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Downsizing the Middle ClassIn the essay by Rhonda Burns, "Downsizing the Middle Class," there seems to be one clear message. The gap between the middle and upper class is growing because the rich are lobbying government officials to change the rules and regulations that protect the middle class from the rich. She says that companies that had created jobs in the past are now downsizing in order to gain more total revenue and do not care whom they destroy in the process. Another argument she uses is that businesses are the idea of "survival of the fittest," and that newer management is firing good employees who have helped build the company. The essay closes by stating that during the Cold
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Assess the view that fragmentation of the middle class has occurred.The middle class is the non-manual white-collar workers. The British sociologist, Anthony Giddeons' describes this class as separate from the upper class because they own hardly any means of production. They do however possess widely recognized skills, mainly mental, which they can sell to the highest bidder. The fragmentation of the middle class is explained by sociologists as the division of members of the said class into groups, based on market and work situation, income, job and lifestyle.The sociologists, Roberts et al. (1977) discovered while conducting a study of a sample of 243 male white-collar workers that four
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How does class influence identity in contemporary society?The class structure involves some degree of shaping our identities. Income and paid work are important sources of individual and collective identity. Social class is a means of classifying the economic and social divisions of a society, which involve some degree of inequality. For example classifying some people as poor, working class or middle class. We may adopt or contest these representations.People define their economic position through ideas about the incomes and opportunities of others, therefore identities are influenced by income, whether we imagine peoples incomes to be in the
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impact on health (Townsend: 1992)A G.P in an affluent area typically provides a superior service than one in a working class locality. Smaller patient lists allow for longer and swifter access to appointments (Walters: 1980) resulting in greater doctor/patient relations (Townsend: 1992). Twice as many middle class patients are referred to hospital and are more likely to be visited there by their GP. The combination of a GP's likely additional qualifications and greater direct access to x-ray equipment and scanners for those living in affluent areas, results in quicker and more accurate diagnosis (Walters: 1980).Geographically there is an uneven distribution of hospitals and resources within
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different ideologies emerged about politics, freedom, and life in general. Many events were started by clashes between supporters of each idea and these clashes forced many people to fight for their beliefs. Three of the main ideas that arose from this time period were liberalism nationalism and socialism.The basic ideas that founded liberalism and socialism are somewhat contradictory. Liberalism is completely focused upon the good of the individual where socialism is focused on the good of society overall. Liberalism was supported by the middle class as they would receive the biggest benefits from political representation, civil liberties and a written constitution to protect their rights
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student body participates in either varsity or club sports. With smaller classes, teachers could provide more supervision during class periods and be more responsive to student feedback. Students in those classes would have a grater chance to improve their athletic skills and confidence.Finally, exposing students to different sports is one goal of the P.E. requirement,but this objective alone is not important enough to require students to take P.E. class. Students seldom take P.E.class as seriously as they would an extracurricular sport, so students do not always appreciate sports they sample in P.E. class. Also, students have elementary and middle school P.E. classes to try a variety of sports
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. However, in order to be against someone, one has to have a political view. Because common men were against him, they had to be somewhat involved in politics.
The dire situations of the economy led to the creation of a new class, the middle class. There were those in poverty and those just holding up. The elites were still regarded as the elite, but the common man now included the middle class. The common man had economic support from Andrew Jackson through Martin Van Buren because Jackson practically ran the white house during Van Buren's presidency.
The era of the common man truly did revolve around the common man, If followed by Jackson's definition. The economy revolved around the middle class from Jackson to Tyler's presidency while the common man became more involved in politics.
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Retailing in India came with evolutionary patterns from Kirana store to Super market. This sector was un-organized in the initial stage, and after that it carried forward by the textiles industries through the dealer model. Now it is growing as supermarket and hypermarket. The main drivers of the retail evolution in India are buying behavior of the customer, increase in disposable income of middle class, infrastructure development and changing customer choice. The target segments of retailers are the younger middle class earners which belong to more than 20% of total population.The growth in retail sector also comes through innovative ideas. As retailers are providing the innovative buying
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as possible. He held a potato fields in Hempstead New York out on long island. Levitt turned potato fields into the town. He sold his houses only to vets but this policy didn't go for long. As a person who works at construction site. This makes me think I should go to third world country and build town just like Levitton. Part of the article made me really dream about something. This houses were built 19467-1950, these era were when people having an American dream. In my opinion American dream is relevant to the labor movement. What is good if you work at minimum wages and work hard. That doesn't go near the middle class. So middle class should get strong and narrow the gap between poverty. To make American dream it requires career that you can rely on. Now days American dream is more like get rich. It should be where the standard of living remains happily constant from one generation to the next.
