To India – My native land is a poem by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio. Derozio lived during the early 19th century. He was a teacher‚ a scholar‚ a poet and an academician of Eurasian and Portuguese descent. He considered himself to be an Indian and encouraged free thinking among his students. He oversaw the publication of a journal in which his student wrote against the British rule in India‚ orthodox Hindu practices and favored emancipation of women. The journal was banned and Derozio lost his job due
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innovations‚ and a burst of industrialization. Rapid transcontinental settlement and changing urban industrial conditions introduced new themes‚ new forms‚ new subjects‚ new characters‚ new regions‚ and new authors to the literary marketplace in the half century following the Civil War. American writers of this period increasingly adopted the form of realism in their fiction. Most realist fiction focused on the observable surfaces
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which the proportion of people living in cites and towns rises in comparison to rural areas. Urbanisation in London‚ England‚ as a developed which was at that time developing country and city‚ started around the 1760s continuing through to the 19th century‚ by which time 80% of the population was urban dwellers‚ sparked by the industrial revolution. So this is a time span of around 150 years‚ whereas in a developing country‚ Mumbai for example in India saw large increased of population from just
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as I will be educated in past times from the Reconstruction process in the South‚ the Indian Wars of the West‚ immigration in the East‚ and the emergence of organized labor and the agrarian reformers. American Colossus is a book focusing on 19th century economic and social conditions in the United Stated from 1865 to 1900 with Andrew Carnegie‚ John Pierpont Morgan‚ and John D. Rockefeller playing a significant part in the triumph of capitalism. The main idea that Brands is trying to communicate
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SHORT ESSAY ON HISTORY OF INDIA India has frequently been subjected to horrors of famine. From 1858 to the end of the 19th century‚ more than twenty famines occurred in India. A major characteristic of British rule in India‚ and the net result of British economic policies‚ was the prevalence of extreme poverty among its people. While historian disagree on the question whether India was getting poorer or not under British rule‚ there is no disagreement on the fact that throughout the period of
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2012 How Does the Title A Doll’s House Demonstrate an Allegory for Women’s role at that time? The door of A Doll’s House is closed at last. This is a symbol for the end of the way society thinks about women back in the Victorian era around the 19th century. At the time Henrik Ibsen wrote the play A Doll’s House in Norway‚ it was normal for society to look down upon such women that would leave their children and husbands behind. Men had a higher status than women at that time. The title “Doll’s House”
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5/14/13 Populist Farmers everywhere in the United States during the late nineteenth century had valid reasons to complain against the economy because the farmers were constantly being taken advantage of by the railroad companies and banks. All farmers faced similar problems and for one thing‚ farmers were starting to become minorities within the American society. In the late 19th century‚ industrialization was in the spotlight creating big businesses and capitals. The success of industrialization
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the century‚ Asia seemed very close because of "great modern inventions. However‚ the close feeling was only on communication terms. Culturally the effect of communication was a very complicated process. III. Although international communication was non-existent between distant countries only a few hundred years ago‚ cultural differences are accentuated today as an effect of communication technology. III. Development of International Communication A. 19th century Asian Culture B. 19th century
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Burmese Days: An Example of Imperialism Nineteenth century industrialization brought new riches and power to Western Europe‚ driving the expansion of opportunities and the building of empires in undeveloped territories. Although the developed countries brought many modern technologies to under-developed nations‚ they also brought fierce racism and European arrogance. Burmese Days by George Orwell was written in 1834 as a satirical view of English imperial life in Burma. Orwell provides a realistic
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every child‚ boy or girl‚ compulsory. In those days there was a system of trade of children‚ who were purchased and converted to slaves by some people. The problem of child labour was identified as a major problem in the 19th century when the first factory was started in mid-19th century. Legislative measures were first adopted as early as 1881. Since independence there have been several laws and regulations regarding child labour. Child labour has been defined as any work done by the children in order
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