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    EVOLUTION OF THE WORD “CULTURE” IN 19TH CENTURY EUROPE Throughout the ages‚ the word ‘culture’ has often had different meanings. For this assignment‚ I would like to focus on the evolution of the definition of ‘culture’ in 19th century Europe. I will give a brief description and timeline as outlined by (WIlliams‚ 1976)‚ which gives us a glimpse into literature stemming from the selected time period. Williams (1976)‚ starts off by discussing the origins of the word ‘culture’ ‚ which according to

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    Entering the 19th century‚ Finland was a part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Then‚ in 1809 it became a Grand Duchy under Russian rule‚ and finally‚ after periods of both greater and lesser degrees of independence‚ it becoming an independent country in 1917. Finland initially joined Sweden in the 13th century and then remained under Swedish control for about 600 years. Then‚ in the Finnish War of 1809‚ Russia captured Finland‚ which lead to Finland becoming a Grand Duchy in the Russian empire. During Russian

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    There are videogames‚ movies‚ books‚ and even shows based on some of the crazy and grueling things that happened in 19th century medicine practices. Even though‚ medicine back then was absurd…doctors were learning and growing. We have come a long way from where we use to be‚ thanks to the Civil war and the industrial age‚ 19th century medicine and mental health changed drastically. The biggest way medicine has changed; is the way doctors treat patients now compared to what we use to do back then

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    In the 19th century one can see an increased amount of curiosity‚ discovery and knowledge‚ but that suddenly didn’t appear out of nowhere. Real scientific discoveries were brought to life and proven by observation and experiments unlike the answers people before them had thought. Questions about the universe were all explained by divine intervention‚ karma‚ or just bad luck in the 18th century. Lots of “answers” were more of less theoretical than based on actual observations. People made up reasons

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    Most major countries have been subject to cultural diffusion‚ and Japan is no exception. During the 7th Century and onward‚ many countries had an effect on Japan‚ and the country with the most influence was undoubtedly China. However‚ Japan gradually developed these influences into their own styles‚ whether in art‚ government‚ language‚ or architecture. While Japanese art was heavily influenced by China‚ it became more unique as time went on‚ and this can be shown through painting‚ writing and literature

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    Women in the 19th Century

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    History 12 12 / 01/ 13 In the nineteenth century‚ in America‚ the role women would play in our society began to change dramatically. This was the beginning of a whole new world for women‚ and America in general. Women began to realize that there were opportunities for them outside of the home‚ and that they could have a place in the world as well as men. It was a time when the feministic view was being born and traditional views of women were changing. First‚ women would play a part in working

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    of the 19th century‚ the Americans experienced a moral crusade that created a disturbance caused by the violation of the social norms that characterized the society in the early periods making them ignore the current social and economic inequality (Jansson‚ 2014‚ p. 105). This moral crusade and lost of values surged from the rapid growth of cities caused by the migration from the villages to the urban areas‚ the growing of the Irish and German immigrant communities‚ and the religious movement focused

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    The Nineteenth Century was a prosperous period of European‚ in Imperialism efforts‚ Europeans began colonial expansion in Asian‚ Africa and North America‚ At the same time‚ heightened nationalism‚ and the emergence of scientific racism showed up‚ in this essay expounds respectively the connections between these phenomena. Imperialism and Nationalism Nationalism is a sense of identity with the nation‚ during the period 1850 to 1871‚ the nation-state achieved its mature status in Europe.Nationalism

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    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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    Guaman Poma wrote accounts of the Spanish conquest that show a perspective that often contrasts with the colonizers’ accounts. During the colonial period‚ written culture was often in the hands of the church‚ within which context Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz wrote memorable poetry and philosophical essays. Towards the end of the 18th Century and the beginning of the 19th‚ a distinctive criollo literary tradition emerged‚ including the first novels such as José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi’s El Periquillo

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