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With the rise of popular stars such as Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift, many people think that country music is a new genre. The truth is that country has a long standing tradition in American music, going all the way back to the 1930's. The history of this music is important to understand if someone is curious about how it has become such an immensely popular genre today. When country music first hit the popular music scene in the 1930's, it was in a form known as honky tonk music. The genre…

(Merriam Webster). 1.3 million children aged 5-17 in Bangladesh are engaged in hazardous labour. Children and adults alike are given no choice but to work in unethical factories creating clothing for large international corporations. Developing countries such as India, Bangladesh and China are found with countless amounts of sweatshops. Sweatshops are unjust and unethical because of the unsafe and uncomfortable work conditions, long hours with low wages and the use of child labour. Workers are…

Environmental Justice in the United States The environmental justice movement gained a national spotlight in the early 1980s with a few notable cases including the protest against the proposed siting of a PCB landfill in Warren County, North Carolina. At the time of the siting, Warren County had the highest percentage of blacks of any county in the state at 66% – even though blacks were 22% of total state population – and was also one of the four poorest counties. The residents of the…

Throughout this article, Nicholas, Elson, and many more contributors looked closely upon Aztec ceramic pottery during the Post-Classic Period, which thus put in perspective the trade patterns and economic state of the empire. It analyzes Chiconautla, Mexico, the capital of small Post-Classic city-state on the southern edge of the Teotihuacan Valley, and it’s specific relation to the development and growth of markets for trade (Nicolas et al 2009:443). This growth in ceramic trade is shown to…

a developed country. People think about developed countries like the United States and Britain, and these countries already have a strong power in economic and other factors. Massey provides the example of Argentina, which is a developing country. She believes that in order to let Argentina become a developed country, the nation should follow the same history as London has. However, maybe in reality, Argentina would like to develop other aspects in order to become a developed country; instead of…

and incentive to be more flexible and cut costs whilst achieving growth. Free trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement have made it easier for countries to trade goods and services however this freedom of trade has also acted as a catalyst for companies to shift employment to developing or third-world countries such as Mexico in which labour and the cost of producing materials is substantially cheaper. In this paper I will make the argument that since the inception of…

Dream Interview I believe that Toni Braxton is a leader in her own way and has achieved things some people can only dream of doing. 1.)Toni Braxton first started rising in the industry in the 1990s, Toni quickly established herself as an R&B icon and became one of the best-selling female artists of the 1990s decade, garnering her honorific titles such as the "Queen of R&B" and being recognized as one of the most outstanding voices of the generation. 2.) Toni Braxton’s years active are from…

produces. This creates a gap where they North is always expanding its economy and the Southern Hemisphere is currently staying in the same place. This system favors the countries that have the ability to produce those raw products, thus selling them back to the Southern hemisphere. The majority of the Southern Hemisphere’s countries are formerly European colonies that left them to rebuild. The North-South problem is becoming a more modern problem due to…

The article “Andreas Gursky and the Contemporary Sublime” by Alix Ohlin, does a nice job illustration the work and purpose of Andreas Gursky’s artwork. His ability to display the human experience in our modern age globalized world is something that should be admired. One of Andreas Gursky’s creativity is his ability to display his artwork in a micro-macro perspective to give the viewer a different feel for the image. “This tension between micro and macro, one of the operating principles of his…

Have you ever thought about the past? Well these 5 things are connected. Dalton Rapattoni, was born in Miley Cyrus’ hometown, which is close to Georgetown, Illinois. Miley Cyrus could know the History of Music and the History of makeup, because she sings and wears makeup. Dalton Rapattoni and Miley Cyrus are both singers. Georgetown is a city in Illinois (Jones). Illinois is the state west of Indiana (Jones). Georgetown was known for all timber, which attracted settlement (Jones).…