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crisis had created such profound change in the industry’s attitude towards efficiency. Neither this industry nor society as a whole had seen an actual energy scarcity before the 1970s; consequently, airlines simply had not taken potential price shocks into account. David E. Nye states in his book, Consuming Power, that the 1970s oil crisis was the first time for American society as a whole to realize its energy choice could actually echo. Although passenger volume continued to rise, the…

occurred over the past few decades have changed in many ways due to constant changes of societal norms and values that we as humans thrive to constantly maintain. The topic that will be covered in this paper is a comparison of the suicide rates from the 1970’s to present and also the differences in the reasons for suicide. Focus will be restricted to adolescents from the ages of fifteen to twenty four years old and how the pressure of society on adolescents has impacted suicide rates during this…

Growing feminist activism in the 1970s increased social concerns of the role of women in society. Upward growing numbers of women working jobs outside of the traditional house role fostered social anxiety that women would abandon their conventional roles such as being wives and mothers for these new lifestyles and occupations originally labelled for the men of the house, not the women. Women began to present themselves differently, getting rid of the short skirts, and now opting for pantsuits.…

After the controversial win of Donald Trump at the recently concluded US Presidential Elections, there had been a lot of clamors coming from the different and wide-varied nooks of the music industry, showing utter dismay and rather harsh comments. Music, as a strong societal tool for change, had been used quite a couple of times relative to this worldwide issue, and this article finds it righteous to cite how much influence lyrics, beats and tunes can display in aiding a drive for change. Some…

The 1970 desegregation of schools in Boston, Massachusetts was started after the 1965 desegregation of southern schools. Louise Day Hicks of the Boston school committee was against the busing and desegregation of schools in which she stated “… a racially imbalanced school is not educationally harmful.” An examination of these sources will show the significance of this historical event. In September of 1970 to 1975 the Boston court ordered the Boston public school system to begin busing black…

movements, important politicians, singers and performers, and even authors and movie writers. Their individual work and efforts to change the world around them made a large impact on many aspects of society today. Some influential people in the 1970s include the political figures of the time. Presidents and Vice Presidents alike altered society, though in some cases not positively. Richard Nixon, who was in office from 1969 to 1974, ended involvement in the Vietnam War in 1973, and took a trip…

The author of the article “Fitzgerald Studies in the 1970s” is Sergio Perosa. Perosa was born in 1889 in Latin America. He has written several books, articles, and journals in Spanish as well as in English. His work includes “The art of F. Scott Fitzgerald” and “American theories of the novel”. In this article, Perosa emphasizes on how in the early 1970’s, numerous authors commenced evaluating Fitzgerald’s methodology of writing. In this article, Perosa examines how different writers critiqued…

3rd Interview (1970-1980) When Marlena Peel was growing up, she played outside everyday and came home for dinner to the ringing of a bell. With her neighborhood friends she played games, rode bikes, and skated on skateboards. However, they never wore helmets or knee pads, and seat belts were never used passed infant car seats. When asked about popular fads, Marlena replied, “Big hair, parachute pants, and MTV was all the rage.” ATM’s, microwaves, touch tone phones, and the Internet were all…

different female performers, describe how changes in the role of women in American society were reflected in popular music between 1965 and 1970. The 1960’s were a time for people to express themselves and break out of social norms in their everyday life. But this also was a time for women to break norms and change their role in both society and music during 1965-1970. One woman who was breaking many norms in the musical world at the time was Janis Joplin. The performance in particular that…

Reality TV has been around since the late 1940’s when Allen Funt headlined a show called Candid Camera. This was followed in 1950 with a show named Truth or Consequences. The 1970’s had programs called Real People and That’s Incredible. These shows were, for the most part, considered wholesome entertainment that the entire family could watch and were quite tame in comparison to what is on television today. Reality TV exploded in the 2000’s and it remains one of the most popular genres in…