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    you use your knowledge of your own era to your advantage? BEEP BEEP! Congratulations! You have set foot onto the London streets during the Victorian era. I assume you know that this trip is probably a one-way one? You have no one to depend on since your friends and relatives are nowhere to be found. People are filling the streets but they are all minding their own nineteenth-century business and none of them pay any sort of attention to you. You are

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    information and numerical statistics, this essay would prove how rent control has helped New York economically and how London currently has rent inflation. An explanation will then be given to why London needs to introduce rent control, and if London does not do that, there would be some serious consequences. An economic analysis will be given to the effects of introduction of rent control in London. Rent control is used to ensure housing is affordable. Rent control basically means price control usually

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    the towns, but it was still significant. In a selection of Essex manors hit in 1349 the range was between 25% at Market Roding rising to 54% at High Easter. Medieval Essex was highly manorialised and close to the main trade routes out of London and along the Essex coast and therefore more vulnerable. Overall rural mortality is thought to have been around 30% for those parts of Europe affected

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    The Crystal Palace, located in London, England, was constructed in 1851 by Joseph Paxton. Having been the world’s first structure to be built entirely out of glass, it has inspired and influenced many glass frame construction throughout the years. It held many exhibitions during its lifetime and hosted thousands of people from around the world. Unfortunately, the great Crystal Palace had a major design flaw that inevitable caused its great destruction: flammable wood flooring and glass frame work

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    London Research Paper

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    There are many different places to visit throughout the world; however, London is one of the most visited places in the world. Many people put London on a list of places they want to visit and many say that it lives up to being one of the most historical places in the world. London is the Capital of England. It is the most known city in England and it’s the most visited city in the country. London is known for many things, but it's mainly known for its wonderful cuisine, its tremendous history

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    Bradbury Custom House

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    Henry Rushbury’s Custom House, London (Fig. 1) is a watercolour rendition of the structures and waterfront on the north bank of the Thames in 1932. The date is evidenced in the bottom right of the painting, along with the artist’s signature. The foreground and middle depicts the Thames packed with ships, some passing and others either docked or possibly re-arranging goods (as shown by the derricks in the middle-right of the picture). The background depicts the Custom House and its adjoining buildings

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    paper will project the challenges in health experienced and the solutions to them arrived at by different scholars of their time. In the 17th century, vaccination, pathology and obstetrics were the best advances. They form the basis of the 18th century in the field of medicine. England experienced a large burst in the industrial development in the century. The industrial growth came with its problems such as congestions of workers in the urban areas. Due the population pressure, diseases such as

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    Home Design in the 19th Century Essay

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    Home Design in the 19th Century Home decorating styles changed dramatically during the middle part of the 1800's, even though design began to refer back to the styles the century had begun with as it came to an end. This difference in popular taste did not just evolve because of the passage of time, however; new technological advancements in furniture production and an increased interest in the arts of Asia influenced home décor. The changing British culture manifested itself in how the middle-class

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    “A Communication which the Author had to London, Before She made Her Will” features Isabella Whitney’s reasons for leaving London (and in doing so vocalizes her frustrations with the city). The poem acts as a preface to Whitney’s “The Manner of Her Will..”, which was written as a satire that involved bequeathing parts of London she does not own to Londoners. It is arguable to say that these works contained a certain degree of autobiographical material because she lived among the common people. Isabella

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    Over the course of Britain’s centuries of history, events such as the industrialization of the Britain in the 19th century and many others proved to be pivotal events placing Britain as a pre-modern superpower. As described in the encyclopedia The History of World Trade Since 1450, “Britain’s mid-nineteenth century economy is often referred to as ‘the workshop of the world’ ” (Harley 396). Caused by the newly invented technological advancements, Britain began to export two-thirds of the world’s inventory

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