1. Prosperity Dduring the Roaring Twenties
Leiss, Kline, Jhally and Botterill state that "this was advertising's golden age, not merely because advertisers had grasped its almost unlimited transformational capabilities, but because society as a whole almost completely agreed with its key premise, that the road to happiness was paved with more goods and services". ...
The rise of the industrial revolution is a time in our history that has built and shaped our economy and capitalist systems today. A huge part of what and how our economy was built back in the eighteenth century was due to the 'golden age' of slavery. Capitalism and slavery go hand in hand in...
The Sexual Revolution In 1998, President Bill Clinton's confession that he had had an inappropriate relationship of a sexual nature with White House intern Monica Lewinsky started a national discussion about how a politician's personal moral standards might affect his or her ability to lead. Clinton's indiscretions also sparked public debate about sexual ethics in the United States. Some observers lament that Americans have largely abandoned conventional sexual values that discourage casual sex, premarital sex, promiscuity, and adultery. However, Clinton's promiscuit...