She is expected to teach the children such things as responsibility and morality while the husband has only to worry about providing the funds to support the family. The family of Scanzoni's model is a conjugal type of marriage, in that the couple moves into a separate household from either's family. ... It was assumed that a good provider would put his job ahead of his family (Bernard 10). ... Goode, in World Revolution and Family Patterns, shows that "the classical family of Western nostalgia" was a false stereotype and thus other stereotypes are similarly in error. Stephanie...

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." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Family Redefining the American Teenager The Rise of the Hot Rod Culture The Rise of the Excess Culture Baby Boomers and Redesign Converting from Chrome to Muscle The Automobile as Identity Downfall and Decline Conclusion Bibliography Introduction With the end of World War II, the United States returned to a different life and culture than the one it had left behind at the start...

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Notably, it can be deduced that personal or family concerns were perhaps the most comprehensive factors that prompted the Italians to immigrate into America. ... The dynamism of Italian immigration may also be attributed by the immigration of women and families. ... Instead, most of them organized themselves in form of families. In fact, Italian immigrants associated and established close links with fellow immigrants from same families. ... In addition, the United States lacked family support system, which is a core component in the Italian contexts. ...

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I quickly learned I was researching something that spanned political, historical and religious backgrounds and tapped into the heart of the American attitude most recently seen in Obama's election victory speech of "yes we can".1 Despite this, the president recently appeared to be hesitant to proclaim views of support for exceptionalism. ... Therefore I decided to look at the early years of the Cold War and to see where the change in attitude had come from, and how both Truman and Eisenhower's government used American exceptionalism to rally support at home and as part of t...

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Jeanne Wakatsuki lived with her family in Southern California during the summer of 1942. ... Unlike Jeanne's early war experiences, Ira was supported by conventional U.S. society. ... Jeanne and her family had been in the Manzanar Internment camp for months. ... Inside the camp Jeanne's family began to self destruct. ... Her father reunited with the family and they headed back to Southern California. ...

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Adolf attended school at the age of six and his family lived in several different villages around the town of Linz, east of Braunau. ... He had an ambition of becoming an artist and between the ages of 16- 19 Hitler didn't work to help out the family or formally study. ... After this he completely isolated himself from his family and friends. ... Hitler used his trial to gain support and bring attention to his cause. ... The support of national socialism was spreading rapidly throughout Germany. ...

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The United States is more successful during warfare with the support for the American people. The support for both World War I and II was much greater and showed to be more successful. ... The lack of support from the home front has an effect on the progress of the war. Military victory and success are intangible without the support from the home front. ... A great deal of the lack of support was due to the misconceived knowledge of the war. ...

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Families were taken out of their homes and forced to move to distant locations in exile. ... Esther's family, the Rudomins, was wealthy and ran a business in Vilna, Poland. ... In her book, Toby Fluek, a small Jewish girl, describes how her family had to move to a Jewish Ghetto and go into hiding several times to save their lives when World War II began. ... My heart goes out for all the people that died during the Holocaust, and to all of the families that lost a love one. ... To watch your family be ripped apart, and then be separated and killed according to importance is something unth...

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In another anti-war protest poem, "my sweet old etectera," Cummings reveals the discrepancy between those who support war and the true feelings of soldiers. ... The poem develops an image of a family supporting their brother, and son, before he goes off to fight in Europe. Everyone in the family contributes: his sister knits socks, shirts, and ear warmers. His parents donate their support by pointing out his opportunity to show his honor and commitment to the country; his father even wishes he could have the privilege to join the army himself. ... With the country and his family pressuring h...

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In the 90s, just after the fall of communism, the countries of central and eastern Europe received the promise of their inclusion in the structure of NATO in exchange for full support of the US political aspirations. ... Americans started preparation to take their part in the war in Near East with almost full support of most western countries including (at least formally) Russia. ... As another example we can provide an issue of Russia's involvement in the war in Syria and support Bashar al-Asad regime.13 Also in Caucasus former Soviet republics, especially in Georgia. ... From the one ...

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His love for his family and the need to be prosperous makes him sacrifice his image and reputation. ... This sets Joe on a collision path with his Family who associates Larry's death to his actions. ... There is even the ironic moment when Sue, a neighbor, says of the Keller family, "I resent living next door to the Holy Family. ... The irony being, of course, that the family is anything but holy. ... When she is confronted by Chris and Keller to accept the reality, she blackmails Keller into supporting her belief, failure to which Larry's blood would hang on Keller's shoul...

