(1) The 1920s were an extraordinary and contradictory decade: a) It was the age of Prohibition but illegal bars exsisted everywhere, b) The Ku Klux Klan revived and terrorized blacks but there was at the same time the Harlem Renaissance, c) There was corruption in governemnt administration...
The male hard-boiled private eye novel from the 1920s onwards as well as its female modification, emerging in the 1980s, are in the tradition of detective fiction in general, which came into being in America in the nineteenth century. Detective fiction is a unique genre that is distinct fro...
BACKGROUND: Although pole vaulting has been a sanctioned collegiate event since the 1920s, little is known about the injury patterns observed in the sport... Rebella,G. - 《Am J Sports Med》 被引量: 14发表: 2015年 Comparison of the Academic Achievement of First-Year Female Honors Program...
Learn about the history and characteristics of Art Deco architecture and design. See examples of Art Deco architecture features from the 1920s and...
This article makes use of detailed geo-hazard investigation data in 12 districts and counties of Baoji City in recent 7 years, based on collecting and sorting out main types and spatial distribution characteristics of geologic disasters in Baoji area, an
The Greatest Generation is also known as the "G.I. Generation" or the "WWII Generation." Key Takeaways The Greatest Generation commonly refers to those Americans who were born in the 1900s through the 1920s. The Greatest Generation members lived through the Great Depression and many of them...
Since the majority of college students in the early 1920s came from families of the nobility and the merchant class, it was decided to correct the situation by conducting periodic social and academic checks, a process that went by the name of "purges." The present study has been based on ...
The Greatest Generation is also known as the "G.I. Generation" or the "WWII Generation." Key Takeaways The Greatest Generation commonly refers to those Americans who were born in the 1900s through the 1920s. The Greatest Generation members lived through the Great Depression and many of them...
This paper estimates the effects of school quality -- measured by the pupil-teacher ratio, the average term length, and the relative pay of teachers -- on the rate of return to education for men born between 1920 and 1949. Using earnings data from the 1980 Census, we find that men who...
The analysis uses new historical datasets on the level and structure of the income of universities and the number and characteristics of domestic and international students since the 1920s. These are interpreted using the theory of ... V Carpentier 被引量: 13发表: 2010年 The Soft Power of Ame...