was a crucial period in the development of the Australian identity. It was a time of post-war reconstruction and immigration‚ of materialism‚ a wool boom‚ of suburban comfort and conservatism- the first decade since early in the century in

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    Stephen King is perhaps the most widely known American writer of his generation‚ yet his distinctions include publishing as two authors at once: Beginning in 1966‚ he wrote novels that were published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. When twelve‚ he began submitting stories for sale. At first ignored and then scorned by mainstream critics‚ by the late 1980’s his novels were reviewed regularly in The New York Times Book Review‚ with increasing favor. Beginning in 1987‚ most of his novels were main

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    Stendahl to move to Mars thirty years later‚ where he could freely read‚ write‚ and create art in any manner‚ but then the Moral Climates came to Mars as well‚ and started enforcing the censorship law once again. Bradbury’s thoughts on censorship in the 1950’s are portrayed in the story of “Usher II” where Mr. Stendahl shows his outrage at the ignorant actions of the government by taking revenge on all of those who encourage the censorship of great works of literature and art. Mr. Stendahl is angry

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    Women 50's

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    thousands of men pushed women out of the work force and back into their homes. It almost seemed as if women had a choke hold on their lives and roles‚ Brett Harvey the author of Fitting In for Fifties Women was a young women living in the 1950’s she quoted‚ “1950’s women were second class citizens who’s roles were utterly restricted by business‚ the media‚ and by social pressures” –Brett Harvey. What the world didn’t understand was how hard it was for women to lose their independence all over again

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    Many women believe Mary Kay Ashe said it best when she observed‚ “While clothes may not make the woman‚ they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence — which‚ I believe‚ does make the woman.” (educators.fidm.com). This observation simply means that a woman’s appearance can have a tremendous influence on how she really views herself. Two advertisements from the world famous Levi’s Jean Company portrays this concept of self. One advertisement from a Seventeen magazine published in

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    Do you agree with the view that the British New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s were part of a wider social revolution that was taking place in British society? The British New Wave was characterised by many of the same stylistic and thematic conventions as the French New Wave. Usually in black-and-white‚ these films had a spontaneous quality‚ often shot in pseudo style on real locations and with real people rather than extras‚ apparently capturing life as it happens. Source 2 says

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    of America Since 1945 What role do audiences play in creating popular culture? Explain how Hollywood both manipulated and reflected the popular culture of the 1950’s and 60’s. The role of the audience is to infuse the fire in the popular culture movement. It appears that Hollywood was caught between the wall and the blade in the 1950’s‚ on one side you had the dominant culture flexing their muscle to have Hollywood endorse this family ideal and help the containment effort and for no reason ignite

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    changing generations. I have not only witnessed it myself‚ but in both research of the past and present history of the sport and culture there has been a 180 degree spin on the way that the culture is viewed. Skateboarding dates all the way back to the 1950’s. Its origin comes from Californian surfers that wanted to turn the streets into waves. The first boards were simply wooden boards with roller skate wheels mounted on the bottom of them. In 1963‚ there were some of the first competitions for skateboarding

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    The Transformation of Television Programming Television became a national mass media during the 1950’s and 1960’s and has changed its programming throughout the years to become what we watch today. Starting off with only three channels‚ NBC‚ CBS‚ and ABC‚ its content has transformed into something new. Television programming in the 50’s and 60’s is differentiated in many ways from the television programming we find today. Differences in television programming from the 50’s and 60’s

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