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    After World War II ended‚ the age of baby-booming and urban sprawling began. During this time‚ many American soldiers came home from the war; married‚ and had five or six children. This created the largest generation ever. Could this new generation change the social world of America? In 1964‚ most of the baby-boomer’s children were in their late teens. This was the beginning of a major social change in the United States. With the birth of rock-n-roll not far in the past‚ and a growing liberalism

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    There are several ways that the philosophical movements of China shaped the civilization. Confucianism is just one of them which started in the Han Dynasty‚ another is legalism which started in the Qin Dynasty‚ and the last is taoism which was just a local superstition. Confucianism is just one philosophical movement that shaped China and is still shaping China today. Created by Confucius‚ who according to tradition was a thinker‚ political figure‚ and educator.Confucius talked about

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    Lost Generation

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    their novels. Ernest Hemingway corresponds to the “Lost Generation” of 1920’s and Jack Kerouac corresponds to the “Beat Generation” of 1950’s. Both of these generations were after wars. It is not coincidence‚ wars make people devastated and lost. People tried to overcome problems and pain through literature and music. Writers put all their emotions on the paper‚ musicians wrote songs‚ which described the hard time they had. These two generations produced the most talented writers of our days. For us

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    TO SATISFY GENERATION Z SHOPPING EXPERIENCE. Keywords: Generation Z‚ Online Retailing‚ Online Purchases‚ Attributes‚ Shopping Experience‚ Satisfactory‚ Consumer Expectations Background and Purpose Generation Z is the second generation within the giant "Millennial" cohort (Tulgan‚ 2013). “Retailers are using smart technologies to improve consumer shopping experiences and to stay competitive. The biggest future challenge for marketing and consequently for retailing seems to be generation Z‚ since

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    1960s Muscle Cars

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    years but none as popular as the muscle cars of the 1960’s. The 1960’s was a golden era for American automakers with the creation of the vintage iron. With that era long gone‚ the automakers were driven to recreate visions of the past. The 1960’s muscle car is the inspiration to the newly resurrected models of 2010 with great style and performance. Muscle cars are an American icon‚ and it still holds true with the best redesigned models from the 1960’s: Chevy Camaro‚ Dodge Challenger‚ and Ford Mustang

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    Generation Gap

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A generation gap is commonly perceived to refer to differences between generations that cause conflict and complicate communication‚ creating a "gap." Generation gap refers to parent child disagreement‚ contradiction and divergence in certain matters regarding their attitudes‚ values‚ closeness‚ and communication. This research was planned to study the causes of generation gap as well as the responsibility of the parents and the children

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    500 Years Later Film Analysis In my analysis of the film 500 Years Later‚ I will cover legacy‚ racism‚ identity‚ and education. I will also include how all of these things relate to the black male and female relationship outline by Hopson & Hopson Friends‚ Lovers‚ & Soul mates. In the beginning of the film it gives us our history of the free people. Gold in Africa was in abundant. The European traded with the Africans. It showed us that we were snatched from our African homes‚ violently

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    In what ways did sport reflect American society? This essay will concentrate on looking at the ethnic and class divide within the sports subculture of American society‚ and how it reflects American Society as a whole. When examining any society there is a always a broad area to cover‚ while looking at America’s society I will be looking at the arguments that it is the ‘land of the free’ a ‘new nation’ which immigrants flocked to start a new life in a country of much ‘opportunity’. I will be using

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    1960s drugs and music

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    The 1960s Music and Drug Revolution The decade of the 1960s is most likely talked about because of the Vietnam War‚ but most over look what was going on in America. Back in the states the faces of angry anti- war activists were on every major street corner you looked‚ they protested for peace and to get their brothers out of the jungles where the vicious war took place. The sixties were also the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement for Black Americans to receive racial dignity‚ economic and

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    This essay is about hippie movement‚ which consist of “hippie chic”‚ “trippy hippie”‚ “ethnic hippie”‚ “fantasy hippie”‚ “retro hippie” and “craft hippie” that was popular in 20th century‚ developed in 1960s in United States and then had been spread around the world. Also‚ in this essay will be explained things like how the trend influenced economic‚ cultural and technological spheres at that time and how it impacts on today’s fashion. The term “hippie” came from “Hipster”‚ hipsters are people

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