TMG Tom’s Midnight Garden‚ 1958. Perceptions of class and social hierarchies in the 1950’s had changed and some children’s literature began to tackle social issues. P 143 Reader 1 red Reader 1 There was moral panic about mass media and the fear it could divert attention from moral activities such as reading. 1 red Children’s literature began to reflected these changes and fears‚ yet books still had to be generally suitable in a gentle middle class manner and publishers still wanted educated readers
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Migrants of mixed-race origin - like Leila in The Final Passage‚ inherently suffered against racist attitudes in 1950’s Britain. In Black‚ white or mixed race? It is noted that: ‘mixed-bloods’ were seen as anomalies‚ demonstrably neither one race not another and as such they tended to arouse discomfort.’ This distaste for racial mixing was reflected in the derogatory names given by white people to those of mixed parentage such as ‘mulatto’ the Portuguese word for ‘mule’. The latter resulted in
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McCarthyism‚ Civil Rights and the Vietnam War all put in to place a chain of events that have made our country what it is today. This paper will review a few of the social‚ economic and political events between 1950 through 1990 that had a powerful impact on the American people and their decade. 1950’s Cold War Ideology‚ McCarthyism and Eisenhower’s politics Cold War ideology crystallized after the end of World War II. During this war the US had alliances with Britain and Russia. Postwar the US was
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How do you assess the impact of commercial television upon the British Broadcasting System from the 1950’s until the present day? To help answer this question‚ it would be beneficial to begin by summarising the history of Broadcasting from the 1920’s up to the 1950’s. This will help generate an understanding and make more clear‚ whether there was a change in the British Broadcasting System after the launch of the first commercial television channel in Britain. This history will contain‚ in short
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From the dawn of the modern era‚ to the world of today‚ the family dynamic has changed significantly. From family structure‚ to relation to technology‚ to social interaction within the family unit‚ all have evolved in different ways. While the family of the 60s was just entering a beginning of the modern age‚ While the family of today exist the midst of the Modern Age Life in the 60s was an exciting time‚ with the space race in full swing. In this time period‚ the family unit would normally consist
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referred to the interpretive approach followed in the Jaga v Dönges‚ a notorious case from the 1950s. In this essay‚ I argue that the recent comments by the Constitutional Court about the case clearly show that the Jaga judgment is no longer relevant to the interpretation of statutes after the democratic transformation. The facts of the Jaga case The Jaga case was a notorious case which occurred in the early 1950’s. Jaga being the accused in this case‚ as he was caught selling unwrought gold which is
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There are obvious differences between the de Vitoria’s arguments and the 1950s U.S. Supreme Court decision. They collide with each other in their attitudes and approaches in dealing with Indians. After being assigned by the Spanish king to address the right of the Spanish in the New world‚ de Vitoria delivered the lecture entitle “On the Indians Lately Discovered” in 1532. In the lecture‚ he emphasized that the Indians had natural rights as land owners in managing their lands. He also noted that
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Devine 1 Rachel Devine Mrs. Amy Reid English 1 29 April 2015 Audrey Kathleen Hepburn was a very influential lady of the 1950’s and 60’s. She starred in many films‚ and supported charities that helped children. She was born and raised in Ixelles‚ Belgium. Her childhood was as expected‚ full of fun and laughter‚ until WW2 broke out. She was right in the middle of a war zone. Her father was a Nazi sympathizer. Which caused feuds between her mother and father. At the young age of six
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idea of segregation in America. All of the children were courageous enough to have very mean things yelled at them including acid thrown in their faces‚ yet all but one live today. The Jim Crow laws were a huge part of the act of segregation in the 1950’s. The Jim Crow laws were put in place for many reasons. The laws were put in place after the Civil War‚ 1861-1865‚ to restrict the rights of African Americans and keep them separated from Whites (“Jim Crow Laws” Gale). Some
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Although very few stars are compelling enough to define the era in which they lived and in which they created their most outstanding work‚ Marilyn Monroe undoubtedly defined the 1950s. Marilyn Monroe‚ born Norma Jeane Mortenson was burdened with a difficult childhood. In 1926‚ she was born into a broken home with an unsuitable mother‚ Gladys Baker. Norma Jeane was put under the care of foster parents‚ and after many attempts‚ Gladys Baker got her daughter back in 1933. At this time‚ the young
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