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- 2721: Blake's "London" and "The Garden of Love"
- ... Scott!" (Wordsworth 13:163). While many may question his sanity, William Blake became one of the most influential poets of his time and time yet to come. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution was born in England. With this new growth in industry and capitalism, businessmen recognized the advantage of cheap labor. Children were among the most abused work force in that country's history. William Blake saw ... is holiest in the Childhood of the World and the Individual" (Wilkinson 13:163). Works Cited Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism.Vol.13.Detroit.Gale Research Co.,1986 The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American
- 2722: Does The Mass Media Cause Undesireable Social Consequences With Specific Reference To Pornography
- ... to believe that media influences males and overstimulates them through pornography to the point that they become aggressive towards females. But this is completely baseless; just as pornography arouses or stimulates, it also satisfies. The American Commission on Obscenity and Pornography performed a study in which several college students were asked to spend one and a half hours in an isolated room with a large volume of pornographic media, as well ... of sexual arousal. Reference Cited Christensen F.M. 1990 Pornography. New York: Praeger. Howitt, Cumberpatch 1975 Mass Media, Violence and Society. London: Elek Science Harmon, Check 1988 Role of Pornography in Woman Abuse. (City unknown).American Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. Hawkins, Zimring 1988 Pornography in a Free Society. (City unknown). (Publisher uknown). Bibliography 1. Pornography, Christensen F.M., a1990, New York, Praeger. 2. Mass Media, Violence and Society, Howitt, Cumberpatch, 1975, London, Elek Science. 3. Role of Pornography in Woman Abuse, Harmon, Check, 1988, American Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. 4. Pornography in a Free Society, Hawkins, Zimring, 1988. 5. Advertising, World Book Encyclopedia 1990, New York, Nault. 6. Pornography, Encarta Encyclopedia 1995, New York, Microsoft. 7. The Question ...
- 2723: The Emergence of Heavy Metal
- ... Musically, and emotionally, he began to fall apart. He was always very non-political, but increasingly, he was receiving more and more criticism from the black power movement to get involved, and motivate the Afro-American population into movement and self-respect. He never really became involved politically, but he did disband his original band, "The Experience", because it had a white rhythm section, and created his all black "Band of ... heavy metal today, and what it was when the mighty Led Zeppelin was still producing is very unfair. Their loud, raw style never progressed much past the bounds of their own music. There was no revolution created by their music, and in a way, their image and style alienated many older music fans that had come of age listening to the musical stylings on Dylan and the Beatles. For many, their ...
- 2724: Slavery: A Justified Institution
- ... wise Aristotle. The moral and biblical justification surrounding their belief that the relations between slave and man, however admitting to deplore abuses in it, was compatible with Christianity, and that the presence of Africans on American soil was an occasion of gratitude on the slave's behalf before God – basically, the slaves should have been grateful for their bondage. Plantation owners even stressed religion by teaching the slaves the principles of ... existence for so many years, and because no principles or morals were compromised (just the pocket books of many Southern farmers), it was the prime justification for slavery. The cotton industry controlled many aspects of American society during the nineteenth century, even the stability of the Union solely rested on "King Cotton." The triangle of reliance formed between the dependent economies of the North, South, and Britain created a central furnace ... tension could boil. Both the North and Britain relied on the Southern cotton industry for materials used in textile mills, the South relied on the North for grain, and Britain was the market for both American economies. One argument surrounds the fact that the North was actually supporting the slavery institution because for so many years they pumped money into the industry by investing in the cotton. The fragility of ...
- 2725: Causes Of The Civil War
- ... that slaveowners provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race unable to compete in the modern world without proper training. Many Southern preachers proclaimed that slavery was sanctioned in the Bible. But after the American Revolution slavery really died it the North, just as it was becoming more popular in the South. By the time of 1804 seven of the northern most states had abolished slavery. During this time a surge ...
