American people were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike, its so simple and it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth and its a political construction. The 1950s in fact was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflicts, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. It was a time in which anticommunism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal and frequently anticommunists took away civil liberties. And these are all different areas of political pressures in terms of enforcing certain ideals and resisting against those that we will look at next week. But i like ike as a political construct shifted attention away from those divisions and it created a sense of consensus. In many ways again this is political construction. And at the root of it was a very innovative and transformative Marketing Campaign that transformed a military her
Highlighting Dwight Eisenhowers political campaign. She examines what components made them successful. Her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Nothing perhaps captures the popular memory of the 1950s like the slogan, i like ike. This idea, this pin that so many people wore around the campaign of 1952 and 1956, conveys a notion of nostalgia and simplicity. It really emphasizes this idea of the 1950s as this era of prosperity. And the American People were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple and it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth. And it is a political construction. The 1950s, in fact, it was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. It was a time in which anti communism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal and often anticommunists took away civil liberti
And the American People were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple and it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth. And it is a political construction. The 1950s, in fact, it was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. It was a time in which anti communism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal and often anticommunists took away civil liberties. These are all areas of political pressure in terms of enforcing certain ideals and resisting against those that we will look at next week. I like ike, as a political construct, shifted attention away from those divisions and it created a sense of consensus. In many ways, again, this is a political construction. At the root of it was an innovative and transformative Marketing Campaign that transformed a military hero into a p
To set the bar for negotiations and sell high, but we inevitably leave without a deal would be at the trail and the Prime Minister said he would get a deal and we want to see him deliver it. Well report from sweden where the rapper asap rocky has been found guilty of assault. And pacific leaders on the forefront of Climate Change hit out at australia over its coal use. There are shocking revelations about the scale of plastic pollution. Scientists have confirmed that theyve discovered particles of plastic falling in snow in the arctic. A region long thought to be pristine turns out to be contaminated microscopic particles are carried on the winds from thousands of miles away. Researchers have found more than 1a,000 microplastics per litre of melted snow. Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin travelled to the artic circle as the research was being carried out. Heres his special report. The arctic. A place of pristine beauty. Smothered with snow, clean and pure. Well, thats how it appea
Reporting from washington, i a laura trevelyan. The dow jones ves 800 points on fears of a recession. President trump points the finger at the fed. Even the arctic can no longer escape plastic pollution. The snow is no longer pure and the damage is raising alarms for ldfe and residents. You look around you and you see something that you think is the pristine arctic, and it is not anymore. Laura plus, two ads in britain are pulled for gender stereotypes. I does tustry need to rethink how they sell . Laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to wor news america. It was a brutal day on the markets, with the dow jones dropping 800 points. Fears of recession and worrying signs from abroad combined to make traders anxious. As it was unfolding, psident trump was tweeting about the federal reserve, calling the chairman clueless. For more i spoke with the bbcs Michelle Fleury in new york. Whateay spooked the markets, michelle . Michelle a couple of things. First of all, you