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    Pre 1900’s Fashion In the early 1900’s also known as the Edwardian Era‚ fashion was more important than comfort. It was an era if elegance and grace‚ clothing was considered a status symbol. The silhouette of the early 1900’s was an “S” shaped figure‚ female bodies were corseted to a small waist with exaggerated curved hips and buttocks. It was very important the women wore corsets throughout the early 1900 and even before that time. Thus‚ added emphasized on the waist giving the women various

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    Why did juvenile delinquency occur in the 1950s and what precautions were taken to prevent it? (Project Summary) This project will focus on the British criminal justice system in the 1950s regarding juvenile behaviour. The research will explore the ways used to prevent juvenile crime‚ the social and psychological motivation for crime‚ and the way that the criminal justice system aimed to rehabilitate those convicted of a juvenile offence. To explore these areas an understanding of ‘delinquency

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    In the 1900’s. South Africa was under rule of a black apartheid. This system ranked black South Africans‚ who consisted of the majority‚ only slightly higher than slaves. A man named Nelson Mandela went on a life-long mission to destroy the ways of the unfair government‚ and provide equal rights for all citizens. He fought his way up in society to preach his views‚ and faced many impediments along the way. Nelson Mandela was the most resilient human rights activist‚ who fought to destroy the South

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    Racism Racism has always been strong in America‚ but in the 1950’s there was more to be concerned about. There were laws for African Americans that would make them not as equal as whites. African Americans were only allowed to use their own bathrooms‚ school’s‚ water fountains‚ hospitals and busses. Racism in the 1950s was far aggressive with segregation and violence from today. Many African Americans lost family members during this time period. Many were adults but there were still children.

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    possession using music mostly from the hand-held mbira. British rule highly disapproved of this‚ and in turn left many Zimbabweans alienated form their ancient culture.[1] There are several different types of traditional Shona musics‚ including mbira‚ singing‚ and drumming. Very often‚ this music is accompanied by dancing and participation by the audience.[2] In Shona music‚ there is little distinction between the performer and the audience; both are actively involved in the music making‚ and both

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    pop music a type of music‚ usually played on electronic instruments‚ that is popular with many people because it consists of short songs with a strong beat and simple tunes that are easy to remember. Pop music is often simply called pop. rock ’n’ roll a type of music that was popular in the 1950s and combined simple blues structures played on guitars with strong regular beats soul music a type of African-American music that developed in the 1960s‚ combining r & b with pop‚

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    Popular Culture “Popular culture is the entirety of ideas‚ perspectives‚ attitudes‚ memes‚ images‚ and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture‚ especially western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century.”(“Popular Culture.” Def. Wikipedia ) Today‚ people of all ages are consumers of popular culture. Popular culture is often misunderstood as “pop culture” or “low culture.” However‚ I believe that

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    Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is usually understood to be commercially recorded music‚ often oriented towards a youth market‚ usually consisting of relatively short‚ simple love songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes. Pop music has absorbed influences from most other forms of popular music‚ but as a genre is particularly associated with the rock and roll and later rock style.[citation needed] Contents

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    Music in my Life While walking today as I normally do‚ I turned around and your face came into my view. I could only imagine what was wrong with her. But at the end I understood what was wrong with her‚ it was music. This is what music does to people and I love it for that. Music makes people feel good inside so much that it might even hurt. Throughout my life‚ music has always been a major influence. It has the power to change my mood when I ’m feeling down. Music is a cure for when I’m down and

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    throughout the 1900’s this was not the case. All genders back then were not all equal‚ in fact‚ women back then had the littlest of freedom and equality. Sometimes the women would make a stand for their gender‚ and sometimes the women would let the society control them. Two women who decided to make a stand for their sex were Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Lucretia Mott when they started the Women’s Suffrage Movement in 1913 (Table 1). This movement was created because women in the 1900’s wanted rights

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