... of the role of the state in education only reflects the situation in the mid twentieth century, though it claims to apply to the earlier establishment of the industrial societies of late nineteenth century Europe. One could also find other ways to explain the increasing role of the state in ... Anderson argued that although many were illiterate at this stage, the few could, as it were, read to the many, exemplified by the common nineteenth century image of one person reading to a group. This, he argues, also increased the idea of forming a community in which members were easily ... rea...

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... in capitalist society and more specifically the centralization of the American music publishing business and songwriters in an area of New York known as Tin Pan Alley in the late-nineteenth century. The Tin Pan Alley era initially specialized in ballads and novelty songs but later began to incorporate popular styles of the period, including ragtime, jazz, and blues. Significant technological innovations ... listener are, according to Adorno, escapism and diversion: "Listeners are distracted from the demands of reality by entertainment which does not demand attention either" (310). Durin...

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... , is far more effective in understanding the connotations and ideologies of performance. Performance, and its effectiveness, is greatly governed by the audience being performed to. For example, in the late nineteenth century Henrik Ibsen wrote "A Doll's House" for a male-dominated, class-orientated society where emphasis was given to reputation and social status. These connotations were also carried through in to personal, marital ... ...

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