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    Canals, roads, railways and shipping Introduction Before the Mechanical Upset, transportation in England was essential and straightforward (exceptionally fundamental). Streets were inadequately assembled and kept up. Items (that are purchased and sold) were proceeded onward waterway freight ships however this was a moderate and costly work out. The railroad arrange did not exist, restricted to wooden tracks and (vehicles with wheels/demonstrations of conveying things) pulled by steeds

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    New England in the Seventeenth Century All colonies developed in different ways New England colonies settled by Puritans Puritans believed God ordained the family and viewed family as essential to colony Reproduced English customs and traditions mainly because of family structure Key to growth - Huge population growth caused by long life expectancy good health - more than high fertility Longevity resulted in invention of grandparents multigenerational families strengthened social stability

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    Orphans in Nineteenth-Century England   There is no denying that the nineteenth century in England was a time of tremendous changes throughout the social and economical spectrums. As the adults adjusted to these changes prompted by the Industrial Revolution as best they could, many children, in particular orphans, were faced with poor living conditions that limited their successes later in life. Although most orphaned children were fortunate enough to be placed into sufficient living circumstances

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    Property Rights of Women in Nineteenth-Century England The property rights of women during most of the nineteenth century were dependent upon their marital status. Once women married, their property rights were governed by English common law, which required that the property women took into a marriage, or acquired subsequently, be legally absorbed by their husbands. Furthermore, married women could not make wills or dispose of any property without their husbands' consent. Marital separation

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    Hopelessness of the Irish in Nineteenth Century England Throughout my research into the subject of the Irish in England's industrial north during the early nineteenth century, one fact became quite clear; contemporary writers' treatment of the Irish was both minimal and negative. I consulted many sources, Friedrich Engels, Leon Faucher, James Kay-Shuttleworth to name but a few and the reoccurring theme as pertaining to the Irish in all these works was mainly consistent; the Irish were a lazy

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    Introduction A conflict stirred among the sexes during the nineteenth-century that reverberated through all aspects of life from science to literature. The advent of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1700s and the introduction of capitalism sparked the discussion on the nature and role of women as society shifted from a land-centered economy to an urban workforce. This argument gained such notoriety it commonly became known as The Woman Question, and it covered aspects of the legal and political

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    During the Mid.-nineteenth century, Victorian England was divided into distinct social classes. The three social classes included the working, middle, and upper leisure class. As the Industrial Revolution advanced, the working class became very isolated from the leisure class and often had low paying jobs such as a blacksmith, tradesman, and farmer. The wealthy ladies and gentlemen of the leisure class lacked awareness that their frivolous lifestyle was built on the laborious work of the working

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    Jane Austen 's novel is principally concerned with the social fabric of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England, a patriarchal society in which men held the economic and social power. In an often satirical portrait of the men and women attempting to gain a livelihood, Austen ironically points out faults in the system, raising questions about the values of English society and the power structure of the country. The novel is also engaged in an ideological debate that drives its plot

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    Realism is a theatrical movement during the 19th century, illustrating a story without “artificial” and supernatural elements, in other words, a realism play would show things that happen in our everyday life, much like naturalism. We can distinguish realism from other theatrical movements by the facts that its characters are believable to be the everyday type, the costumes are authentic to the time period being illustrated, the setting is based in only one location that is as close to our everyday

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    Theatrical Realism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatrical_realism Theatrical realism was a general movement that began in the 19th-century theatre it remained present through much of the 20th century developed a set of dramatic and theatrical conventions with the aim of bringing a greater fidelity of real life to texts and performances Realism is the literary term applied to compositions that aim at a faithful representation of reality, interpretations of the actualities of any aspect of life

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