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- 1941: Natural Hierarchies in Society
- ... it was not natural. "Usury which makes a gain out of money itself, and not from the natural object of it. For money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest." (Aristotle, 572) The evolution of money came through Aristotle's explanation of the art of obtaining money. He believed that acquiring money was part of managing a household, another topic Aristotle commented on. Aristotle preferred ...
- 1942: Women In Battle
- ... military jobs where they do not belong. Donnely points out some particular facts that concern basic training itself: The trainig has been made easier than it used tobe in an attempt to hold down injury rates for women. Another issue that Donnely believes will plague the integration of women into combat arms is the sexual element that will be introduced. She states that, The military is not a social club, it ...
- 1943: Effects of TV on Children
- ... playing with other kids, or taking up a hobby. While losing creativity, the child can also gain impatience. By having all the stories and facts plastered clear in front of them, they can easily loose interest sitting in a classroom all day. Even during their favorite TV show, there is a brief change of pace in the story line when a commercial comes on, which is about every seven minutes. Their ...
- 1944: The Enlightenment
- ... early romantics such as Johann George Hamman and Johann Gottfried von Herder. Everywhere the Enlightenment produced restless men impatient for change but frustrated by popular ignorance and official repression. This gave the enlightened leberati an interest in popular education. They promoted educational ventures and sought in witty, amusing, and even titillating ways to educate and awaken their contemporaries. The stories of BErnard Le Bovier de Fontenelle or Benjamin Franklin, the widely ...
- 1945: Progressivism
- ... private groups with names like the Playground Association of America and the organizations, all the major progressive reforms, form woman suffrage and the abolition of child labor to antiprostitution and prohibition, drew strength from organized interest groups. Scientific and technological expertise underlay the new industrial order, and progressives tended to believe that such expertise would also solve the social problems spawned by industrialism. Progressives marshaled social research, expert opinion, and statistical ...
- 1946: Television Born Killers
- ... of Abnormal and Social Psychology . 66, pp. 3-11. Boyd-Barrett, O. & Braham, P. (eds.) (1987). 'Media, Knowledge & Power'. London: Croom Helm. pp. 99-100. Centerwall, B. S. (1993). 'Television and violent crime'. The Public Interest. 111. pp. 56-77. Chandler, D. (1995). 'Cultivation Theory'. http://www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc/cultiv.html. 18 September 1995. pp. 1-7. Condry, J. (1989). 'The Psychology of Television'. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. pp ...
- 1947: Freedom in the United States
- ... attitude toward the ever important freedom of expression and the growing significance of personal rights throughout American history. In Colonial America, members of diverse nationalities had opposing views on government, religion, and other subjects of interest. Serious confrontations were prevented because of the vast lands that separated groups of varying opinions. A person could easily settle in with other like believers and be untouched by the prejudices and oppression of others ...
- 1948: Environmental Pollution Concerns Come To Forefront
- ... to cover its reservoirs, a job that EID board member Raymond Larsen estimated would cost $30 million to $40 million and force the district, with an annual water supply budget of $10 million, to raise rates 50 percent. The state also ordered the district to advise customers that if they're elderly, pregnant, ill, HIV-positive, undergoing cancer therapy or otherwise suffering from a compromised immune system, they should either use ...
- 1949: Discrimination In The Workplace
- ... Opposing views are at most when it comes to discrimination. The effects of discrimination linger, says Cecilia Conrad, a research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, which focuses on issues of interest to blacks. Whites are still benefiting from Jim Crow, she adds. Many people argue that many whites still view blacks as their intellectual inferiors. Whites feel that Blacks shouldnt have high level jobs as ...
- 1950: Transcendentalism
- ... Emerson's poems reflect the images of the oversoul and harmony of man and nature. Unlike the previous poets, William Cullen Bryant was his own creator. Born in a rural area, Bryant had a deep interest in nature and loved to explore his surroundings. He began writing poetry at age nine, and later periodically read eighteenth century poetry, which is present in his poems because of their European style. Bryant additionally ...
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