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19th Century Boston, Crime, and Punishment

in ideology about punishment, there is often changes in types of crimes committed. The most common reason for arrests in the 1800...

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...

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, ...

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...

Henry James's 19th Century Critique of John S. Sargent's 'Lady with the Rose' Painting

lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...

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...

British and the Zulu Threat During the 19th Century

1998). Shaka died in 1828 and was succeeded by his half brother Dingane who was involved in the assassination with another half b...

Mining Women of 19th Century France and Germinal by Emile Zola

sort of enterprise, and his spouses role is to stay home and tend to the upbringing of the children. Children in bourgeois familie...

Operas of 19th Century Composer Richard Wagner

In six pages this research paper focuses upon Wagner's first 2 'Ring' cycle operas and also disputes his influence upon the German...

17th and 19th Century Literature and the Depiction of Women

In five pages this paper discusses how women were depicted in Tartuffe by Moliere, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, and Hedda Ga...

18th and 19th Century 'Great Awakenings' in America

life in particular?revivalism (Foner; Garraty PG). Although the initial impetus of the first Great Awakening would subside...

19th Century Literature A Comparison of Heroines from Two Stories

This paper compares Charlotte Bronte's heroine of Villette with Jane Austen's heroine of Persuasion. It discusses the roles of the...

English Commoner Life During the First Half of the 19th Century

In ten pages the life of an English commoner from 1800 to 1850 is discussed in terms of oppressive social and working conditions. ...

British Literature 18th vs. 19th Century

in the writings of Jonathan Swift and Daniel Defoe. Both authors used simple, descriptive, and colorful styles to weave their adve...

Liberalism of the Early 19th Century

of liberty, and Hobhouses work in particular, a great deal of liberal thought crops up. It is important to realize that there are ...

19th and 20th Century Italy

In eight pages this paper discusses Italy's tumultuous history dating back to Napoleon's reign. Eleven sources are cited in the b...

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...

Social Theory: Recreation, Leisure And Play

Peer Group Affiliation And Differences According To Residential Status, Subsistence Patterns, And Use Of Services" provide empiric...

Siegfried Giedion's "Mechanization Takes Command"

of work those appliance could not do. Giedions treatment of this spurt in technological advancement and how it did not provide it...

Was Couture Clothing As Popular In The 19th Century As It Is Today?

also known as haute couture - plays an historical role in the manner by which fashion has come to reflect an individuals social, p...

History Of Child Rearing Practices

(Hulbert, 1999). More children were attending school towards the middle of the century and the trend in education was away from th...

Manuel Castells' "The Power Of Identity" - Literature Review

Castells (1997) perspective and add how the vast majority of the worlds communities look upon globalization as a positive and forw...

Gay History

In five pages this paper considers the history of homosexuality in ancient Greece, Japan of the seventeenth century, England of th...

Revolution Concept of Jacques Ellul

In five pages this paper examines Jacques Ellul's concept of revolution within the context of European history from the sixteenth ...

Adolescence Throug the Ages

Most people would agree that adolescents have a very difficult time negotiating their teenage years. Their bodies are changing rap...

Differences in Gender in the Peasant Residences of Central Europe and Southeast Asia

tended to marry much earlier in Europe than in Asia. Both peasant groups seemed to have grown grain crops: rice in Asia and whea...

Magdelena and Balthasar by Steven Ozmet and Religious Controversies

Redeemer" (Ozment 14). As a result, Magdalena and Balthasar not only put their faith in good health in the various medical remedi...

The Overworked American The Unexpected Decline in Leisure by Juliet Schor

able to analyze Schors findings through a careful definition of the problem, understanding the extent of it, considering how it ca...

Society and Why and How to Increase Leisure

does not work for a paycheck is viewed as a freeloader. Yet, there are those who work and want to simply do recreation on the week...

Australia's Recreation and Leisure

Bicentennial Authority, designed projects based on the theme of "Leisure in the Age of Technology" (Editor, 1990, p. 3). The diffe...