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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a stigma against divorced people‚ and focuses unnecessarily on divorced women. Divorced women get the house‚ they get the car‚ they get the kids. Divorced women get‚ get‚ get‚ while their male counterparts do nothing but lose‚ lose‚ lose. In the 1950’s‚ however‚ their roles were reversed‚ with the sympathy still in favor of the male members of the household. Men got everything in a divorce: the house‚ car‚ kids‚ money‚ and everyone’s sympathy. A divorced woman
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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 1950’s 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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Canadian Women in the Workforce: 1940’s to the 1970’s The 1940’s to the 1970’s were 30 short years‚ but resulted in a huge revolutionary change to Canadian women and their place in the workforce. The women who lived during this time period fought for the rights that working women have today. Women went from working in their homes to working in stores‚ factories‚ and running the farm. There were plenty of things women had to overcome during this time‚ such as; filling in the job market during WWII
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stylists‚ ever compelled to ‘improve’ on last year’s model‚ gave streamlining a bad name.” (Hodges‚ Coad‚ Stone‚ Sparke‚ Aldersey-Williams‚ The New Design Source Book‚ 1992‚ p.158) Discuss in relationship to the ‘innovation’ in household designs of the 1950’s‚ how do these designs compare to similar examples of today? Do designers today feel “compelled to improve on last years model? “American corporate designers were learned in Modernist theory‚ but nevertheless found bulbous aerodynamic bodyshells
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Vastly speaking‚ in today’s world the structure and the process of work and living have seen significant changes that influence our society. Let us imagine that we woke up to a work day in 1950’s and how different it would have been than our work life today. Obviously‚ there would not be technology enthralling our world everywhere around us and not to mention‚ cell phones without which‚ we cannot imagine our life. What has changed and why is the world so addicted to technology? Nowadays‚ we depend
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An important point is that social attitudes in the 1950s‚ the knowledge of queer theory which is stated that the concept of gender is constructed by gender ideology and the inconstant identity of human can circulate through the life experiences are not stated as a central role in the society. Definitively‚ it means that the perception about the homosexuality is complicated to achieve and unacceptable for most people in the society. Thus‚ it is showed that the homosexuality is regarded as a prohibition
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The Fifties was a time of the nuclear family‚ "I Love Lucy"‚ and things like the hula hoop. People dressed the same‚ talked the same‚ and acted the same. It was also a time of the Red Scare and Korean War. The government used fear tactics and were mostly unquestioned. When addressing the Fifties more often then not will you hear that it was a time of Conformity. The majority of the fifties was a time of cultural and social conformity with small deviants popping up every once in a while. The majority
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nearly everyone will offer an opinion about the toy. In the 1950’s Barbie is the debut as the “teenage fashion model” is mirrored the sophisticated glamour of 1950’s stars like Marilyn Monroe‚ Rita Hayworth and many more. The Barbie doll was seen with high arched brows‚ pursed red lips‚ a sassy pony tail with curly bangs. Barbie’s figure was high fashion and model-esque‚ with pale‚
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he can devote his time‚ energies and attention to the basic managerial functions of planning coordinating and controlling. The next logical step in the delegation process is the transfer of adequate authority to subordinates so as to enable them to make decisions and to take actions required for the performance of task and achievement of goal assigned to them. Assignment of duties and delegation of authority create an obligation on the part of subordinates to perform adequately and achieve the predetermined
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