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    since the 1950 era‚ yet some gender roles have remained the same. In the 1950s‚ men were returning from the war and rejoining the workforce. According to the U.S Department of State‚ 2017 many of the returning soldiers opted to leave the blue-collar jobs they had before the war to join the white collared work-force instead. Men were expected to be masculine‚ strong and the bread winners of the family. Ginger Voit wrote an article for synonym.com where she discussed that in the 1950s men were

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    In this essay I will explore the subculture of modernists and their musical‚ cultural and fashion influences that lead to the development of the movement during the late 1950s. I will also discuss in depth the impact the media had on ‘mods’ and how this acted as a catalyst for the inevitable divide of the subculture. This will be carried out with reference to the infamous clash of mods and rockers at Brighton on 18th May 1964 with discussion to the way in which newspapers chose to report the event

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    The transformation of gender equality since the 21st century is one of the most profound and significant social changes in human history. However‚ during the 1950s male dominance was mostly present amongst societies and cultures‚ where men and women were often viewed as occupying significantly different roles in society. This included men being viewed as the family’s main source of income and the dominant figure of the family‚ whereas women being the domestic caregivers‚ with the sole responsibility

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    1. What are the significant political‚ scientific‚ and intellectual developments that occurred during the first half of the twentieth century (1900-1950)? (10 points) In the first half of the twentieth century‚ there were many significant developments that were political‚ scientific‚ and intellectual. The political developments that occurred in the twentieth century are fascism‚ liberal-democratic capitalism‚ and communism. Communism came into play during the Russian Civil War. Fascism took place

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    leaves. He is out of breath; he needs to take a break. He is weak‚ struggling to run away. The footsteps get closer and closer until they finally catch him. They lock him up in chains and take him back to their home. He is now their slave forever. Racial discrimination has affected many people in the past‚ all leading to racism today. Although it is still a problem in society today‚ it differs from racism in history. Despite efforts to end racism in the Unites States‚ the number of violent acts

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    across the term‚ witch hunts‚ they have the common propensity to imagine Satanism‚ witches brewing magical potions‚ and the Salem Witch Trials. The McCarthy Witch Hunts usually aren’t the first thing to pop up in their heads. During the late 1950s and early 1960’s while the United States of America was fighting in the Cold War against the Soviet Union with hopes of protecting its sovereignties and freedoms‚ the growing fear of Communism and rising popularity of Anti-Communism threatened both the freedoms

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    Life today is very fast-paced. Everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere and will push you out of the way to get there‚ like it’s some kind of race. In our personal lives‚ we have our cell phones‚ and maybe a home phone‚ scheduled play dates for our kids‚ microwaves‚ satellite TV‚ home security systems that don’t involve dogs‚ solar landscape lighting‚ automatic underground sprinkler systems for our lawns‚ and compact fluorescent lights to replace the incandescent bulbs that waste energy. In the business

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    The Independent Record Labels of the 1950s and 1960’s History of Music Production Eric Eller Throughout the 1950s and 1960’s‚ a wave of new musical movements by independent record labels and new artists emerged in the United States. This movement is captured in the stories of those label creators and owners‚ and in the turbulent journey through their successes and failures. The first emergence was fueled by multiple factors: competitive economic circumstances‚ up-and-coming local musical

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    The history of Barbie’s trace back to the 1950s. Dolls have generally changed in size and appearance over the years. Growing up every holiday‚ birthday or Christmas I would want a new doll. My mother was the same way‚ as soon as she found out she was having a daughter she found all her old dolls to pass on. My favorite doll she passed down to me was her Barbie. Barbie dolls were the coolest dolls because they had different hair and different eye colors. Still to this day Barbie’s have been produced

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    The Catcher in the Rye Relative to the 1950s The Catcher in the Rye can be strongly considered as one of the greatest novels of all time and Holden Caufield distinguishes himself as one of the greatest and most diverse characters. His moral system and his sense of justice force him to detect horrifying flaws in the society in which he lives. However‚ this is not his principle difficulty. His principle difficulty is not that he is a rebel‚ or a coward‚ nor that he hates society‚ it is that

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