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19th Century Trends, Consumerism, and Women's Fashions

worth a great deal of cash and even on the hip hop scene, gold teeth are something to envy. In some way, this is as true today as ...

Women of the 19th Century and the Issues That Confronted Them

with a mind of their own -- and the will to abandon social stigmas without a backward glance -- indicated a loose fiber in the pat...

British Literature Before the 19th Century

story of the knights of the Round Table and their search for the Holy Grail. A modern quest story is J.R.R. Tolkiens Lord of the R...

Reform in the Early 19th Century

to help the disadvantaged had to be public and systematic, rather than the private efforts then underway (Faragher et al, 2000). ...

Industrialization as a Metaphorical Monster in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

There were also images of pollution with billows of smoke pouring out of factory chimneys and thick coatings of ash on sidewalks, ...

The 19th Century Buildings

towards the wealthy and powerful as could be inferred through looking at some of the stations. A good website for pictures of famo...

"Around the World in 80 Days" as a Guide to 19th Century Globalization

a deck steward on a tramp steamer. The film points out quite nicely the fact that the book really is a travelogue, with each episo...

'Englishness' and the Occult in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

some contrasting views of Englishness and attitudes about colonialism in their respective uses of the occult/supernatural. One te...

Inward Lives of 2 19th Century Women

and "one day could not explain some term of horsemanship to her that she had come across in a novel" (Flaubert 29). Emmas disappoi...

Southern Slave Codes

first chapter, Goodell describes slavery as defined by the laws of various southern states; here we read things like this: "LOUISI...

New York Tenements and How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis

fate of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat" (Riis, 1971,5)....

French Canadians at the End of the 19th Century

"the aspirations of the people themselves. The controlling idea of the French Canadian is to retain...

Reform Movements of the 19th Century: Frederick Douglass

a free man prior to the Civil War and it was during the Civil War that he began to work alongside Abraham Lincoln in many ways, al...

THE THROW-AWAY WORKER: USE (AND ABUSE) OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN DEVELOPING CANADA'S RAILROADS - AN OUTLINE

the immigrants were considered expendable when it came to building the railroads. History of Canadas Railroads Much of th...

Jefferson and Hamilton and Agriculture

et al., 2007: 198). He tried to convince Congress to move in that direction and actually encourage the nation "to promote the immi...

American History: 19th Century

the hopes of finding work (The United States Of America, Part Five, 2007). "As immigration exploded, urban populations surged from...

Kate Chopin/The Storm

A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...

Foreign Policy in 19th Century United States

United States, and our northern and southern borders were stabilized through treaty negotiations with Canada and Mexico" (Chimes)....

Wealth in the 19th Century

are many who claim that during this particular time he was a man who truly abused and used his workers, and did nothing but gain i...

Barbara Novak/American 19th Century Art

"Death on the Pale Horse (1802), oil sketch on canvas, Allstons analysis relates something of his own romantic vision. He writes t...

Essay on Auguste Comte

equality reversed and he no longer supported the cause of "economic and moral independence" for women in his later years, but rath...

SEX AND SOCIETY IN THE 19TH CENTURY

took their activities outside of the "low" entertainment district (Adler 737). Public officials and police drew the line, ...

PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD AND ITS ART

Gabriel Rossetti; William Holman Hunt; John Everett Millais; James Collinson; Frederic George Stephens; Thomas Woolner; and writer...

The Expanding Nation

migration of people to urban centers and increasing support for westward expansion. As many began to support the spread of aboli...

Christianity and Obstacles Confronting Women

held positions in various states.She also taught at a different seminary and later began her own .In Philadelphia, Bonney and a fr...

19th Century Ideology and Theater

In five pages this paper discusses theater and ideology of the 19th century. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Late 19th Century Leisure

the end of face-to-face communication (Stone, 1995). There were both positive and negative social side effects of the new technolo...

19th Century Marvel of Technology, the Telephone

In five pages this paper presents a historical overview of the telephone and examines the Bell Company's early history. Five sour...

Late 19th Century Changes in American Lifestyles Due to Big Business

In a paper consisting of four pages the changes resulting from American industrialization are considered in terms of influences, e...

Late 19th Century and Impact of Political Machines

assessments, financiers, public banquets, delegate taxes, meeting fees and private contributions. One of the most questionable ta...