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Kenyans were so angry of this because farmers who used to grow coffee, the profit they made out of the coffee are what they used to feed their family. ... When Thuku opened YKA, all the angry Kenyans would definitely support this. This means that Thuku would be supported. ... So as they didn't support colonisation imperialism then they wont' support Britain. ... Some examples of what they did are: They slaughtered a young boy whilst sleeping They mutilated a home guard of a white family horribly, (his skull was cut into 2 pieces, his hands and feet were cut off up to his wrist and ...

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During the 1960's America was ripped apart by a war in a far off country in Asia. Seeing an enemy that was hoping to gain power and eventually rule the world and the nation stared war against communism in the face. The US was faced with the decision, to watch as its friends in other countries fade...

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Transvaal's ambition for self-rule, foreign presence and support created heated arguments for the strong supporters of imperialism in England. ... As foreign investment in the republic grew along with German diplomatic support for the Transvaal the imperialist in England believe there was a concerted attempt to undermine Britain's supremacy in South Africa. ... In December 1895, Leander Starr Jameson, a fiend of Rhodes, lead a band of 600 British armed men in an unauthorized attempt to support the rebellious Uitlanders in the South African Republic. ...

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It was also estimated that shell-shock accounted for 40% of British casualties( "Posttraumatic stress disorder" Family Health 1469). ... ("Posttraumatic stress disorder" Family Health 1468) When doctors finally realized that the disease was an emotional one, they returned to the idea of blaming the patients. ...

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One difference was the remobilization of the French and British people to war by using democratic ideals to rally support for the war. Meanwhile, in Germany the support of the people for the ruling regime crumbled. ... With the current environment and situation of Italy and Europe of this time, help could be found within Communists and slowly people began to support Communism and it's popular ideals. ... He threatened a march on Rome unless he was not appointed Prime Minister of Italy and the King of Italy at the time, Victor Emmanuel III who would not dare back the current regime quick...

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Officially known as a United Nations police action, this battle between the communist North Koreans, supported by the Sino-Soviet Bloc, and the capitalist South Koreans, backed by the US and its allies, revealed the extent to which the Cold War would affect US foreign policy, as well as, domestic issues. ... This is perhaps, no more clear, than in the strict roles followed within the American family. The "Nuclear Family", as it was known, consisted of a working father, a homemaking mother, and their 2.3 children, deviance from this structure was rare and when it did occur it was severely fr...

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TEN MAJOR EVENTS THAT SHAPED THE UNITED STATES Over time instances occurred throughout history that affected the United States, for the good and bad. They affected many people emotionally and physically. The following ten events have affected the nation culturally, politically, economically, ...

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World War I, a war fought to "destroy the axis of evil" and to resolve conflicts between belligerent countries, brought nothing but turmoil and numerous dilemmas to the warring nations; politically and economically. Immediately after the war, many people thought the war had made a safe environment f...

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Alois was not a loving father, he had a bad alcoholic problem, often abused his family, and visited mistresses. ... In 1907 his mother gave him permission to take his inheritance from his father to support him in Vienna for one year and pay tuition. ... Even the prospect of a cabinet post in exchange for Nazi support could not move him. ... Rumor of Hitler and Gelp first began when she and her family moved into his building in Munich to keep the house for him. ...

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This movie tells the story of a reluctant hero, Benjamin Martin, who enters the war after his family, becomes endangered by the British. ... Martin soon realizes that the only way to protect his family and freedom is to fight for a young nation's liberty (The Patriot). ... This movie puts a positive twist to war in that the blacks took up arms too to support a cause, which is something they had never done before. ...

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As the issue of a bride arose, rivaling officials concerned with Hirohito's choice of a bride in Princess Nagako of the Kuniyoshi family began an attempt to undermine the prince's decision. Articles were published deeming the Kuniyoshi family medically inferior and "likely to sell out to the whites-. ... Wakatsuki ultimately failed in the attempt to carry out his emperor's wishes and the Japanese military continued on its campaign throughout China which eventually pleaded to the League of Nations for intervention who then voted 42-1 against Japan with the only vote coming from...

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As an ex-soldier in Second World War, Laeddis is like many post-war soldiers suffering from the typical post-war syndrome: "drank", "stayed away", and completely ignored his family (Shutter). ... Owing to his Jew family background and profound emotions in his music, Mahler's music is utterly banned in Nazi. ...

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It was the end of any trace of "normal" family life for Stalin, and witnesses saw tears in his eyes at her funeral--the only report that we have of the great dictator crying. ... Then, in quick succession, a number of minor Party men who had supported Kamenev and Zinoviev in the '20s were also arrested, charged with terrorism, and shot. ...

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And I'm not supporting or rejecting the idea that more gun-control laws are needed; what's more important here is the desire to make changes to long-established practices in the name of terrorism. ...

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