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God, Church, and Flag by Donald F. Crosby

In five pages Crosby's book as it portrays the relationship between the Catholic Church and notorious 1950s Senator Joseph McCarth...

Rock 'N Roll's History

In five pages this rock 'n roll history dates back to the 1950s and considers important contributions by Elvis Presley, Berry Gord...

Mississippi During the 1950s and the NAACP

In five pages this paper examines the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1950s' Mississippi. Eight sou...

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Ini six pages this paper first examines the playwright's life and effects of the Great Depression on Miller and his writings and t...

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...

Discontent and Domesticity

their children for the world (May). This was then their own contribution to the workplace and to the national effort (May)....

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...

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...

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,...

Feminist Perspective of The World Split Open by Rosen

In fact, the idea that women were dubbed "useful" should be frightening. While of course things have been good for women and tod...

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...

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" ...

The 1950s

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

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...

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, ...

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...

Media and Chicago's Highway Construction During the 1950s

This paper examines the media's portrayal of Chigago's highway construction and other industrial projects during the 1950s. This ...

Film Review of Outremer

to answer but is subject to interpretation. The title might be referring to an American point of view perhaps or even the division...

Filmmaking and Ideology

In five pages this paper examines how ideology is depicted in films in a contrast and comparison of the animated 1950s Cinderella ...

Contemporary Influence of the Beat Generation

In 10 pages this paper examines the works of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac in an assessment of the 1950s...

Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Its Life Parallels

In nine pages this paper analyzes the life parallels between the society of the 1950s and as the play reflected the life of playwr...

Arthur Miller's Play The Crucible and the Film Interpretation

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the 1950s' play with the 1990s' film version with McCarthyism among the topics of ...

Change Through Protest

In eight pages this paper examines social change through protest in a consideration of the civil rights and women's liberation mov...

Television Mothers and How They Have Evolved

favorite housewife. Perhaps because she and her real-life family were the stars of "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet," it was eas...

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 ...

Fashion of the Fifties

provocative clothing was acceptable. For perhaps the first time ever, people dressed to reflect what they were feeling. In doing ...

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...