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First, many Americans believe that despite some economic differences, America is a middle-class society and most have the means to live comfortably (Mantsios 333). However, as Gregory Mantsios points out, there are "enormous different in the economic status" of Americans (334).There are enormous differences in the economic status of American citizens. A sizeable proportion of the U.S. population occupies opposite ends of the economic spectrum. Sixty percent of the American population holds less than 4 percent of the nation's wealth. While the real income of the top 1 percent of U.S. families skyrocketed by 89 percent during the economic growth period from 1977 to 1995, the income of the
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"Lysistrata," Aristophanes' characters are all mostly of working and middle class citizens. "Lysistrata" contains mostly characters who are wives of men who have gone to fight in the Peloponessian War or the men themselves. This reflects on the views of the middle class and how much importance they carry. "...but it's not easy, you know, for women to leave the house. One is busy pottering about her husband...a third is putting her child asleep." The middle class women are depicted as staying at home and waiting until the war will end when their husband will return to them. This shows how women were marked as servants for men and were considered lower than men. Also it shows that the society felt
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fallacies in addition to improve the sentence by replacing and adding new sentences.As the text is about the relationship within class and culture, the author initially talks about class is being classified as lower class, middle class and upper class. They considered as a different nature of works actually, but in fact, it doesn't mean we can distinguish, label, ignore and keeping the working class people identities hidden as the author says. We shouldn't ignore these minority group since different groups can develop or specialized their own strength or own field. And therefore, working class artists undoubtedly couldn't be labeled as traditional and ethnic as well since it is wrong to relate
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A few days ago, as I was eating lunch with friends, I entered a heated debate about the worth of education. "I should not have to learn algebra and calculus because it will have no influence on my life," my opponent angrily shouted as I tried to defend the usefulness of mathematics. Three days later, I still mul l over the issue, trying to arrive at the origin of the disparity of views betw een my opponent and me. I treasure every bit of knowledge I gain, in or out of school. When someone contends that a particular academic field or realm of inf ormation has no applications, I feel compelled to demonstrate the fallacy of such an argument by citing an example from my life.As a middle
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whose members share common cultural traditions. Sociologists see this type of classification as the most flexible. It does not rely on biological reasons of explanation but rather points more to persons with common social backgrounds. Ethnicity, like gender and social class is essential in the shaping of social identity because whether we like to admit it or not we are greatly influenced by the people surrounding us. Like the fact that the white North American child born into the middle class will most likely receive a better chance at a highly paid job than their Latin American middle class peers, what society classifies us as will determine who we are in the future, no matter what we say
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Lyndon Johnson's Political Affects Lyndon Johnson was raised in Johnson City, Texas where he had lived in a house with his mother, Rebekah Johnson, his father, Sam Johnson, and his four siblings. Growing up in a home with many people and being in the middle lower class would soon create many affects on the political career of our 36th President of the United States. There were many affects on Johnson's political career but his father's affect on his political career is the most important. Sam Johnson was a state legislator for twelve years and he was a popular participant in the Democratic Party and many campaigns. During these campaigns and many activities Johnson was right
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research has avoided to explicitly specify the relationship between masculinity and violent behavior by white men has been avoided in research.Katz believes to be able to illustrate some ways to display the hegemonic construction of masculinity that is present in mainstream magazine ads and how these ads help to normalize violent male behavior. Katz suggests that one way violence is normalized is through the movie industry which shows white males engaging in violent actions without being depicted as villains. Moreover, they are regarded as heroes. The boom of the movie industry collided with the instability that was created economically for the White middle-class population. The heroes of the
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Arnott's Biscuits Limited
Parent Company
Campbell Soup Company (Campbell's)
Category
Food Products
Sector
Food and Beverages
Tagline/ Slogan
There is no substitute for quality
USP
Health and wellbeing of consumer is primary.
