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- 561: Important People in History
- ... moving to fast for them or they can't cope with life. He predicted that anomic suicide would be the most common in the future. Marx, Karl - Sociologist (1818- 1883) Marx lived during the industrial revolution when a lot of the factories were replacing small shops. Marx asked a question to himself "Why was it that a few had become wealthy while the majority had nothing?" The answer he came upon ... of people's cultures and lives in the Pacific islands. Her earliest investigations took place in Samoa in the South Pacific in the 1920s. She studied the Samoan culture and she compared it to the American culture. She discovered that unlike North American teens, the young Samoans did not experience the same problems as North Americans. She found out that a person's personality was a reflection of the environment in which they grew up. While the ...
- 562: Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. His terms lasted from the year 1801 to the year 1809. Jefferson was an American revolutionary leader as well as an influential political philosopher. Jefferson was among a group of the most brilliant Americans that resulted from the Enlightenment in Europe. Possibly one of the best writers during his time ... surveyor, a cartographer, and a plantation owner and he was also largely self-educated. His mother, Jane was from the prominent Rudolph family of colonial Virginia. Jeffersonˇ¦s intense interest in botany, geology, cartography, North American exploration, and love of Greek and Latin are due largely from his father and his surrounding environment out in the west where he also absorbed the democratic views of his Western countrymen. For several years ... John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and the others on the floor or the Congress. During Jeffersonˇ¦s first term as president, a major presidential achievement sparked because of his lifelong interest in the West and in American-French relations. This achievement was the Louisiana Purchase in the year 1803. This was the greatest land bargain in the history of the United States. The results from this purchase doubled the size of ...
- 563: African Slave Trade
- "Independence of Latin America" In the 1800's, Latin American countries won independence, but many new independent countries had trouble creating strong, stable governments. The Creoles played an important role in the independent movements. These countries won their independence through strong leaders and many other ... it. Behind many of these countries' independence, stands and list of causes and effects. One of the first causes of the Independence of Latin America was the Creoles. Since Spain had rule over the Latin American countries, the Creoles were one of many groups that led the struggle for Latin Independence. Another group, who were known as the Mestizos, revolted against Spain in Peru. Many of these Indians remembered how the ... was executed, but the slaves saw independence as a way of freedom. These groups were not the only cause of the Independence. Another cause that led to the independence of Latin America, was the French Revolution. With these enlightenment ideas, the people of Latin America were able to have their own government that protected their interest and gave them freedom. These countries liked the idea of having natural rights, liberty, ...
- 564: The Ending of the Post War Boom
- ... government policies and new establishments of United Nation agencies should also being credited as the other factors, which caused the economy boom. The policies, such as, the GI bill and reconversion-sells war plants increased American expectations about what big businesses and government can do for their economy. The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, GATT, and the International Trade Organization gave big businesses more freedom and opportunities to trade internationally and ... all looked alike where the ˇ§baby boomˇ¨ can find more affordable housing for the larger families. With Levitt's methods that decreased the production costs and allowed new owners participated as a part of the American dream. This postwar boom period had made the U.S. as the strongest power on earth. Six times increases in world trade in thirty years, twenty times increases in trading goods from 1940 to 1980 ... to recover the lost during the total world. Finally in 1973, the postwar economy boom had ended due to the oil shocks. In October 1973, Israel war gave a huge impact on U.S. while American consumers and industries were heavily demanding on the cheap energy. There are 10% of world oil production being burned on the American highways while U.S. imports about 34% oil supply from Israel. According ...
- 565: The Computer Underground
- ... of Sociology Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 (5 March, 1990) THE BAUDY WORLD OF THE BYTE BANDIT: A POSTMODERNIST INTERPRETATION OF THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND An earlier version of this paper was presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meetings, Reno (November 9, 1989). are listed in alphabetical order. Address correspondence to Jim Thomas. We are indebted to the numerous anonymous computer underground participants who provided information. Special acknowledgement goes ... 1989: 8). "Post-Modernism" in its positive form constitutes an intel- lectual attack upon the atomized, passive and indifferent mass culture which, through the saturation of electronic technology, has reached its zenith in Post-War American (Newman, 1985: 5). It is this style of playful rebellion, irreverent subversion, and juxtaposition of fantasy with high- tech reality that impels us to interpret the computer underground as a postmodernist culture. Data and Method ... do not draw the President of the Supreme Court, or if, in an inquiry into the French intellectual field of the 1950s, you leave out Jean-Paul Sartre, or Princeton University in a study of American academics, your field is destroyed, insofar as these personas or institutions alone mark a crucial position--there are positions in a field which command the whole structure (Bordieu, interviewed in Wacquant, 1989: 38). We ...
