found “Easy Riders/Raging Bulls” by Peter Biskind to be a fantastic portrait of the best dozen years of American film and the insane circumstances that created them. The reading included many features in one‚ cultural anthropology‚ film criticism‚ and gossip. This book is an excellent account of the film industry revolution during the 60’s and 70’s. It focuses more on the directors and not the actors‚ which is good because most of the decent directors of that time were completely out of their minds
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Britain and Total War Reasons for delaying total war Nature of British society Britain was a parliamentary democracy with a free press and strong union movement. There was no tradition of conscription and although government controls were quickly put in place‚ Britain did not assume organisation for total war in 1914. ‘Business as usual’ Britain’s official response to the war was ‘business as usual’. This is because many in Britain believed the war would be over very quickly. It was assumed
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The colonists changed their minds from tolerating to envying Britain. However the war altered the relationship between Britain and her american colonies because Britain was enable to be as active politically and economy. Therefore that’s why the colonists changed their minds about Britain‚ there mother country stood and how they felt about them. The french and indian war was given many different names on the american lands.‚ but it was much bigger than just the war in america. It was part of a world
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GCSE History Controlled Assessment: The impact of war on Britain c1914-50. During c1914-1950 social attitudes towards life in Britain varied amongst the British civilians dramatically. The main reason social attitudes changed so much was because this was a period of ‘total war’‚ a time where men‚ women‚ boys and girls were all involved in the war be it on the front line fighting or at home trying to stay alive. The attitude of some people changed positively as social classes were brought together
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Britain between the wars In 1929‚ the Wall Street Crash plunged the USA into economic depression. The Americans stopped imports of goods. This created a depression across the rest of the world. Unemployment in Britain‚ especially in industries like coal‚ iron‚ steel‚ shipbuilding. These industries had not modernized after the war and had been badly affected by competition from other countries. It left a terrible effect on the British economy. When the war ended‚ they found that other countries had
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reasons that led to the colonists uniting and rebelling against Great Britain. A major factor for the colonists to unite and rebel was the fact that Great Britain was forcing them to pay for the French and Indian War through oppressive taxes. Samuel Adams knew that if Boston was passive and let Britain take complete control of Boston‚ it would spread to the other colonies and they would have the same problem. This led to the colonies uniting as one to rebel against Britain in fear of losing their
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The novel‚ The Raging Quiet‚ written by Sherryl Jordan‚ portrays the ignorance‚ suspicion‚ and prejudice that people feels towards other individuals who have done nothing wrong except for committing an unforgivable crime of being different than the rest of the society. Upon arriving in Torcurra‚ the protagonist‚ Marnie‚ finds herself an outsider in this remote seaside village. Alone in this place filled with unwelcoming villagers‚ Marnie befriends with two other people‚ a local priest and a madman
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without representation was common in the 13 colonies. Colonists often debated about why a small island‚ Great Britain‚ should rule a piece of a continent‚ the 13 colonies‚ from 3‚000 miles away. The Stamp Act was issued by the British Parliament in 1765. The Stamp Act directly taxed printed materials. In Document 2‚ John Dickinson‚ a political leader from Pennsylvania‚ shows his disagreement with the Stamp Act. John Dickinson shares that Great Britain never thought the colonies would thrive as much as
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Is war ever justified? Is war ever justified? I would say yes. Others would say no. I believe that there are some situations that resort to going to war and that there are some that do not. If Britain hadn’t declared war on Germany when they invaded Poland‚ what would have happened? Would Jews still be persecuted? Would Hitler have had his "perfect" race or blonde hair and blue eyes? Would most of Europe now not be speaking English or French‚ Spanish‚ Portuguese etc.‚ but be speaking German? Britain
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the English colonists’ perspective. This is what it means to be an American... To be an American colonist means that they lacked resources‚ they were profit seeking colonists‚ and no freedom because of King George II. The colonists were penniless back when blacks were slaves because of the lack of resources. For example‚ sufficient colonists faced difficulties in establishing food sources which led to them dealing with hunger. The next reason the colonists wanted to leave Great Britain was to come
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