STP
Segment
Health and quality conscious consumers
Target Group
Middle and upper class, with prime focus on children under 12
Positioning
Committed to the health of Australians
SWOT Analysis
Strength
1. Over decades of experience in the biscuit industry 2. Variety of biscuits to choose from 3. One of the largest in the food and beverages sector in Asia 4. State-of-the-art manufacturing makes its operations good
5. Long arm on
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fund his national health insurance program. "Dean not only advocates universal health insurance but also tells audiences that Vermont already has moved in that direction.... How to pay for this? Simple, says Dean. Roll back virtually all of President Bush's tax cut of 2001. (The Washington Post, July 12, 2002)During eleven years as governor of Vermont, Dean enacted only one limited tax reduction and opposed cutting taxes when the state was running a large surplus.Dean also supported repealing tax cuts that benefit working-class Americans. When asked whether he would repeal tax relief even for low and moderate income taxpayers, Dean Responded, "[s]ure, because no middle class and working
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a hierarchy in the business world in order to get the businessmen to make more things that would benefit the nation and make it more self reliant.Luther's father worked as a farmer and decided to buy mining fields in order to better the life of his family. He became successful and made enough money to be able to send Luther to University. Once a person finished University he could join the Nobility. Through seeing his father work from being a landless farmer to being a part of the upper middle class, Luther believed that anything's possible if he worked at it.Around the time of Benjamin Franklin's birth the colonies were expanding and beginning to make their own laws. In 1702 Queen Anne took
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reflected these realities. Film was rapidly becoming the entertainment of choice for the vast majority of Americans. Even with huge unemployment and widespread poverty, 60 to 70 million people a week were escaping from their problems for a few hours at a time by spending fifteen cents to go to the movies.As American social structures were rocked by the depression, comedies released in these years began to express a disdain for traditional institutions and values. The Marx Brothers spoofed everything from class structures, to universities, to patriotism in such films as "Animal Crackers" (1930), and "Duck Soup" (1933). Mae West used sexual innuendo to poke fun at the middle class code of
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the market segments:In evaluation Titan follow 3 criteria. Such as-Segments size and growth of Titan:Titan divide their segments on basis of the size of segments. For each segments they introduce different types of product. They divide the market according to the financial condition. For that they are able to sell their product to middle and lower class people.Structural attractiveness of market segments:Titan looks at the attractiveness of each segment and launches the desirable products. For instance they had launched Fast Track for youth.Company objectives and resources:Titan balance their supply on the basis of their company's target and available resources.Selecting Target market
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. Johnny is a thief also. Johnny represents the lower middle class urban Mexican's. They are known for riding around in fast, low riding cars, with dark tinted windows, and loud stereo systems. They also smoke a lot of marijuana, but do not usually do many other drugs because they do not have enough money. The majority of them are also thought to be thieves. The revolucionario is the third stereotype described by Valdez. He is the Latin-Lover of the Mexicans. He is a well-built, sturdy, genuine antique. The revolucionario lives off of raw horsemeat and tequila. He is also very economical. The revolucionario is the type of Mexican that we see in the movies. He sweeps the ladies off their
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appearance was that they wore silk ,velvet, elegant clothing - colorful. Characteristics:1)Beauty and Love. For example, pleasure seekers and womanizers .2) loyal to the king: supported king Charles I and they sacrificed life for him and were loyal to him at all cost.3) They used simple and musical language by using colloquium, monosyllabic, and rythymic power.On the other hand, who were the puritans?.They were Catholics who rejected the queen Elizabeth religion and opposed Roman Catholics .They wanted simple religion. Puritans were separatists/protestant. Their attitudes were somber and serious. Theater and dancing detrimental. The puritan's social status was the lower and middle class. The
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In the past century, humans have progressed through technology, medicine, and society. We have made flying machines, cars, lasers, rocket ships and things we could not even imagine a century ago. In fact, one hundred years ago people still only had a small idea of what was to come. Some imagined that we would have moving streets that would "whoosh people and stuff around". Others thought that poverty would be exterminated and the middle class would grow to a majority. Some even imagined that there would be only one "world state" that would control every aspect of our lives. However, not all of the predictions have been proven false.In the early 1900's, some scholars predicted that society
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The period of time between the Spanish-American War and World War I is knownas the Progressive Era. It was a period marked by idealism, reform, and significanteconomic growth. Progressivism was a movement designed to correct the abuses whichreformers felt had crept into American society and government, as a result ofindustrialization and urbanization.Progressivism was the outcome of a number of forces in American life. Thereform spirit of the 1880's and 1890's was still strong, despite the collapse of the PopulistParty after the election of 1896. After the hard times of the 1890's, many Americans wereanxious for a better life and supported reforms intended to achieve this. The middle class
