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1960s and Its Cultural Importance

Nash & Young song that highlighted the killings of four innocent students, was perhaps one of the last events. Everything changed ...

Cinematic Influences of 1960s' Society

the story of twelve men (all stereotypical white and middle class) who by luck of the draw are brought together to deliberate the ...

In Favor of Civil Disobedience

kill. They are trained to do this in order to eliminate their own risk of death. The use of deadly force is justified because offi...

New Generations from the 1870s through the 1960s

ideals of the generation before (Flexner and Soukhanov, 2002, 1997). The generations raised in the 1870s to 1890s, 1920s to 1940s,...

A Review of the Film, Ocean's Eleven

In some scenes featuring very dark-skinned Bernie Mac, the only thing absolutely visible on the screen was the whites of the actor...

Post 1960 Public Speaking Changes

It is an acknowledged fact that conversational styles and communication skills vary between cultures and genders (Nelton, 1995). ...

Modernist and Postmodernist Architectural Theories of Le Corbusier and Robert Venturi

generator" which "holds in itself the essence of sensation" (Le Corbusier, 1924, p. 8). For Le Corbusier, the idea that the plan "...

Richard Nixon and 1960s' Counterculture

bringing the country back into some semblance of order. It was these very movements that helped Nixons administration withdraw fro...

1960s' Civil Rights Music and Martin Luther King Jr.

all, a wild animal will fight to be free of restraints as well and this does not indicate that they are good, nor does it indicate...

An Analysis and Synopsis of Gaines Short Story, The Sky is Gray

enough cotton over the next summer to buy her a new coat. However, it is also clear that his mother feels compelled to hold James ...

Political Struggles and Articles by Cowie and Sugrue

the extent to which people can be bigoted and unfair and not even realize it. The building trades, in particular, were riddled wi...

1960s' Pop Art Culture and Women

as the pop art movement was one that generally focused on objects, abstracts, and commercialism as it involved a consumerist and w...

1960s' Social Issues and the Involvement of the American Government

help to support low-income parents with children. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT One of the most notable programs was the involvement of t...

Legendary Rock Band Led Zeppelin

In his insightful text, Rock and Roll: A Social History, Paul Friedlander observed, the 1970s were "a time of contradiction" (234)...

U.S. Muslim Families

precedent in relation to establishing official recognition of Islamic religious holidays in American schools. Two major Islamic h...

1960s' Countercultures

completely rejected the "establishment" and decided that it was unwise to trust anyone over the age of thirty. This was clearly a ...

Analyzing U.S. Labor Unions

the government was concerned, there was much less power upon industry, and the combination of these factors entirely changed the e...

1960s' Political and Social Movements and the Chicago Seven Trial

In seven pages this paper discusses the counterculture, Vietnam War protest, and student movements of the 1960s with the emphasis ...

Social Movements of the 1960s and Their Impact

In four pages this essay examines how the 1960s social movements had a predominantly positive impact upon attitudes regarding wome...

Late 1960s 'Posse Comitatus' Sociopolitical Movement

In eleven pages this research paper discusses the late 1960s sociopolitical movement known as Posse Comitatus. Nine sources are c...

Godfrey Hodgson and Todd Gitlin's The Unraveling of American Liberal Consensus

The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Kennedy and the substantive divisions regarding the Vietnam War all sparked ...

The Theories of Carl Rogers

followed this by subjecting any hypotheses generated to elaborate and vigorous tests for validity and error. But from the sixties ...

Making Social Change Through Comedy

_Comedy in particular can be a window on social mores and history. This paper looks at the 1960s play A Funny Thing Happened on th...

Repackaging Henry IV for Life in the 1960's

In this eight page paper the writer attempts the intriguing task of creating the The Prodigal Hal, Henry IV in the 1960s. There a...

Consumer Pressure for Better Health Care

A seven page paper delineating the factors behind the impetus for better health care products and services. From the 1960s onward...

Feminist Playwright Caryl Churchill

In six pages the gender issues featured in Caryl Churchill's plays for BBC radio during the 1960s are examined. Two sources are c...

Foreign Policy in the United States and Relations Between the President and Congress

The post 1960s relationships between the President and Congress is examined in ten pages with foreign policies including arms sale...

Reviewing Closing of the American Mind Closing of the American Mind / Book Review

In The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom decries the lapse of teaching of traditional American values in American universi...

Special Needs Children and Early Psychological Studies

In six pages this paper examines 1950s and 1960s psychological studies of children with special learning needs and emphasizes the ...

Overview of Environmental Law

In eight pages environmental law is discussed in a consideration of two pieces of legislation from the 1960s, the Clean Air Act of...