"To what extent did the decade of the 1950 s deserve its reputation as an age of social and cultural conformity" Essays and Research Papers

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    Filmmakers were forced to adapt‚ changing the industry. By the Second World War‚ the film industry cooperated with the government‚ to gain support towards the war effort. Cinema began to have a great cultural impact‚ becoming the mass medium for consumption of information and ideas. This influence occurred slowly and sublimely‚ deeply rooted and enduring in society. Following the Great Depression and World War Two‚ the film industry became lucrative before the advent of the home television during

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    Today‚ Barbie is the most popular doll in the world. She is a worldwide fashion muse and pop culture icon for girls all ages. The Barbie doll has been a controversial toy that has changed over the years. These changes have been due to changing fashions‚ careers‚ interests and beliefs over the decade’s occupations‚ and ethnicity has been very obvious over the years but even her face and body has changed. But‚ since the beginning of time‚ toys have been an indicator of the way society behaves‚ and

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    During the 1950s Uruguay was unique amongst most South American countries due to its sociopolitical stability and economic prosperity. Uruguay had fostered a large and growing middle class as well as a stable welfare-state which gave a wide degree of democratic and civil freedoms more so than any other south American government. Due to relative peace in Uruguay in the mid-1960s there were only 12‚000 men in the armed forces and less than 22‚000 police in a country with a population of nearly 3million

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    Inventions In the 1950s a lot of things were invented and things that may look like they were invented a couple of years back but the truth is that all the items list here were invented in the 1950s. Starting in 1950 the very first credit card named (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider. Then in 1951 Super glue was invented and in the same year Power Steering AKA (steering) was invented by Francis W. Davis‚ and the first video tape recorder (VTR) invented by Charles Ginsburg. In 1952‚ people came

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    Society and Identity Essay for the 1950s Inaara Manji There were many changes in Canadian society following World War II. The 1970’s saw the growth of the largest population in the history of the world. With 6 million children being born‚ the “baby-boomer” generation would change Canada‚ as we know it. The rapid growth of the baby-boomer generation also led to the fact that women now had to look after their babies at home and also their husbands instead of working like they were during the World

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    Conformity is a form of social influence that involves you to change your beliefs to fit in with a group. This change is due to the physical presence of the group members‚ or imagined group pressure that involves the pressures of social norms. In the public services compliance with common practices is following a particular course of action which is the social norm. It can be seen when the police are dealing with suspects as the suspect is innocent until proven guilty and the law should not be taken

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    This article was about a study done on school lunch practices in typical schools. Some of the results were shocking‚ while others were what was expected. I wasn’t sure if in the 1950s schools served lunch‚ but I came to find out that a lot of schools did. Sanitary efforts in the 1950s compared to now were very low and not monitored as much as today. Many insanitary practices were reported. The most prominent thing found was contaminated food. Many children were getting sick of things such as

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    Racism Racism has always been strong in America‚ but in the 1950s there was more to be concerned about. There were laws for African Americans that would make them not as equal as whites. African Americans were only allowed to use their own bathrooms‚ school’s‚ water fountains‚ hospitals and busses. Racism in the 1950s was far aggressive with segregation and violence from today. Many African Americans lost family members during this time period. Many were adults but there were still children.

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    During the 1950s‚ after World War II‚ the economy was booming‚ and many Americans were living “the American Dream‚” or enjoying material comfort. By 1956‚ the majority of Americans no longer had industrial jobs‚ such as working in the factories‚ producing goods. Instead‚ more Americans were working in professional occupations that paid more than the industrial jobs‚ such as sales‚ insurance‚ communications‚ and advertising. In addition‚ Americans in the 1950s had more leisure time than ever‚ working

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    terms of successes. The first question we must ask‚ however‚ is: “was America ever great?” To answer this question we must determine what greatness means. According to Merriam-Webster‚ the definition of greatness is “remarkable in degree‚ magnitude‚ or effectiveness.” If we can say that America was great at its founding in 1789‚ and we can also say that it was great in 1950‚ then how must we change our definition of greatness in order to account for the difference between the country at these two times

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