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proper control of the government. The big industries were booming and approximately 31% of the wealth of the United States was in the hands of only 1% of the citizens."(Socyberty, 2007) The difference of the wealth of the American people shaped an unsound economy. "Money was dispersed very differently between the rich and the middle-class, between industry and agriculture within the United States, and between the United States and Europe." (Gusmorino, 1996)Some of the other causes of the Great Depression were high tariffs, war debts, over production in industry and agriculture and the stock market crash of 1929. During this time products were being produced at a high rate and the purchasing
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, patriotic, middle-class American. But still, the idea of a mainstream middle-class American trusting an immigrant had a very "unpatriotic" feeling. To an American, an immigrant is just a foreigner living in his country, not to be trusted, and branded with every stereotype that seems fitting. During World War II, Japanese-Americans were rounded up as fear of Japanese spies grew. Many of these Japanese-Americans were born in America, and many had been living in America for generations. This led to discrimination against any Asian living in America, despite their patriotism and pride in their country. This is a prime motivation for success, not only for the immigrant, but also for the "true
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Dear DiaryToday in class we had a brief discussion of what personal identity is. I didn't get a chance to speak out my thoughts and opinions so I felt like to share it with you.Personal identity is what I see myself as, positively or negatively.It could be argued but most people think they are at what called the 'Good' side even though he is a brutal killer. Word from a retired warden. Over 80% of the prisoners ready to be executed still believes they are innocent.The way one sees things and their judgement is varied by ones own personal identity. This is the combination, result of many factors. Like the majority of our physical appearances is already destined since the moment of our
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The centre of the composition shows a man reading at a desk. The subject appears well clothed and groomed, likely of middle to upper class. His pose, one of intense concentration. Hand on brow, as he reads a thick document.The atmosphere of concentration is reinforced by the lack of clutter and very plain drab décor of the room. The reader seems almost entombed by the light green colour, which surrounds him on the walls, window, desk, box and lamp. Even a small open picture frame, the only item offering any distraction in the room is the same colour. This colour possibly being a symbol of knowledge, insight and meditation, (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/151058
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I wanted to lie down and cry. When I got home from the student/teacher/parent conference in fifth grade my mind was in shambles. After I had done everything possible to pass math, my fifth grade teacher was actually telling my Parents about my alleged poor effort. Poor effort? Didn't I do every homework assignment? Didn't I study every night and miss my favorite television show "Full house"? From an early age, I had been taught that grades are important. Good grades would lead to a college education and bad grades would lead to being a middle class nothing like my parents were.Yet it wasn't the math grade that really bothered me so much, but the fact that I was giving my all which clearly
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). She is satisfied with the wages, and is grateful for the lifestyle she can now afford. Her new income allowed her to buy a car and fix her house, and her son doesn't have to work instead of going to school, like every middle class family in America.American prosperity was built on the backs of middle class families, with one or both parents working in manufacturing and living their American dream. When companies moved much of their manufacturing to China, these workers had to be displaced to different jobs that were created as a result of the higher profit companies earned and invested back in the economy. The new jobs often needed training, but were better paid, and at the same time
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of alienation are still relevant in society, particularly with the advent of deskilling. This has arose where the skill which the jobs used to require from human workers have become obsolete as machinery as been introduced to take over some of their functionsImportantly, I would argue that people are much better off materially than were comparable groups in Marx's day. Furthermore, government polices often help the lowest paid workers such as the minimum wage and welfare. These ideas are related to the embourgeoisement thesis, which maintains that since workers have become better off during post war boom they have begun to adopt the life style and social values of middle class. Some further
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Walt Whitman was a poet of the mid to late 1800's, he celebrated what was possible and never met a word that he didn't like or couldn't use. Whitman often writes about the middle class hardworking man and woman. In "I Hear America Singing" he creates an image of people singing although he did not actually hear or see those people He writes that every man has his own song, and each man or woman accomplishes something at the end of the day. Then after a hard days work he writes, "at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly. Singing with open mouths their strong and melodious songs."If Whitman were to come back to witness the society that we live and work in today he would be
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priorities are not where they should be. The lack of knowledge being installed into our children is the problem. How can we solve it? What can we do to better our children's future?The poorer get poorer and the rich get richer is the way things work. It seems an undeniable fact for the American economy. The real wages of the working class and middle class have been falling steadily since the 1970's, while those of the upper class have risen steadily. An important solution is greater investment in education so that the United States can become a nation of symbolic-analytic workers selling high skill services to the rest of the world. If we continue to ignore investment in human capital, the
