In the following excerpt, originally published in French as Les dessus et les dessous de la bourgeoisie: une histoire du vêtement au XIXe siècle in 1981, Perrot examines rules of fashion...
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In the following excerpt, Steele traces the development of Victorian fashion as reflected, in part, in manuals of etiquette and popular women's magazines of the time.
What Is Victorian Fashio...
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In the first half of the 19th century the processes known as Industrialization and Urbanization started to transform Europe. It affected and changed every aspect of life of every citizen of every Eur...
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The nineteenth century witnessed a cultural, religious and literary resurgence in India- the Indian Renaissance. It was a period of great social, cultural and political change. The Europeans, especia...
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The authoritarian structure of the French society during the 17th and 18th centuries led many philosophers to write and, encourage change to the structure of society for the benefit of its people. Fr...
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A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt _ more than a century ago. Embedded deep under its b...
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Kassel, Germany (dpa) - Investigators of a mysterious grave site
in central Germany said Friday evidence was growing that it was from
the 19th century, not the Nazi period a...
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New York (dpa) - The musical Spring Awakening and the Tom Stoppard
play The Coast of Utopia were heralded as the best of Broadway this
year as they dominated the Tony Awards...
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A massive Gothic Revival building once christened The Lunatic Asylum West of the Alleghenies was auctioned off for $1.5 million Wednesday.Joe Jordan, a Morgantown asbestos demolition contractor, bo...
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“A mixture of Yankee transcendentalism and New York rowdyism and, what must be surprising to both these elements, they here seem to fuse and combine with the most perfect harmony.” This...
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“A mixture of Yankee transcendentalism and New York rowdyism and, what must be surprising to both these elements, they here seem to fuse and combine with the most perfect harmony.” This...
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Berlin (dpa) - Peter Raue, Berlin's top arts lawyer and unofficial
culture impresario, is instantly recognisable from his enthusiasm,
shock of white hair, sharply tailored s...
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A massive Gothic Revival building once christened The Lunatic Asylum West of the Alleghenies was auctioned off for $1.5 million Wednesday.Joe Jordan, a Morgantown asbestos demolition contractor, bo...
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The massive Gothic Revival building once christened The Lunatic Asylum West of the Alleghenies has stood largely silent since 1994 _ more than 242,000 square feet of space now inhabited by rodents ...
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Critical Essay by Phillipe Perrot
The 19th Centuary
19th-century weapon found in whale
