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also known as haute couture - plays an historical role in the manner by which fashion has come to reflect an individuals social, p...

Gabriel Rossetti; William Holman Hunt; John Everett Millais; James Collinson; Frederic George Stephens; Thomas Woolner; and writer...

the immigrants were considered expendable when it came to building the railroads. History of Canadas Railroads Much of th...

et al., 2007: 198). He tried to convince Congress to move in that direction and actually encourage the nation "to promote the immi...

a free man prior to the Civil War and it was during the Civil War that he began to work alongside Abraham Lincoln in many ways, al...

equality reversed and he no longer supported the cause of "economic and moral independence" for women in his later years, but rath...

are many who claim that during this particular time he was a man who truly abused and used his workers, and did nothing but gain i...

first chapter, Goodell describes slavery as defined by the laws of various southern states; here we read things like this: "LOUISI...

towards the wealthy and powerful as could be inferred through looking at some of the stations. A good website for pictures of famo...

the hopes of finding work (The United States Of America, Part Five, 2007). "As immigration exploded, urban populations surged from...

A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...

United States, and our northern and southern borders were stabilized through treaty negotiations with Canada and Mexico" (Chimes)....

some contrasting views of Englishness and attitudes about colonialism in their respective uses of the occult/supernatural. One te...

a deck steward on a tramp steamer. The film points out quite nicely the fact that the book really is a travelogue, with each episo...

fate of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat" (Riis, 1971,5)....

as soft money and issue advocacy" (Newlin Carney 337). However, pro-reform activist groups are adamant about the issue of raising...

had heretofore been recognized. Marxist theory further claims "of all the classes that confront the bourgeoisie today, the prolet...

come in direct conflict with conservative convention (Bennett 219). The so-called new woman became symbolic of what the Victorian...

life" that Schumann was leading in 1834 and he described this and other works done at this time, collectively, as his "summer nove...

early twentieth centuries established themselves. What this means in terms of how those great philosophers looked at the broader ...

Bellamy notes, did not hold much power within society, inasmuch as there was an unyielding sense of control that loomed over the a...

the context of Jewish salvation history (Sanders 88). Nevertheless, the issue of Jesus supernatural birth, as related in the gospe...

This paper pertains to the use of opium and its derivatives, especially laudanum, during the later half of the 19th century. Four ...

How patriarchy influenced the treatment of women in the 19th century is the focus of this analytical paper based on Charlotte Perk...

How the male need to transform women into objects and possessions in order to control them existed in 19th century society is exam...

virtues, and some held that the best way to achieve this was to withdraw from traditional society and establish small communities ...

part of U.S. history, it makes sense to delve somewhat deeper; to focus on the Black cowboy as well. An understanding of how the A...

older brother, Alexander I, died and his second brother, Grand Duke Constantine, refused the crown (Levykin, 1999). His first act ...

of Shonibares characters via their clothing. While Victorian in style, the design for the wax fabrics originated in the Dutch colo...

any attempt to better their conditions was seen through direct contact with officials, rather than mill owners. With those realiti...