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development because it inadvertently led to a benevolent harmony, aided by an invisible hand. As Lange (2013) frames it, the theory of economic development innate in The Wealth of Nations depicts the progression of opulence in the society, which as Singh (1959) asserts, is founded on the doctrine of free trade and socio-political…

America till today. Movie is one of the lens for examining this hierarchy in America, both reflecting the ideology of societies and influencing it—the 1934 and 1959 versions of Imitation of life are two examples. As Kristi Branham argued, “The ‘woman question’ and the ‘race question’ are conflated in the passing story in both the 1934 and 1959 film versions of Imitation of Life” (258). Furthermore, underlying the two issues…

The Sociological Imagination was authored by American sociologist Charles Wright Mills in 1959 to detail the importance of what he referred to as the sociological imagination. In the book, Mills argues that the sociological imagination, which Mills defined as the ability to recognize relationships between history and biography, is an integral part of the study of sociology. Mills’ belief that the sociological imagination was a core concept that sociology could not accurately be studied without…

experiment with rhesus monkeys helped him create an explanation for the attachment behavior that infants generally have. He explains that the attachment behavior occurs because of the mother providing comfort, not food (Harlow, 1961; Harlow & Zimmermann, 1959). His studies also suggest that infants have an innate need to touch and to hold on to something for emotional comfort. Harlow’s findings on attachment behavior support John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth findings for their theory of attachment.…

F., Gray, J. J., & Ahrens, A. H. (2004). No longer just a pretty face: Fashion magazines ' depictions of ideal female beauty from 1959 to 1999. International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 36(3), 342-347. doi:10.1002/eat.20039 This article examines fashion magazines’ depiction of the ideal female beauty of women in America from 1959 to 1999. The study was completed by, investigating the different American modeling trends by analyzing cover models that appeared on four popular fashion…

The modern portfolio theory was based on risk and return trade-offs and was developed in earlier works of Harry Markowitz (1952, 1959) and Roy (1952). According to Markowitz (1952), risk can be eliminated through diversification by spreading the wealth across the assets. In his work, Markowitz (1959) implemented the theory of mean-variance of market portfolio which provided the initial foundation for capital asset pricing model. His model was a static model which assumed that investors tend to…

The Cuban-American community has been successful in the United States for a great number of reasons; based on both their efforts and the efforts of the United States. For starters when Cubans migrated to The United States between the years of 1959-1979 a large number of them were highly educated, wealthy and had some political power. Alongside of all that they also had knowledge of the English language so communicating would not be an issue once in the U.S. They were also “white” looking Cubans…

the Dripper”. His most important work remains Blue Poles (1952). Other exponents of abstract art were Lee Kransner, wife of Pollock who created Cool White (1959), Robert Rauschenberg who created “Combines” using everyday objects, Jasper Johns who used everyday symbols in his famous work Flag (1955), and his expensive painting False Start (1959). Alexander Calder became famous for his hanging sculptures…

themselves and the society can be influenced based on the messages depicted within the film entitled Imitation of Life (1959); What is the role of the females throughout this film, how these roles are portrayed differently the between black and white character, ultimately I intend to highlight this gender-racial bias within cinema. As a black spectator the Imitation of Life (1959) connected with me, because it addresses serious issues like racism, female representations, capitalism, and other…

of Steven Truscott It was the evening of June 9, 1959 when 14-year-old Steven Truscott had been seen giving 12-year-old classmate, Lynne Harper, a ride on the handlebars of his bike (Makin, 2016). The two separated at the intersection of County Road and Highway 8 (Harland-Logan, n.d.), only for Harper’s father to report his daughter missing shortly after (Harland-Logan, n.d.). Her body was found near a wooded area called Lawson’s Bush on June 11, 1959 (Makin, 2016), and she had been sexually…