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for an education. The government made drug illegal because they know that that people can actually grow drug anywhere and make more money that they usually do. The "drug war" has nothing to do with drugs; historically war has been associated with race. The government has created a strategy to destroy the middle class and people of race. White power structure wants us to believe that minorities are using drugs instead of whites. Second, society learns to hate users like the black people or hispanics making society feel like they are the criminals. This is why that I am able to understand why Chomsky goes against the law because of their injustice. In Chomsky's essay and he proves us that the
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strain. The chart below gives the five modes of adaptation and illustrates that for each mode there is a goal and mean. The "+" indicates available and the " - " not available. Conformity is the most common mode of adaptation. Individuals in this group accept both the goals as well as the prescribed means for achieving those goals. Conformists are the lucky ones who accept the goals of society and the means approved for achieving them. The people in this unit are mostly middle- class and upper-class individuals. The populations who adapt through innovation accept societal goals but don't have the means to achieve those goals. This causes them innovate (design) their own means to get ahead
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repression and censorship by Louis XVIII to the reducing of the electorate and dissolving of the Chamber by Charles X.Another reason why the Revolution was inevitable was that both the middle and working classes were united against the monarchy. The working class because of the economic recession, unemployment and the refusal of the government to help them, and the middle class because of the ultra-royalists' attempt to return to the ancien regime. July 1830 was the time that everyone wanted more say in government.The underlying reason why the July Revolution was inevitable was because the monarchs failed to recognise conquests and rights of the people, instead interpreting them as "concessions" which the House of Bourbon could offer and take away at will, as happened with the Charter of 1814. Louis XVIII and Charles X "denied sovereignty to the nation and liberty to the citizen - the very things 1789 had been about."
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employers to hire only union members. It also permitted the states to pass 'right to work' laws. These laws forbade agreements that required workers to join a union after they were hired. This single act essentially crushed organized labor in the U.S. Therefore, many Americans were forced to other opportunities for economic prosperity many people joined the military to take advantage of the G.I. bill.History has taught us that the majority of the soldiers who are active in the U.S. military are taken from the middle and the underclass while the upper-class men and women enjoy their youth the underclass has sacrificed their youth to fight in a war. War is big business according to Sarah Anderson and
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this paper came in, Apple Computer proudly state that it was "Designed by Apple in California." If you read the small print, however, computer was actually built in China. The problem that I see with this trend is that manufacturing jobs used to be the backbone of the United States middle class. Today, however, many, if not most, American companies are sending their manufacturing jobs to other countries in search of less expensive labor costs, thus creating and building a middle class in countries like China, where none existed before.As China continues to develop its ability to play a leading role in the manufacturing industry, its new middle class will grow and prosper as America's middle
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The church in the Middle Ages was a place that all people, regardless of class, could belong to. As a source of unity, its influence on art and architecture was great during this time. As society drew away from the feudal system of the Romanesque period, a new spirit of human individualism began to take hold; alas, the birth of Gothic. Here, the Church became a place where humanity became more acceptable, becoming the ideal place to visualize new ideals. The beauty and elegance of Gothic architecture is depicted most in the great cathedrals of the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries--St. Denis, Notre Dame, Chartres, Salisbury, Durham, Amiens, and more. The experience of looking at one of the
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Revolution" offers more improved technical innovation, along with attractive easy opening sachets that are 'environmentally friendly', which appeals to a large number of costumers. Apart from technical innovations its offers emotional advantage attached to the product. It creates a story about how tea helps to revitalize, relax, and boost self-confidence along with preserving the consciousness of the environment.ToolsTarget audience for "tea revolution" is middle-upper, middle class consumers, age ranging from 20 and on. They are for people, whom are concern about the environmental issues and healthy lifestyle.A presentation of new tea on appropriate exhibition will introduce the product to
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ignored by the Australian Government, receiving little success in getting society to change their traditional views on the role of women.Nevertheless, for the women who did get the opportunity to contribute, thought it as an invigorating experience and a step in progress on the road to women equality. Women devoted to the war effort were mostly middle-class women whose husbands or fathers owned businesses and had reasonably comfortable incomes.Due to the withdrawal of about half a million men, most of whom had been in the workforce, many women were forced to become the breadwinners of their families, therefore forcing them to work under-paid jobs with measly hours.
