HOMEWARD BOUND: AMERICAN FAMILIES IN THE COLD WAR ERA

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  • Lecture # 19: The Fifties I. Nixon and Khrushchev A. 1959, Vice President Richard Nixon led Soviet primier Nikita Khrushchev through the American National Exhibition in Moscow. B. Walked through a exhibit of a six room ranch style house. Nixon claime
     

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  • WRIT 140 Assignment 1 17 September 2007 Family Matters The 1950's family typically consisted of a breadwinner husband, an obedient housewife, and a few children. This unit was the core of American life, a staple structure that brought stability and
     

  • Desperate ex-housewives - The Boston Globe THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING ELLEN GOODMAN Desperate ex-housewives By Ellen Goodman | January 6, 2006 LET ME BEGIN the new year by taking my (party) hat off to Terry Hekker. Here's to an
     

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  • Although food bred solidarity, it also established divisions. The provisioning and preparation of food was an important distinction between men and women. Men contributed dollars, not labor, to the family food supply. As the primary wage earners, the
     

  • Interpretation of Film Notes 10-10-07 Film Noir- Coined by French film critics at the end of the war (late 1940's) Paul Schroeder was the first to critically analyze film noir in the English language. He argued whether film noir constitutes a style,
     

  • February 25/ 2008 - 1945- to the present there has been no major conflicts, except for conflicts in places like Yugoslavia breaking up, there have been major global crises - Trends are soft changes - Process of de-nazification in Germany- this whole
     

  • Jonathan Roth 11/25/07 Psychology 114 Prof. Traci Controversy Paper An extremely important topic in the United States is what impact divorce has on children, and how big of an impact it is. I have read two scholarly articles debating opposite positi
     

  • Zach Hudson Hist 199 A Feeney 4/9/08 Motorola TV and the Ideal Family The introduction of the television as a fixture in the American home began following World War II. As its popularity grew the TV became a means for advertisers to reach their audie
     

  • Fifth Several Weeks of Family Development Notes March 6, 2008 Marriage= Terminology: Marital Success 1. Marital Stability vs. Marital Instability Status of marriage whether it is continuing or the spouses have separated or divorced 2. Satisfaction/Q
     

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