“Filthy Cities” stresses the nightmare that was life for New York’s European immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th century. “New York City was a magnet for European immigrants” (Robins) and this migration from countries such as Ireland was one of the biggest mass migrations in history. The Irish were one of the first groups of immigrants to arrive due to their 1840s potato famine. 1/3 of the immigrants died on the ships on the way to NYC but for those that did arrive safely‚ more struggles and
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The challenges Americans faced in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century. The progressives were urban Northeast college educated middle-class protestants that wanted to solve some problems. To do this they started to form groups named unions. They also started to make strikes in order for them to get the new rights that they wanted. Some of the issues that they were trying to solve were women suffrage‚ income inequality‚ child labor and safer workplace conditions.
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Industrialization in the United States during the 19th and early 20th century brought profound changes to the lives of common people‚ reshaping work‚ social relationships‚ and the dynamics between labor and the management. While it spurred economic growth and the technological advancements‚ its benefits were not evenly distributed‚ leading to significant social inequalities. The advent of the industrialization fundamentally altered the nature of work. Traditional artisanal crafts were replaced by
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In the early part of the 20th century‚ employee compensation was minimal to nonexistent. With a few exceptions most employees were only rewarded in respect of the hours they worked. Any other kind of compensation that had to do with old age‚ poor health or death was entirely left to the hands of the employee or his family. Vacations if allowed at all were without pay. In 1940 and 1950 we can notice an increase in the acceptance and usage of employee benefits as a form of reward in addition to direct
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Computers The Most helpful 20th Century Invention “I think it’s fair to say that personal computers have become the most useful empowering too; we’ve every created. They’re tools of communication‚ they’re tools of creativity‚ and they can be shaped by their user”. – Bill Gates Who can live without a personal computer in the 21th century? The computer as the most wondrous technological invention of the 20th century since the beginning of human era we have always tried to obtain machines to
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Major changes came to the textile industry during the 20th century‚ with continuing technological innovations in machinery‚ synthetic fibre‚ logistics‚ and globalization of the business. The business model that had dominated the industry for centuries was to change radically. Cotton and wool producers were not the only source for fibres‚ as chemical companies created new synthetic fibres that had superior qualities for many uses‚ such as rayon‚ invented in 1910‚ and DuPont’s nylon‚ invented in 1935
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Shane Crudden 2A Module: Design Theory Title: 20th Century Visual Communication Date of submission: 13/12/10 Word Count: 1939 Typography: Helvetica. “The 20th century was a time of social‚ cultural and technological revolution and change. Inevitably this had an effect on visual communication of the time.” One of the key factors in typography that I believe to be central to the development and progression of visual communication in the 20th century is the typeface Helvetica. “The Helvetica typeface
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Comparison on Cultural Nationalism between Modern Korea and China in the Early 20th Century Over the confronted‚ yet shared borderline‚ Korea and China have actively been engaged with each other in various fields of life ever since the dawn of the nations. Such frequent and constant interactions had undoubtedly brought about the civil similitude between them until nowadays. Amongst numerous cultural resemblances of Korea and China from the history‚ this paper focuses on how their unique‚ yet similar-to-each-other
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Healthcare in the United States has changed dramatically over the last hundred or so years. Before the 20th century‚ individuals and families were responsible for their own care without government involvement. People did the best they could to stay healthy with epidemics arising. The early 1900’s saw hospitals being built and physicians being trained. Still most services were free or government paid. The U.S. was learning more and more about medical services. During World War II it became clear that
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The 20th century is been called the age of suspicion. Nothing is what it seems‚ it’s about the lack of trust and believes. There are 3 big figures of this century that talk about suspicion‚ Darwin‚ Marx‚ and Freud. The kid is the best portrait of this suspicion‚ cause they don’t know everything and they don’t have full control of the world around them. Dorothea Lange is a famous photographer from the 40’s‚ she went in an intern camp and pictures them. In 17S is peculiar the episode of Rosie washing
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