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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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 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In the 19th century
09/05/2004: 309 words, approx. 1 pages In the 19th century, mourning was rooted in tradition Sunday, September 5, 2004 Emily Mueller will be portraying Emily Slauson, a woman in mourning for her husband's parents, circa 1865. Deaths in the 19th century were treated with very prescribed rituals and...
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 The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
19th-century barometer
12/28/2006: 620 words, approx. 2 pages HELAINE FENDELMAN and JOE ROSSON, SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-28-2006 19th-century barometer By HELAINE FENDELMAN and JOE ROSSON, SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Date: 12-28-2006, Thursday Section: SHOPPING Edtion: All Editions Column: TREASURES IN THE ATTIC Q....
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19th-century weapon found in whale
6/13/2007: 532 words, approx. 2 pages 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 blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has...
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19th century asylum fetches $1.5m bid
8/30/2007: 305 words, approx. 1 pages 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, bought the imposing Weston State Hospital, one of the world's largest hand-cut sandstone structures and a national historic...




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.
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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.
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The 19th Century
708 words, approx. 2 pages
 Explores the history of 19th century Europe. Describes it as a century of political and social upheaval. Highlights the universal adaptation of constitutional governments.
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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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