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    The early 19th century in America saw the rise of industry and a booming economy, however, with industry came businessmen who saw an opportunity for power and profit. Even with help from the government, it would be a long time before the American people saw an improvement in the condition of the laborers and the regulation of corporations. Fast forward to the 21st century; two hundred years have passed and people are still struggling at the hands of a corporation-run economy. Throughout history,

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    quality as well is the instructive capacity of art, wherein the various perspectives employed by artist 's help to understand the particular period in which the work was created and the influences that may have attributed to the final product. The early 19th century in Europe was marked by a desire to return to the classicism of the Greek and Roman empires as it connoted a sense of stability after the upheaval of the French revolution which had brought down existing social, political and economic structures

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    April 2016 The impactful message on gender division From “The Yellow Wallpaper” Equality between men and women have always been a debatable topic over a long period of time in America. Women were known as the second class citizens during the late 19th century when they had no equal rights as men. It is depressing to remember the time period when women had to suffer in such a place without freedom. The struggle between men and women has been changed due to many different factors; however, one of them

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    All Quiet on the Western Front The 19th century view of war expressed that it was the most honorable and glorious event that a man could participate in. This romantic viewpoint was quick to change after World War I. In addition, Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front further illustrated the ghastly nature of war. His descriptive writing portrays the graphic details of reality, leaving the readers of the 20th century in shock. Since Remarque was the first author of his time

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    In the late 19th and early 20th century, America had an emergence of female authors. With this came a new style of writing, feminism. They wrote on their own belief and advocating for gender equality. We can see issues, highlighting feminism in several stories. Some in particular like “The Yellow Wallpaper” shows how women are overlooked by men. In the story “April Showers” we see how hard it is to pursue a career as a woman. The last story, “Speech to the American Equal Rights Association" shows

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    within the fifty years prior to 1877. Divided within their trades and collectively weak, many movements simply couldn’t compete with the power of large corporations who held a lot of power in this time period. However, by the last quarter of the 19th century, workers’ began adapting to this new labor structure and were able to have success against industrial capitalists. The very same technologies that benefitted large companies by expanding townships into inter-regional markets had given the opportunity

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    Children in the 19th Century        In his novel Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates a fictional character that must confront very real problems as a result of cultural and social issues of the time.  Many of these such issues, slavery and race relations being the most prominent, are dealt with significantly by the author, but another issue not addressed in any sort of overtly significant manner is the plight of homeless, neglected, and otherwise abused children in the 19th century.  While Twain

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    work in the factories (nationalism), in order to take over other countries to expand its land and influence (imperialism). England is an excellent example of a prosperous country in the 19th century. The influence of England taking control of Nigeria, would be different to the people settling in the 19th century, a whole different language, food and culture. An impact of imperialism in Nigeria, without the help of British colonies sanitary for hospitals and school this benefits health. This brought

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    A few centuries ago Western world could only perceive Japanese culture through the stories of travellers, merchants and writers. However, as the transport and communication technologies advanced, Japanese culture outspread giving the start to Japonisme (French term). It appeared at the end of XIX century when isolation ended and japanese art arrived to the West. Japonisme had a huge effect on Western artists making them rethink the way they view world. So, the aim of this paper is to reveal

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    The Illusion of Popular Culture In the early 19th century a man by the name of Phineas Taylor Barnum changed popular culture with his extraordinary talent of promoting and advertising. His first success came with a slave woman known as “Joice Heath” who he claimed to be the nurse of George Washington. If this was true it would put Joice at 161 years old, thousands of people went to see “The greatest natural and national curiosity in the world” (Perlman 4/6/16) which turned Joice from an elderly

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