The second half of the nineteenth century was the most significant period for modernization and urban revolution of the United States. Parallel with the growth of the factories‚ mines and fields‚ grew also the cities‚ attributed as ’’great’’ ones. In a single period of 50 years‚ between 1860 and 1910‚ the population multiplied more than 7 times‚ expanding itself from 6 to 44 million. The rural influence and importance began to fade‚ comfirmed by the fact that by 1920‚ the majority of Americans would
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At the turn of the 19th century‚ the definition of man’s inherent rights was developing at a pace never before encountered in history; monarchies began dying‚ and political movements toward democracy emerged in their places. As various ethnic and political groups found their voices‚ the convoluted arrangement of European nations during this time period would also be highlighted (as properly organized countries would be free of consistent civil unrest). Nationalism—a term most simply defined by the
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In the Postbellum and Industrial nineteenth century‚ many religions adapted their beliefs and practices to the environment around them. Catholicism‚ as it was worshiped by Greek and Italian immigrants‚ looked vastly different from the ways in which the Americanized Roman Catholics worshiped. Judaism experienced this acclimatization as well‚ with Orthodox Jews and Reformed Jews sharing more differences than they did similarities. As time progressed gender norms began to evolve in American society
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Political radicalism in the eighteenth-century writings Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera In what ways does eighteenth-century writing engage with political radicalism? The aim of this essay is to demonstrate how eighteenth-century texts are engaged with political radicalism of that era. For this purpose‚ I will focus on two writers who have the same background but different styles: Swift (political pamphleteer‚ poet and novelist) and John Gay (English
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The nature of European society- * Rich and poor * In 1901 world population 1600 million * 25% lived in Europe * 1880-1914 25 million migrated from Europe- mostly to USA ‘land of opportunity’ * An individual’s ‘membership’ of the upper‚ lower or middle class reflected her or his economic role within society. * Poverty cycle hard to break * Industrialisation * Western Europe- industrialised * Industrialisation helped the military‚ medical and communication= better
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IN 14TH CENTURY Venice’s maritime empire: 13th - 15th century In the scramble to grab Byzantine land after the 4TH crusade‚ in 1204‚ the Venetians concentrate on territories suiting their maritime interests. They take the islands of Corfu and Crete. They yield Corfu ten years later to the Greek ruler of Epirus (the nearest part of the mainland)‚ but Crete remains a Venetian possession for more than four centuries. It is the first in a chain of valuable staging posts to the eastern Mediterranean
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Human Morality 19th century Europe religion‚ philosophy and psychology were to topics of conversations in coffee shops‚ newspapers‚ magazines and books. Religion was taking a back seat to in the industrial revolution theologians like Friedrich David Strauss “The Life of Jesus Critically” were teaching Christianity as historical context. Evolution theory of Charles Darwin‚ he battled creationism armed evolution. The birth of new thought processes and the quest for answers about human existence became
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20th Century and beyond- Döring ‚ 1. Sitzung am 08.04.14 Siehe Handout Texts chosen by chance‚ subjection Erich Auerbach- Mimesis Monarchical categories: literature under monarch e.g. 1830-1901 “The Victorian Age” Julian Barnes: A History of the World in 10 ½ chapters‚ 1989 No solution Article: World´s last WW1 veteran dies Difference: talking about event in past (represented through documents impersonal) Talking about personal experience represented through
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an action always has its consequences. This is the reason why in the fourteenth century‚ Europe faced problems after problems. Even though Europe encountered many different economic or social issues such as peasant revolts and upheaval from the nobles‚ I still believe those weren’t some of the major troubles at the time. In the fourteenth century‚ although they were experiencing many more problems‚ I think the European states’ major problems were relating to the people’s health‚ political instability
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schism. The pope became actively involved in the political and cultural life of renaissance Italy and did little to deal with the much-needed reform of the Roman Catholic Church. This failure contributed the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. (1417) Portugal’s Prince Henry the navigator established a school of seamanship and navigation in 1419. He was a son of Portugal’s King John I. During his reign the Portuguese explored the Madeira Islands and discovered the Cape Verde islands
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