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Zinsser's College Pressures

or so) were concerned about helping others, humanity and the state of the world. By 1979, those students had turned into competiti...

A Book Review of Ben Hamper's 'Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line'

the majority of the workers at GM during this time period in that his life at GM was not the best in terms of the conditions that ...

Today's Sitcoms and All in the Family

world around them, no matter how distasteful. In this particular show race was a very powerful issue and many may argue that th...

1970s' Economy

In three pages this paper mixes economics and disco in this overview of the 1970s' economy. Eight sources are cited in the biblio...

Product Safety Management and the Infamous Ford Pinto Case

7. Ford brought the Pinto to market in September 1970, in time for the 1971 models, as directed (Davidson, 1984). The development ...

The 1970s as a Foundation for Later Changes in World Politics

The change in terms of how the world would view the future was an important change. Since the turn of the twentieth century, there...

Congress Motel and Brown's Overnite Trailer Park

cutting operating costs. Though technically this is a strength, they have chosen to end virtually all advertising outside of the ...

1970s' US Government and the Turkish Arms Embargo

all the more likely that he was, at least in the publics eye. At the very least, the GOP took a big hit with that one. In a sense,...

William Ivy Hair's Carnival of Fury Robert Charles and the New Orleans Race Riot of 1900

about his troubled time and place" (Hair, 1986; 3). In this we see that Hair simply seems to desire to convey to the reader a hist...

Society and Sociolinguistics

of distinguishing cultures within the larger diaspora through linguistic boundaries. What is Language? Language in...

Suburban Warriors by McGirr

way to look at things, but there were many people who longed for a return to what was. They took on issues such as birth control a...

Lisa McGirr's Suburban Warriors

force to reckon with. During this period in history, of course, America was enjoying an economic boom that the rest of the w...

Psychosocial Behavioral Theory of Erik Erikson Applied to Rosa Parks

how Parks various crises directly associated with each stage were more easily addressed, inevitably elevating her to the next stag...

1960s' Protests

off students who are volunteers onto bus trips. These bus trips were intended to "test the implementation of new laws prohibiting ...

The Life and Career of Union Pioneer A. Phillip Randolph

"color line" as the principal problem of the twentieth century, but rather felt that the principal problems of black Americans wer...

U.S. Muslim Families

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

Minimalist Architecture

styles as well (Salingaros, 2001). It is important to note that what divides the two types is the fact that whether or not there i...

Lanford Wilson/Rimers of Eldritch

A 3 page research paper/essay that discusses Lanford Wilson's play Rimers of Eldritch, which, on the surface, concerns a murder ...

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...

Education and School Changes Since the 1960s

schools are well integrated with different races. However, it seems that as the decades have gone by and economic divisions have r...

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 ...

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...

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)...

Banned in East German

GDR society," which would open it up to Western "cultural and economic influences" (Berghahn 146). However, the Partys views on re...

Jimi Hendrix, the Counter Music Revolution, and the 1960s

black colloquialism for sex) and dance (Isserman and Kazin 92). The sexually charged performances of Elvis Presley singing black ...

'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...

Hippies: 1960s and Today

They could be simply irresponsible people who were looking for something exciting and fun. There were hippies who simply did not...

Radicalism in California

university began to clamp down on student activists. When we consider this, it is very strange. Universities are places where you...

A Sociological Analysis of the Role of Malcolm X

at a speaking engagement ("Biography of Malcolm X," 2007). Of course, the 1960s were tumultuous times. Yet, prior to his demise, h...

Portrayal of Blacks in the Media, 1960s-Present

a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...