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Jacksonian DemocracyDuring the period of Jackson's presidency and several years after his presidency, the power which had once been centralized in rich southern planters and northern merchants now shifted down to the lower and middle class white males. The visual gap in appearance between the two extremes was also becoming less visible. These ideas of equality, however, were not spread universally among all people's residing in United States. The oppression of black slaves, Indians, and sometimes other whites such as immigrants still existed despite the growing ideas of equality. Jacksonian Democrats were one-sided in their ideas of political democracy, equal opportunity, and personal
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Shakespearean sonnet. During the years 1593-1594, He wrote 154 sonnets while the theaters were closed due to the spread of plague.In about 1610, William Shakespeare, now a prosperous middle class man, retired to Stratford; however, he continued to write more plays until he passed away six years later. Exactly fifty-two years after he entered this world, William Shakespeare left it. He was buried at the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. Although Shakespeare had written his plays to be performed rather than published, after his passing, two members of his theater company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, issued the first published edition of his work entitled the First Folio in 1623. Because of their eloquent language and depth, Shakespeare's plays have retained their popularity for centuries.
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deteoriate.In Dublin after one of his drinking binges he got into a fight, and was later helped by a old friend of his fathers, Alfred H. Hunter who tended to his injuries, who let him room with Oliver ST John Gogarty. Both these men served as characters in James's works. His stay was however not long as James left because Oliver shot a pistol in his direction.Joyce's concern with life among the Irish lower middle class is reflected in his works, especially in Dubliners. The short-story collection, Dubliners which was published in 1914 contains many incidents and characters that are related to Joyce's early life in Dublin. The book establishes a vision of life in the capital which serves as a
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conduct an experiment to see if the use of iPods could enhance a students learning. Duke University's hypothesis was that the use of an iPod had many benefits such as; a student would be more committed and interested in class activities, projects and discussions; a student would have access to digital recordings, and an iPod is more convenient to store digital content. Duke University believed their hypothesis to be true that the University gave their 2004 freshman class free iPods. In the foreign language classes at Duke University, the iPods were used for quizzes, poetry and songs, recording journals, and feedback from the instructors (Lacina, 2008).Acceptance or Rejection of
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The Great Depression had an immense effect on Australia both economically and socially. During the time of the Great Depression Australia's economy was largely dependent on wool and wheat exports thus when the Depression hit and the exports lessened in value many industries were consequently effected, leaving many out of work. Due to the increasing unemployment rate there was a sense of insecurity and hopelessness throughout Australian society which came to a shock to many whom were unprepared, especially the middle to lower working class families. In contrast, however, a silver lining in the darkening cloud of the Depression was seen by some and many today. The wealthy and employed
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stores like Target, Kmart are competing within the same industry.3.2 COMPETITOR ANALYSISThe main competitors of Myer stores are middle- upper class department stores that stock a wide variety of products. Competition mainly comes in the form of premium positioned stores in the high-class category. In Australia, the main upper class competition would come from David Jones and Daimaru, which are both fashionable stores that offer similar products at a competitive price.However, due to the fact that Daimaru has just recently announced that two of its Australian stores will close down at the end of 2001, Myer has experienced a slight fall in the competition in this industry sector. On the other
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the last piece when I take the last step, crossing the bridge between middle and high school, another change, and one, that I would not be afraid of.Even though I might not be at this school, I will definitely carry the memories with me in my heart, always and forever. For one thing, desert theatre was remarkable. Through all the practices, yelling, tears, and hard work, the ending outcome was amazing, which made it even harder to let go. But we eventually shut our flashlights up and learned, "it's got nothing to do with love". And losing dingaling's ticket at the world trade center during the band trip? That I won't forget, especially three superior rated trophies we brought back, in
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and didn't know about quarantine and how to stop the disease spreading.An epidemic is 'An outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely'.Some of the things that the Medieval people believed are; (also in included some facts about medieval medicine)Medicine during the medieval era was multi-faceted, relying on the skills of several classes of practitioners. The ill and aged were treated by university trained physicians, monks, or folk healers, depending on the patient's socio-economic class. Though medical practices and procedures in the middle ages are generally considered obsolete and relying on herbal remedies, prayer, spells and incantations, there were also surgeries
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