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- 211: Labor And Unions In America
- ... But in those times, a half-dozen eggs cost five cents and a whole chicken cost 15 cents. The hours worked in the factories were long. Generally, the girls worked 11 to 13 hours a day, six days a week. But most people in the 1830s worked from dawn until dusk, and farm girls were used to getting up early and working until bedtime at nine o'clock. The factory owners ... said. Shaw's decision was widely accepted. For many years following this decision, unions did not have to fear conspiracy charges. UNION STRUGGLES In the next two decades, unions campaigned for a 10-hour working day and against child labor. A number of state legislatures responded favorably. In 1851, for example, New Jersey passed a law calling for a 10-hour working day in all factories. It also forbade the employment of children under 10 years old. Meanwhile trade unions were joining together in cities to form federations. A number of skilled trades organized national unions to ...
- 212: Lewis And Clark Across Idaho
- The Lewis and Clark expedition across the present day United States began May 14, 1804. With the approval of President Jefferson and the U.S. Congress, Lewis and Clark gathered an exploration party of about four dozen men. These men headed off to discover Western America. On September 1, 1805, they arrived at the Bitterroot Mountains, near present day Idaho. This began a nightmare that would not end until they reached modern-day Weippe. September 1, 1805, the explorers set out traveling west, heading into rough, seldom traveled, mountainous country. They stopped at todays North Fork of the Salmon River, known as Fish Creek to Lewis ...
- 213: Labor In America
- ... But in those times, a half-dozen eggs cost five cents and a whole chicken cost 15 cents. The hours worked in the factories were long. Generally, the girls worked 11 to 13 hours a day, six days a week. But most people in the 1830s worked from dawn until dusk, and farm girls were used to getting up early and working until bedtime at nine o'clock. The factory owners ... organize, he said. Shaw's decision was widely accepted. For many years following this decision, unions did not have to fear conspiracy charges. In the next two decades, unions campaigned for a 10-hour working day and against child labor. A number of state legislatures responded favorably. In 1851, for example, New Jersey passed a law calling for a 10-hour working day in all factories. It also forbade the employment of children under 10 years old. Meanwhile trade unions were joining together in cities to form federations. A number of skilled trades organized national unions to ...
- 214: ... the farmhands' lives differed from his own. Although the Steinbecks weren't wealthy (John's father ran a flour mill), they lived in a comfortable Victorian house. John grew up on three square meals a day. He never doubted that he would always have enough of life's necessities. He even got a pony for his 12th birthday. (The pony became the subject of one of Steinbeck's earliest successes, his ... stories in the lush countryside where he spent his youth? During high school (1915-19) he worked as a hand on nearby ranches. There he saw migrant workers, men without futures, breaking their backs all day for paltry wages and at night throwing away their cash in card games and barrooms. Out of this experience came the novel Of Mice and Men. Yet he also developed a profound respect for the ... instead in the beet and barley fields of the Willoughby Ranch south of Salinas. Then he worked in a beet factory as a bench-chemist. All the while, he gathered material for writing. After each day's work he wrote- mostly stories and poems. Six months later he decided to return to the classroom and to study the writer's craft seriously. Some of his pieces ended up in the ...
- 215: ... combination of two opposites that produces the novel categorized today as science fiction. There is one aspect of science fiction that separates it from any other genre. Science fiction can be written as fantasy one day, and read as scientific fact the next. Jules Verne has written about man setting foot on the moon. When read by its original readers the idea of space travel was not a reality. It is ... motion" (Bleiler 6) The story starts with several letters written by Captain Walton to his sister. Walton has been navigating the Arctic ocean when he observes a sledge being pushed by a gigantic body. The day after the crew saves Victor Frankenstein from Geneva from a similar sledge. After Victor has recuperated, he recounts his tale to Walton. This account is the largest section of the book. The novel also includes ... round the mouth were sixteen slender, almost whip-like tentacles, arranged in two bunches of eight each." (Wells 111) Wells used three standards to produce The War of the Worlds. He writes about the present day. While the reader recognizes the time as his own, he is being trained to except the far fetched appearance of what follows. (Aldiss Trillion 122) This is the method Wells uses to create the ...
