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    The nineteenth century is often regarded as being synonymous with sexual repression‚ this notion is not true‚ and during this era in American history many diverse views about sex and sexuality were developed. This paper will focus on the diverse ideas about sexuality and gender that were developed and what existing or developing ideologies led to these perspectives. The first idea that was developed about sexuality was Vernacular sexual culture; it acknowledges sex and desire as vital aspects of

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    Hardships of 19th Century

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    distress on countless of people. The stock market crashed leaving many people unemployed‚ famished‚ and homeless. There was practically no money around but people still managed to gain debts they could not pay off at the time. It was a time in which “business was weak and many people were out of work” (Pillai). People struggled to keep themselves‚ their families‚ and their hopes alive. The setting of Of Mice and Men is the 1930’s in the Salinas Valley of California. It mostly takes place on a ranch filled

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    slaves stack payload onto a steamship in the Port of New Orleans‚ the business motivation behind the meeting of the war in the South‚ while two in vogue white men stay by talking. Business development relates the degree that the eye can see. By the mid-nineteenth century‚ southern business centers like New Orleans had ended up being home to the best centralization of wealth in the assembled states. While most white southerners did not have slaves‚ they endeavored to join the spots of world class slaveholders

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    Lastly‚ because of the theories and invention that were developed‚ it created many discoveries in diseases that were going around in the later nineteenth century. The first vaccine for anthrax was discovered by Louis Pasteur in 1881. Anthrax is a disease caused by bacteria the primarily affect livestock and can occasionally spread to humans‚ which can affect the skin‚ intestines‚ and lungs. Workers would get the disease from bacterial spores on hides‚ wool‚ and fabric fibers. Anthrax was mostly

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    19th Century Environment

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    In this kind of air condition‚ some people become familiar with and accept it is part of their daily life. Some people even consider that it smiles like money‚ because once the industry working‚ they have work and they can earn more money. When people became wealth‚ they would consume more products

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    Big Business in the Gilded Age The Industrial Revolution lasted from 1870- 1900. This 30 year span began the current production industry style as well as the “necessities”‚ like light and power we have today. But that is not to say it came easy. Hundreds to thousands of people suffered the horrendous conditions in sweatshops and the slave like treatment. Imagine working hot‚ small‚ overpopulated work space for cents a day or week. Starting from as young as five just to make enough for a loaf of

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    lesbian rights‚ whether it’s about tax equality‚ military service‚ or the right to marry. 150 years ago‚ it was an even larger portion of the population’s turn: women. Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th‚ women fought for equal rights under the law and most importantly the right to vote. During the 19th century‚ the Industrial Revolution transformed life in Britain and in other countries in Europe and North America. By the end of the country‚ life was becoming more and more comfortable for

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    Slavery In The 19th Century

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    When  one  views  slave  labor‚  a  vision  usually  comes  to  mind.  Most people when they view slave labor from a 19th Century perspective‚ view it as a large Southern style plantation where the main house has servants and the fields have slaves toiling over cash crops such as cotton or tobacco with a master overseeing the progress of the slaves. On occasion‚ this would be the ideal for some parts of the Southern countryside‚ such as societal functions‚ and

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    day and age is under constant threat from new and expanding methods of conflict that is devastating our already deteriorating society- often segregated between the rich and the poor. Due to the steady increase of communication and travel‚ there is a correlation with the increase amount of fighting with age old ethnic rivalries and religious strife along with disputes over territory‚ resources and morals. However‚ with the considerable advancements in technology presented over the last century‚ the effects

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    Papacy In The 19th Century

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    The Fourteenth century in Europe was characterized by an abundance of different occurrences– The Black Death‚ the Hundred Years’ War‚ technological advancement‚ changes in government all over– and among them included the recession of the papacy. In the previous century‚ the papacy still held considerable influence over the lives of those living in Europe‚ considerable enough to actually launch the Crusades‚ the holy series of campaigns for Christendom‚ where people saw genocide as an acceptable action

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