- 2726: Lasers 2
- ... same instant but instead in random short bursts. Such beams are called incoherent. The process for laser action, was first proposed by Albert Einstein in 1917. The working principles of lasers were outlined by the American physicists Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes in their 1958 patent application. The patent was granted but was later challenged by the American physicist and engineer Gordon Gould. In 1960 the American physicist Theodore Maiman observed the first laser action in solid ruby. HOW A LASER WORKS A laser is made up of several basic components. One is called active medium, which consists of atoms of ...
- 2727: The Cold War
- ... their own atomic bomb. 1947 saw the beginning of the Truman doctrine, it’s main aim was to assist countries which were threatened by commuist expansion. Truman sent a message to the US congress, pledging American support for ‘free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures’. (dictionary of 20th centuary...). prompted by the need to give military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey, the Truman doctrine marked a change to positive anti-communism on the part of the administration. On the 5th of June1947 General Marshall, offered American finiancial aid for a programme of European recovery, on a condition that the European countries themselves took the first steps towards economic collaboration. The plan was supprt by the west but the Russian foreign minister ... a country after war, let alone a large proportion of the under developed world. A North Atlantic treaty was signed on 4th April 1949, in Washington by 12 signatories of major Eastern European and North American states stating that they would provide mutual assistance should any one member be attacked, mainly directed at the threat of USSR . As a result the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was set up, otherwise known ...
- 2728: The Debate on Gay Rights
- ... in gay people and eventually lead to a sinful and corrupted society. An anti-gay group FRC’s leader Robert Knight warns that America’s “man-based culture” could fall with advent of a sexual revolution brought about by gays. “As man is reduced in stature, all hell with break loose,” he says. “We’ll see a breakdown in social organization, with more drug use, more disease, more unwanted pregnancies. Your ... force. Before I draw any conclusion I would just like to state some facts about homosexuality in regards to laws in Canada and the rest of the world since most of my information came from American studies and sites. In Canada gay people are allowed to be in the army, we have no sodomy laws, 8 of our provinces have anti-discrimination laws based on sexual orientation and 7 of our ...
- 2729: The Phonograph
- ... equivalent electrical impulses by the cartridge in the tonearm. These impulses are conducted by wire leads to an electronic amplifier and then to one or more loudspeakers. The first practical phonograph was built by the American inventor Thomas Edison in 1877. Edison recorded sound on a cylinder, which was then rotated against a needle. The needle moved up and down in the grooves of the cylinder, producing vibrations that were amplified ... the "hill-and-dale" process. Edison had intended the phonograph to be used primarily as a dictating machine in offices. However, with the invention of the flat-disk phonograph, or gramophone, by the German-born American inventor Emile Berliner in 1887, the phonograph began to develop as an artistic medium for recording the great singers and musical instrumentalists of the time. The gramophone played records at 78 rpm, and the needle ... were made of shellac and broke easily. Despite such limitations, the phonograph became increasingly popular in the United States, largely as a result of the production of a huge collection of recorded musical pieces by American and European record companies. The companies employed the greatest singers of Europe and the United States, such as the Italian dramatic tenor Enrich Caruso. A wide variety of phonographs were also produced in Europe. ...
- 2730: Abraham Lincoln
- ... lacked administrative experience, suffered from depression, and was thrust into the middle of the Civil War. Lincoln became a tough wartime President. He flexed his powers whenever necessity demanded. He became a “warrior for the American dream”. Putting aside he hate for bloodshed and violence, Lincoln derived a plan along with Sherman’s army to storm through and end the war. He did this as the surest way to end the killing and salvage the American dream. Lee surrendered his forces at Appomatox Courthouse on April 10, 1865. Four days later Lincoln was shot by an assassins bullet, while attending a play at the Ford’s Theater. John Wilkes Booth, the ... regained consciousness. At 7:22 p.m., April 15, 1865, President Lincoln was pronounced dead. It was not until April 26 that Booth was tracked down to a farm in Virginia, where he was shot. American innocence died with Booth’s shot at Ford’s Theater. Lincoln would not live to see the peace that he had strived 4 long years for. We will always wonder what Lincoln would have ...
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