- 216: Fordism And Scientific Managem
- ... managers and manufacturers to use greater product diversity and more flexible methods of production. Movements towards a more flexible organisation have become apparent. Examples of orgainisations such as Nissan, NASA and Toyota serve as modern day examples of post-Fordism and depict movement towards a modified Scientific Management. Comparisons that can be made include Fordism's mechanisation of mass production and Taylors attempts at using employees as machines. Taylor designed ... and factories. Using time and motion studies, Taylor achieved productivity increases of up to 200 per cent. (Dunphy, 1998, p.4). His thoughts were echoed by others: during a 1910 Interstate Commerce Commission hearing, Louis D. Brandeis argued that US railroads could save a million dollars a day if they introduced scientific management into their operations (Oakes, 1996). Taylor showed the world that the methodical and scientific study of work could lead to improved efficiency. He believed that by defining clear guidelines ...
- 217: Canada At War
- ... an unsuccessful attempt to help Britain defend Hong Kong against the Japanese. The Royal Highlanders fought for 20 long months in Italy. After the fighting in Italy they were part of the front lines during D-Day on June 6, 1944. From June 6, 1944, until the defeat of Germany, 11 months later, Canadians fought steadily. They took part in almost 30 battles across France, Belgium, Holland, and into Germany. Perhaps the greatest battle ever took place in Canadian history was D-Day, at May-sur-Orne and St. Andre on July 25th, 1944 in Normandy. The Americans, British and Canadians under went months of special training before D-Day. Supplies were produced in South England. ...
- 218: Civil War The Color Bearer Tra
- ... newspaper and thehighbrow Russells Magazine and reflecting on the mounting sectional tensions of the prewar years. In a letter to William dated March 26, 1856, Charles complained that the "Government is becoming more abolition every day" and he predicted that the "Union may last a few years longer, but unless a decided change takes place in Northern politics, it must at last go under." The War Begins Events would prove Whilden ... is conjectural, as none of his correspondence from the early war years has survived, but the likely date is late 1861 or early 1862. Whilden's Confederate service records in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. commence with his enlistment in 1864, but Miss Hard's reminiscence may be correct that her Great Uncle Charles "enlisted a number of times, but when he had an [epileptic] attack would be discharged ... s Overland Campaign, Noah Trudeau writes: "Along those two hundred yards of mutually held trenches, men now killed each other with zealous abandon. In a war that had birthed its share of bloody angles, this day and the morning of the next at Spotsylvania would give birth to the bloodiest of them all." For the next 17 hours or so, McGowan's Brigade would hold its position along the apex ...
- 219: How Do The Past And Present Effect Sexuality On Television And The Adolescent Mind?
- ... is a haven for sexual activities for all to see. It does not matter if you are a minor or an elderly person because it is available for the world to see. From our mid-day soaps and talk show to our favorite prime time television programs, sex really does sell. Yet how does the sexually activity that is displayed today affect minors? Does this effect change throughout the past ten ... problem or is it just hype brought on by other outlets of the media and family groups? I will attempt to explore all these paths in the research paper. In 1985, every hour of every day an average of two to three acts of "sexual content" centered on heterosexual intercourse. This is an important factor to remember because it set the trend for what is going to happen in the future ... like Miami Vice. Nighttime serials, like Dynasty, also contained a large amount of sexual content. Also in the prime time hours, there were more visible incidents of sexual activity than earlier on in the mid-day. Also, in the mid-day sexuality is more talked about than actually viewed with the exception of soaps. My hypothesis is that although the times and culture within the past ten to fifteen years ...
- 220: Fordism And Scientific Managem
- ... managers and manufacturers to use greater product diversity and more flexible methods of production. Movements towards a more flexible organisation have become apparent. Examples of orgainisations such as Nissan, NASA and Toyota serve as modern day examples of post-Fordism and depict movement towards a modified Scientific Management. Comparisons that can be made include Fordism's mechanisation of mass production and Taylor s attempts at using employees as machines. Taylor designed ... and factories. Using time and motion studies, Taylor achieved productivity increases of up to 200 per cent. (Dunphy, 1998, p.4). His thoughts were echoed by others: during a 1910 Interstate Commerce Commission hearing, Louis D. Brandeis argued that US railroads could save a million dollars a day if they introduced scientific management into their operations (Oakes, 1996). Taylor showed the world that the methodical and scientific study of work could lead to improved efficiency. He believed that by defining clear guidelines ...
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