different. Hippies came from all over with various backgrounds to congregate in San Francisco on the corner of Haight Street and Ashbury Street‚ where the world got its first glimpse of this peculiar sub group. This corner which lies in the very center of San Francisco came to be known as the Haight Ashbury District. There was a tour bus that ran through the Haight- Ashbury District area in San Francisco called the Gray Line. The tours promotional brochure contained the statement: "The only foreign
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‘Father of Federation’ and the first influential Australian to publicly press for the establishment of a new federal government. In his 1889 Federation speech‚ “the Tenterfield Oration”‚ Parkes addressed matters of national defence and a national railway transport system with a uniform rail gauge. He also proposed a national convention to progress the push for Federation. Parkes later added the issues of inter-colonial trade tariffs and an exclusionist immigration program to his proposal. Parkes
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The Hippy Subculture “The hippies—the rebels and dropouts of the Haight-Ashbury community of San Francisco—generated one of the most influential of history’s dress reform movements. Their style was so outrageous and anomalous that it alone could have made the hippie movement impossible to ignore” (Lobenthal) They wanted to show rejection of their parents’ lifestyles and morals and used their clothing as a way to rebel (Baughman) and also “wanted clothes that reflected their values and adopted
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AP U.S. 1/28/14 DBQ Between 1875 and 1900‚ there were organized labor forces popping up left and right‚ and the purpose of all of them was to improve the common workers position. However‚ few of these unions managed to bring much of a positive change. At the time‚ the three most influential labor forces were the Knights of Labor‚ who fell from power before they could bring much change‚ the American Federation of Labor‚ who didn’t fare any better‚ and the Populist party‚ who could be seen as the
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This was the first industrial union in the united states. His movement was to get better treatment for unskilled workers on the railroad. The American Railway union attracted thousands of members. The workers aimed at the Great Northern railway‚ where not a wheel moved in 18 days‚ which lead to the railway to grant the demands of the workers. A couple of months later there was a new union sprung up (against Deb’s) advice to strike Pullman Palace car workers. The strike was aimed
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of ‘consideration’. This means that both parties must bring something to the bargain. A promise by the Palm Tree to the Belton to buy twenty fryers for which the Palm Tree gave nothing in return will not generally be enforceable. In Currie v Misa (1875) LR 10‚ it was suggested that: consideration may include either in some right‚ interest‚ profit or benefit arising to one party or some forbearance‚ detriment‚ loss or burden given‚ sustained or undertaken by the
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themselves this was a way of life and no one was going to get in the way of their dreams and ambitions. Hippies flocked to a certain area of San Francisco on the corner of Haight Street and Ashbury Street‚ where the world got their first view of this unique group. This place came to be known as the Haight Ashbury District. There were tours of the district and it was said that the tour was the only foreign tour within the continental limits of the United States (Labin
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Tamil Nadu constitutes the south-eastern extremity of the Indian peninsula. Chennai is the capital city of the State‚ besides being an important district. The district city is one of the metropolis of India and serves as the gateway of the culture of South India. In spite of being the capital of a Tamil speaking State‚ it has emerged as a cosmopolitan city playing an important role in the historical‚ cultural and intellectual development of India‚ representing still the distinct
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on American society‚ why did they emerge and what were their objectives? One of the most distinctive countercultures of the very colorful decade of the 1960s were the hippies. The hippie’s counterculture developed during the 1960s in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. The hippies adopted the language and counterculture values from the Beats Generation. Their distinct style (bell bottom pants‚ brightly colored shirts and long loose hair on both men and women)‚ their addictive use of LSD
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Eugene V. Debs Citizen and Socialist Nick Salvatore’s book Eugene V. Debs Citizen and Socialist provides a very detailed account of the life and times and Eugene Debs. Debs was born in Terre Haute Indiana and Salvatore emphasizes the important role that this played in Debs upbringing. Terre Haute was ripe with religious fundamentalism from its founding. Religion permeated everyday life throughout Terre Haute. Salvatore writes that‚ "In newspaper editorials‚ political speeches‚ civic dedications
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