The Devil in the White City: Murder‚ Magic‚ and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. New York: Vintage‚ 2004. 447 Pages. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson is a book centered around the events of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. This book features a dual storyline following the events of Daniel Burnham and his involvement in the architectural design of the World’s Fair‚ and Dr. H H Holmes‚ a man using Chicago and the World’s Fair to his advantage in a killing spree. Though
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Mao Zedong – Assess Mao’s rise to power 1893-1976. Born on December 26th 1893 in Shaoshan. According to Chinese astrology‚ Mao was born in the year of the snake. Tradition held that his life would therefore be dominated by concern over financial matters‚ that he would be a nocturnal person given to working late at night‚ unconventional but politically minded‚ adept at befriending strangers‚ and preferring a quiet home life without disturbances. Was the son of a peasant farmer and went on
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Douglas Tilden was an exceptional sculpture‚ with having several statuettes in many parks and museums across the nation. What made Tilden so unique was that he was deaf and mute after a severe case of Scarlet Fever in his early years of life. Tilden also taught many students who were also deaf‚ how to sculpt and inspired many in his classes. Douglas Tilden was born on May 1st‚ 1860 in Chico‚ California. His parents are named William Peregrine Tilden and Catherine Maria Hecox Tilden‚ his father was
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life Setting the Stage: During the period 1778 to 1893‚ a conflict over trade developed between the U. S. and Hawaii. Increased trade resulted in U. S. trying to colonize Hawaii. Colonization refers to an establishment of settler colonies‚ trading‚ and plantations in other countries. Colonization resulted in conflict between the settlers and the native Hawaiians. The conflict was finally resolved when the U. S. annexed Hawaii in 1893. Who first settled Hawaii? Figure 1: Polynesian Sailing
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Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt D.O.B-D.O.B: September 6‚ 1817 - September 19‚ 1893‚ in London‚ England and came to Canada in 1835 to work for the British American Land Company. Family Information: On February 9‚ 1848‚ Galt married Elliott Torrance‚ the daughter of John Torrance‚ of Saint-Antoine Hall‚ Montreal. She died on May 25‚ 1850‚ shortly after giving birth to their only son‚ Elliott. Later he married her younger sister‚ Amy Gordon Torrance. Amy gave birth to 7 daughters and 2 more sons. They
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Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (1893) it was held that an offer could be made to the whole world and could be accepted and made binding through the conduct of the offeree. In addition an offer should be distinguished‚ from the following: (i) A mere statement of intention Such a statement cannot form the basis of a contract even although the party to whom it was made acts on it (Re Fickus (1900)). (ii) A mere supply of information As in Harvey v Facey (1893) where it was held that the defendant’s
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Frederick Jackson Turner’s famous frontier thesis argued that through the Westward expansion came the formation of the first “American” people. Turner’s essay‚ presented around 1893‚ strongly correlates with the upheaval 1890’s. The shaping of the new American nation through the westward settlement can be later linked to economic troubles‚ labor struggles‚ and a rise in democracy and big business. “At first‚ the frontier was the Atlantic coast. It was the frontier of Europe in a very real
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glass work. The Glasgow Four are a prime example of this thought as I feel their work demonstrates this. 1893 Initially The Four launched a magazine to promote their ideas. Simply called The Magazine‚ it contained illustrations and articles explaining their work by each of them and also by their friends. There were only ever four editions. The first magazine was published in November 1893. From here The Four began to get recognised. They began to be noticed at Art and Craft exhibitions‚ both in
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• Raymond Loewy was an industrial designer who achieved fame for the magnitude of his design efforts across a variety of industries. He was recognized for this by Time magazine and featured on its cover on October 31‚ 1949. • Born: November 5‚ 1893‚ Paris‚ France • Died: July 14‚ 1986‚ Monte Carlo‚ Monaco • Education: University of Paris - Loewy studied electrical engineering at the University of Paris‚ graduating in 1910. • Books: The Locomotive‚ Never Leave Well Enough Alone‚ Industrial
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• The Koreans left their homeland because they were being oppressed by the Japanese. • The first wave of Korean immigrant to Hawaii which was an American colony. There experience in Hawaii was better than the other entire immigrant group because at the time Hawaii was still mostly Hawaiian and not Americans. So they were treated fairly and were paid 75-95 cents a day comparing to the Irish‚ who made 1 dollar a week. • Life as an immigrant was the Korean immigrant working for an sugar plantation
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