Trends in Postwar American Culture and Society by Roland Marchand Roland basically created this chart to show some of the cultural trends after the postwar. He uses this chart to argue his claim that a more similar popular culture than anything Americans had ever known emerged in the postwar period and the similarity often appeared as a “decline of class and regional differences in clothing and recreation”. The results from the chart show that there was a rapid change in the number of under age
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York: Vanguard Press‚ 1951. A pioneering work by the provocative and controversial Canadian media expert. In this early work‚ McLuhan presents stimulating‚ sometimes mystifying‚ commentary on advertising imagery in mid-twentieth century America. Marchand‚ Roland. Advertising the American Dream. Berkeley: University of California Press‚ 1985. Marchand’s study of advertising in the 1920s and 1930s is a model for its integration of business and cultural history and for its masterful analysis of both the
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Washington D.C: United States Information Agency. 4.Adam ‚JamesTruslow. <The Epic of America> 1931 5.Rosenblatt‚ Roger. <Consuming Desirer: Consumption‚ Culture‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness> Washington‚ D.C: Island Press‚1999. 6.Marchand‚Roland.<Advertising the American Dream: Making Way for Modernity>Berkeley: University of California‚1985.
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Lankford‚ Jr. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2011. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 17 June 2013. Lena‚ Alberto. “Deceitful Traces of Power: An Analysis of Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby.” Canadian Review of American Studies 28. Marchand‚ Roland. Advertising the American Dream: Making Way for Modernity. Los Angeles: University of California P. Michaels‚ James W. “The Mass-Market Rich.” Forbes 9 Oct. 2000. Business Source Premier. O’meara‚ Lauraleigh. “Medium of Exchange: The Blue
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it was based on the perception that success can be achieved by any individual‚ no matter what social position he possesses. What matters is his personal skills‚ hard work and efforts. A prototypical 1920s’ man has been described by the author Roland Marchand in his book in the following words: “Not only did he flourish in the fast-paced‚ modern urban milieu of skyscrapers‚ taxicabs‚ and pleasure-seeking crowds‚ but he proclaimed himself an expert on the latest crazes in fashion‚ contemporary lingo
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(Tignor‚ Adelman‚ Aron‚ Kotkin‚ Marchand‚ and‚ 619). The Enlightenment also paved the way for a newer approach towards the concept of human rights. Human beings were granted certain individual rights known as their “natural rights” that was always convenient by law. Before the French Revolution‚ European cultures were restricted by “two major institutions: the Catholic and Protestant churches and the dynastic court systems” (Tignor‚ Adelman‚ Aron‚ Kotkin‚ Marchand‚ 617) where individual rights were
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Frank Norris‚ through the work of his novel McTeague‚ changed America in several ways. Norris was born in Chicago in 1870‚ during a naturalistic time period (The Literature Network). This novel was written with many themes that define naturalism‚ such as greed and lust. Social Darwinism‚ which can be defined as “survival of the fittest” also played a huge role in Norris’ making of this novel (schoolworkhelper). Using the themes of lust‚ sexual tragedy‚ and Social Darwinism‚ Frank Norris wrote one
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is the financial crisis. This crisis led to inflation and a huge gap between the rich and the poor of the country. “The empire underwent an economic crisis brought on the by the expense of defending its borders and supporting its armies” (Dutton‚ Marchand and Harkness 166). The government taxed all the population to support the military because needed a lot of money to defend their
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Saul of Tarsus was also known as Paul the Apostle. He was believed to have been born in c. 5 and died in c. 6. Saul was born in Tarsus of Cilicia‚ in a Greek-speaking area of the Roman Empire and was a Roman citizen by birthright. This area is what is now known as Turkey. He was also known as Saul the persecutor of the Christian church. Saul of Tarsus hated Christians (harvardhouse.com). While on the road to Damascus to persecute Christians‚ Saul received visions from Jesus Christ and this experience
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Cited: Macionis‚ J. J. (2011). The School. In Society the basics (11th ed.). Boston: Prentice Hall. (Original work published 2007) Marchand‚ J. (2011) Class discussion Morrison‚ J. (2004). Cornel West. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/ books?id=EcwI2eX_aJYC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=are+americans+obsessed+with+their+comfort?+cornel+west&source=bl&ots=2Ln82omrvz&
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