Travelling and transporting goods were very inconvenient before railroads were built in 19th-century. According to Stephen Slavin‚ “Before railroads‚ shipping a ton of goods 400 miles could easily quadruple the price. But by rail‚ the same ton of goods could be shipped in a fraction of the time and one-twentieth of the cost.”1. These made the economies of the American West bad and difficult to improve. John Steele Gordon describes it as: “there really was no "American economy." Instead there was
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Reflections of 19th Century Stereotypes Many authors describe their society through their literary works. Henrik Ibsen is a perfect example of this as he explains: "My task has been the description of humanity"(Fjeble 120). Ibsen lived between 1829 and 1906 and therefore experienced the prime of the 19th century. 19th century America was filled with hard-working people‚ a structured family life and clear-cut male/female roles. Ibsen is known to reflect the 19th century society through most of
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Women of the 19th Century By: Kristian Koeppen Women of the 19th century Women of the modern era might be surprised what their 19th century counterpart’s role in society might have been. Women in the 1800’s were not treated with nearly as much respect as they are nowadays. Modern day women have many advantages that women of the 1800s did not have‚ in the way of career opportunities‚ and
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Allie Peter Romantic 19th Century Painting 11/12/12 The 19th century was welcomed with a flourish of new ideas. One of the drastic changes was the development of romanticism in art‚ especially in paintings. Romanticism includes features of artistic intellect‚ nature‚ industrialization‚ life‚ nobility‚ and a lot of emotion recorded through art. Many romantic artists created their works focusing on the negativity of industrialization‚ regarding the industrial revolution. These paintings often
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and Doctors In the 18th century Colonial American people were unaware of the plethora amounts of different bacterias‚ germs and viruses. During this time most doctors were unaffordable and lacked knowledge about the severity of diseases. In addition medicines were usually herbs‚ minerals‚ and animal products which sometimes healed the ill. After many years tools of science/medicine have changed since Colonial American times. The doctors and medicines in the 18th century are not like the advances
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Bogdana Oliynyk Period 1 Sara Bohn Dr. Alvarado Luz Altamirano 9/9/14 18th Century Medical History Report The 18th century consisted of a lot of social and political events. Some of the social happenings that occurred in this century were the French and Indian War‚ the African slave trade‚ and many developing ideas and inventions were growing throughout the world. Many medical happenings were present as well. Smallpox was the main
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causes of the titanic consumption of these drugs in the 16th and 18th century. The stimulants gained strong believes for medical purposes‚cultural believes and social status. As a result of those causes‚ this stimulants found themselves in abundance in most parts of the world‚basically due to mass-production witch results from world expeditions to technological advances that made
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The controversy about prostitution in England during the 19th century had portrayed a patriarchal society where men used the issue of morality to subjugate and control women. The vulnerability of women could be shown through their political and social submission to men. With the power of education and literacy‚ men had enforced their definition of morality unitedly throughout the history. For instance‚ since men had defined prostitution as a social corruption‚ it gradually became framed as a social
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For Europe the 19th century was a rise of industrialism‚ it brought about new technology and transportation that led to a shift towards industry. Industrialization and increased urbanization lead to changes in social classes. Although industrialization was exciting‚ there were environmental‚ social‚ economic‚ and cultural consequences. The western part of the world was able to industrialize first due to the growth of commerce. The growth of commerce had people making more goods and selling them
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Commonwealth p.6-7 -Thoughts p. 7 Colonization and trade In the 16-17th centuries‚ European superpowers began to establish colonies in other parts of the world outside Europe‚ such as Africa‚ America and India. Before the actual colonization in America began‚ fishing and trading companies had frequently used both Indian and American waters and traded with the locals. In the early 17th century‚ European powers started to rapidly colonize the Americas‚ establishing numerous colonies
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