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1. How did consumerism affect the meaning of American freedom in the 1920s? During the first quarter of the 20th century, American industry skyrocketed. Production and consumption was at an all-time high, and “…Americans spent more and more of their income on leisure activities” (Foner 762) such as vacations and going to the movies. However, as Andre Siegfried has observed, a “new society” was forming in the United States due to the increase in mass consumption. Consumerism had led to a set…

in our world, none of us can truly rest.” -Nelson Mandela Middletown: A Study In American Culture, by Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd, dives into the their 18 month series of studies focusing on a conventional small american city, based on Muncie, Indiana. The studies focused on the social structure, norms, and economic inequality within the city’s working and business class. A common theme found within the book was that the citizens within Middletown were only able to be recognized and…

Alan Travis (2016: n.p.), in his article, refers to ‘the study of urban street gangs in England’ which suggests ‘gangs have been operating more covertly in the last two years, spending less time on the streets to avoid policing measures’ and tend to use young people in drug dealing. The increased sexual exploitation of women and young girls by gangs has become a great cause of concern among police and justice workers (Travis, 2016). Another report by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)…

developmental years. Regardless of the activity, X is very active and always has a bunch on his mind. When I first met him, he was the one asking me questions before I had the chance to ask him, now we are equal in talking. Currently, X attends Madison’s E.O Muncie elementary school. Because of his previous home life(s) which lacked structure, he tends to get off task easily he also appears to have ADHD, but that was not brought up. According to my first conversations…

N. (2003, May). Improving the Nation’s Animal Shelters: A Path to No-Kill (Honor's thesis). Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Fennell, L. A. (2003, August). Killing With Kindness: An Inquiry into the Routinized Destruction of Companion Animals. Between the Species, 13(3). doi: 10.15368/bts.2003v13n3.4 Frank, J. (2004, February) An Interactive Model of Human and Companion…

Ole Miss running-back Akeem Judd found his way out of his troubled childhood while growing up, playing football. Judd entered South Durham high school in the fall of 2008 with no real relationship with his father. Judd’s mother, Tammy, raised him and his three older siblings by herself while struggling with substance abuse. She often disappeared for lengths of time, leaving Akeem to fend for himself. Often Akeem would go hungry with no household utilities from the lack of work and he would have…

Since assignments will be given letter grades when returned this will equate to one + or – grade per day. Plagiarism—the appropriation of material from books and websites, either copied word-for-word or closely paraphrased—will result on a 0 grade for any assignment found to contain it. Persistent plagiarism will result in a 0 grade for the whole course. Exam: The exam will consist of a two hour test, in which you will be required to answer two essay questions. It will NOT be an open…

Sandy’s Background Sandy is currently 17 years of age, which is around the average peak offending age for males within Scotland. Sandy has resided his whole life on the notoriously deprived council estate: Ferguslie Park, Paisley. This small area boarding Glasgow has been identified by The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (2016) as being the area with the greatest level of deprivation within Scotland, exceeding with soaring unemployment levels, low incomes, low levels of skills,…

The prejudice treatment of others based on grounds such as race, age, or sex, is called discrimination. There are many different types of discrimination seen in today’s society. Whether discrimination is a part of human nature is something for a larger debate, however we have seen in it in many aspects of our time. The most common, but not the only types of discrimination are race, religion, sex. (Discrimination by Type) Uncommon uses of discrimination include age, and disability. My theory is…

Crime is part of everyday life; on average a crime is committed every 5 seconds in England and Wales alone. Many statistics show that many people are living in the fear of being victimized by crime. Due to the extent of crime it has been a popular topic among academics. Academics have been interested in how crime has changed throughout time and why people actually commit crime. This literature review will be exploring crime within four different categories: youth and crime, women and crime, the…