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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 19th century Information
4,028 words, approx. 13 pages
 During this century, the Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and Ottoman empires began to crumble and the Holy Roman and Mughal empires ceased. Following the Napoleonic Wars, the British Empire became the world's leading power, controlling one quarter of the... 
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 AP News 19th-century weapon found in whale
6/13/2007: 532 words, approx. 2 pagesA 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 blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has... summary from source:
AP News 19th century asylum fetches $1.5m bid
8/30/2007: 305 words, approx. 1 pagesA 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, bought the imposing Weston State Hospital, one of the world's largest hand-cut sandstone structures and a national historic... summary from source:
The New York Observer 19th-Century Demigods Separated by the East River
6/25/2006: 1,495 words, approx. 5 pages“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 is how scholar Charles Eliot Norton assessed Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass in 1855,... summary from source:
The New York Observer 19th-Century Demigods Separated by the East River
6/25/2006: 1,495 words, approx. 5 pages“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 is how scholar Charles Eliot Norton assessed Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass in 1855,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Phillipe Perrot
17,211 words, approx. 57 pages
 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 as outlined in nineteenth-century manuals of etiquette.
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Critical Essay by Valerie Steele
11,292 words, approx. 38 pages
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.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 86%The 19th Century Renissance in India
2,096 words, approx. 7 pages
Discusses the 19th century cultural, religious and literary resurgence in India, the Indian Renaissance. Describes how this period coincided with British colonization of India. Examines what role missionaries had in the resurgence. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 86%The 19th Century
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Explores the history of 19th century Europe. Describes it as a century of political and social upheaval. Highlights the universal adaptation of constitutional governments. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 82%The 19th Centuary
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Tells you everythin you will and might need to know about the 19th century.
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