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    five decades‚ including global wars‚ economic depression‚ technological advances and massive social change. (http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/modernism) This article‚ however‚ will be focusing on Australia’s development of Modernity‚ Modernisation and Modernism between the inter-war period of 1919 to 1939. With an ever expanding city‚ Melbourne designers and architects took advantage of new technologies and advancements in the production of steel and glass which opened up endless

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    Marx is considered a modernist because his views and theories fit the meaning of Modernity‚ which are human freedom and the right to free choice. To Marx‚ Capitalism is a barrier to the notion of human freedom and choice. Five aspects of his political theory which are modern‚ is how he views human nature‚ effects of Capitalism on human natures with emphasis on significance of labour‚ class struggles within Capitalism‚ the demise of Capitalism and the need for the transition to Communism. In this

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    Effects of the Bottleneck and the Founders effect Cecil Smith GS102 Grantham University Online The bottleneck effect happens when something of a great devastation has happened‚ causing a great amount of people to lose their lives and leave behind very few people at the most. The bottleneck effect happens at random and can kill of a whole population and with it can also wipe out the gene pool by doing so. An example of the bottleneck effect would be something like a tsunami‚ or an earthquake‚ which

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    There are many theories about the cause of modernization and the reasons we change with it. I believe that we are a society of free thinkers who are hungry for knowledge. The smarter we become the more we will change the world around us for good or bad. The future of modernization is only limited by our imaginations. Modernization is the process of social changes that began in Europe with the start of the industrial revolution and spread to the United States. This put us on the path of social

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    How successful was Lenin’s attempt to create an alternative modernity in Russia by 1929? Overview The aim of this essay is to discuss how successful Lenin’s policies were in his attempt to create an alternative modernity in Russia by his death in 1924. By scrutinizing his actions and their individual impacts in relation to the desired modernity‚ historians can assess whether Lenin achieved the socialist dream he sought for. I will break down the essay into three components from which I can individually

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    Discuss the presentation of modernity‚ illness‚ consumerism and suicide in ‘Mrs Dalloway’ and ‘The Hours’. The topics of suicide is and illness are very prominent throughout both ‘Mrs Dalloway’ a novel written by Virginia Woolf and ‘The Hours’ a film based on the novel. Throughout ‘The Hours’ it shows the suicide of Virginia Woolf in 1941‚ in the 1950’s housewife Laura Brown’s‚ decision to not commit suicide and Clarissa Vaughan having to deal with the suicide of a close friend. In ‘Mrs Dalloway’

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    Marinduque Midwest College Dili‚ Gasan‚ Marinduque COLLEGE DEPARTMENT The EFFECTS OF poor QUALITY EDUCATION over a lifetime Submitted by: Christian Jay F. Zoleta BEED IV- Sagittarius Submitted to: Mr. Joey Semilla Instructor In Partial Fulfillment in the Requirements in Social Dimension SY 2013-2014 I. Introduction The impact of low-quality education can be negative as it fails to produce

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    In Richard Shift’s essay Mark‚ Motif‚ Materiality: The Cézanne Effect in the Twentieth Century‚ Shift expounded on how much of an influence Cézanne had on artists of this era. In 1904‚ the Salon showcased several of Cézanne’s artworks‚ eliciting mixed reviews. Over the course of the twentieth century‚ it seemed as if “Cézanne’s effect” took prominence and individuals‚ particularly art critics‚ either began to look towards him for inspiration or criticize his technique. However‚ the point of Shift’s

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    replacement by a more Westernized one. Technically modernity simply refers to the present‚ and any society still in existence is therefore modern. Proponents of modernization typically view only Western society as being truly modern arguing that others are primitive or unevolved by comparison. This view sees unmodernized societies as inferior even if they have the same standard of living as western societies. Opponents of this view argue that modernity is independent of culture and can be adapted to

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    Essay on Effects of Urbanization | | |[pic] | | |Urbanization is the process by which a large number of people over time | | |become concentrated in cities. However‚ cities‚ as permanent settlements | | |where heterogeneous groups of people live‚ have existed since time | |

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