In the mid-19th century‚ a deadly epidemic cholera had infected many citizens of Victorian London as well as taking their lives. Cholera is a bacteria disease that infects the stomach‚ which causes diarrhea and dehydration‚ usually contracted through the consumption of dirty water. According to the topic of medicine in the 19th century discussed in the 2015 lecture in Introduction to European history by Dr. Chelsea Shields-Más; both John Snow and Henry Whitehead made major impacts on the perceptions
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Medicine was revolutionized during the 19th Century by advances in chemistry and laboratory technology and equipment. In fact the scientific basis for current medical practice was developed during the 19th Century‚ and all of the disciplines- except anatomy that made up the first 2 years of medical school were founded. Medical advancements in the 19th Century were so great that medical discoveries were made almost every few year. Many diseases that were fatal earlier on were either treatable by
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The Industrial Revolution began over two hundred years agone. It modified theway within which several merchandise‚ as well as fabric and textiles‚ weremanufactured. it’s referred to as a "revolution" beacuse the changes it causedwere nice and unexpected. It greatly affected the method folks lived andworked. This revolution helped to originate the trendy world weknow these days in many ways. the economic Revolution was a significant modification within the nature of production within which machines
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Socialist Ideology (a)The origins and principal tenets of the socialist thought. Before the Industrial Revolution Britain was an agrarian society with approximately 90% of the population living in the rural areas. Most people worked in the field as farmers and farmhands on land owned by a small minority (Aristocrats). During this time‚ the manufacturing of goods such as textile was a slow process because everything was done by hand. However‚ a series of innovations changed the way people lived
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Industrial Revolution There was an overall impact on the positivity of the industrial revolution. In factories‚ there was more development of assembly lines‚ all the railroads had faster‚ and better production of goods. With problems like child labor and over-crowding‚ the industrial revolution contributed. It helped provide new school funding for more child care‚ too. Resulting in‚ the Industrial Revolution enhanced both the economic production AND the way people lived in their modern life. Factories
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Describe and explain the factors that contributed to the development of segregation in the late 19th century. The segregation that emerged during the late 19th century can be attributed to the politics of the Congressional Reconstruction the morals that Southerners carried after the American Civil War. Although great progress was made after the North’s victory‚ the discrimination of black people would continue for 100 years. The politics of segregation after the Civil War begin with Andrew Johnson’s
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Immigration is defined as the movement of a former citizen‚ from another country‚ to come and live somewhere else permanently (Levine 1). Immigration dates all the way back to the Colonial Era of the 19th century (1880-1920)‚ and has did nothing but increase since then because of all the “waves” of people that America has had since then. It all started when the immigrants of Great Britain‚ the Pilgrims‚ came to what is now called America or the United States. Many immigrants either come to colonize
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Often compared to the American cowboy‚ gauchos were the symbol of Argentinian nationalism and the frontier during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Representing the normal working class population of immigrants to Argentina‚ gauchos largely impacted the economy until they disappeared during the late 19th century. Towards the end of the 18th century‚ the gauchos came about after the South American upper class began investing in large estates and ranches. These ranches were so large that people were
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An analysis of Fathers and Sons and Russian society in 19th century Russian society drastically changing in 19th century due to the “abolishment of the serfdom’’. In the middle of the 19th century Alexander II came to power and he thoroughly abolished serfdom in Russia which “ending the monopoly of landed aristocracy’’. The abolishment of the serfdom had a huge impact towards changing of the Russian society in 19th century because it “pushes the free labor to the cities’’ as well as
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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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