Essays Tagged: "mid 1950s"

The Vietnam War

In the second war we replaced France in the struggle versus the Communists. Vietnam lasted from the mid 1950s to 1975 when the U.S. finally withdrew from the war. Vietnam begun as a war to keep the Fr ...

(5 pages) 205 1 4.1 Apr/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Effects of Serotonin on the Mind and Body.

the central nervous system. Serotonin was first discovered in the body and then in the brain in the mid-1950s. 10 years later, in 1964, specific serotonin containing nerve cells, or neurons, were loca ...

(5 pages) 148 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Short Essay comparing and contrasting the WWII recoveries of Japan and WEst Germany

mmediately following their defeats and both were able to recover their dilapidated economies by the mid-1950s. They were both able to make a miraculous comeback because of their openness to accept new ...

(2 pages) 37 1 1.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

MLK and Malcom X difference between the two great leaders

Martin Luther King, arguably more than any other figure, shaped American life from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s. During this time, the population of African Americans, which was barely ... artin Luther King and Malcolm X grew up in different environments. King was raised in a comfortable middle-class family, despite the presence of segregation, where education was stressed. On the other ...

(3 pages) 127 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Area 51

e center of which is a large air base the government will not discuss. The site was selected in the mid-1950s for testing of the U-2 spyplane, due to its remoteness, proximity to existing facilities a ...

(2 pages) 54 0 4.4 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

The Evolution of portrayals of family in television

eymooners" ; as well as a variety of ethnic families in domestic comedies and family dramas. By the mid 1950s representations of family life were becoming more standardized in domestic comedy.In t ... Reed Show," "Leave it to Beaver," and "Father Knows Best" presenting an idealized representaion of middle-class white families insuburban communities which mirrored the practise of racial exclusion s ...

(3 pages) 64 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Economic Growth: Politics or Policies Matter?

try to experience a rapid economic growth in Asia. Its economy continued to expand rapidly from the mid-1950s through the 1960s. The annual growth rate averaged close to 11% in real terms for the deca ...

(5 pages) 135 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Novel Review - To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) This discusses the themes, plot, characters, and critics of the novel.

To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee in the mid-1950s, is a book of great content. Throughout the story, the novel explores such genres as comin ...

(7 pages) 74 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Area 51.

e center of which is a large air base the government will not discuss. The site was selected in the mid-1950s for testing of the U-2 spyplane, due to its remoteness, proximity to existing facilities a ... 9 when the space ship landed in New Mexico. They say that nothing is there. But its all lies,in the middle of the night by the black mailbox u can see some things fly out of area 51 at a great speeed.

(1 pages) 1464 0 2.3 Nov/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Disposable Diaper Industry in 1974

The disposable diaper industry began in the mid-1950s when P&G was asked by the nun at Cincinnati Catholic hospital to invent a disposable d ...

(2 pages) 56 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The Age Of Television In Retrospect

inema of the 1950s. Through various studies conducted and surveys given in the late 1940s and early-mid 1950s, it was ascertained that a large part of the movie going public had cut-down or all-togeth ...

(2 pages) 5 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Russian Gulag

rish until the 1930's, when Stalin used it with extreme regularity. The system didn't end until the mid-1950s, and during this time it imprisoned millions of the political prisoners and criminals of t ...

(2 pages) 18 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Fox River

. This is believed to be the largest concentration of pulp and paper industries in the world.In the mid-1950s, carbonless copy paper was developed and produced in these Paper Mills in the Lower Fox Ri ...

(6 pages) 20 0 2.5 Jul/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Harrison-Keyes Implementation Plan and Defense

rks of literary giants. Throughout the years, the company's focus shifted to meet demand and by the mid-1950s, it was regarded as a leading publisher of business, scientific and technical information. ...

(14 pages) 724 0 3.4 Aug/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Relationship Magnitude Paper: Write on the balance of human, animal and nature from a case study in "Watersheds 4: Ten Cases in Environmental Ethics". Case study Skunked was picked.

has long since been part of history and is a reliable and abundant source of food. However, in the mid 1950s, a new breed of fishing vessel made its way into the waters and changed the way the fishin ...

(3 pages) 87 0 5.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Leisure park project

oposals for a Leisure Park development at Junction 22 on the M66 motorway.History of the siteIn the mid 1930s the site was used for gravel extraction. These operations ceased prior to 1939 and during ... to 1939 and during the war years subsequently the site was used as a tip. The tipping ceased in the mid 1950s.Within the development contains Ruddigore House. This is an 18th century manor house and i ...

(22 pages) 117 0 5.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Civil Engineering

The Civil Right of Equality

religions, and ethnicities struggled to secure equal treatment rights for all Americans. During the mid 1950s and the mid 1960s, they performed sit-ins in segregated restaurants and bus stops, marched ...

(6 pages) 13 0 0.0 Aug/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers

Animations

wned secondary characters Pluto, Goofy, and Donald Duck who starred in their own cartoons until the mid-1950s: in fact, the best of the later Mickey Mouse cartoons, such as the 1935 Band Concert or th ... Disney, the Fleischers, and Warners. Van Beuren also flogged its silent-era Aesop's Fables into the mid-1930s, and Columbia continued a lacklustre Krazy Kat until 1939.Disney And The Animated FeatureW ...

(25 pages) 10 0 0.0 Apr/2011

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Is Gay The New Black?

s Gay The New Black?The Civil Rights Movement in the United Sates, which took place starting in the mid 1950s and continued on into the early 1980s, is widely resounded as one of, if not, the most piv ...

(7 pages) 3 0 0.0 Dec/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Securing the Blessing of Liberty

issues of the time period. For example, when the issue of slavery became a great controversy in the mid 1800s, the government ultimately stepped in and established the 13th Amendment to allow blacks m ... h Amendment to allow blacks more liberties and ultimately end slavery.� Likewise, during the mid 1950s when African-Americans wanted more civil liberties, the government once again stepped in a ...

(4 pages) 0 0 0.0 Mar/2013

Subjects: Law & Government Essays