Assuming you're referring to the same text as before, yes her feelings about working in the mill are typical in the sense that she found the work slightly boring.
There was a recession when Nixon took office. He essentially came in and helped clean up the economy. To answer your question the condition, of the American economy, was poor.
Korea--the conflict occurred as Japan began to expand influence and China attempted to retain influence.
Korea was a hub of resources and as Japan began to modernize into a western country, it became a target of Japanese imperialism. However, China had traditionally been the protector of Korea and the war was an attempt for China to maintain their hold on Korea. <span />
Chinese products were vital to the afro Eurasian trade network
The Hellenistic scientific concepts are taken from some of the ideas of the Greek philosophers. However, they are more focus on the application of Math and research studies. Many Hellenistic scientific concepts were able to shape geometry as well as other mathematical theories.