Handwriting of the Twentieth Century
Handwriting of the Twentieth Century

Author: Rosemary Sassoon

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780415178822

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This fascinating and wide-ranging book charts developments in the teaching and study of handwriting over the course of the twentieth century. The book shows how changing educational policies, economic forces and inevitable technological advance have combined to alter the priorities and form of handwriting. This 'long and sometimes sorry story' tells also of the sheer pain and hard work of children forced to follow the style of the day, and of the reformers who have sought to simplify the teaching and learning of handwriting over the years. Illustrated throughout with examples from copybooks and personal handwriting from across the world, the book is a compelling historical record of techniques, styles and methods.

Great Speeches of the 20th Century
Great Speeches of the 20th Century

Author: Bob Blaisdell

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2014-08-18

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0486315568

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This stirring anthology features addresses by Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama, César Chávez, and many others.

The First Decade of the Twentieth Century
The First Decade of the Twentieth Century

Author: Gordon B. Greer

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2004-02-22

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 0595755518

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The author compares five primitive life forms from the Burgess Shale of over 500,000,000 years ago to five new technologies invented or developed in the first decade of the twentieth century in terms of their development and importance both in the past and for the future. He speculates on some possible alternative courses of history if different events had occurred during the first decade and what effect those alternative courses might have had on our lives today.

Chronology of Twentieth-Century History: Business and Commerce
Chronology of Twentieth-Century History: Business and Commerce

Author: Frank N. Magill

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-23

Total Pages: 1493

ISBN-13: 1134264690

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First Published in 2004. Volume II provides the hard facts and the history behind the headlines; significant 20th-century events in the evolution of all aspects of business and commerce are described in chronologically-arranged articles. The text of each article is divided into two sections: Summary of the Event describes the event itself and the circumstances leading up to it, and Impact of the Event analyzes the influence of the event on the evolution of business practice or on a major industry in both the short and long terms. Each article concludes with a fully annotated Bibliography.

The Sterilization Movement and Global Fertility in the Twentieth Century
The Sterilization Movement and Global Fertility in the Twentieth Century

Author: Ian R. Dowbiggin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-04-11

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0190293330

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Many would be surprised to learn that the preferred method of birth control in the United States today is actually surgical sterilization. This book takes an historical look at the sterilization movement in post-World War II America, a revolution in modern contraceptive behavior. Focusing on leaders of the sterilization movement from the 1930's through the turn of the century, this book explores the historic linkages between environment, civil liberties, eugenics, population control, sex education, marriage counseling, and birth control movements in the 20th-century United States. Sterilization has been variously advocated as a medical procedure for defusing the "population bomb," expanding individual rights, liberating women from the fear of pregnancy, strengthening marriage, improving the quality of life of the mentally disabled, or reducing the incidence of hereditary disorders. From an historical standpoint, support for free and unfettered access to sterilization services has aroused opposition in some circles, and was considered a "liberal cause" in post-World War II America. This story demonstrates how a small group of reformers helped to alter traditional notions of gender and sexuality.