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    ’Without the new automobile industry the prosperity of the 1920s would scarcely have been possible? Do you agree?’ In the 1920s‚ the America’s economy was booming. People felt that they had a right to prosperity and many had aims of owning a nice house and car. I believe that the automobile industry was an extremely important factor in the economic boom. In the 1890s cars were only made by skilled blacksmiths‚ and were therefore very expensive. As little as 4000 cars were produced each year.

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    Geo Factsheet September 1996 Number 1 International Tourism International tourism is a common feature of many modern geography syllabuses and examination questions tend to focus on three main issues. 1. The size and nature of international tourism‚ including reasons for its variable rate of growth in different parts of the world. 2. The advantages and disadvantages of developing an international tourist industry. Here candidates need to be able to analyse tourism’s intertwined impacts

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    New Technology Of World War One World War I brought much technological advancement to the battlefield‚ such as pillboxes‚ flamethrowers‚ and mustard gas. But all this new technology brought the need for new tactics and there really were no new ideas on how to use them. Soldiers fought a traditional styled war‚ and suffered many casualties due to the new technology. Generals slowly figured out the strengths and weaknesses of each new piece of equipment and were able to use most of them effectively

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    The Great Gatsby is an intellectual stimulating novel showing factious character’s responding to social conflict in ways that were similar to that age. Throughout this essay you will be exposed to the accounts in questions and the opinions of those behind the research. The purpose is to expose 1920’s society during the prohibition and compare the events of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby.” Through this essay the thoughts and morals of Fitzgerald’s characters will be evaluated and associated

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    in Australia’s attitude towards war from what is previously seen in World War II - major support for the war - marks a change in the identity of Australia. We are now beginning to be identified as a more peacful‚ cultured nation‚ moving on from our more violent past. We also see a change in Australian identity by way of gender roles – specifically the roles of women‚ while the idea of a ‘perfect’ family and ‘ideal’ wife were central to Australian dentity at this time‚ woemn were slowly beginning

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    Roaring Twenties to refer to the period of 1920s. This period did usher in the birth of a modernized national lifestyle; because Americans who were war-weary did come to value leisure and also convenience over self-denial and leisure. The main characteristics of this new national consumer-based society were; 1. Culture clashes People’s culture was clashed during this period where they had to adopt a new way of doing things. 2. Politics of fear During this period‚ there were immigrants from different areas

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    An attitude survey of crime programmes on Kannada News channel Submitted by: Prashanth.V Register no: 10pubc2006 In the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of Master of Science in Mass Communication 2010 – 2012 ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES HESARGHATA MAIN ROAD‚ SOLDEVANAHALLI BANGALORE-90 DECLARATION I‚ Prashanth.V A hereby declare that this project report is prepared by me based on an original study and research conducted by me under the

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    Nostalgia and the yearning to go back to “better times” in a way motivates the idea of covering the wounded present. Speaking on the Great War‚ Katherine Feo’s article; “Invisibility: Memory‚ Masks‚ and Masculinities in the Great War” asserts that looking at the past played a big role in creating a mask for the soldiers who came back with wounds on their faces. Feo writes “As fundamental uncanny objects‚ the mask were invented to cover the shocking reminder of violence apparent in disfigurement

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    The Wilhelmine Period that helped force Germany and Europe down the Path to war in 1914 The Wilhelmine period (1890-1918) which will be discussed in this paper was led by German Kaiser‚ Fredrich Wilhelm II. During this period of time there is a multitude of situations that forced Germany and Europe down the path toward World War I (WW I) in 1914. There is not one defining situation and events that made WW I happen. It was a buildup of events over the past 50 years that resulted in one event that sent

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    Smith (1723-1790) was one of the greatest economists in the world with his concept of the “Invisible Hand”. The “Invisible Hand” explains the reasons why people do things in the market based on the principles of supply and demand. This theory also creates an economic system called free market or liberal market. This type of market has some main features namely‚ no governmental interventions and high competition. Adam Smith’s theory is interesting because he was the first one to set up the idea of

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