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The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor

In five pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its themes and portrayal of pertinent Irish American political and social issues ...

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow and McCarthyism

In five pages the climate of 1950s McCarthyism is considered within the context of Doctorow's book and discusses the subjectivism ...

Questionable Guilt of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

In fifteen pages this paper examines the Cold War 'Red' hysteria that gripped the United States during the early 1950s and how thi...

1950s' Scandal Involving American Quiz Shows

In six pages this paper discusses the quiz show scandals of the 1950s in which the shows were rigged for entertainment purposes an...

Generational Effects of Rock and Roll Music

to understanding the cultural changes it brought. The 1960s was a decade defined by race relations. Thus, it is interesting to not...

Economic Impact of Taxes

that total taxes, which means both state and local, increased over the years: they averaged 24.7 percent of the GDP in the 1950s, ...

The 1950s

with the wall in the 1990s. Communism, the panacea of the cold war, was something that never materialized as Marx intended. Instea...

Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead

In five pages this controversial 1950s' text is reviewed with comparisons made between U.S. and Samoa adolescence. There are no o...

Advertising Changes Since the Fifties

items (such as a car) "on time" (i.e., on credit) was a growing trend; department stores and some other retailers offered credit t...

Films A Place in the Sun, Double Indemnity, Suspicion and the Interaction Between Money, Love, and Murder

these nonverbal cues that reveal more than the spoken dialogue. Alfred Hitchcocks reputation as the cinemas "Master of Suspense" ...

Contemporary Applications of the Deliberative Nursing Theory of Jean Orlando

therefore, not only an extensive history but it can be contended to be just as applicable in todays nursing practice as it was whe...

Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria and Existentialism

typical abused prostitute. Her boyfriend treats her badly and in fact the films opening shocks as he throws her into the water whe...

1950s' 'Perfect Wife'

want for themselves. Linda personifies this in that she has a small garden that she has attempted to grow. The money for the seeds...

US Labor Unions in the Future

more male members than female (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2004). * Of Whites, Asians, Hispanics, Latinos and Blacks, Blacks are m...

A History of Racism in the Motion Picture Industry

This paper addresses two films from each decade, beginning with the 1950s and continuing to the 1990s, and cites examples of racis...

'No Smoking' Policy For Portsmouth, NH

but has not instigated any cause for concern toward those nonsmokers who must inhale the expelled pollutants of smokers. From air...

Women and China’s Population Policies

the people were going to be able to sustain themselves independently in the nation. "Between 1953 and 1964, barely ten years, the ...

Reefer Madness: Marijuana Use in the 1950s

of trepidation. Not only was the drug then illegal in all states, the government had effectively convinced the public that mariju...

General Motors Collapse

management (Trumbull, 2009). The company, however, has gone steadily downhill for many years. Consider their average annual operat...

Historical Context of 'The Caine Mutiny'

In 6 pages this paper considers the Communist paranoia of the 1950s as depicted in this film's desire to prosecute Queeg during a ...

The Appeal Of Howard Stern

and political components have had upon the masses is more than superficial according to Stern; rather, this power has rendered soc...

Lawsuits Have Changed How Schools are Funded

money because they do not have it. These schools and districts are severely limited in what they can do to provide a quality educa...

Fashion During the 1950s Fashion

they were originally called the Atome. Association with the atom bomb did not seem very appropriate, hence the quick name change....

Overview of On the Beach

that a the protagonist will meet his or her demise, and adventure novels too often will show men and women risking their lives in ...

Looking at 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Songbook'

was three years old (Bailey, 2002). Although she was born in Virginia, she grew up in New York. In fact, she only lived in the sou...

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,...

Book Review of Ann Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi

would dare to challenge the social mores to effect societal change. She would become on of the first blacks to protest unfair trea...

Overview of the Manufactured Home Industry

In nine pages this paper discusses the evolution of trailer parks in this consideration of how the manufactured housing industry h...

American Express Diversity Plan

jobs in his career, he was the director of federal contract compliance during the Carter Administration (Knowledge@Wharton, 2006)....

An Overview of Advertising

see the buyer, and see how the sales message is getting across and the seller can change his approach if necessary. From the above...