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    Youth‚ and Popular Culture in the 1960s 1960s is one of the most transformative decades on the timeline of America‚ though those old days were gone now‚ its impacts were still so eventful and momentous that they cannot be neglected even in nowadays (which is already half a century away from then on). The impacts were mostly on popular culture‚ it had changed people’s view on societies and it had also increased people’s capabilities and tolerance on different cultures‚ or more specifically‚ countercultures

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    political‚ economic and cultural change and conflict. The impact of these events on people can be seen in popular culture. It not only reflected the thoughts and feelings of many but helped shape how they responded to these changes and conflicts. During each decade popular culture played a significant part in motivating large numbers of people to act for and achieve change. Popular culture in the 1960’s‚ e.g. Sex‚ Drugs‚ Rock and Roll‚ helps historians understand how changes reflected and influenced the thoughts

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    Describe the 1950’s in America. To what extent was this an era of hope? For whom? Why? I) Referred to as Affluent Society or “golden age”. American idea of freedom was economic abundance. This was a time of prosperity for the middle class (60% of Americans). Between 1946-1960American gross national product more than doubled. The Cold War fueled industrial production. This lead to an increase in wages and more jobs. II) American Standard of living increased. Former luxuries became

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    The 1950’s and the 1960’s and the American Woman : the transition from the ”housewife” to the feminist Vanessa Martins Lamb To cite this version: Vanessa Martins Lamb. The 1950’s and the 1960’s and the American Woman : the transition from the ”housewife” to the feminist. 2011‚ pp.106. <dumas-00680821> HAL Id: dumas-00680821 http://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-00680821 Submitted on 2 Apr 2012 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents

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    bebamunda111 StudyMode.com Essays Book Notes Citation Generator More Essays » Culture » Society & Culture Society & Culture Writing society and culture essays can be very difficult. It’s always a challenge to gain the perspective needed to view culture from an analytical perspective. When you need help writing about society and culture‚ StudyMode.com delivers a large database of free term papers and free research papers. Browse the list of college essay

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    change are commonly used in our society‚ but for many of us they are hard to define. These terms share the feature of time being a determining factor. It is the opportunity of time that allows a society to develop and modify itself to change. Likewise when we observe a particular culture or community over a period of time we can oberve clear continuities. The term ’social change’ is a term used within sociology and applies to modifications in social relationships or culture (the term ’cultural change’

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    Campaigning is political for political advertising by candidates where the net effect is to boost the relative appeal of commercials. Thus‚ exposure to political campaigns with the first one being in the early 1950’s‚ where everything seemed to be “booming” – the economy‚ suburbs‚ and babies being born and all this seemed to provide a sense of stability and contentment. Soon after‚ the sixties came and things started to change. People did not want to live the “conservative” lifestyles that the fifties

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    The 1950s and 1960s were times of unprecedented change‚ and Australian society was influenced greatly by American popular culture‚ through various mediums‚ such as: music‚ film‚ television and fashion. This especially affected teenagers. It will be explained how Australian society was impacted by American popular culture‚ and also why American popular culture had such an affect. Australian developed its own responses to these influences‚ and the extent of this will also be explored. The 1950s meant

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    African-Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to whites‚ including equal opportunity in employment‚ housing‚ and education‚ as well as the right to vote‚ the right of equal access to public facilities‚ and the right to be free of racial discrimination. This movement wanted to restore to African-Americans the rights of citizenship guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.Leaders of the movement predicted‚ the movement was not only for African Americans but

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    1950s American Fashion In the 1950s women‚ such as Grace Kelly was considered a highly popular fashion icon and strived to inspire women to be themselves. She was an award-winning actress and also the Princess of Monaco who said an independent quote. “Women’s natural role is to be the pillar of the family.” (Brainyquotes.com). Many occurring events in this decade brought happiness and fear into America. One of these many events is the Cold War‚ it brought new styles in fashion and kept citizens occupied

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