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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...

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...

Television Sitcoms and Their History

simpler times in American history, times where families were always intact and times when the biggest problem was deciding whether...

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" ...

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...

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...

Discontent and Domesticity

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

The 'Traditional Family' That Never Was by Wren Walker

how men of the 1950s entered into marriage for their own gain: to have someone tend to their needs, wants and desires. It is only...

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...

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 ...

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...

Guatemalan President Arbenz's Downfall

In fifteen pages the 1950s' downfall of President Arbenz of Guatemala and the role the CIA played in it are discussed in a conside...

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 ...

1973 Film Time Period Setting of American Graffiti

In five pages this paper examines how the 1950s are represented in the drive-in, 'hot rods,' and early rock and roll music feature...

'The Creature From the Black Lagoon' vs. 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'

wrong. Young Jimmy Grimaldi is saying that the woman who looks like his mother isnt really his mother, and Wilma claims that the ...

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...

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...

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 ...

Fashion of the Fifties

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

Fences by August Wilson 2

Troy and his son Cory. August Wilson establishes an impression of the 53-year-old Troy Maxson early in Act I, writing that he ...

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...

Have American Eating Habits Improved Since the 1950s?

In a paper consisting of six pages the ways in which America's habits of eating from the 1950s until more healthier present day ch...

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...

A History of Surf Music

This paper traces surf music from its beginnings in the 1950s through the present, discussing trends and artists. This fifteen pa...

J.J.C. Smart and the Identity Theory

In five pages this paper examines the relationship between the mind and brain in a consideration of UT Place and Herbert Feigl's i...

The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Its Meaning to 1950s and Contemporary Audiences

In six pages the play and its meaning are discussed within a contrasting context of what it meant to 1950s audiences and what it m...

Essay Explication on Three Varying Topics

This 9 page paper examines three essays in detail, comparing and contrasting the concepts used. The papers are entitled Robust Sat...

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...