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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Technological determinism: Lag - Technology advances but society lags - Can be technological‚ not just social - Social and political pressures can impose restrictions on technology - Technology is always pushing forward‚ while everything else drags behind - William Ogburn: “`There is often a delay or lag in the adaptive culture after the material culture has changed"’ (Nye‚ p. 26) - Alvin Toffler ... argued that technological change had accelerated to the point that people could scarcely keep
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Examine the importance of technological leapfrogging for developing countries. Technology leapfrogging is a term used to describe the bypassing of technological stages that others (other countries) have gone through. Leapfrogging involves the technical aspects of implementing new technologies in the existing technological environment. It may be the process by which the development gap is reduced because it is the richer‚ more technologically advanced nations which have paid the costs to develop
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The 1950`s was an amazing time to decade and an exciting time in the U.S. This time period had an immense economic surge in U.S. This 1950`s decade was thrilling because of new fashion styles‚ less crimes and the booming music. The fashion was exaggerating in the 1970`s because of the new fashion styles that were coming out. The new fashion styles were booming (source 1‚ paragraph 1). The styles wa used to be a common standard of looks(source 1‚ paragraph 5). Some of the larges styles were going
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pushing the world into chaos. The three main underlying causes of WWI are nationalism‚ alliances‚ and militarism. In the years leading up to WWI‚ nationalism was gaining popularity. However‚ the group to stand up for their nation‚ setting off WWI‚ were Slavic peoples in Herzegovina and Bosnia. They wished not be part of Austria-Hungary‚ instead striving to
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Economics By the 1950s people were beginning to realize that the economy affects every person individually‚ whether they have a salary of fifty cents to ten million dollars. The security of our jobs and how much we earn doing them‚ the cost of the goods we buy‚ the price we pay to borrow money‚ and the interest we get by saving it are all directly related to the health of the economy. And in the 1950s the American economy was the strongest in the world. In the 1950s people were receiving jobs as
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Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George and Röttgen Pietà both have their own ways when it comes to representing the Virgin Mary. They both have different emotions‚ actions‚ and different times as to when the moment is happening. And with their differences‚ they also have some similarities. Röttgen Pietà is a wooden sculpture that has been painted and it deals with Virgin Mary after Christ’s crucifixion. The sculpture is from 1300-1325 C.E and is located in Rheinisches‚ Landesmuseum
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Name Brooke Guterriz Title of Poem/Poet: What We’re Made Of By Brooklyn and Bailey Title- Predict what this poem will be about before you read it. I think this song is about how these two girls are talking about how when they first meet their boyfriends and they think that is the best time of their lives. Sound Devices- Identify any rhythm or rhyme in the poem? There is not any rhyme in the song. There is rhythm in this song. Figurative Language- Identify any personification‚ metaphors
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(What role did technological innovations and trade play in the rise of the Egyptians? What innovations led to turning points in the history of Egypt? How widely did the Egyptians trade and with whom for what?) A large role in technological innovations within the rise of the Egyptians was played by technology. One technology that they invented that is still used today is paper and writing. This innovation would allow the Egyptians to be able to keep records of taxes. Therefore this was really
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Film Trailers Film trailers of the 1950s are different to today’s movie trailers in many different ways. One way is that the voiceover for the 1950s movie was prominent‚ giving a synopsis of the movie. The 1950s trailers gave more of an in depth view of a few scenes of the movie‚ instead of now where little snippets of a variety of scenes are shown. In the 1950s they were used as an informant to show the audience what the movie will be like‚ however now they can be used as an artistic thing to gain
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