Family Diversity in Britain since the 1960s The 1960s typical British household consisted of what is known as a “Nuclear Family”. The meaning behind this is a family which consists of a mother‚ a father and two children ideally a boy and a girl. In this family the father would be considered as the bread-winner. This means the father would be the main source of income‚ or even the only source of income. The mother would be expected through tradition to be the one who stays at home and cooks‚ cleans
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Exploring the 1960s Unit 9 Final Project August 29‚ 2012 Life has changed drastically since the 1960’s‚ due to the movements that took place during this time. Had it not been for some of these movements my life would be completely different today. In the late 1960’s women fought to be able to enter the work force. Had these women not fought for the right to work‚ I would be sitting at home taking care of the children. Being able to go to work allows me to be able to help support my family‚ and feel
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The 1960s was arguably one of the most influential decades in the USA. After experiencing victory in WWII and the postwar booms in both strong economic growth and high employment numbers in the 1950s‚ many American believed that they were at a golden age at the beginning of the 1960s. Sociologists expected to see a low crime rate across the nation as a result (Pinker 2013). Ironically‚ a huge crime surge happened to the 1960s America‚ and it was only just the beginning of many years followed. The
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BagsbyDate: Instructor’s Name: Assignment: Societal Changes “Sociologists cite the weakening of the family as one of the causes for some of the problems American society faces today.” In my opinion‚ I agree that the challenges in America originates from the destabilization of families. Since the 1960’s there has been a tremendous change in society. Advanced technology has played a significant role in thinning the relationships in families. Additionally‚ new laws and learning methods has been introduced
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Cultural and Social Change in the 1960’s The 1960’s in America was a decade characterized by evolving social issues and a rapid growth of many subcultures and culture in general. As their world changed around them and different issues presented themselves‚ people looked for areas of exppression in which their voices could be heard. This led to an explosion in all forms of art and literature. Areas like music changed in such dramatic ways as to rebel against past sounds and styles while civil
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Most Significant Events 1950s to Today April 24‚ 2011 HIS 135 Introduction: The history of the United States plays a huge role in how the nation‚ as well as the world‚ is today. Politics‚ social‚ and economic factors led our country to where it is now. The following paragraphs will explain how each of these factors has helped shape the world by covering the most important events from each decade beginning in 1950 and continuing until 2000. The topics covered will include the Civil Rights Movement
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1960 Decades For my ISP topic‚ I’ll discuss the major events that happened in nineteen-sixty. The 1960 was upheaval in society‚ fashion‚ attitudes and music. The 1960s introduced a lot of new trends that have carried over to today. It was a time where clothes became ground-breaking‚ with casual accessories and hairstyles but for some people in the United States‚ the 1960s were troubling time. “By the end of Jimmy Carter’s presidency‚ the idealistic dreams of the 1960s were worn down by inflation
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Kristy Breitling-MUS 222 1960’s March 17th‚ 2013 Who has not heard of Woodstock or psychedelic music? What is it you think of when you hear of these? Free love‚ hippies‚ peace‚ and drugs. Well this was the end of the 60’s an era where musicians believed drugs gave them the ability to make their songs and how they sounded. This era came right after an era of civil rights movement‚ war and the world in an uneasy place for the population. In the First World‚ Rock ’n’ Roll‚ Pop music‚ Swing music
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A NOT-SO-ACCURATE prophet once wrote‚ "As recently as 1972‚ there were a tremendous number of quality Westerns being made . . . and since there seems to be a ten-year cycle in Western movie making‚ I ’d say we ’ll see more in about 1982." 1 In 1982 only two Westerns were released‚ and neither was exactly a major success. Barbarosa‚ starring Willie Nelson‚ drew some respectable reviewsand some very damaging onesbut nobody went to see the film. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez appeared first on PBS
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RUNNING HEAD: THE 1950’s AND 1960’s 1 The 1950’s and 1960’s Tracy Ladner Mississippi University for Women History 110 RUNNING HEAD: THE 1950’s AND 1960’s 2 The 1950’s and ‘60’s was a time of great growth and change for America. Some called it “The Golden Age” (Brinkley‚ 2012‚ p.779). For the most part there was prosperity and advances
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