... birthplace for the first the second occurred in the United States. Many new processes came with the Second Industrial Revolution such as the Bessemer process, which was developed by Henry Bessemer, this device enabled steel to be produced by burning carbon out of molten iron by blowing cold air through it under high pressure. In 1856 William Siemens invented ... petroleum refining (Encarta, 2000). The automobile industry however is what created the greatest effect. In 1903 Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company. Ford made the next great leap in production technology. Early in its hi...

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... respect of their government. Prohibition was a highly organised, highly sophisticated professionally managed business (maybe more so than the government). The Mafia bosses controlled the how, where, and who: just like Ford reshaped automobiles and technology, gangland America 'reformed' society. The American Way of Life Only one third of American homes had access to electricity in 1919. Electricity opened up and brightened ... popularisation of the automobile. Although automobiles had existed before 1920's, they were expensive, unreliable, and seen as toys for the rich. The sudden growt...

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... of Defense as an example: Charles Wilson (1953-1957), former President of GM, Neil McElroy (1957-1959), former President of Proctor and Gamble, Robert McNamara (1961-1967), former President of Ford Motor Company, Caspar Weinberger (1981-1987), former VP of Bechtel Corporation). By 1957 200 Generals and Admirals and 1300 colonels or naval officers of similar rank worked for civilian agencies ... Deal,"" Kennedy's "New Frontier,"" Johnson's "Great Society- FORGING THE LIBERAL CONSENSUS #2 Ideological Underpinnings: Anticommunist Liberalism Purging the remnants of the New Deal Left (Prosec...

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