systems. Automated teller machines have reduced the need for bank visits to obtain cash and carry out transactions. In general‚ automation has been responsible for the shift in the world economy from industrial jobs to service jobs in the 20th and 21st centuries. My friend‚ who worked in the field of publishing‚ told me that a lot of jobs are gone‚ many in layout and production‚ since computers do layout and design faster and more accurately. Here’s just a glimpse of how much the world is changing
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17th and 18th centuries‚ if a parent were to have a child with a physical/mental incapability‚ disability or deformity‚ they were considered an embarrassment to society and should have be scorned‚ abandoned or put to death. Since parents didn ’t know what to do with their child‚ they would sometimes lock them up in cages like animals and hide them from society and sometimes their own self. As time went on‚ culture conditions and definitions started to change. Now in the 20th century‚ we ’re more understanding
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THE GOLDEN BIRD THAT TARNISHED In the 19th century‚ the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century‚ it was totalitarianism. In this century‚ it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the globe: sex trafficking‚ acid attacks‚ bride burnings and mass rape. Yet if the injustices that women in poor countries suffer are of paramount importance‚ in an economic and geopolitical sense the opportunity they represent is even greater. “Women hold up half the sky‚” in
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“Transportation is the center of the world! It is the glue of our daily lives.” -Robin Chase The world that we live in now will most likely be impossible had it not been for innovations in transportation. There would not have been any great infrastructure‚ industrialisation‚ or massive production‚ if transportation was incompetent. Life would not have kept up with the fast changing times if there were no huge trucks‚ trailers‚ cargo ships‚ or large aircrafts to carry them to different places
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Cram Packet 1914 to Present BIG IDEAS: The 20th Century was a time when the world got “smaller.” Communication and transportation made it possible to connect to every part of the globe and even into outer space. The United States came to dominate the world during the 20th century and our culture spread everywhere (McWorld) Not every part of the globe felt comfortable with the Americanization of the world. American values can be interpreted as being based upon consumerism‚ greed‚ sex‚ and
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they have had on social policies and social care provisions. It will explain how these ideologies were formed and how they are relevant in present day starting with the Elizabethan Poor Law right through to the ‘Middle way’ of the late twentieth century. The Elizabethan Poor Law 1598 continued through until amended in 1834. It was the earliest form of welfare state and was based on local church parishes. This provision mainly focussed on the poor and due to the fact there was no government at this
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Edexcel Medicine and Health through Time: A development study Revision Booklet 2013 Success in this exam requires: A general understanding of how medicine developed over time. You need to have an overview of how medicine changed in your mind. Was there PROGRESS / CONTINUITY / REGRESSION from one period of time to the next. Knowledge about different areas of medicine: Understanding CAUSE of disease Developing TREATMENTS / preventions / cures Understanding ANATOMY
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in the whole world too‚ proof that the mentality of society did not change from one day to another. Therefore‚ representing a major discussion to society since the beginning‚ women’s role in society has changed along with history. In the 19th century‚ women were manipulated by their husbands and had little or no opinion. Husbands were their wife’s bosses and had complete power over them. The play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen‚ portrays that situation clearly throughout the whole story‚ for example
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Maggie; A girl of the Streets Pertaining to Gender Inequality Stephen Crane’s Maggie; A Girl of the Streets depicts the shockingly harsh and destitute lives that many people had to sustain in turn of the 20th century New York City. It reveals a disturbing realism of slum life and poor living conditions‚ and addresses several social forces that occurred during this time. Prominently‚ this story tackles the idea of gender inequality and discrimination. Maggie‚ the main character of this novella‚
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would be better off without. However‚ it is an inescapable catastrophe‚ and inevitably conflict will always exist as long as people have differing opinions. This is shown throughout Bertolt Brecht’s play "Life of Galileo"‚ which is set in 17th century Italy and follows the events of Galileo Galilei’s adult years. During this time he created a telescope to view the stars‚ and his findings went against that of the church. What was intended as a gift of knowledge for the world was seen as an attack
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