Pruitt-Igoe: The Making and Unmaking of Architecture’s Greatest Myth The Making In 1949‚ the United States Housing Act was passed‚ allowing the US government to introduce several urban rejuvenation projects‚ one of which was the Pruitt-Igoe public housing‚ largely created to restrict the growth of slums that were economically degrading the value of real estate in downtown St. Louis‚ Missouri. A 57 acre site was cleared for the construction of 5800 housing units that would house nearly 15000 residents
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How important was Weimar Cinema to the Development of the German Film Industry? The cinema of the early 20th century saw a vast rise in popularity of the film industry across the world and especially so in Germany after the early development of moving pictures had surfaced at the very end of the 19th century. One of the most significant influences in the film industry was of course the advancement of technology. The reason for this is that Thomas Edison invented his “Kinetoscope” in 1891 and
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created from the inspiration of different film movements since the development of motion picture. In particular‚ there is one film movement that has influenced other film styles such as film noir and horror. Hidden in the shadows of the film industry‚ German Expressionism began from darkness‚ created specific film traits‚ and challenged perspectives of society. Engulfed with chaos in Europe‚ Germany had suffered a humiliating defeat. Author George Huaco‚ in his book‚ The Sociology of Film Art‚ explains
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Marko Smojver Modern Germany Professor Lees March 7‚ 2012 The House of Krupp From the beginning of the German Empire during Otto von Bismarck’s legacy through the young Kaiser Wilhelm II legacy many improvements to the political‚ economic‚ and social level of the empire were rising. From 1815 to the rise of Hitler the industrial rise in Germany was one of the greatest behind Great Britain in Europe. So the book I chose was “The House of Krupp” by Peter Batty. For thirty years Germany was
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Fascists and Nazis share similar political and social ideologies‚ but these two ideologies are different. Fascism is a political system under which other bodies or political systems occur. Nazism on the other hand‚ emerges from fascist ideologies and is restricted to one country that reintroduced other principles such as predominance and racial superiority. Therefore‚ to say that all fascist are Nazis would be a precise observation because Nazi political system is essentially fascist. To argue this
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prostitution‚ homeless‚ and beggars (Bergen). Some civilians of these categories were also removed because they did not fit into society. Later on‚ German soldiers proceeded burning down German Jews and their belongings; many of the Jewish people were arrested and re-located to concentration camps‚ or were killed in a seclusive area (Bergen). Multiple German folk
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German management‚ as it has evolved over the centuries and has established itself since World War II‚ has a distinct style and culture. Like so many things German‚ it goes back to the medieval guild and merchant tradition‚ but it also has a sense of the future and of the long term. The German style of competition is rigorous but not ruinous. Although companies might compete for the same general market‚ as Daimler-Benz and BMW do‚ they generally seek market share rather than market domination.
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Contradicting Ideologies in The Searchers While The Searchers can be viewed from a critical standpoint as a ‘revisionist’ Western in terms of its portrayal of Native Americans‚ certain aspects of the film contradict this overall message. One such aspect is the character Look‚ who serves a role both as comic relief and as commentary on racist depictions of Native Americans. The Searchers does a superb job of highlighting the contorted representation of Indians in the Western genre‚ but Director
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Introduction RACISM In this assignment we are looking at racism as the believe that a particular race is superior or inferior to another that a person’s social and moral traits are pre-determined his or her in born biological characteristics. Racism‚ in its most basic sense‚ refers to the characterization of people (based on race) with certain distinct traits. It is a belief that you can categorize people into groups based on genetics. It has been proven time and time again that traits occur in
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Amanda Creacy Mr. McKay German 2- Feste und Feiertage March 2‚ 2012 Wonderful facts on German Holidays In Germany they also celebrate holidays. Some are the same as American holidays but others are different. They seem to have a lot more holidays than we do. Some are celebrated the same in both places but some are different. In Germany some holidays are regional and not national which means that only people living in certain places celebrate them. In January there are multiple major
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