Rationing

United States took control over part of the fashion industry, which later helped popularize the “American Look” (Pendergast, Pendergast, and Johnson 837). In addition, as the United States entered into total war the government was obligated to start rationing many materials, for instance, fabric production was reduced by 10%, this led designers to use their imagination to create clothes that suited the regulations imposed by the government and also helped the creation of new clothes, such as…

Bolivia they are in charge of administrating the Bolivian nationalized mines. The COMIBOL in a way has more control over the miner’s lives than the miners do. The lives of the miners depend on the COMIBOL. They administrate their food through a rationing system were the miners wives have to wait in line for long hours in supply centers were they are able to get their food and other necessities for the day. In addition, the COMIBOL owns the houses the miners live in. Mining camps are set up for…

high-cost of medical expenses rises exponentially. The United States spent $2.7 trillion on health care in 2011. The numbers do not pertain to patients nearing end of life, but in general, mostly with chronic diseases (Aldridge & Kelley, 2015). Rationing health care during the last years of life is not the answer in reducing the health care expenditures due to the fact that only a minute number of individuals are on that category. The lack of sufficient supportive services and…

Here is a suggestion of the parallel possibilities for Pai. He says that he crosses the wall for the first time. The wall, of course, is the illusion that stands as barrier to the perception of reality, perhaps necessary so long as man belongs to the world, has family and all. The obstacle to the perception of reality is the ego. Once the illusion (ego) vanishes, you become Govindan Nair who could jump over the wall back and forth endlessly absorbing the ecstasy and letting it fall at any place.…

been known for previous years. Equally technological advances would also bring out easier ways to manufacture and readily available medicine and appliances would increase during this postwar era. Although many had gone through the experience of rationing during wartime, affluence and better technology improve a person's life…

ammunition for guns, tanks to attack, and many other weapons needed to be successful. Civilians were the ones that paid for the war by buying war bonds and paying their income taxes. They sacrificed many materials for the US army by participating in rationing, setting up drives, helping run volunteer organizations, and producing food. Most were working on the farms, in factories, and many other jobs to make the materials needed. The home front was a huge, significant part of the war effort and…

US Women World War II changed the lives of women in the United States because women had to do heavy duty jobs just to feed and support their children, while their husbands were at war. Many men didn’t think that women weren’t important during the war because men were the always the ones that did the work. The truth is that women were a very important part of the war. Since the men were busy serving at the war, the woman had to fill in for their husbands or even friends. These jobs include…

In the book Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone, former Washington Post Baghdad bureau chief, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, investigates the Green Zone, a sectioned off lavished city in Iraq where the United State authorities lived and worked. The book is centered on the failure of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) not achieving their goal of helping the postwar nation Iraq, due to not fixing crucial immediate needs. Chandrasekaran does a wonderful job of explaining how…

Thief. Although Liesel herself wasn’t real, there were many German girls growing up during World War II that shared several similarities. Throughout the book, Liesel’s family didn’t have surplus amounts of food due to food rationing, which was caused by the war. Food rationing started in 1939, and lead to a major decrease in the amount of food Germans consumed (GCSE). Liesel’s family also wasn’t doing very well economically, and Germany’s focus on the military didn’t…

There may be nothing more iconic than 50’s fashion. Even to this day it is remembered as one of the most attractive and cool styles to every come around. “Once WWII ended and the rationing ended, a new availability of types of fabrics and quantities of these fabrics allowed a new type of fashion to bloom during the fifties, especially in the United States.” (thepeoplehistory.com) The fifties marked the biggest consumerist boom in U.S. history and the fashion reflected that. Americans had an…