- 566: Samuel Adams
- ... miserable sharers of the event." - Samuel Adams Thesis: Few people realize the effect Samuel Adams has had on our country, they know of him only that he was a politician at the time of the revolution, but he is indeed the father of American independence. “Among those who signed the Declaration of Independence, and were conspicuous in the revolution, there existed, of course, a great diversity of intellectual endowments; nor did all render to their country, in those perilous days, the same important services. Like the luminaries of heavens each contributed his portion ...
- 567: Iran Before And After The Revo
- Iran – Before and After the Revolution The Islamic Republic of Iran, formerly known as Iran or Persia, was crowded with a young generation looking for full freedom against the Shah. Persia, once as a powerful country with vast oil resources, soon ... was that the shah was a “puppet” of the United States many say, because the Shah would constantly confer with the U.S. of all of his decisions as ruler. The after affects of the revolution resulted in similar conditions, however. Human rights are horrible, the government limits all freedoms, the economy has suffered greatly, average salaries are hard to live with, most of the educated people in Iran fled to ... Shah (King), who began his rule in the beginning of the 1950’s. He would help Iran greatly improve conditions. He began to improve relations with the United States securing oil deposits throughout Iran with American companies. However, the shah slowly became more and more dependent on the United States. He began asking the United States for advice on almost every decision he made. Although no such reports were printed ...
- 568: The Man And Legend
- ... own opinion in regards to this question, however those opinions are useless unless they are actually carried out. According to W.E.B. DuBois racial equality can be achieved through the talented tenth, an African American elite that would be leaders and role models for the rest of the black community. In The Future of the Race, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cornel West address the topic of Dubois 1903 essay ... I believe that a greater effort must be given by those in the majority, since the majority has control over many more things than minorities. West agrees when he states that every major institution in American society-churches, universities, courts, academies of science, governments, economies, newspapers, magazines, television, film, and others-attempted to exclude black people from the human family in the name of white supramissit ideology, say West. This being ... in defense of the country, then isn t right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country. (89) Consequently, he believed that only through revolution and force could blacks attain their rightful place in society. In one of his speeches Malcolm X encouraged blacks to hate whites and to revolt against them. He claims that revolution is bloody, revolution ...
- 569: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere “One if by land, two if by sea"- the supposed famous words spoken by Paul Revere to Colonel William Conant, an American soldier stationed in the steeple of the North Church in Boston, waiting to send the signal of the proposed path of the British invasion on April 18, 1775 to Paul Revere. According to the legend ... from Charlestown to Lexington to Concord, warning the citizens of these towns of an approaching British invasion. So began the famed "midnight ride of Paul Revere," a ride which warned the colonists of a forthcoming revolution that would shape the future of America. During the early development stages of our country, there came a time when the overpowering mother country of Britain imposed a new system of taxation to control the ... new economic program regarding the colonies introduced a whole new series of measures. Townshend’s plan included the decline of taxes upon the colonies by the British by making the collection of duties levied on American trade more efficient. Townshend’s plan also included the tightening of the customs administration and put duties on paper, lead, glass, and tea. The Boston Tea Party was an obvious demonstration of the colonist’ ...
- 570: Post World War I
- ... of the Twenties, the economy was prosperous, there was widespread social reform, new aspects of culture were established, and people found better ways to improve their lifestyle and enjoy life. The 1920s were definitely the American dream come true. Before World War I, women wore their hair long, had ankle length dresses, and long cotton stockings. In the twenties, they wore short, tight dresses. They wore flashy lipstick and other cosmetics. Eventually, women were even granted the right to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment. It was up to this time period that women were not seen as an important aspect in American society. As if rebelling from the previous position of practically non-existence, women changed their clothing, their fashion, and even cut their hair shorter. Once the women had the right to vote with the passing ... during the Twenties. Americans veered away from traditional song and dance and began exploring other types of music such as jazz. The cheerful, light, easy feeling accompanied with jazz music was just an extension of American feelings during the Twenties, joyous and free spirited. Additionally, Americans found many other ways to entertain themselves in the 1920’s. They flocked to the theaters to see such stars as Charlie Chaplain, Mary ...
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