Monthly Archives: February 2011

Relationship for Cohen

          People everyday are consuming products that have been influenced by democracy, but most of these consumers have no idea just how long or in what way this has been going on in the United States. The relationship between the … Continue reading

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A Consumers’ Republic Part 1

In the book it is clear that the author shows that consumption played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement. The spending power that the African Americans had was powerful and could affect the white business. The African Americans … Continue reading

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Levittown

Historians should be able to look at this video as see the reactions both negative and positive of a white population when a black family moves into the growing subdivisions in the post war era. The community of Levittown, PA … Continue reading

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American Dreams

In reading H.W. Brands book American Dreams, I found myself enjoying sections of the book and wanting to fall asleep in others. It was not a waste of time reading it as I did find many interesting fact that I … Continue reading

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Music Then & Music Now

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2011/02/today-in-rock-n-roll-history-the-day-the-music-died/1 Today marked the 52nd Anniversary of a terrible plane crash that took the lives of three famous musicians in 1959. The deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were a tragic event that brought … Continue reading

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